Spain’s Sánchez tries to avoid Catalan convulsions
Socialist PM prefers to woo voters on welfare issues and perform down national unity fears
Spain’s election highlights its polarisation issue
4 decades after Franco, and fuelled by resentment over Catalonia, Madrid’ s two-party system has come aside
Training the children!
Accion de Sol news
We've been busy again with our educational program, involving the local school children. Along with Easter...
Implementing a puppy
K9 pet news
HAVE you simply adopted a puppy, or are planning on adopting one? Puppies are very pretty, loveable,...
Lacklustre public construction
STELLAR progress in the real estate construction sector is being offset by the lacklustre evolution of public construction works, which is preventing the industry...
Au revoir, maestro Albert Benisty!
SAN PEDRO LEGEND: Albert Benisty
ONE of the coast’s genuine stars has faded out.
San Pedro legend Albert Benisty has passed away at the age of...
‘TOWIE’ is back in town
THE cast of ITV’s ‘The Only Way Is Essex,’ better known as ‘TOWIE,’ have once again descended on glitzy Marbella to film a new...
Edexcel to grade some students
AN examination board at the centre of the row over A-level students whose exams were not sent to the UK on time, will grant...
Top of the bill
MIJAS’ Local Police force held their annual feast of their patron in honour of the archangels San Gabriel, San Rafael and San Miguel on...
Children suffer as adults bicker
THE new centre for ADIMI association in Mijas should have been up and running back in May, yet the 164 disabled children who are...
Roadworks’ relic
MARBELLA Public Works councillor, Blanca Fernandez, and her culture counterpart, Gema Midon, have announced that an old fountain has been uncovered during work to...
Helping hand for needy in Torrevieja
ONE HUNDRED litres of milk has been donated to the NGO ‘Reach Out’ in Torrevieja. Councillor for Social Welfare, Africa Celdran, made the delivery to...
SEPRONA assesses build up of waste
THE Popular Party (PP) of Almoradi has denounced the existence of a large waste dump in the village of Heredades.
Echoing complaints from residents, the...
Protection plea to go directly to the EU
THE Save Lo Ferris campaign group has taken their campaign to protect Torrevieja’s beautiful palm-groved Lo Ferris area to the EU. They are still...
Residents requests now to be granted
TWO pedestrian crossings will be installed in Los Balcones for those crossing the busy CV-95. Torrevieja mayor, Jose Manuel Dolon, said approval has been...
ORIHUELA TO BE SPLIT INTO ELEVEN DISTRICTS
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ORIHUELA TO BE SPLIT INTO ELEVEN DISTRICTS
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By Kevin Reardon / 2016-05-01 11:14:53
Despite the wishes of people living on the...
BASCUÑANA ASKS FOR AVE STOP IN ORIHUELA
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BASCUÑANA ASKS FOR AVE STOP IN ORIHUELA
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By Kevin Reardon / 2016-05-01 11:10:55
The mayor of Orihuela, Emilio Bascuñana, met Ana...
Benidorm, or The Man who Bottled the Sun
A new documentary explores one man’s wildly successful plans for a tourist paradise in 1950s Spain
He turned a small, sleepy fishing village on the...
INDIAN MOTORCYCLES. A legend and America’s first motorcycle. Now in Alicante!
In 1901 Indian produced its first motorcycle in Springfield Massachusetts and so began the iconic brand later introducing names like “Chief”, Chieftain” and “Scout”...
1000 new homes close to Altea
CALLOSA Town Hall is determined to find a way of going ahead with the Anibits-Margequivir project. The development envisages 1,000 homes, an 80 room hotel,...
Illegal Base-Jumping in Benidorm
FIVE daredevils were filmed base-jumping from skyscrapers during the early hours of the morning in Benidorm on the Costa Blanca.
The illegal jumps occurred just...