A tense situation unfolded on Thursday afternoon when a young woman climbed to the top of a pedestrian bridge over the AP-7 in Orihuela Costa, near the Zenia Boulevard shopping centre. Local police and a psychologist were dispatched to the scene in an effort to persuade her to come down. Fortunately, after some time, she agreed and was subsequently treated by medical personnel. The incident did not go unnoticed, given its timing when the bridge and surrounding areas were particularly […]

A search operation is in progress for two French hikers reported missing in the region of Cartagena. The emergency services were alerted at around eight forty-six this evening by friends who indicated that the hikers, aged between forty and fifty, had not returned from their excursion. They set out from El Campillo towards Cala Cerrada around eleven o'clock this morning and were expected back after lunch. The local police located the hikers’ vehicle at the starting point, along with the […]

La Guardia Civil has arrested two men, aged twenty-five and thirty-three, in Torrevieja on suspicion of multiple offences, including drug trafficking, reckless driving, and assaulting a police officer. This intervention came after a perilous chase through the town, culminating in the seizure of approximately nine hundred and seventy-eight grams of hashish. The events occurred on the thirteenth of October, when a patrol from the Torrevieja Citizen Security Unit was conducting preventive activities along one of the town's main avenues. When […]

Torrevieja is set to host the seventeenth World Club Fishing Championship from the first to the eighth of November twenty twenty-five. The championship will take place at the Marina Internacional Nautical Club and is being organised in collaboration with the Sports Department of the Town Hall of Torrevieja. The event is expected to attract fishing enthusiasts from different countries and will feature a variety of competitive activities. An official presentation was held on Thursday, thirtieth of October, twenty twenty-five, attended […]

Torre Pacheco has initiated a significant project to restore the ecosystem of the Rambla Sur while simultaneously addressing the flooding risks for the local community. This project aims to mitigate the safety issues and material damage caused by heavy rainfall in urban areas. It will affect a stretch of one thousand four hundred and ten metres, ultimately benefiting over eight thousand six hundred residents and protecting more than one million two hundred thirty-nine thousand two hundred and thirty square metres […]

Two people, one aged twenty-eight and another whose age is unknown, sustained injuries in an accident on Wednesday morning in the Fuente Cubas district of Cartagena. The incident involved two vehicles and a pedestrian. Emergency services received the report at ten nineteen. The injured included a pedestrian and a passenger in one of the cars. According to sources from the emergency services, neither of the victims suffered serious injuries. Emergency medical teams promptly arrived at the scene. One of the […]

The Town Council of Torrevieja has announced that it is intensifying its pest control operations across the municipality, with a special focus on combating the proliferation of mosquitoes. The Health Department is closely coordinating with CTL Environmental Health, a specialised company, to implement daily treatments that utilise both adulticidal and larvicidal methods. These treatments use products that are respectful of the environment and local wildlife and primarily focus on areas where water accumulates, such as wetlands, drainage channels, salt flats, […]

The National Police of Orihuela, in coordination with the Dedicated Unit of the National Police to the Valencian Community and the Local Police of Rojales, has conducted a joint operation concerning immigration control and inspections at a leisure venue in the town centre. The operation, which took place on the afternoon of the twenty-third of October, is part of planned actions to prevent administrative offences and to regulate the administrative status of foreign citizens. The intervention involved specialised forces in […]

A Scottish man has been taken to hospital in Valencia following a stabbing incident that occurred in the city centre. Reports indicate that a passerby attacked him with a screwdriver just before four o'clock in the morning on Saturday, October twenty-fifth. The assault happened in the Plaza de Ayuntamiento after the victim refused to give the suspect a cigarette, leaving him with a punctured lung. The police were alerted to the scene after a nearby woman, believed to be from […]