February 2024

A LOCAL man was charged with various domestic abuse offences this week including assault, strangulation and controlling behaviour. Gerard Asquez, 21, of South Barrack Road appeared in the Magistrates’ Court on January 30 to answer to the offences. These include three counts of Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm, causing harm by furious driving and threats […]

TOWN hall bosses have insisted they will reopen the much-loved Tivoli World theme park in Benalmadena. In a press conference Thursday, Benalmadena mayor Juan Antonio Lara and urban planning councilor Presi Aguilera expressed commitment to reopening the amusement park following a three-year closure. “I want it to be clear to my neighbours that we’ve been

SKIPLAGGING, also known as “hidden-city ticketing”, is a controversial practice for securing lower airfares that involves getting off prematurely during a multi-leg flight.  But how does it work?  Pioneered by Skiplagged.com, the practice has existed for over a decade, but has surged in popularity in recent years due to spiking airfare costs.  Utilising the website’s

A GUARDIA Civil officer in southern Spain is facing 14 years in jail for allegedly colluding with multiple drug cartels.  Lieutenant Raul PM, is accused of tipping off narco bosses ahead of anti-drug raids and of organising the theft of almost 30 bales of hashish from a police evidence storage lock-up. It comes after narco

CHANGES will be made in the current expansion project at Villajoyosa’s Marina Baixa Hospital to create more spaces for beds. Work started last year to double the size of the facility to 66,000 m2 at a cost of €47 million, with completion expected in mid-2025. Now the Valencian Health Ministry is looking to make amendments

A BUSY commuter rail line in Valencia province is to get an major upgrade, costing €85 million. Valencian politicians and business groups have long called for improvements to the C-3 route between Valencia and Buñol, and their pleas have now been answered. TRAIN AT BUÑOL STATION The Ministry of Transport in Madrid announced on Thursday

AN ALICANTE area council is having to spend €4.3 million after a green area was not created above a new underground car park two decades ago. The Valencian Supreme Court in 2005 ruled against the Partido Popular-run Alcoy City Council for not having enough topsoil to support trees on the square above the Plaza de

A NEW FIFA quality pro turf that also sets the standards set by World Rugby will be laid from April through May at Gibraltar’s Europa Sports Complex. The Gibraltar FA’s ‘substantial investment’ will upgrade the facilities to most of what is expected from a Uefa Category 2 Stadium. The upgrades at the iconic Europa Point

SPAIN’S former fascist dictator, General Francisco Franco, still has his name attached to Javea as the municipality’s ‘adopted son’- an honour dished out by the council in 1962. Under the country’s Historical Memory Laws, Javea has so far failed to comply to have his title removed but the council started the process last week. Admiral