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Woman steals identity of a dead baby before embarking on 10-year criminal career as head of a mafia on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Woman steals identity of a dead baby before embarking on 10-year criminal career as head of a mafia gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A WOMAN from the Dominican Republic used the identity of a deceased two-month-old baby to gain Spanish nationality before setting up a Costa Blanca-based criminal

22 Apr, 2024 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Man ‘attempts to kill partner just after she gave birth’ in Elche because ‘she said she wanted to leave him’

A MAN slit his partner’s throat, minutes after she gave birth in an Elche hospital and then told him that their relationship was over. The

11 Apr, 2024 @ 10:47

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Malaga to Madrid from €7: Renfe launches sale on train fares starting TODAY

New high-speed rail routes in Spain: British expat hotspots on the Costa Blanca will be directly connected to these three fantastic cities

HIGH speed train services from state operator Renfe departing from Elche, Orihuela and Murcia will be directly linked to three Castilla y Leon region cities

13 Mar, 2024 @ 11:57

Costa Blanca·Lead·Murcia·Valencian Community

Tourists are threatened by a machete-wielding thug on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Man demands Dutch group hand over cash and valuables

A MAN has been arrested in Elche after brandishing a machete at a group of Dutch tourists to get some money from them. The Spaniard,

8 Feb, 2024 @ 09:23

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Popular shopping centre reports record footfall and unveils changes on Spain's Costa Blanca|

Popular shopping centre on Spain’s Costa Blanca reports record visitors and announces improvements

A REVAMPED cinema and three new restaurants are some of the improvements promised this year for Elche’s L’Aljub Shopping Centre. Around seven million people visited

31 Jan, 2024 @ 11:42

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Thief steals manhole covers worth thousands of euros for scrap sales on Spain's Costa Blanca

Thief steals manhole covers worth thousands of euros to sell for scrap on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A THIEF with a penchant for stealing manhole covers to sell to scrapyards has been arrested in Elche. The 43-year-old man removed around 100 covers

20 Dec, 2023 @ 08:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Restaurant boss who ‘grabbed female employee’s buttocks’ is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A COSTA BLANCA restaurant owner has been arrested for sexual assault after a female employee accused him of grabbing her buttocks. Police were called to

13 Dec, 2023 @ 14:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Hilton to open new airport hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Accommodation will be the closest available to Alicante-Elche

THE FIRST stone has been laid for the construction of the closest hotel to Alicante-Elche airport with a January 2025 opening date pencilled in. The

7 Dec, 2023 @ 07:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Drug cartel members who used cocaine profits to buy hundreds of El Gordo lottery tickets are arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FAMILY gang selling cocaine laundered their proceeds by buying Christmas Lottery tickets with the hopes of scooping a bigger return from their criminal activities.

6 Dec, 2023 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Valencian Community

Mamma Mia! Italian family-run pizzeria is exposed as a front for mafia’s drug trafficking ring on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Italian-owned pizzeria on the Costa Blanca served up cocaine and hashish to its customers along with its more traditional fare according to the Policia

29 Nov, 2023 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Renfe launches new high-speed rail route in Spain connecting Madrid with Alicante and Murcia

STATE rail operator Renfe will launch its low-cost high speed Avlo service between Madrid, Elche, Alicante and Murcia on December 10, with lowest fares coming

28 Nov, 2023 @ 11:44

Alicante·Lead·Madrid·Murcia

Robbers travel on 'days out' to rob shop safes on Spain's Costa Blanca

Gang from Madrid which robbed safes at shopping centres on Spain’s Costa Blanca is brought down

A MADRID-BASED gang travelled to the Costa Blanca and Murcia areas to rob store safes in large shopping centres after hiding inside premises before closing

25 Nov, 2023 @ 09:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Mar Menor·Murcia·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Drug driver travels 28km on the wrong side of the motorway with three young friends in the car on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A YOUNG motorist was pulled over in the early hours of Thursday morning after driving for 28 kilometres of the wrong carriageway of the A-7

16 Nov, 2023 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Chiringuito owner ‘secretly drugged workers as young as 17’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca ‘so they would perform better’: At least one was hospitalised

A COSTA BLANCA beach bar employee suffered a perforated stomach after being tricked into taking performance enhancing vitamins which were actually anabolic steroids. The owner

