Alex worked for 30 years for the BBC as a presenter, producer and manager. He covered a variety of areas specialising in sport, news and politics. After moving to the Costa Blanca over a decade ago, he edited a newspaper for 5 years and worked on local radio.
ONE person has died from coronavirus in a 24-hour period between Sunday and Monday in the Valencian Community. The latest regional figures from the health
A 36-year-old man has been arrested by Orihuela’s Policia Local for hitting his partner in the street. The assault happened on Monday evening (June 15)
TORREVIEJA council is to spend over €1.4 million this summer to keep the city’s beaches safe from coronavirus and drownings. The authority has re-awarded the
TORREVIEJA Hospital has returned to a near-normal schedule for non-urgent operations and consultations. The facility’s management company, Ribera Salud, says that most of the regular
SOCIAL distancing rules have been eased in the Valencian Community from today (June 15), allowing people to get 50cm closer than before. The region went
A PITBULL with multiple injuries to its limbs from ‘illegal dogfights’ has been rescued by Guardia Civil in Spain’s Alicante province. Agents from Jacarilla were
AUTOMATIC thermal image cameras are being put into Alicante-Elche airport ahead of an increased flight schedule from July 1. That’s the date when Spain has
THE Valencian Community, including the Costa Blanca, will go into Phase Three of lockdown reduction this Monday (June 15). Spain’s Health Minister, Salvador Illa, confirmed
A BRITISH councillor on the Costa Blanca has made a plea for expats ‘ignoring’ rules on sanitary facemasks to remind themselves that ‘coronavirus is still
PARKS and gardens in Torrevieja have now reopened after nearly three months of being outlawed under Spain’s state of alarm. Torrevieja Councillor for Parks and
A POLICE officer has removed a two-metre long ‘bastard snake’ discovered on the patio of a resident in Bigastro, near Orihuela on Spain’s Costa Blanca.
TWO men have been arrested in Benidorm after robbing foreign-owned cars at golf courses across eight provinces in Spain. The men reportedly spent a week