January 2022

A new single-day record for new COVID-19 cases has been reported in the Valencian Community this Wednesday(January 5). The regional health ministry declared 12,043 new infections, beating the previous daily high of 9,579 on January 26, 2021. On January 5 last year, 3,930 cases were reported in the region, which means that today’s total is […]

A NEW road surface has been unveiled in Barcelona using non-recyclable plastic waste in the first project of its kind in Spain. The environmental pilot project unveiled on January 1 in Barcelona’s Bon Pastor neighbourhood is one of many experimental and radical innovations to address plastic waste that comes amid warnings that by 2050 there

A man has been jailed for life for the 2020 murder of his 67-year-old mother in San Vicente del Raspeig. An Alicante jury convicted the 32-year-old killer, Jorge, in December of stabbing his mother, Josefa, 69 times in the family home on Calle Reyes Catolicos. They agreed with the prosecution that he wanted to kill

TWO rented villas in the Calpe area of the Costa Blanca were used as indoor marijuana farms by two Lithuanian men. A 32-year-old man has been arrested by the Guardia Civil who are still searching for his colleague. The detached luxury properties were on different Calpe urbanisations. The men took out leases on the villas

WORK on building the EU’s largest planetarium is set to start in Malaga. The finished  construction will have a dome 27 metres in diameter with a capacity of 400 people. The project’s promoters, headed by astrophysicist Alberto Castro-Tirado, have revealed that work will start this year on a plot of 8,811 square metres between the

A paraglider died on Tuesday afternoon when he fell to the ground in Alicante Province. The unnamed 63-year-old man from Ibi was close to the top of the Sierra de Peña Rubia in the municipality of Villena. It’s believed that a gust of wind caused the tragedy as he took off by from the site

Apartment S’Algar, Menorca   2 beds   1 baths € 220,000 The entrance leads directly to the stone staircase leading to the first floor. This floor comprises a light and bright open plan lounge/dining/kitchen area with air-con, which looks out to the sun balcony and fantastic views out to sea. Also on this floor are

A girl, 8, died at Valencia’s La Fe Hospital on Tuesday evening after a gust of wind blew a bouncy castle into the air. The accident happened at around 8.15 pm at a fair in Mislata, just outside Valencia City. A second girl, 4, is in serious condition at La Fe. Seven children who were

A CHARITY for disabled children and their families is due to benefit from the release of a charity single performed by United Voices of Orihuela Costa. Their version of Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” is due for release on January 6, and is produced by The Blue Lagoon Community Food Bank. The release is

A row over a stolen historical document could end up with Orihuela council taking the Catalunya regional government to court. Repeated requests from Orihuela officials for the Llibre del Repartiment to be returned have met with silence. Orihuela’s Historical Heritage councillor, Rafael Almagro, said: “We have received no reply to our letter last summer which