Mobile Phone Dangers Escalating This week, we recognised the now global event to raise awareness of the dangers of using a mobile phone whilst driving, but still the message isn´t getting through to some people who are risking their own lives, and the lives of others, just to get noticed on social media, and it´s not just the drivers … Read More
Torrevieja on Tourism Barometer of Social Media The Valencia regional tourism department has published the results of this year’s social media barometer, which shows Torrevieja amongst the most talked about destinations throughout the first six months of this year. It’s the eleventh time the results have been published, a system which trolls through the likes of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube looking for mentions of areas in … Read More
Major Earthquake Drill in Torrevieja on Wednesday On Wednesday, 14 November, an earthquake will hit the area with its epicentre in Torrevieja. Luckily, it is only a drill, part of continual operations that ensure the emergency services are trained and equipped should such an event occur, as was the case in 1829 when much of the area, including Torrevieja, was destroyed by … Read More
ABOUT OUR NEW BRAND NAME, LOGO AND WEBSITE We are excited to announce the launch of BZN Lex’s newly designed multilingual website www.bestsolicitorsinspain.com ! Our goal with this new designed website is create a user-friendly browsing experience for our trusted and valued customers and... Read More
Flooding Could have been Avoided with Proper Plans For year, residents on one area of Torrevieja have had to put up with severe flooding, whilst the rest of the municipality has foot the bill through taxes. Now, it looks like both of the problems could have been avoided if the previous government had ensured that proper plans were in place, or at least listened to the opposition (now … Read More
Tourism Academics Highlight Torrevieja Torrevieja will host the final phase of the fourth International Congress of Residential Tourism on Saturday, with a round table of discussions to explore domestic opportunities. The councillor for Tourism, Fanny Serrano, chaired a presentation, accompanied by the Professor of Sociology of Tourism at the University of Alicante and coordinator of the Congress, Tomás Mazón, and the coordinator of the … Read More
Brit Arrested in Torrevieja in Child Porn Network Investigation A British resident of Spain was arrested in Torrevieja, and is amongst 24 people detained across Spain as part of a National Police investigation into the distribution of child pornography. Arrests have taken place across Spain, including 4 in Madrid and 3 in the Alicante province, as reported by the Ministry of the Interior on … Read More
Major Fire in Santa Pola Industrial Unit A major fire broke out in an industrial unit in Santa Pola on Tuesday. Fire crews from across the area attended the incident which totally destroyed one of the buildings. Many people shared images and... Read More
Detenidos 25 individuos e intervenida más de media tonelada de cocaína oculta en el interior de falsos ladrillos refractarios Los agentes de la Policía Nacional tuvieron que partir miles de piezas con mazas buscando la droga que ocultabanLos arrestados conformaban una organización criminal radicada en México, Colombia y España -con conexiones en Bélgica y Holanda- dedicados a la introducción de cocaína por vía marítima para su posterior distribución por la penínsulaLa organización estaba perfectamente jerarquizada: contaba con un líder en el extranjero encargado del envío de la droga y otro en España responsable de su recepción y distribución, además de con otros colaboradores se ocupaban del transporte, la guarda y custodia, conseguir vehículos caleteados o hacer de “hombres pantalla”Registradas 28 viviendas y una nave industrial e intervenidos 20 vehículos -varios de ellos “caleteados”- y más de 200.000 euros en efectivoLa organización desmantelada está relacionada con los 62 kilos de cocaína aparecidos el pasado mes de enero en las playas de Denia y Xábia (Alicante) procedentes de un lanzamiento fallido de la droga adosada a bidones flotantes desde un buque mercanteNota: Esta nota de prensa posee un vídeo relacionado. Read More
Fire Fighters Rescue Cat from Burning Building Fire fighters in the south west Galician town of Vigo saved the life of a cat which they rescued from a burning building. The crews were called to attend a fire in the property by neighbours and came across the Read More ... Read More
Mercury FM Spain – Our New Media Partner We are pleased to announce a new media partnership with Mercury FM Spain. As well as bringing you all of the latest traffic and road information here, we are now also able to share information through the radio, thanks to Read More ... Read More
Pick up the latest Courier newspaper with Motoring Plus Make sure you pick up this week´s copy of The Courier newspaper if you are in the Torrevieja area. This week, it includes the latest Motoring Plus pull-out, which contains articles from the n332.es website, so those who don´t have Read More ... The post Pick up the latest Courier newspaper with Motoring Plus appeared first on Driving In Spain. Read More