COSTA BLANCA, ALICANTE PROVINCE: NEWS

Valencia region Covid Update July 23: Pressure continues to mount on hospitalsHospitalisations up 30 per cent in a week across the region's provinces, including Alicante. Daily Covid cases have continued to exceed or hover around the 3,000 mark this week in the Valencia region - which is bracing itself.. 23/07/2021

300 tourists conned into paying for bogus holiday rentals in Alicante Suspect arrested over internet scam offering non-existent accommodation in Alicante province, on the Costa Blanca. The National Police have arrested a man believed to be behind a major holiday rental scam in which 300 people were conned into.. 23/07/2021

Orange alert as temperatures set to exceed 39 degrees in Alicante province"High heat" warning for much of Alicante province.  Valencia's Council of Universal Health and Public Health has activated an orange heat alert today, Friday, July 23, with temperatures expected to exceed 39 degrees in much of.. 23/07/2021

Emblematic flamingos adorn Torrevieja roundabout€18,500 invested in striking sculptures in the Vega Baja, Alicante province. Torrevieja Council has remodelled one of its main access roundabouts on the CV-905 with the addition of 28 beautiful two-metre high pink flamingos. The striking.. 23/07/2021

Bars targetted in week long crime spree in TorreviejaSuspect caught "red-handed" in the Vega Baja, Alicante province, covered tattoos with napkins to avoid being recognised. A 48-year-old man has been arrested in connection with 10 break-ins at bars, restaurants, hotels and 24-hour shops.. 23/07/2021

Superior Court authorises curfew and limitations in Valencia regionNew restrictions will come into place across the region, including Alicante province, from Monday, July 26. Valencia's Superior Court of Justice has authorised the extension of 1am to 6am curfews to 77 "high risk" municipalities.. 23/07/2021

Benidorm will host festival to find 2022 Eurovision Song contest entry for SpainThe three show event will be broadcast live from the Costa Blanca resort in the Marina Baixa, Alicante province. Benidorm will host a new festival to select Spain's entry for next year's Eurovision Song contest in a "huge musical event.. 23/07/2021

Cases climb ahead of new restrictions in Valencia region: Covid Update July 223,159 new Covid cases - 918 in Alicante province - as 14-day cumulative rate jumps to 541. Hours after the Valencian government revealed proposals to impose social gathering limitations across the region with curfews extended to 77 municipalities.. 22/07/2021

Elche to exhume and identify victims of Franco regime 14 victims shot in 1939 believed to be in mass grave at the Old Cemetery in the Baix Vinalopo, Alicante province. Elche Council has received a grant of more than €32,600 for the exhumation and identification of victims of the Spanish.. 22/07/2021

New restrictions will ruin entire tourist season warns Alicante mayorCapacity and social limitations with selective curfews in Alicante province "threaten the success of summer". The Mayor of Alicante, Luis Barcala, has warned that proposed anti-Covid restrictions from Monday, July 26, including an extension.. 22/07/2021

500 euros returned to owner after Pilar de Horadada local finds and hands it inPolice in the Vega Baja, Alicante province, praise honest resident who discovered wad of cash. An "extremely grateful" man in Pilar de Horadada has been reunited with €510 in cash after a local discovered the money in a town bank.. 22/07/2021

New restrictions across Valencia region and curfews in 77 townsNew anti-Covid measures in Valencia region's three provinces, including Alicante, and an extension of curfews. President of the Valencian government has today confirmed proposals to restrict night mobility in a total of 77 municipalities.. 22/07/2021

Orihuela to Montepinar bike lane to open month ahead of scheduleConnecting cycle lane in the Vega Baja, Alicante province, looks set to be ready for use from August 15. Two kilometres of bike lane that will allow cyclists to ride safely between Orihuela and Montepinar looks set to be unveiled mid-August - almost.. 22/07/2021

Central promenade in Torrevieja dazzles with new lighting600 metres of LED lighting installed at Paseo Vista Alegre in the Vega Baja comarca, Alicante province. Torrevieja's central promenade, Paseo Vista Alegre, has been given a new illuminating look with the installation of 600 metres of LED.. 22/07/2021

Tourist bookings on the Costa Blanca hit by increased infections and restrictionsHotel reservations fall by 10% across Valencia region. Bad health data and proposals to extend a curfew across a total of 77 municipalities - 18 in Alicante province - from next week have dealt yet another blow to the tourism.. 22/07/2021

Patera with illegal immigrants onboard reaches cove in JaveaThe boat was intercepted near a cove closed due to landslides in the Marina Alta, Alicante province. Eleven irregular immigrants have been transported to Alicante port after a boat they were travelling in was intercepted at Ambolo cove in.. 22/07/2021

Alicante nursing home closes doors and suspends family visits over Covid outbreakA member of staff has tested positive at La Molineta de Petrer elderly people's home in the Mitja Vinalopo comarca, Alicante province. Family visits and new admissions have been suspended at a nursing home in Petrer which has "closed its.. 22/07/2021

New infections soar to 3000 in Valencia region: Covid Update July 213,015 cases in 24 hours with 789 in Alicante province. The fifth wave of the Covid pandemic continues to pick up pace in the Valencia region with a sharp rise in new infections confirmed over the last 24 hours which has seen the 14-day cumulative.. 21/07/2021

Curfew set to be extended to dozens more towns in Valencia regionMobility restrictions could be imposed in additional 45 municipalities across the region's three provinces, including Alicante. The Valencian government has today asked the region's Supreme Court of Justice to extend the night.. 21/07/2021

Valencia region has worst broadband coverage is SpainAlicante and Valencia provinces have the lowest fibre roll-out. Data published by Spain's Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation this week shows that Alicante and Valencia provinces have the worst broadband coverage in the.. 21/07/2021