Alex worked for 30 years for the BBC as a presenter, producer and manager. He covered a variety of areas specialising in sport, news and politics. After moving to the Costa Blanca over a decade ago, he edited a newspaper for 5 years and worked on local radio.
ONE of three Alicante Province mayors who queue-jumped in January 2021 to get an unauthorised Covid-19 vaccine shot has been forced to resign. Ximo Coll
A conman swindled €20,000 out of a woman looking for love as he pretended to be a ‘prestigious’ South American doctor. The 34-year-old Nigerian trickster
BENIDORM tourist groups say bookings are picking up but add that ‘big-spending’ Russian visitors will be missed due to grounded flights prompted by the Ukraine
FARMERS in Alicante Province have welcomed the recent big downpours that they claim have saved vineyards. The winter drought threatened crops but the heavy rain
CONSTRUCTION of Spain’s first advanced biofuel plant has started in the Cartagena area of Murcia. The €200 million project is being undertaken by Repsol at
FOUR vans from the Alicante Province fire service began a long journey on Tuesday to take emergency supplies to Ukrainian refugees at the Poland-Ukraine border.
ORANGE and MasMovil have formally announced their intention to merge their businesses in Spain. It would make them the largest mobile/telecoms operator in the country
A shipment of awnings to provide shelter against harsh weather for Ukrainian refugees has been sent by the Cruz Roja(Red Cross) from Valencia to Hungary.
THREE people are being probed by the Guardia Civil for illegally storing 700 tonnes of industrial waste via a network of bogus companies. The Guardia’s
HIPERCOR owned by department store chain El Corte Ingles has been ranked as Spain’s ‘most-valued’ national supermarket retailer. The verdict comes in a customer survey
PROPERTY purchases by non-Spanish buyers on the Costa Blanca returned to pre-pandemic levels last year. Figures from the Association of Notaries showed 21,458 homes were
THREE burglars were caught in the act robbing an Alicante apartment after a neighbour called the police. A quick response by two Policia Nacional patrols