9 Nov, 2023 @ 12:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Strong winds cause injuries in Spain’s Valencia: Woman is struck in the face by a falling sign while another is hit by a restaurant’s parasol

STRONG winds caused by Storm Ciaran have kept police and fire crews busy in Valencia and the Valencian Community with over 700 reported incidents in

3 Nov, 2023 @ 15:25

Alicante·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community·Weather

Boy, 14, attacks his mother and grandmother and smashes TV at Costa Blanca home ‘because they refused to buy him a new phone’

A BOY, 14, who attacked his mother after she refused to buy him a mobile phone has been arrested by the Elche Policia Local. The

3 Nov, 2023 @ 13:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Fly-tippers dump fridges and electrical gear which threatens endangered species on Spain's Costa Blanca

Fly-tippers dump fridges and electrical gear which threatens endangered duck on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ECOLOGISTS have complained to Elche City Council about an illegal waste dump off the CV-861 in the Hondo Natural Park. Accio Ecologista-Agro has sent a

16 Oct, 2023 @ 17:11

Costa Blanca·Environment·Nature·Valencian Community

Rats and cockroaches spotted crawling on old people’s faces in nursing homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca

CONDITIONS at three Alicante province nursing homes have been slammed amidst calls for the Valencian government to carry out urgent inspections. One home has been

16 Oct, 2023 @ 12:05

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

Spanish startup’s private rocket launch is a success after taking off from Andalucia at the weekend – and it’s reusable

ELCHE startup PLD Space launched the first-ever private European rocket into orbit on Saturday morning. After two postponements in the spring, the first launch of

9 Oct, 2023 @ 15:05

Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Huelva·Lead·National News·Technology

Spain will launch a rocket from Andalucia at 2am TOMORROW – here’s how you can see it

ELCHE’S PLD Space will launch the first private rocket in Europe -Miura 1- in the early hours of Saturday morning from El Arenosillo in Huelva

6 Oct, 2023 @ 18:00

Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Huelva·Lead·National News·Technology

British retirees living in Spain's Benidorm can now apply for financial help with carers

Carer ‘steals €20,000 watch from woman, 94, on Spain’s Costa Blanca before melting down her jewellery for cash’

A CARER has been arrested for stealing over €50,000 of jewellery from an elderly Elche woman that employed her. The 94-year-old victim’s daughter complained to

4 Oct, 2023 @ 16:44

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Pedal power as cyclists demand why eco-friendly cycle routes are being removed across Costa Blanca city in Spain

Pedal power as cyclists protest over cycle routes being removed in Costa Blanca city in Spain

DOZENS of cyclists temporarily blocked the removal of a second cycle lane in Elche ordered by the new Partido Popular-Vox council. Workers were preparing to

29 Aug, 2023 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Ambulance calls will be dealt with once again on Spain's Costa Blanca after claims people died due to late-arriving vehicles

Local centre reopening for ambulance call outs after claims people died due to late arrivals on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A HEALTH emergency co-ordination centre(CICU) will be restored to Alicante province- just months after it was integrated into one Valencian region facility. Alicante’s CICU shut

15 Aug, 2023 @ 12:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Health·Valencia·Valencian Community

Unique firework display dating back to Middle Ages set to light up Sunday night sky on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ONE of Spain’s most spectacular firework displays takes place this Sunday which has been recognised by UNESCO as an ‘Intangible Heritage of Humanity’. Elche’s Nit

13 Aug, 2023 @ 11:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Valencian Community

Spains-biggest-ever-seizure-of-illegal-vapes-aimed-at-children-sees-seven-warehouses-raided-in-Alicante-province

Spain’s biggest-ever seizure of illegal vapes aimed at child smokers in Alicante province

SPAIN’S biggest-ever seizure of illegal vaping units has taken place on an Alicante province industrial estate with 8,615 vapes confiscated along with associated charging units.

10 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Health·Valencian Community

Man steals dozens of catalytic converters from cars on Spain's Costa Blanca with extracted precious metals exported to Germany

Mechanic steals dozens of catalytic converters with precious metal content from parked cars on Spain’s Costa Blanca

GOT A STORY? Email us at [email protected] A CAR mechanic stole at least 84 catalytic converters from parked cars in Alicante province with precious metals

8 Aug, 2023 @ 16:49

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community