A young female driver was badly hurt after being struck by a wild boar on the AP-7 motorway as she drove alongside the Ondara AP-7 motorway (Costa Blanca North).
Costa Blanca North
IN a situation being repeated up and down Spain, many of the scheduled clean-ups of environmentally sensitive areas have been put on hold
WHILE crime (other than confinement infringements) has generally reduced during the lockdown, nationally there has been a big rise in motoring offences. Speeding has seen something like an 80% increase, due largely to the near empty roads
A 23-year-old Madrid man has been arrested in Daimus (between Oliva and Gandia) after posting various posts on Facebook boasting of how he had “escaped” Madrid despite having Covid-19. The messages were picked up by alarmed locals who became even less endeared to him after he described the Gandia area as “a pig farm.” He wrote that despite having mild symptoms he had travelled from Madrid as all...
SHOWING that the State of Emergency confinement rules have moved well beyond the advisory stage, the Denia police sanctioned 44 people on Wednesday (1 April) for various breaches. Details of 20 of these were sent to the media and included the following: 1. Someone found walking in the small hours, ordered to go home and spotted out again half an hour later. 2. Two people travelling in the same car,...
Lockdown binge drinker rescued from ditch A Madrid family are facing heavy sanctions after violating several rules pertaining to the State of Emergency after going to the beach in Javea (Alicante). The group of six – three young children, their parents and a home help – were spotted on Cala Ambolo by the Guardia Civil on Sunday which saw the best weather since the lockdown commenced. When told they...
A Gandia resident who continually flouted the Sate of Alarm rules has been sentenced to four months in prison after a fast-track trial. He was stopped by a National Police patrol on Wednesday on Calle Ferrocarril de Alcoy and asked to justify his reason for being out. He said that he was bored at home, was arrogant towards the officers and boasted that he had already been stooped four times in the last few...
THE Town Council in Calpe has started an operation to check on the welfare of 3,000 of their potentially most vulnerable citizens during the ongoing health crisis. Those on the list are all registered at the “Mare de Deu de les Neus” civic centre for the elderly. Their contact details will be given to a network of volunteers who will phone them regularly to check on their wellbeing and ask if they have...
A horrific accident on the AP-7 motorway at the weekend in the Alicante province (Valencian Communidad) at the weekend left three people dead. The Traffic Management Centre gave details of the incident which occurred at 5.50pm on Sunday, around the kilometre 528 marker in the municipality of Crevillent. A truck and two cars collided and burst into flames, killing all three drivers. Thankfully there were...
THERE is a timely presentation in the Calpe campus HQ of the Alicante University on the future of the fishing industry off the Alicante coast. Jose Luis Sanchez, who is a PhD in Marine Science and Biology and is a professor at the UA will be presenting “Fishing in the Alicante Coast: present and future” on 17 March at 7.30pm. Admission is free to the Casa Nova, subject to capacity. This programme forms...