Valencia Trader

A Violent Death

The Forensic services revealed yesterday that the 80-year-old who had died after being tied hand and foot and her house robbed in Valencia died of a heart attack.
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Dealing with a death in Spain

Dealing with a Death in Spain When tomorrow starts without me ..............
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Bodies Found

Members of the National Police and the Guardia Civil have revealed that they have come across two bodies in Catral in Alicante Province.
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Benidorm Fight Fatality

A 26-year-old Scotsman died following a fight between rival gangs in Benidorm, according to the local police.
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A Long Time

The summer season and the influx of a large number of cars seemed to be the main problem over an incident that took place on a beach in Torrevieja, when a 59-year-old Spanish man got into difficulties whilst swimming.
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Death of the Teacher

Late yesterday afternoon, the death was revealed of the teacher at a school in Valencia who had been taken to hospital after collapsing in the centre of the City and entering a coma.
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Tragedy in Sagunto

Two people died yesterday morning and another seven were injured when a fire broke out in a second floor apartment in Calle Dolz de Castellar in Sagunto.
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Three Die in Road Accidents

It was a black day yesterday for traffic accidents in Alicante Province, where three people died.
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Two Die in Beach Accident

The tragic loss of life this summer in the beaches and swimming pools of the Valencian Community rose by two yesterday after the latest incident on Sagunto beach.
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British Man Dies in Benidorm Accident

A 47-year-old Birmingham man died yesterday during a dive off Benidorm, as his diving monitor called the emergency services after seeing that he was in trouble.
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Gotcha

According to police sources, the man who shot a woman inside the Mateos Pension in Alicante last Thursday was free on a pass from a Granada jail where he had already killed two other people.
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Fatal Accident in Alfas

A 28-year-old motorcyclist died yesterday after running over a pedestrian on the N-332 main road as it passed through Alfas del Pi.
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Nine Die

The deaths of nine vultures in the Torremiro park near Morella is now the result of controversy.
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More Problems on the Tracks

A 66-year-old man from Cullera died yesterday after his car was hit by a train near the town and propelled 400 metres forwards.
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Death in Segorbe

An 88-year-old man has stabbed his 82-year-old wife to death yesterday morning, as she lay prostrate in her bed in the couple’s home in Segorbe.
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Death Investigated

The Guardia Civil has launched an investigation into the death of a 35-year-old Ukrainian woman in Javea after an initial forensic examination revealed that she had probably been strangled.
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Protection Sought

Vicente Magro, the President of the Alicante Court, has officially requested police protection after receiving death threats contained in a letter that he received last Thursday.
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Sidney Sheldon

The death has been revealed of Sidney Sheldon.
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Death in Valencia

Considerable alarm was raised yesterday in Valencia after an 80-year-old matriarch of one of Valencia’s oldest and most respected families was discovered dead in her home
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An Emotional Farewell

About 200 people congregated in the family home of Conchi Gadea in Denia yesterday as she was laid to rest.
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Another Death in Hospital

It has been revealed that another woman has died after undergoing surgery as part of a facelift procedure in the Evangelical Clinic in Barcelona
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Another Road Tragedy

A 37-year-old man was run over and killed as he was changing a wheel on the A-70 AutoVia near Crevillente early yesterday morning.
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Resolved

The Guardia Civil has now resolved the case of the killing of a Moroccan that took place in Alcossebre in September three years ago.
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One Fatality

The violent winds that have ravaged the Valencian community yesterday caused one fatality, when a 78-year-old man was run over and killed by his car.
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Death in Elche - Details

The Elche Police have revealed more details about the 38-year-old Chinaman that was discovered dead in his home on Avenida Libertad.
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Three Die in Traffic Accidents

Sadly, three people died yesterday in two traffic accidents in the Valencian Community. The most serious of these was in Torrevieja, when a pair of Britons died after their motorcycle left the road at high speed just before seven yesterday morning.
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The Seventeenth

