Málaga to Alicante by AVE

From now until August 31st 2014 there is a new high-speed rail service allowing passengers to travel from Málaga to Alicante in under five hours.

Storm causes problems for AVE train

A high-speed AVE train on the Madrid to Alicante route was forced to a halt near Alpera in Alicante on Wednesday after heavy rainstorms flooded the tracks.

Seven arrested for drug trafficking

Seven people were arrested on Tuesday in connection with a drug-trafficking ring involved in cocaine, marijuana and amphetamines in Alicante and Valencia.

Woman kills baby and then tries to commit suicide

A Swiss woman, sought by the Swiss authorities for taking her ten-month-old baby out of the country illegally, was located and arrested in Torrevieja, Alicante, on Tuesday and, after being transferred to hospital, killed the child and then tried to commit suicide.

Woman stabbed to death in Alicante

A 47-year-old woman died on Friday afternoon after being attacked with a knife at her home in calle Ayela, Alicante.

Woman charged with attempted murder of her newborn baby

A 26 year-old woman has been arrested in Alicante and charged with attempted murder after giving birth to a baby on Friday and then trying to get rid of it by throwing it in a small drainage hole near her home.

Vet dismembers and incinerates his wife

Police have arrested the 46 year old head of a veterinary clinic in Benijófar, Alicante, for his alleged involvement in the death of his wife and her subsequent dismemberment and incineration.