{
  "id": 3526067,
  "title": "Orihuela Costa ‘colony’ of 30,000 mostly Brits and expats launches independence bid to break away from Costa Blanca town",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/orihuela-costa-colony-of-30-000-mostly-brits-and-expats-launches",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T14:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Olive Press",
    "slug": "the-olive-press",
    "url": "https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/08/26/costa-blanca-orihuela-costa-independence/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A COSTA Blanca ‘colony’ of around 30,000 residents – including a large British expat community – is taking steps to break away from Orihuela and become an independent municipality.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Euro Weekly News",
        "title": "Costa Blanca golfers raise €2,005 to help local residents through Help at Home",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/costa-blanca-golfers-raise-2-005-to-help-local-residents-through-help",
        "published": "2026-08-25T10:08:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Olive Press",
        "title": "Costa Blanca beaches closed to swimmers after water pollution is double the permitted level",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/costa-blanca-beaches-closed-to-swimmers-after-water-pollution-is",
        "published": "2026-08-25T10:55:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}