FUEL oil that leaked from the beached bulk carrier off Catalan Bay is blackening western facing bathing spots in Gibraltar. Tugs have been laying out absorbent booms to try to stop the flow of oil from polluting saltwater supply to the recently re-established freshwater plants. The fuel oil is now spreading along the coastline of […]
A sea urchin poacher was caught in the act by the Guardia Civil as he got out of the water in a rocky area of Alicante’s Cabo de las Huertas. The diving suit-clad man had a speargun and hook along with a net carrying 78 sea urchins. He’s been charged with breaking flora and fauna
Sea urchin poacher gets surprised by police while exiting sea on Spain’s Costa Blanca Read More »
POLICE saved the life of an 18-year-old Valencia woman by grabbing her trouser buckle as she stood perched on a 14th floor apartment window ledge. The Policia Nacional received reports on Thursday evening of a young woman behaving aggressively in a Maritim district apartment. Her mother said she was breaking furniture and had locked herself
Apartment Guardamar del Segura, Alicante 1 beds 1 baths € 85,000 We are pleased to offer this one bed apartment for sale Sanchis Guarner Guardamar del Segura.Located close to the pine forest and within walking distance of local amenities and a short walk to the twon centre and beaches of Guardamar.Situated on the
1 bedroom Apartment for sale in Guardamar del Segura with pool – € 85,000 Read More »
A COURT in Valencia today handed down a sentence of nearly 160 years to a man who was found guilty of killing three women by intoxicating them with large quantities of cocaine. Jorge Ignacio Palma, a 40-year-old Colombian national with a criminal record for drug trafficking, was also convicted of trying to kill six other
AN Algerian man has been jailed in Alicante after being accused of sexually abusing his son, 9, on a bar terrace. The 50-year-old denies the charge saying he only hugged the boy and such behaviour was ‘normal’ in his country. The father and son were in Spain on a short-term visa because the youngster has
Father jailed for alleged Costa Blanca bar terrace sex assault in Spain on son, aged 9 Read More »
A romance-seeking Elche woman paid out €200,000 to two scammers with bank transfers made to UK, French, Belgian and Spanish accounts. Two Spanish women, aged 33 and 73, have been arrested in undisclosed parts of the country. The victim, 57, made contact in June 2021 with the two fraudsters via a prominent social network site.
Online love scam fleeces woman out of €200,000 on Spain’s Costa Blanca Read More »
THE Aula del Mar de Málaga cooperative celebrates over three decades of working to care for Malaga’s marine environment. Malaga’s marine biology education centre was formed 33 years ago, an initiative which aimed to ‘raise public awareness’ of the marine environment and the recovery of species through environmental education. Over three decades the marine conservation
Aula del Mar in Spain’s Malaga celebrates 33 years of Marine conservation Read More »
MALAGA City Council has given the greenlight for Sacaba beach to reopen to public bathing. The area between the breakwater of La Termica and the mouth of the Guadalhorce River had been closed for two days (since Tuesday, August 30), following the results of a water sample taken there which revealed there were high levels
Green flag for Beach in Spain’s Malaga closed due to faecal contamination Read More »
BARGES have begun to pump out both diesel and fuel oil from the stricken cargo ship that is lying off Gibraltar’s coast since early Tuesday morning. At the same time, the Gibraltar Port Authority (GPA) is using skimmers to suck away fuel oil mixed with seawater after it leaked into the Mediterranean Sea earlier in
