The municipal secretary of Orihuela, Virgilio Estremera, believes that there has been “continued compliance” of the requirements for the presentation of the censure motion in Orihuela, scheduled to take place at noon on Friday. In a report...

New Year's Day at La Zenia Beach, Orihuela Costa. The beaches were very busy complete with many swimmers and sunbathers. However with the sea temperature reaching only 16C (60F) most bathers might have been better equipped had they been wearing wet s...

Officers from the Guardia Civil have arrested two men, both of Spanish nationality aged 55 and 44, after dismantling a drugs sale point in the town of Almoradí. The arrests came as part of an operation named “La Paz”, aimed at crack...

The sub aquatic and water patrol unit of the Guardia Civil, GEAS, is looking to purchase six new speedboats to assist in their control of illegal immigration in the Mediterranean coastal zone. The six high powered “Zodiac” type vessels, ea...

The 112 emergency coordination centre managed 1,248 incidents across the region on New Year´s Eve, between 20:00 on the 31st of December and 08:00 on New Year´s Day, considerably higher than last year, when 974 incidents were managed, an in...

Part of the centre of Alicante was brought to a standstill this week as emergency services enacted the evacuation of the area near to the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, as there was a risk of a gas explosion from an ambulance that had been involved in a traff...

The first baby of 2014 born in the region of Valencia is a girl who arrived at 01:26 at Torrevieja hospital. According to informed sources in the Ministry of Health, the newborn baby weighed in at 3.3 kilos, has a Spanish mother and will be named Mara...

The Ministry of development has contracted the company la Mercantil TRN Ingeniería y Planificación de Infraestructuras SA to carry out a feasibility study into restoring main line rail services (Valencia-Alicante, Tren de la Costa) into Torrevieja. The study will take a year to complete at a cost of 689.193 euros

A number of different routes are being considered although that currently gaining most favour would appear to be the old railway line connecting Torrevieja with Albatera which is currently being used as a footpath and bike lane, and is now in the hands of ADIF

The study will also consider current transport demands, as well as recommending the number of services required, frequencies and travel times.

The Torrevieja mayor, Eduardo Dolon said that the study showed "the close collaboration with the Government of Spain, in the first-major-review that will benefit the entire region of the Vega Baja."

Torrevieja had its own rail link for over a century. The branch between the city and Albatera was in use from 1884 to the late 80s before it was excluded from the route of the AVE.

Access to the resort town is now mainly by road with the Altet Airport is over 50 kilometers distant.

Los Verdes collected more than 12,000 signatures in favor of the reinstatement of a rail line that it said would greatly benefit a large percentage of the population that does not have the use of private vehicles.

An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 2.8 was felt today (Tuesday 31 December) between Alicante and Albacete. According to the National Geographic Institute the quake occurred at 4:29 am, causing only superficial damage. The epicenter was the town of...

The Secretary of Cities and Municipal Policy for the national socialist PSOE group, Gaspar Zarrías, has demanded a response from the president of the government, Mariano Rajoy, as to whether or not he, as the president and leader of the national...

On Friday the 13th December The Residential Home Visiting Team together with the Rascals accompanied by Just Brass entertained the residents in the Jardin de Clara Residential Home with carol singing. Gifts supplied by the Rascals were handed out by ...

The Ministry of Interior and Justice of the Valencia region has filed 79 applications across the Alicante province for the holding of special New Year´s Eve parties, although this figure may well change as last minute applications are considered....