People in Spain spent on average 43% of their gross salary on rent in 2022, according to a Fotocasa real estate portal study. This is a 3% increase compared to 2021, when
CARTAGENA has installed its very first public pay toilet with another four set to be erected over the next few months. The City Council aims to build up a network of 17
A YOUTH GANG has been rounded up by the Guardia Civil in San Javier after committing at least 50 crimes in the area and causing great alarm among residents. Ten people have
TWO MEN died on Tuesday morning in a ‘head-on’ collision on the AP-7 motorway close to the Murcia-Valencia regional border. The accident happened at around 10.15am on the Murcia-bound carriageway close to
ANDALUCIA, MURCIA and COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA have been identified as the autonomous communities with the worst public health services. These results are according to a study carried out by the Spain’s Federation of
FORECASTERS are predicting record-high April temperatures this week as the drought continues to bite across Spain. The current April record stands at 37.4 degrees logged in the Murcia region in 2011. State
MURCIA’S Supreme Court has ruled that drinking three litres of beer in a day is not sufficient grounds on its own for dismissing an employee. The electrician was sacked in September 2021
MURCIA’S Carlos Alcaraz capped a perfect week at the Barcelona Open to outplay Stefanos Tsitsipas in a high-quality display on Sunday The 19-year-old from El Palmar did not lose a set during
TWO BROTHELS that sexually exploited people brought in mainly from Columbia have been closed down by the Policia Nacional in the Murcia region. The businesses operated in Cabezo de Torres and Molina
THE Guardia Civil has busted a gang that stole cars in the Alicante and Murcia areas which were then used in robberies before being sold abroad. Three arrests were made in Elche
POLICE in Murcia have arrested a 20-year-old man who fatally shot a Barcelona shooting range instructor and then forced two women to drive him 600 kilometres to Murcia. The man was carrying
THE Murcia Mental Health Federation has been awarded the Gold Medal of the City for 25 years of defending the rights and serving the needs of people with mental health problems and
A MAN from the Murcia region may have earned the title of the biggest individual scammer in Spain. The Policia Nacional only this week revealed his arrest- carried out in Lorca last
TWO MEN accused of the 2019 murder of a British businessman on the Costa del Sol have been bailed by a Fuengirola court. Aaron Asquith, 25, and Edward Taylor, 39, have been
A man died on Friday afternoon after choking on a piece of octopus he was eating at a Murcia region bar. The 49-year-old was enjoying a drink at the premises in La
A man arrested last September accused of sexually assaulting five minors between 10 and 12 years of age has been linked to 13 new victims. The minors are residents in Almería, Granada
FOREIGN property buyers accounted for 88,858 home purchases in Spain last year- up by 45% on 2021 figures. The College of Registrars says deals struck by non-Spaniards worth at least €500,000 increased
THE GUARDIA CIVIL has dismantled a criminal gang that committed violent robberies in public establishments and homes in the Torre Pacheco and Campo de Cartagena areas of Murcia. Operation Game Rol started
MURCIA’S Carlos Alcaraz regained his world number one tennis ranking after an easy straight sets win over Russia’s Danill Medvedev in the Masters 1000 event on Sunday at Indian Wells. The 19-year-old
AN Albanian drugs gang that grew marijuana in Costa Blanca and Murcia properties has been brought down by the Guardia Civil. The group committed similar offences in Germany, Greece, and Italy, before
SPAIN’S first two public electric charging points for lorries opened on Monday at strategic points off the AP-7 motorway in the east of the country. The stations at Sangonera in Murcia and
A 47-YEAR-OLD Spaniard has been jailed for running a cocaine laboratory out of an otherwise empty property in Benijofar on the Costa Blanca. The cocaine producer made 320 kilometre round-trips to the
THE largest storm water tank in the Murcia region has been opened in Torre Pacheco. It is expected to reduce excess flow from the area’s sewage network which has ended up in
THE Murcia government will spend nearly €8.5 million between April and September to remove biomass and ova from the Mar Menor lagoon. Visiting Playa Honda at Los Urrutias on Wednesday to check
THE Madrid region was the most popular part of Spain for British investment during the first nine months of 2022 according to figures produced by the British Chamber of Commerce in Spain
RESEARCHERS say the fossil of a 200 million year-old marine reptile spotted in a rock wall in the Murcia region town of Cehegin a few years ago is linked to similar discoveries
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