According to a statement from the Cruz Roja, 14,955 people with reduced mobility have used specially adapted access points along the beaches of the Costa Blanca and Valencia region this summer. To that figure, we must also add those who have visited beaches served by private contractors. The Cruz Roja look after a total of …

The regional government has spent two million euro on improvements to the beaches of the Costa Blanca this summer. The investment has seen the installation of a 100 changing rooms, 48 playgrounds, 12 accessible bathing areas, six technological palms and 10 kilometres of fencing. The changing rooms have been installed across the region with 37 …

The Tourism Department of the Valencia Regional Government are attending an ornithological event in the UK, to showcase what the region can offer specifically to birdwatchers The event, Birdfair, is held at the Rutland Nature Reserve in Egleton, and is taking place from today, 17 August, until Sunday. The world renowned event brings together more …

The Valencia regional government is investing almost 100,000 euro in three groups aimed at promoting the area´s family, food and activity values. A grant of 35,000 euro is going to the Turismo Familiar de la Comunitat Valenciana, an association which creates and promotes activities for families. Their funding will be used for the production of …

The town hall of Torrevieja has launched an urgent appeal to find good, loving homes for a total of 26 animals that were seized after a 30-strong drug-trafficking gang was dismantled in the El Limonar area. The councillor for Animal Protection, Carmen Morate, has stressed the importance of finding homes for these animals as quickly …

After days of beach closures, the imminent threat to bathers over the invasion of Portuguese Man O War along the Costa Blanca appears to be easing. Councils along the coastline have started to remove prohibition notices, with the popular resort of Torrevieja being the latest to lift the ban along the La Mata stretch, which …

Torrevieja and the surrounding area shook on Friday evening with an earthquake centred just off Pilar Dr la Horadada. The 3.4 magnitude tremor (originally recorded at 3.2 but later upgraded based on reports submitted) was felt across much of the southern Costa Blanca with many people taking to Facebook to discuss the latest rumble. If you felt it, you can …

Two men, a Spaniard aged 34 and a Moroccan aged 46, have been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Bigastro and in Los Montesinos for allegedly forging money and trafficking drugs. A stash of 78 forged fifty-euro notes (3,900€), 170 grams of hashish and 14 grams of cocaine have been confiscated from the pair. The …

If you have never been to the Caves in Rojales above the town centre on the first Sunday of every month for the monthly arts, crafts and music event, now is the time to go as this weekend the Rojales Caves will be the setting for three whole days of fun. Over the 4, 5 …

The Hospital Quirónsalud Torrevieja launches a free campaign for early diagnosis of colon cancer on the occasion of the world day of this pathology, which is celebrated on March 31. The initiative consists of practicing free fecal occult blood tests to the general population of the Alicante region of Vega Baja (national and foreign) and to patients of …

Officers from the Guardia Civil and the National Police have arrested four people as alleged authors of a crime of illegal possession of weapons in Torrevieja and Guardamar. The investigation revealed replica weapons which are first manipulated, in order to qualify them for the practice of real fire and, secondly sold, within the black market …

Firefighters extinguished a fire in a third-floor Alicante apartment attic that had endangered the roof of a building in calle Castaños. The fire service received notice at around 14:00 on Monday that the building was on fire, sending three crews to the scene. The fire was located in the wooden attic, hampering extinction because of …