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Virtual shutdown of regional airport in Spain’s Murcia due to pandemic travel restrictions

MURCIA’S regional airport at Corvera faces two weeks without any flights due to cancellations caused by pandemic travel restrictions. Internal services to areas like the Canary Islands will not resume until early

12 Nov, 2020 @ 13:30

Travel News

WATCH: Trio arrested as car linked to murder found buried in walls of house and body found wrapped in plastic 65 miles away in Spain’s Murcia

POLICIA Nacional has had to use industrial machinery to uncover a car linked with the murder of a Murcia man, before the victim was found in the woods some 65 miles away.

10 Nov, 2020 @ 21:02

Costa Blanca

Hundreds of mistreated animals rescued from illegal zoo in Spain’s Murcia region

AN ILLEGAL zoo that housed 572 animals in appalling conditions has been raided by Murcia’s Guardia Civil. A 62-year-old Spaniard was arrested and charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty on his

10 Nov, 2020 @ 19:35

Lead

Strongest earthquake yet in recent sequence hits Spain’s Murcia region

AN EARTHQUAKE measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale shook parts of the Murcia region today at 1.46am(November 9). It’s the strongest-recorded tremor in a recent sequence of quakes to have struck Alicante

9 Nov, 2020 @ 12:28

Lead

Over 9,000 COVID-19 deaths recorded since start of pandemic in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Spain’s Murcia region extends restrictions amidst warning of public health system ‘collapsing’ by end of November

MURCIA’S public health system could ‘collapse’ by the end of November according to regional president, Fernando López Miras, The dire warning was made as part of a new decree signed by the

9 Nov, 2020 @ 11:30

Coronavirus·Lead·Mar Menor

Earthquakes continue daily across eastern and southern Spain

SINCE Sunday, November 1, Spain’s southern and eastern coasts have seen two dozen earthquakes. This morning, one of the strongest quakes this week was felt at 2:47am, when a tremor hit the

6 Nov, 2020 @ 12:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·National News·Valencia

Tougher Restrictions On Bars And Restaurants In Spain S Murcia Region Will Lead To Total Ruin Of Hospitality Trade

‘Total ruin’ of bars and restaurants predicted in Spain’s Murcia region due to tougher COVID-19 rules

MURCIA’S restaurants and bars are facing ‘total ruin’ according to the region’s leading hospitality association, Hostemur. Hostemur president, Jesus Jimenez, has said that the vital Christmas trading period has been ‘lost’ already

2 Nov, 2020 @ 15:00

Lead·Mar Menor

Downward trend continues for new COVID-19 cases in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

No border closures yet as new COVID-19 cases show another steep rise across Spain’s Costa Blanca

NEW COVID-19 infections went up by 60 per cent in a day across the Valencian Community, as the regional government resists following other parts of Spain in closing its borders. The Valencian

29 Oct, 2020 @ 11:47

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

British man arrested in Spain’s Murcia region for setting up marijuana farm at rented villa

A BRITISH man was arrested by the Guardia Civil for having a marijuana farm at a rental villa in the Murcia region. The unnamed Brit set up his illegal indoor plantation at

27 Oct, 2020 @ 17:45

Lead

Murcia president demands fair EU funding to avoid a ‘two speed Spain’ after Covid-19 ‘economic tsunami’

THE PRESIDENT of Murcia region, López Miras, has called for a “fair and transparent” distribution criteria for European funds “to avoid a Spain at two speeds” He spoke at the 22nd Conference

27 Oct, 2020 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Over a thousand bars and restaurants have closed for good in Spain’s Murcia region

UP TO 15 per cent of Murcia’s bars and restaurants have gone bust due to the pandemic, according to the region’s main hospitality association. Hostemur president, Jesus Jimenez, predicted that more closures

21 Oct, 2020 @ 16:15

Mar Menor

WATCH: Police find secret drugs farm under trafficker’s kitchen floor after seizing stash hidden in car on Spain’s Costa Blanca

NATIONAL POLICE in Murcia found over eight kilograms of marijuana hidden in a double-bottomed ‘caleta’ in the trunk of a car, and then a whole plantation under a kitchen floor. The stash

21 Oct, 2020 @ 09:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Illegal cigarette factories which churned out 18,000 fags per MINUTE dismantled in Spain’s Madrid and Costa Blanca

A total of 38 people were arrested, believed to be the core of a ‘highly specialised organisation’ run by Bulgarians

