Body Washed Up on Alicante Beach
Bathers received an unpleasant surprise on the beach of Arenales del Sol near Gran Alacant, Alicante, on Sunday, when a body was washed up on shore. The body was seen floating a few metres...
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Fined for Offensive T-Shirt
Social network sites have been going wild this weekend sharing news from Alicante that a girl was allegedly issued with a 651 euro fine at the weekend for wearing an offensive t-shirt. The t-shirt...
Sexual Webcam Interviewers Arrested
Officers from the Guardia Civil in Alicante have arrested two men who deceived women into performing strip teases and naked dance routines during interviews for nonexistent jobs as nightclub dancers. The operation began last...
SLIGHT INCREASE IN DRIVING ARRESTS
The Guardia Civil has reported that it arrested 252 drivers in May for crimes against road safety in the Region
Of those who found their vehicles impounded, 63 people were driving without insurance or a driving license; 187 were driving under the infl…
CAMEO ROLE FOR MAYOR IN BENIDORM
Shane Ritchie won’t be the only new face that we’ll see when series 8 of the popular ITV Sitcom Benidorm hits our screens later in the year.
The 51-year-old, who has swapped the East End for Alicante, will be joined by the real life figure of PSOE Po…
BRITISH CONSUL PRAISES CHARITIES’ WORK, URGES MORE EXPATS TO VOLUNTEER
Local expat charities are working hard to support both British and Spanish nationals, British Consul Sarah-Jane Morris saw in a day-long visit to the north of Alicante province this week.
Mrs Morris spent a morning in the HELP centres in La Xara, and …
MIKE PROBERT TALKS GOLF
Here on the Costa’s golf is one of the biggest leisure time activities for both tourists and resident alike and with this in mind we have secured the services of Mike Probert of Costa Blanca Green Fee Services to provide a weekly round up of local golf…
BRITISH WOMAN SKYDIVES TO RAISE MONEY FOR HORSE RESCUE CENTRE
A 60-year-old British woman has raised more than €500 for the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre after jumping from a plane in the United Kingdom.
Elaine Sissons, who lives in the UK but has a holiday home in Spain, is a long-time supporter of the Roj…
CRIME WATCH ESPAñA
An English lady, from Rojales, found a wallet containing some money and documents. She decided to take it to the Police Station, and when she arrived to the office, an old English man was reporting losing his wallet, the wallet the lady was delivering …
Child Knocked Down on Crossing
A ten year old boy was knocked down in the centre of Alicante on Saturday, when a car hit the child who was on a pedestrian crossing. The driver of the Opel Astra admitted...
CORVERA’S OPERATING LICENCES WITHDRAWN
As local airports continue to make headlines and as just about everyone in the area, apart from Murcia’s politicians, question the viability and logic of building an airport within an hour’s drive of Alicante, the future of Corvera International is bei…
112 EMERGENCY CALLS
If you are unfortunate to find yourself in a life threatening situation, whatever your emergency, be it the need for the police, fire, ambulance, coast guard, one number is all you need from any fixed or mobile phone, the number 112.
During the month …
