On 4th May, the Guardia Civil are holding an exhibition featuring some of their departments on the municipal car park next to the Zenia Boulevard shopping centre on the Orihuela Costa. The event is part of the celebrations commemorating the 175th anniversary of the Guardia Civil, and will feature live displays from the dog section, a helicopter, and static displays …

The Suma tax management agency, who operate on behalf of the Provincial Council of Alicante, has launched an outreach program with the aim of explaining their services to foreign residents. The agency collect municipal taxes such as those for waste disposal and vehicles, and issue bills which have to be paid preferably during the initial “voluntary” period, or afterwards when …

A total of seven people were injured on Thursday in a house fire in Torrevieja, which had apparently been started intentionally. According to the reports from the Provincial Fire Consortium, the fire was started by a man who had intended to commit suicide. Amongst those injured are two fire fighters who attended the incident, and two young girls, said to …

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 …

The Club has decided not to continue employing the services of the coaching staff for the first team and will immediately relinquish the current contract, which would have seen them training the team until the end of the 2018-2019 season. Taking over the coaching role provisionally will be sports director Joaquín Badimón Aymerich, who will sit on the bench this …

Medical staff from the Cruz Roja have met a boat carrying twelve immigrants which landed at Cala del Moro in Torrevieja on Tuesday. The Guardia Civil report that the twelve are all male and of legal age, all saying that they are from Algeria. A local resident alerted the Guardia Civil at around 10:30 of the boat, with both the …

CD Torrevieja have appointed a coach for the youth team for the forthcoming season, which is about to start. The new coach is Ángel Rubió Manzanaro, better known as “Angel” (Torrevieja 1985). The young trainer from Torrevieja, has a Level 1 Coaching certificate and already has extensive experience after training other youth teams including CDM Orihuela Costa, CD Montesinos and …

Officers from the Guardia Civil have arrested three people for being part of a criminal organisation, suspected of being responsible for up to 16 thefts from shops in less than a week. The group, who lived together in the same house in Torrevieja, targeted stores in Elche, Orihuela Costa, Sant Vicent del Raspeig and Alicante, …

Many towns have been celebrating their own version of Gay Pride over the last couple of weeks with various activities including exhibitions, films, concerts and talks. And while this is all well and good, most people just want to PARTY and mingle! This Saturday evening, the coastal town of Santa Pola will be doing just …

As part of the series of music concerts being organised by the town of San Miguel de Salinas, this Friday night continues with “A Night in Mexico”. This evening, the audience will be treated to a large selection of popular songs of some of Mexico’s greatest artists including Rocío Durcal, Juan Gabriel, Luís Miguel and …

Airlines are warning of cancellations and delays tomorrow due to more strikes in Italy. National strike action is due to take place on Friday and will affect Air Traffic Control and ground handling services. Ryanair said it has been forced to cancel a number of flights on Friday and is also expecting delays to flights …

This Saturday morning, anyone that is interested in finding out about the sea life found along the coast of Pilar de la Horadada can go along for a free three-hour snorkelling session organised by the town hall. There will be four different routes, and this week you will be able to try the first one. …