The Leader News Updates

ORIHUELA – August 4, 2025 — The Orihuela Council will refer two local festival committees to the Public Prosecutor’s Office for allegedly falsifying invoices to obtain more than €26,000 in public grants. The scandal has raised serious questions about oversight in the city’s subsidy program, particularly the role of Councilor… Read more »

Three suspects arrested after six shots fired in broad daylight; victim identified in Turkish media as a leader of the Dalton gang A man in his 30s was shot and killed in broad daylight on Sunday evening in central Torrevieja, in what appears to be a gang-related execution between rival… Read more »

Man Shot Dead in Broad Daylight in Central TorreviejaThree suspects arrested by Civil Guard and Local Police after brazen downtown shooting sparks fears over public safety A young man was shot and killed by three individuals on Sunday evening at the busy intersection of Rambla Juan Mateo and Pedro Lorca… Read more »

Two assailants opened fire on a man in the heart of Torrevieja this Sunday evening, shortly before 7:00 PM, at the intersection of Rambla Juan Mateo and Pedro Lorca streets. The attackers fled the scene on foot, leaving six shell casings scattered on the pavement. The victim was reportedly accompanied… Read more »

Authorities in Torrevieja are urgently searching for the driver of an electric scooter who struck a 69-year-old man and fled the scene, leaving the victim critically injured and clinging to life in the brain trauma unit of the Elche General University Hospital. With experts warning that a Mediterranean tsunami will… Read more »

An earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula last week, measuring a massive 8.8 on the Richter scale, sent tsunami waves racing across the Pacific. They slammed into Japan’s coastline and reached as far as the western United States. As sirens wailed and coastal cities evacuated, the world was once again reminded… Read more »

Authorities in Torrevieja are urgently searching for the driver of an electric scooter who struck a 69-year-old man and fled the scene, leaving the victim critically injured and clinging to life in the ICU. The brutal incident took place during daylight hours on a street in the coastal municipality. According… Read more »

President of Unidos por la Costa Speaks Out on Onda Cero On Friday, the president of Unidos por la Costa appeared on Onda Cero Vega Baja’s “Más de Uno” to address the deteriorating state of public services in Orihuela Costa this summer. The interview was a sobering overview of long-standing… Read more »

Beachgoers at La Mata in Torrevieja were stunned on Wednesday, July 30, when a mysterious object was spotted floating about a kilometre offshore. Concerned it might be a capsized kayak with people trapped inside, lifeguards were alerted and sent to investigate. As the waves carried the object closer to shore,… Read more »

A day at the beach nearly ended in tragedy on Thursday afternoon, when a father’s desperate attempt to rescue his children from dangerous waves turned into a harrowing ordeal at Cala Cerrada in Orihuela Costa. As the sea grew increasingly rough during the late afternoon, two 16-year-old siblings entered the… Read more »