Costa Blanca city explodes in ‘riot of colour’ at annual medieval market
ORIHUELA became a true “riot” of colour, music and food as the annual Mercado Medieval kicked off in great style, this weekend. Hundreds of stalls
SAFETY FIRST: Emergency staff to flood Costa Blanca streets for annual food festival
ORIHUELA’S Medieval Market will be a lot safer, this weekend, thanks to additional staff on hand to deal with emergency events. The annual celebrations are
Free buses take food festival lovers to ‘magic’ medieval market this weekend in Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE HISTORIC centre of Orihuela explodes into life this weekend, as the city celebrates its annual Medieval Market, with 300 food and craft stalls. Festivities
WATCH: Mother of four arrested for child abandonment after newborn baby girl left in Costa Blanca doorway
NATIONAL POLICE have tracked down and arrested the mother of the baby left in an Orihuela doorway last week. The 35-year-old already has four daughters,
Newborn baby found with bags of clothes in busy Costa Blanca street
A NEWBORN baby girl was found abandoned in a plastic bag on an Orihuela street on Friday, January 17. Policia Nacional are searching for the
Orihuela reopens sports centre only four months after it was “completely flooded” by DANA
FRIDAY saw the reopening of Palmeral Sports Centre of Orihuela, after €95,000 worth of flood damage was caused in September’s storms. The Councillor for Sports,
British fugitive David Grundy given 9 years jail time for jealously stabbing girlfriend after she asked for ‘time to think’ in Alicante
THE British man who plunged a knife into his girlfriend’s back before stealing the neighbour’s car and fleeing to Benidorm has accepted nine years jail
‘High-level’ Spanish classes for British expats to aid ‘full integration’ in Orihuela on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ORIHUELA Town Hall has announced a 40-hour language course for Brits, and other foreign nationals, to aid their integration into Spanish society. Councillor for Immigration,
Expat feels ‘imprisoned’ in own home after agricultural plant built without planning authorisation next door
A BRITISH expat is demanding action after a seven-metre high and potentially toxic agricultural plant was built just yards from his Costa Blanca home. David
Roman map shows flood-hit regions of the Costa Blanca were part of the Med just 2,000 years ago
THE Vega Baja region is prone to flooding because it was once part of the Mediterranean Sea, a Roman-era map of the area shows. The
Thousands help rebuild Spain’s Costa Blanca after six die in floods following worst storm for 140 years
South East Spain starts to recover in short break from lethal floods and storms
At least six feared dead in Costa Blanca flooding after roads, railways and airports close
SIX people have died following two days of the worst flooding on record to hit the Costa Blanca flooding. Emergency services and the military stepped
Expats donate and distribute furniture to flood victims in Costa Blanca
A KIND-HEARTED British couple has launched an appeal for unwanted furniture to help flood victims in Costa Blanca hit by catastrophic flooding. Darren and Kelly
Over 300 soldiers drafted in to evacuate ‘hundreds’ of Orihuela citizens through Thursday night following devastating Costa Blanca storms
FAMILIES have endured sleeping in an Orihuela school after they were evacuated from their Orihuela homes late last night. After raising the Emergency Situation to
City-wide curfew and ‘Level One Emergency’ in Orihuela as Costa Blanca deals with torrential floods
CITIZENS of Orihuela have been told to stay indoors as the Municipal Operational Cooperation Center (CECOPAL) raises to a ‘Level 1 Emergency’ situation. The drastic
Floods close Orihuela road network, Red Cross providing shelter
ORIHUELA City Council has just issued a press release stating that all citizens must refrain from driving the streets, due to the torrential rain today.
Putting care into a new career
Consultus Care in the UK offer training in live-in carer courses
Brits in Spain’s ‘top ten towns’ encouraged to learn Spanish
The project encompasses eleven towns with the highest concentration of British residents in the Valencia and Murcia regions
