• Unravelling Roman mysteries in Alfaz

    Unravelling Roman mysteries in Alfaz0

    Excavation work has confirmed the existence of a ‘torcularium’ – for making oil or wine – at the Villa Romana site near the coast of Alfaz del Pi. Open-air museum director Carolina Frías said the structure was initially thought to be an oil mill with a press for oil extraction. However, the continuing dig at

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  • Park opens at La Siesta

    Park opens at La Siesta0

    The park at the entrance to La Siesta urbanisation, which has cost nearly €5 million to construct, was opened to the public on Saturday by Torrevieja mayor Eduardo Dolón. The centrepiece of the park is the pump track, which measures some 4,000 square metres. According to the council, this feature for BMX riders and skateboarders

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  • Plan to link the coast to the A-7 motorway

    Plan to link the coast to the A-7 motorway0

    A plan is being drawn up to connect the CV-95 Torrevieja-Orihuela road with the A-7 motorway, according to regional environment and infrastructure councillor, Salomé Pradas. Sra Pradas noted that her department is designing an integral infrastructure plan, ‘which includes a reform of the CV-95 and the CV-91, and the connection with the A-7 and the

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  • Agricultural waste fire causes countryside inferno

    Agricultural waste fire causes countryside inferno0

    It took more than seven hours for firefighters to get to grips with a forest fire that broke out in Muro de Alcoy on Sunday. The provincial fire brigade reported that the blaze, which has burned an area measuring some 29 hectares, started after a farmer lost control of a fire set on his land.

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  • A sea of green for St Patrick

    A sea of green for St Patrick0

    St Patrick’s Day celebrations in Benidorm and Orihuela Costa turned the streets into a sea of green on Sunday. Tens of thousands of revellers in the two areas celebrated Ireland’s national day in the sunshine. Full report in Friday’s Costa Blanca News Read more in this week’s print edition or go to e-paper Previous articleMayor

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