Tuesday marks the 77th anniversary of Torrevieja city being bombed by Italian aircraft. It was in 1938, during the Spanish Civil war, that planes dropped 60 bombs onto the city, ripping through 25 homes and causing serious damage to buildings in the town centre and the port area, leaving 19 people dead and 45 injured. For years, local relatives, residents …

A 24 year old resident of Santa Pola was killed on Monday whilst working on a property in Arenales del Sol. The man was reported to have been working on a television aerial on the roof of a six-storey building on calle Ibiza at the time of the incident which occurred around midday. Both the local and National Police attended …

The sub delegation of Alicante has archived a complaint submitted by the Petrer town hall for the possible infringement of the Public Safety Act, commonly known as the “gag law”, after a photograph appeared on social network sites of a police car parked in a disabled parking bay. The images and subsequent threat of action has been covered my most …

Aside from celebrating the birthday of Elefanta Petita this weekend in the Terra Natura park in Benidorm, the sister centre in Murcia has this week celebrated welcoming their half a millionth visitor since they opened in 2007. Last year alone the animal park was visited by 240,000 people, 30% of whom are foreigners, and in the first seven months of …

Spokesperson for the government of Torrevieja, Fanny Serrano, who also holds the post of councillor for tourism, has hit back at accusations that the town hall is doing nothing to promote the city to the cruise passengers who will be visiting on board the AMADEA on Saturday. Facing criticism from the former mayor, Eduardo Dolón, Serrano has insisted that the …

Officers from the Guardia Civil traffic department have charged a 35 year old Ecuadorian national who was found to be driving on the CV-70 between Alcoy and Benidorm with five-times the permitted maximum alcohol level in his system. The incident occurred on the 15th of August when officers became suspicious of the ability of the driver and so conducted a …

Six people were arrested this week for capturing a Basking Shark off the coast of Cartagena. The creature, which is harmless to humans, is protected under international conservation laws. The action was taken against those involved after they subsequently tried to sell the meat to local hotels and restaurants in the area. The investigation began in July when the authorities …

A forest fire which took hold in the Salinas de Santa Pola on Wednesday was finally brought under control at 18:30, but not before it had destroyed almost a hectare of shrub land. Two amphibious planes, a helicopter and numerous ground crews battled the flames which followed on from a similar incident in Guardamar dunes the day before, in a …

The Terra Natura animal park in Benidorm will be celebrating this weekend, as one of their most famous residents, Elefanta Petita, celebrates her 43rd birthday. When Petita first arrived at the park she was picked on by the other elephants who considered her ugly, until one of the younger elephants, Kaiso, who had felt pity on Petita, started to play …

Officers from the National Police have arrested a man for smuggling drugs into the country on a boat from Algeria. The drugs were found stashed in a cushion which was being used by a second person travelling in a wheelchair. In a separate action, officers also located 100 kilos of drugs hidden in a van that also came from Algeria. …

Officers from the Guardia Civil have arrested 20 members of an organised gang believed to be responsible for fraudulently obtaining around 45,000 euro from credit cards of mostly British visitors to hostess and strip clubs in the Magalluf area of the island of Mallorca. The investigating officers believe that the amount of money stolen could be higher, on account of …

Benidorm will be besieged by Gladiators next week, as the legendary Circus Maximus visits the bullring in the town as the venue for an epic battle. A total of 25 actors will take part in the event with chariot races and sword fights for a unique experience in the historic grounds. The action starts at 22:15 on Wednesday the 25th …