Free sun cream dispensers are installed around popular resort in southern Spain
FREE dispensers containing factor 50 sunscreen have been installed on Los Alcazares beaches along the Mar Menor coast. The project comes from the local council
Spain’s Mar Menor re-introduces jellyfish nets amid a surge in numbers
NETS to keep jellyfish away from beaches on the Mar Menor lagoon are being installed for the first time since 2021 Barriers have been put
British-Norwegian gang which ‘created and sold fake IDs’ in Spain is busted
FOUR British and Norwegian men have been arrested for running a gang that produced fake ID cards to rip-off phone companies and banks. Six people-
British tourist ‘stable’ after drunk-driver killed her husband on a pedestrian crossing in Spain
THE condition of a British tourist who was knocked down by a drunk driver on a pedestrian crossing outside her Mar Menor hotel last Tuesday
British tourist dies as wife remains in serious condition after drunk driver hits them outside their hotel in Spain
A BRITISH man has died in hospital after he and his wife were hit by a drunk driver outside their Mar Menor hotel on Tuesday
British couple seriously injured after drunk-driver knocks them over outside their holiday hotel in Spain
A BRITISH couple were seriously injured on Tuesday evening when they were mowed down by a drunk-driver outside their Mar Menor area hotel. The husband,
‘Most Wanted’ Brit arrested for masterminding vacuum-packed gun sales to criminal mafias along Spain’s east coast
A BRITISH drugs fugitive has been arrested at a Murcia villa which contained a suitcase with 35 guns inside plus 750 bullets wrapped in towels-
Elderly couple are killed in horror car crash in Spain after travelling on the wrong side of a dual carriageway
AN ELDERLY couple died when their car drove on the wrong side of a Murcia region dual carriageway and collided with another vehicle. The fatal
UK team taking part in ‘biggest air show on the planet’ over Mar Menor lagoon in Spain
OVER 50 aircraft from Spain and Europe will be involved in the first-ever San Javier Air Show this Friday through to Sunday. Amongst those flying
Frenchman, 35, who ‘stole €450,000 worth of windsurfing equipment’ from the Mar Menor in Spain is arrested
A THIEF took €450,000 of windsurfing gear from a European championship event on the Mar Menor and drove his haul to an Alicante province warehouse,
These Costa del Sol ‘pueblos’ are the best options for Americans looking to retire in Spain – according to a leading US magazine
SPAIN is becoming an increasingly popular destination for American visitors – and not just tourists, but also retirees looking for a place to live. For
Laboratory cooking up powerful marijuana-based drug is shut down by police in Spain’s Murcia
A clandestine laboratory concocting a cannabis extract drug called rosin has been busted by the Policia Nacional in the Murcia region. 17 people of various
Companies which dumped brine into Spain’s Mar Menor lagoon are fined €2.3million
SIX companies and farmers have been stung with €2.3 million of fines for polluting the Mar Menor lagoon in the Murcia region. The Ministry of
Mystery surrounds the disappearance of an expat boy, 15, who vanished while canoeing in Spain’s Mar Menor lagoon two weeks ago – as his mother insists he is still alive
THE mother of a teenager who went missing on January 5 when he was out in a stolen canoe on the Mar Menor lagoon, has
How new tech will help an endangered lagoon in southern Spain control its nutrient levels from space
SCIENTISTS are creating a special algorithm for the Mar Menor lagoon in Murcia so that chlorophyll pollution can be better analysed through satellite images. Staff
Infamous ‘ghost’ hotel in southern Spain will finally be destroyed – 50 YEARS after construction began
WORK is scheduled to begin this Thrusday to demolish an unfinished La Manga hotel dating back to 1974. Taking down the 12-storey Lagomar Hotel eyesore
Gang from Madrid which robbed safes at shopping centres on Spain’s Costa Blanca is brought down
A MADRID-BASED gang travelled to the Costa Blanca and Murcia areas to rob store safes in large shopping centres after hiding inside premises before closing
Angry parents at overcrowded Murcia school that sent children away hear from Spain’s Ombudsman
PARENTS at a Los Alcazares school have heard back from Spain’s Ombudsman after a lack of classrooms forced children to study at home for the
Report: 456 tonnes of nitrates ended up in the Mar Menor in 2022
A TOTAL of 456 tonnes of nitrates entered the Mar Menor lagoon in southeastern Spain during 2022, as well as 18.5 tonnes of phosphates. That’s
15 sand dune areas will be restored with natural vegetation in La Manga area of Spain’s Mar Menor
15 SECTIONS of La Manga del Mar Menor’s coast will see over 117,000 m2 of sand dunes restored in a €1.06 million project announced by
New sustainable sports park to transform empty urban area of Spain’s Mar Menor
CONSTRUCTION of a ‘sustainable’ sports park for La Manga should start soon after a contract was awarded for the first phase of the project. The
Thousands of fried egg jellyfish take over Murcia’s coast
THOUSANDS of fried egg jellyfish are taking over Murcia’s beaches this summer. Mar Menor’s increasingly warmer temperatures are the consequence of the proliferation of this
48 black flags handed to environmentally ‘destroyed’ beaches and coastal areas across Spain
ECOLOGISTS in Action has handed their unwanted black flags to 48 beaches across the Spanish coast. The environmental group, which exposes a number of beaches
Dangerous and violent drugs gang brought down in Mar Menor area of Spain
THE GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested 19 people in Los Alcazares who belonged to a ‘dangerous criminal group’ selling drugs and who used knives and guns
The Waterboys among star-studded performers at 2023 San Javier International Jazz Festival in Spain’s Murcia
SAN JAVIER in Murcia will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first staging of the San Javier International Jazz Festival this summer. The event which
Plan for artificial reefs outside marinas to protect fauna of Spain’s Mar Menor lagoon
THE MAR MENOR may be getting a network of artificial reefs in its waters to protect the lagoon’s marine ecosystem. The reefs can be made