Work on the second phase of the vast La Hoya development in Torrevieja has stalled, raising concerns over the delivery of 775 public homes under the Valencian Government’s Plan Vive scheme. The project covers 1.8 million square metres and is one of the largest residential developments in Spain. Although the first phase was completed in August 2025 and partly handed over in October, the infrastructure for the second phase has not begun. Roads, lighting, drainage, water supply and green areas […]

Environmental campaigners have reported what they describe as a “new attack” on the protected landscape of Sierra Escalona. The association Amigos de Sierra Escalona (ASE) has lodged a formal complaint with the Valencian Environment Department over large-scale clearing and scrub removal along the Nacimiento river. According to the group, around 150 metres of riverbank vegetation had been removed by 27 February near the CV-941 bridge, affecting land within the Protected Landscape of Sierra Escalona and Dehesa de Campoamor. The area […]

Spanish National Police have arrested a 26-year-old man in Benidorm after seizing 119 grams of cocaine during a routine vehicle check. Officers were carrying out a preventive security control on a main road near the town’s English leisure district when they stopped a car driven by the suspect. During a search of the man and the vehicle, police found two packages hidden in his clothing containing a white substance, later confirmed to be cocaine. He was arrested on suspicion of […]

A 32-year-old man has been rescued by helicopter after being injured while hiking in the Sierra de las Moreras in Mazarrón. The Region of Murcia’s Emergency Coordination Centre received a call at around 11.30am on Saturday reporting that the man had fallen in a hard-to-reach area. The caller provided coordinates, and initial reports said he had injured his ankle and shoulder in steep terrain inaccessible to vehicles. Civil Protection and Local Police in Mazarrón were alerted, along with the 061 […]

Los Alcázares Council has taken the first formal step to prevent the construction of a medical waste incinerator planned around two kilometres from the Mar Menor. The local authority is acting against the clock to create what it describes as an administrative barrier to the project. On Thursday, councillors agreed to begin the process of suspending for one year the granting of licences for industries considered potentially polluting. The suspension would apply to activities such as waste incinerators and biogas […]

The Guardia Civil has dismantled a criminal group in Mazarrón, Murcia, which was allegedly cultivating large quantities of cannabis for distribution to other criminal networks. The operation, codenamed ‘Tunama’, resulted in the arrest of three members of the same family. Officers discovered an indoor greenhouse inside an industrial unit containing 1,106 cannabis plants in the flowering stage. The site was equipped with sophisticated lighting, heating, irrigation and ventilation systems designed to maximise production. The investigation began in January after information […]

A heavy lorry and a car have been involved in a serious-looking collision at one of the main entrances to Torrevieja, though no injuries have been reported. The crash took place at around 20:00 on Thursday at a roundabout connecting the CV-95 with the main access road into the town centre. According to initial reports, the lorry was joining the roundabout when it turned too tightly and encroached on the lane of a car that was entering the town. The […]

Guardia Civil officers in the Region of Murcia have dismantled a criminal group in San Javier following a series of violent robberies and thefts across the Mar Menor area. Thirteen young people, aged between 17 and 25 and living in San Javier and Los Alcázares, have been arrested. Investigators believe the group was responsible for 24 offences in San Javier, Los Alcázares and Torrepacheco, including robberies with violence, theft and robbery with force. The investigation began in January after several […]

Two off-duty officers from the Orihuela Local Police have recovered a vehicle reported stolen in France after spotting it on the AP-7 motorway. The officers had just finished their shift and were driving near the Alicante toll exit when they noticed a French-registered car travelling at high speed. They checked the registration against police databases and confirmed that the vehicle had been reported stolen in France. They then began to follow the car while alerting other police units in the […]