14 Oct, 2020 @ 14:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid

British fugitive on the run for violent assault arrested in Spain’s Murcia for running arms trafficking gang

A BRITISH fugitive accused of running an arms trafficking gang in Spain was arrested this morning(October 14) in Murcia City. The man was identified by the Guardia Civil as having the initials

14 Oct, 2020 @ 14:04

Lead

Romanian robbers charged with 39 crimes involving foreign tourists parked at motorway service areas in Spain’s Costa Blanca

A ROMANIAN robbery gang has been arrested after targeting tourists parked up at service areas on the AP-7 motorway in the Valencian Community and Murcia region. A joint operation between the Guardia

6 Oct, 2020 @ 21:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Something In The Air As Sky High Marijuana Plant Is Unconvered In Spain S Murcia Region

What a whopper as marijuana plant blossoms into five-metre tall tree in Spain’s Murcia region

NATIONAL POLICE agents used their noses to help sniff out a marijuana plant that sprouted ‘beanstalk-like’ into a five-metre high tree in Molina de Segura, Murcia. Agents smelt marijuana on a Molina

4 Oct, 2020 @ 09:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

Double Doggy Rescue As Animals Get Stuck In A Ditch In Spain S Murcia Region

A happy ending for two dogs stuck in a ditch in Spain’s Murcia region

TWO Guardia Civil agents got their feet wet in the line of duty when they rescued two dogs trapped in an irrigation ditch at Orilla del Azarrbe in Murcia. The agents from

3 Oct, 2020 @ 09:15

Costa Blanca

Endangered turtles released off Spain’s Murcia to be tracked around the world by satellite

LOGGERHEAD turtles born in captivity have been released into the wild off Murcia beaches. Over two separate releases, 21 of the endangered species were returned to sea, with three set to be

30 Sep, 2020 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Intoxicated man ends a long night out by sexually assaulting a pony in Spain’s Murcia region

A DRUNKEN man was arrested by Murcia’s Policia Local for having sex with a pony on a farm. The intoxicated individual had been out since Saturday night and stumbled onto the farm

28 Sep, 2020 @ 18:30

Dogs caged and kept in shocking state at farm kennels in Spain’s Murcia region

A MAN has been charged with animal abuse in Mazarron after a Guardia Civil raid on a farm which housed mainly Bullmastif dogs. Guardia agents from Aguilas were tipped off about potential

25 Sep, 2020 @ 17:45

Modern Fagins Exploit Teenage Begger And Pocket The Cash In Spain S Murcia City

Modern Fagins use teenager as beggar to pocket almost €2,000 in Spain’s Murcia City

A TEENAGER was forced to beg on the streets of Murcia City by two men who used him to raise money from sympathetic passers-by. The Policia Nacional discovered nearly €2,000 in cash

23 Sep, 2020 @ 16:15

Lead

Migrants rescued after perilous sea crossing to reach the coast of Spain’s Murcia region

13 SMALL BOATS crammed with Algerian refugees were intercepted off the Murcia coast yesterday(September 21) by Guardia Civil and Maritime Rescue vessels. The dangerous journey from North Africa was made by 170

22 Sep, 2020 @ 13:09

WATCH: Fugitive arrested for manslaughter and currency forging after decades-long criminal career on Spain’s Costa Blanca

The 39-year-old had evaded authorities for the last year and was wanted throughout Spain and Sweden, police revealed today

20 Sep, 2020 @ 13:01

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Health minister in Spain’s Murcia region slams lack of discipline over COVID-19 prevention and says Chinese ‘are far better at it’

RISING COVID-19 cases have caused Murcia’s health minister, Manuel Villegas, to criticise the lack of restraint among Spaniards in the region in following safety rules. “The Chinese people are disciplined but the

18 Sep, 2020 @ 13:24

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Bullfighting teacher is arrested for sexually abusing children and young students in Spain’s Murcia

A TEACHER at Murcia’s bullfighting school has been arrested for sexually abusing children and young students. The Policia Nacional said that the 69-year-old man may have carried out the abuse for ‘several

11 Sep, 2020 @ 13:01

Costa Blanca·Lead

Health chief says up to 60 per cent of people are breaking COVID-19 isolation rules in Spain’s Murcia region

UP TO 60 PER CENT of people that are meant to be self-isolating over COVID-19 are lying about being at home, according to the Murcian Health Service(SMS), SMS manager, Asensio López, claimed

8 Sep, 2020 @ 15:06

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

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