Last weekend’s fire at Las Ramblas Golf has reignited long-standing concerns among Orihuela Costa residents, who argue that the incident is yet another example of municipal neglect in the area. The Leader speaks to the President of the El Farallan urbanisation, the community hit hardest by the fire.

Recovered WhatsApp messages have exposed chilling details behind the murder of 15-year-old Cloe in Orihuela Costa. The Guardia Civil retrieved deleted chats from the phones of the two teenagers accused of her murder, revealing that they openly discussed and planned the crime in the days leading up to it and chaos on the roads as there is to be a two-month closure of the southbound carriageway of the AP-7 tunnel in Pilar de la Horadada following the recent deadly truck accident that severely damaged the tunnel’s infrastructure.