Alicante News & Information

Alicante's Fontcalent prison has more than the national average of foreign internees according to a recent report. Of the 960 prisoners inside Fontcalent, 46.6% are foreigners of some fifty nationalities, whilst the...

It was announced yesterday that the Palau in Altea is to close for two weeks as a result of storm damage.

The Guardia Civil in Torrevieja have arrested a gang of four individuals, one of whom is a serving soldier, for carrying out an assault on a local businesswoman.

The owners of six homes in Villamarxant found themselves in the middle of a torrent yesterday morning following the recent heavy rains. Members of the local police force arrived at the scene, but could do nothing to...

In one of the most unusual winter fiestas, coinciding with All Fools' Day (El Día de los Santos Inocentes) a group calling themselves 'Els Enfarinats' (the flour people) took over the town of Ibi (Alicante)...

A BRITISH girl has died in a hotel on the Cabo Roig urbanisation near Torrevieja (Alicante) and police have arrested her boyfriend.

There was a massive attendance at the San Vicente Ferrer church in San Vicente del Raspeig yesterday for the funeral of José Ramón García Antón, the Conseller who died on Tuesday afternoon.

AN aeroplane carrying 106 passengers – including two babies – had to make an emergency landing last night in Alicante's El Altet airport when its engine caught fire.

American actor Bruce Willis began filming his latest movie "The Cold Light of Day" in Moraira port today.

NINE members of the motorcycle gang known as the Hell's Angels have been sentenced to a total of 67 years in jail for aggravated robbery, possession of arms and the murder of a notary in Torrevieja (Alicante...

A RAGING inferno on the Montgó mountain between Dénia and Jávea (Alicante province) is spreading out of control in both directions, and has already led to entire urbanisations being evacuated.

A SPELLING mistake in road markings at a junction caused widespread mirth and generated numerous photos on Tuesday - all in the space of a few hours before it was painted out.