Barmy bathers found flouting lock-down law at Costa Blanca beauty spot
TWO MEN were identified and fined this week for flouting lock-down rules at secluded beaches in Guardamar del Segura. Calls from concerned locals alerted Guardia
Charities and police combine to help feed Costa Blanca migrant communities during lock-down crisis
THE ALICANTE Food Bank and several charities have combined forces with Guardia Civil to collect and distribute food parcels among migrant communities in the region.
Differences put aside with cross-party agreement to honour Spanish dead in Costa Blanca city
ORIHUELA Town Hall will be lowering their flags in honour of the 17,000+ Spanish people that have died so far of Coronavirus. The city’s mayor,
RISKING LIVES: Birthday party caught, fined and sent home after lighting barbecue in communal area of Costa Blanca resort
RISKING their own lives, and those of loved ones, a birthday party of seven people was denounced by the Guardia Civil in Guardamar del Segura,
Costa Blanca cocaine dealer caught telling lock-down lies
GUARDIA CIVIL stopped a drug deal in its tracks this week when three occupants of a car failed to explain themselves. The vehicle had been
Number of cars intercepted in Costa Blanca city DOUBLES in one day, as Easter weekend traffic from inland increases
SECURITY in Alicante has been increased after over 2,000 cars had been intercepted on Tuesday, alone. Main roads in and out of the city have
MURCIA’S Mar Menor in danger as water chemical levels reach record high
THE Mar Menor area of the Murcian coastline is under threat as new studies reveal dangerous chemicals in the water have reached critical levels. The
Police in Costa Blanca resort check shoppers’ addresses in latest clamp-down
SANTA POLA Local Police are informing citizens that they are happy to check the addresses of shoppers as they buy their groceries. The Costa Blanca
SURVIVING THE CRISIS: British CEO of leading telecommunications provider hopes that amazing ‘community spirit’ won’t end with defeat of COVID-19
“AS a leading Telecommunications provider in Spain, we has a duty to keep operating in order to facilitate communications,” says Jan McDowell, CEO of Telitec
SURVIVING THE CRISIS: Students of British martial arts gym owner set up surprise GoFundMe to help him through Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown
MATRIX Martial Arts was opened in April 2018 and was the first dedicated martial arts school in Javea,” says Professor Steve Newman owner and head
Spain’s coronavirus lockdown likely to be extended into May as PM Pedro Sanchez says ‘we cannot back down’
THE nationwide lockdown is unlikely to end on April 26 despite Spain beginning to bring its coronavirus epidemic ‘under control’. Pedro Sanchez told congress today
Lock-down claims latest victim as Sevillanas Fair cancelled in major Costa Blanca city
TORREVIEJA authorities have officially cancelled the May 2020 Fair, due to be held between 6th and 10th of next month. The city’s mayor, Eduardo Dolón,
Costa Blanca man gets vicious dog to attack police and gets arrested for multiple other crimes in process
AN ALMORADI man has been arrested for committing multiple crimes whilst skipping lock-down restrictions. The 47-year-old Spaniard was detained for two alleged robberies and attacking
Spain’s handling of coronavirus pandemic praised as ‘heroic’ and ‘innovative’ by WHO
SPAIN’S handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has been branded ‘heroic’ by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Canadian doctor Bruce Aylward, who led the organisation’s mission
BREAKING: Spain surpasses 15,000 coronavirus deaths as PM Pedro Sanchez defends lockdown extension and warns the ‘EU is in danger’
SOME 683 people in Spain have died from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Figures from the Health Ministry released this morning now put the
8,000 lives have been saved in the Comunitat Valenciana thanks to up to 96% of residents staying at home, study of phone data finds
AN estimated 8,000 lives have been saved in the Comunitat Valenciana thanks to up to 96% of residents staying at home, according to a new
Madrid boy arrested for lying online he caught COVID-19 before travelling to the Comunitat Valenciana – cries as police doorknock him
A BOY has been arrested after posting online he had COVID-19 symptoms and had recently arrived in Gandia, in the Comunitat Valenciana, from Madrid. The
‘Shocked and angered’ – Man arrested after receiving 32 fines for breaking coronavirus quarantine rules in Spain’s Elche
A REPEAT offender has been put in the docks after receiving 32 police fines in Elche. The man was hit by 14 Policia Local fines
Ministry of the Interior quashes fine for buying Nocilla, orders Guardia Civil in Alicante to retract list of purchasable products
THE Ministry of the Interior has yesterday quashed a fine against a man for going to buy Nocilla – a chocolate-hazelnut spread similar to Nutella.
Murcia healthcare staff and elderly tested first as 43,000 new ‘rapid test kits’ delivered at weekend
MURCIA’S regional health services, the SMS, took delivery of 43,000 new rapid Coronavirus testing kits on Sunday. As a priority, three groups of people will
Spain to begin ‘return to normal life’ at end of April but in a ‘very controlled’ process as experts search for signs of ‘herd immunity’ from coronavirus
SPAIN will begin to ‘return to normal life’ from April 26 but in a ‘very controlled’ process. That was the estimate made by government spokeswoman
IN NUMBERS: Latest coronavirus figures from across Spain as infection and death rates jump for second consecutive day and caseload surpasses 146,000
THE coronavirus death toll has increased for the second consecutive day in Spain. The country registered 757 deaths on Wednesday, up from the 743 recorded
More than 40 families caught escaping to second homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca over Palm Sunday weekend
MORE than 40 families have been caught escaping to their second homes the Costa Blanca over Palm Sunday weekend. Cars were stopped and drivers fined
Spain rolling out nationwide testing programme ahead of lifting coronavirus lockdown restrictions
SPAIN is set to test tens of thousands of households across the country in a bid to better understand the scope of the coronavirus pandemic.
‘Brilliant’ Costa Blanca town announces citizens’ mobile street party to lift spirits during lock-down
FORMENTERA DEL SEGURA, in the Vega Baja region of Spain’s Costa Blanca South, has just announced a street party with a difference on Sunday, April
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