5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (230+ words) Orihuela Council’s Health Department has organised its 11th Conference on Municipal Policies for the Prevention of Addictive Behaviour—but once again, residents of the Orihuela Costa will have to travel into the city to participate. The free event will take place…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (707+ words) Football sponsorship remains one of the clearest ways to see how sports betting fits into the modern game. Partnerships now extend well beyond the front of a match shirt, covering training wear, stadium spaces, digital content and wider commercial relationships....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (611+ words) The Valencian regional audit office has identified serious weaknesses in Orihuela City Council’s accounting, treasury operations and public procurement procedures following an examination of its 2024 finances. The Sindicatura de Comptes warned that poor financial controls could affect the accuracy and…...

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1+ week, 6+ day ago   (244+ words) Spanish low-cost airline Vueling will withdraw completely from Wales after confirming the closure of its two remaining routes from Cardiff Airport. The Barcelona-based carrier will end flights between Cardiff and Málaga on October 22, followed by its Cardiff–Alicante service on…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (326+ words) A major retrospective celebrating the work of watercolour artist José Miguel Masiá will open at Torrevieja’s Virgen del Carmen Cultural Centre on Tuesday, September 8. Mayor Eduardo Dolón and Councillor for Education and Universities Ricardo Recuero will officially inaugurate Magic of…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (624+ words) Two teenagers have been left without their parents following the deaths of an Irish businesswoman and her husband at a luxury holiday villa in Cullera, south of Valencia. Thomasina Tobin, née McArdle, 51, from County Monaghan, and Patrick Tobin, 48, originally from…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (396+ words) Spain’s Transport Minister has rejected renewed calls for a second runway at Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport, insisting that investment should instead focus on expanding the terminal and improving passenger facilities. Óscar Puente said constructing another runway “makes no sense” and…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (474+ words) Elderly British travellers are reportedly facing lengthy airport queues because biometric machines used for the European Union’s Entry/Exit System cannot read their fingerprints. Passengers have described being repeatedly rejected by self-service kiosks before being directed to manual passport-control queues,…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (540+ words) A criminal network accused of trafficking modern handguns and drugs from the United States to Alicante through international postal deliveries has been dismantled in a joint operation by the Civil Guard and Spain’s Customs Surveillance Service. The investigation resulted in…...