36-year-old Lucia David yesterday became the seventeenth victim of domestic violence this year after her estranged husband entered their flat in Burriana and knifed her to death.
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Bringing in a Crane

The Nules Fire Brigade had to call in an articulated crane yesterday in order to remove the body of a 180-kilo man who had died in his apartment on the fourth floor of a building on Calle Fernando Ferris in Onda.
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More Road Tragedies

Two youngsters aged 31 and 33 died instantly and two others aged 28 and 21 were seriously injured after the vehicles they were travelling in were involved in a head-on collision on the N-344 road at Font de la Figuera.
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Tragedy in Orba

An 81-year-old pedestrian was run over and killed in Orba yesterday afternoon.
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Death in Alicante

A passer-by yesterday came across the body of a man lying close to a secondary road that gives access to Alicante through the Villafranqueza area.
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One Big Bang

A considerable explosion rocked Alzira headquarters of the Zamorano Caballer firework company yesterday, killing one man and injuring two, one seriously.
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A Second Death

The young man of 29 who received ninety-degree burns in the explosion at the Zamorano Caballer firework factory died yesterday, bringing the death toll in the explosion to two.
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Metro Tragedy

A fourteen-year-old girl was hit by a Metro Train at a level crossing in Benimamet, outside Valencia Yesterday. Although the emergency services were able to revive her, she later died.
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Death in Altea

A 26-year-old girl died yesterday whilst mountain climbing behind the Altea Hills Urbanization, according to the emergency services.
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Sinister Discovery

Firemen were called to Malvarrosa beach outside Valencia last night where they discovered the body of a man who had apparently drowned.
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More Domestic Violence

A nineteen-year-old girl and her mother died yesterday after being attacked by the former boyfriend of the daughter.
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Denia hospital stoppage over staff parking fees

Medical staff at Denia Hospital yesterday staged a stoppage to protest the installation of a private parking facility nearby.
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Threatened with Court Action

Pedro Reig, the President of the Commerce Association of Denia’s central Calle Marques de campo, stated yesterday during an interview on Radio Denia – Cadena SER that his collective is considering suing Denia Town Hall after it was announced that the street would be closed to traffic after 7:30 pm ion the summer.
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Denia Fire

A fire that was probably caused by a short circuit, broke out yesterday in the English Cemetery in Denia.
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Rocks Stricks Again

The already famous submerged Androna rock outside Denia Harbor claimed another victim on Tuesday night .
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Stricken ferry Acciona towed from Denia

Two tugs yesterday started the operation of towing away the stricken ferry Acciona that struck a rock off Denia Harbor earlier this week.
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Threat Fulfilled

The directors of the Denia Dog adoption service yesterday carried out their threats and closed the centre after failing to receive any financial support from Denia Town Hall.
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26 Women Detained

A total of twenty-six women of various nationalities have been detained after police undertook a document check in two clubs: The Quijote in Pedreguer and The Bassot in Vergel.
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Memories

The luxury home outside Denia set amidst high pine trees known as the Tossalet de Girona, has an interesting story to tell, for in 1940 it belonged to Johannes Bernhardt, who at one stage was the most important representative of Hitler in Spain. Bernhardt, who was born in East Prussia, was working in Tetuan for an import/export company, and amongst the Germans there at the time, there was considerable support for Francisco Franco, and as a result he flew to Austria to meet with the Fuhrer to seek his support for Franco in the Spanish Civil War effort.
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Changes at the Top

The AUN collective that has been fighting land abuse problems in the Valencian Community so widely over the past years, yesterday held an executive meeting in Denia, at which the new officers of the entity were voted into power.
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Taking it in Their Stride

As a result of a series of errors, Denia Town Council has had four main meetings so far this week, with veteran local politicians stating that they have ‘never undergone anything like it’.
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Fair Next Week

The annual Medieval Fair will take over the streets of Denia next weekend
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Patience Demanded

