Costa Cálida News & Information

ONE of south-eastern Spain's most unusual and popular coastal enclaves is the first to be given 'legal personality' in history – meaning it automatically has 'rights' at law.

EUROPEAN expats have handed over literally millions of euros to local charities over the years – in fact, barely a month goes by without an association, club, society or bric-à-brac shop organising a cheque...

LEGENDARY scientist Albert Einstein's theory of relativity predicted 'gravitational lensing', where spacetime is distorted by a mass that bends the path of light flow so that it does not move in a linear...

WHALES have made themselves at home off the coast of Catalunya – a total of 222 have been spotted this spring alone, nearly double the number seen in the sea-mammal 'feeding zones' identified by...

ALTHOUGH not widespread as yet, travellers on one inter-provincial train link may have been surprised to see the track was not the usual dark gunmetal-grey colour, but bright white.

PRINCESSES Leonor and Sofía have proven to be chips off the old block as far as their wardrobes are concerned: Both were last seen in public in home-grown Spanish creations straight off the high street.

BRITS in Murcia who miss their favourite products from home can now pop into 'Tesco' without catching a plane – a completely UK-style supermarket has just opened on the region's coast.

HISTORIANS are trying to decide what to do with a Phoenician boat found off the coast of Mazarrón (Murcia) and have opted to leave it on the sea bed for the moment.

A GERMAN tourist has been caught red-handed stealing archaeological artefacts from a restricted excavation site in Cartagena (Murcia).

A YOUNG woman who faked her own drowning off a Mar Menor beach as a 'practical joke' has been arrested and may face a hefty fine.

A YOUNG woman based in Madrid saved the life of her suicidal mother hundreds of kilometres away in the Region of Murcia – thanks to Facebook.

A BEACH town in south-eastern Spain has banned bathers from playing bat and ball and other games on the sands and has threatened to fine anyone who urinates in the sea €750.