MAJOR work has started to clear ravines and land of objects that could cause floods in the rainfall season in l’Alfas del Pi on the northern Costa Blanca. Regular cleaning and clearing has been intensified in areas that suffer the greatest risk of flooding. The aim is to remove excess waste and soil as well […]
A FORMER gymnastics coach has been sentenced to 15 and a half years in prison for abusing his students. Carlos Franch Calpe, a former Betxí municipal sports center employee has had his sentence confirmed by the Superior Court of Justice (TSJ) for the sexual, emotional and physical abuse of three of his students, aged between
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A man in Madrid died from an electric shock while taking a bath after apparently dropping his mobile phone into the water while it was connected to a charger. The 38-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene on Wednesday morning after his partner raised the alarm at 8am. Emergency services in Madrid confirmed the death
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SEVEN men have been arrested for operating a property rental scam in the Alicante area of the Costa Blanca. The gang broke into empty houses and then leased them out at premium prices. The group illegally acquired a portfolio of six properties in the sought-after Playa de San Juan area as well as the Juan
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A former Murcia City parish priest has avoided time in prison after being convicted of carrying out 16 marriages of convenience between 2001 and 2012. Fernando N was based at the Nuestra Señnora del Carmen de Santo Angel church in Murcia. Prosecutors wanted him jailed for five years. A plea bargain deal saw the cleric
Villa Salinas, Alicante 8 beds 3 baths € 225,000 We are often asked for properties for two families or a property that has a large annex on level ground and this property answers all the questions as it is two semi-detached villas that have had the dividing wall removed but offer two accommodations
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MEMBERS of Alicante Province diving clubs joined forces on Sunday(October 17) to clear up rubbish from the marine reserve of Tabarca island. Hundreds of volunteers also hit the beaches on what is the smallest populated island in Spain. It’s a popular area for day-trippers from Alicante and Santa Pola. Garbage accumulated after the summer season
SPAIN has repeated its call for the European Union to do more to combat rising energy prices. EU leaders meet at a summit in Brussels this Thursday and Friday. Initial proposals unveiled by the European Commission last week got a cool response from Spain’s Ecological Transition Minister, Teresa Ribera, who said they did not go
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IT IS said that cats have nine lives, and this lucky feline on the island of La Palma certainly owes one of them to the soldier who came to its rescue after it was trapped by volcanic ash. The cat was brought back from the brink of death after a soldier with an emergency rescue
TWO businessmen are on trial for their role in an offshore gas storage project blamed for causing hundreds of small earthquakes off Spain’s eastern coast in 2013. The trial opened on Monday at a court in the Valencia region, with the pair, both senior executives at Escal UGS, which is two-thirds owned by Spanish construction