Alicante Mayor Luis Diaz Alperi has revealed that he will symbolically set the first stone on the extensive works on Avenida de Denia next week.
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A Victim of Circumstance

Paqui Viciano, the Socialist Mayoress of Denia seems to have been caught in the middle over urbanising in her town.
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Scammers at Work

It has been reported that many residents of Denia and Javea have been receiving telephone calls allegedly from a company called Nationwide Property Services.
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Another Problem in Denia

Denia Port yesterday saw the sixth accident in as many years after the propeller of a ferry crashed into part of the quay.
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Changing Hands

Two four-star hotels changed hands yesterday. The Daniya Hotel in Denia was sold to then Inmuebles Turisticos de Torrevieja Group that up to this point had been involved in the sale of second homes.
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A Denia Collapse

The main street in Denia – the Avenida Marques de Campo – was the scene of great agitation after a building that was under construction collapsed
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Here We Go Again

Once again part of Denia was without water for a considerable time yesterday after a pipe burst at 4:30 in the morning.
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And Again

Part of Denia was once again without water yesterday after a main burst near the main Market
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Under Threat

Ana Kringe, the Partido Popular candidate for the Mayoral seat of Denia in the upcoming municipal elections, yesterday went to the National Police to lodge an official complaints ‘against people or persons unknown’.
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Flooded Yet Again

Denia celebrated Easter mostly with very wet feet as many parts of the town were flooded as the drainage system appeared to back up, especially the Les Marines tourist area.
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Rude Awakening

The owners of three stores in Denia awoke yesterday to discover that they had all suffered robberies that were almost identical.
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De ilici a Elche 2006

The inauguration of the MAHE (City of Elx Archaeology and History Museum), headed by the return of the Iberian sculpture, the Dama d’Elx (Lady of Elx) will include a great exhibition in the city, which will run from the 18th May to the 1st November 2006.
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Fiestas de Elche

Fiestas de Elche take place from 8-15 August 2009.
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153,000

It has been revealed that over 153,000 people have visited the Lady of Elche since the bust was taken to the city where it was discovered over one hundred years ago.
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Two Arrested for Robbery

Police in San Vicente del Raspeig and Alicante City yesterday arrested two men accusing them of breaking and entering.
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Four Arrested

Police in Elche have arrested four Moroccans, and accused them of kidnapping a fellow countryman.
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Leaving the Evidence Behind

Police in Elche have arrested two men and a woman and accused them of stealing materials valued at 2,000 Euros from a building site in the town.
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Fully Supportive

Valencian Socialist leader Joan Ignasi Pla yesterday stated that it was important that any investigation into the dealings of the Socialist Mayor of Elche – Diego Macia
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Black Magic

Members of the National police Force have detained a man in Elche who presumably defrauded ten thousand Euros of another man whom he told that he would rid ‘of a black magic spell’ that he alleged was on him.
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Accused of Thievery

Police in Elche have arrested three young men, one of whom is a minor, and accused them of stealing various musical instruments from the Church of the Priory of Sion in Elche.
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Something New

Deputy President Victor Campos has stated that he considered it ‘very important’ that the Valencian Parliament carry out two plenary sessions in Elche and added that this was in line with a policy pursued by Francisco Camps
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Fires

A fire that broke out in the old Galliano Turron plant outside Alicante and was threatening to engulf a nearby firework factory was under control by the fire brigade as they called in a helicopter yesterday.
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Re-Elected

Incumbent Rector Jesus Rodriguez Marin was confirmed in his post yesterday for another term at the Miguel Hernandez University of Elche yesterday.
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Rajoy in Elche

Partido Popular President Mariano Rajoy was in Elche yesterday, where he stated that it was important that Spain have a common objective
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Integrating with the Landscape

Elche Town Council has approved the installation of a total of 59 aerials for mobile phones in the municipality.
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Just Like Summer

The high temperatures yesterday saw the beaches in Alicante filled as on a summers day, with the mercury reaching 37 degrees in Elche.
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