Top 10 tips on keeping cool and safe during the hot weather in Spain
AS SPAIN basks in yet another heatwave, keeping safe and reducing exposure to the sun is vital for people of all ages. The country’s Health
Spain’s Royal Family plus PM Pedro Sanchez will go to Sunday’s World Cup final
SPAIN’S Royal Family will attend Sunday’s World Cup final in the United States, along with Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, who will join them in the
Wife of Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez gets her passport back ahead of high-profile corruption trial
THE MADRID Provincial Court has ordered the return of the passport of Begoña Gomez, the wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. It also ruled that
Benidorm earns €100k from its first local fines for illegal holiday rental flats
BENIDORM City Council has pocketed over €100,000 from its first fines against illegal tourist accommodation since assuming local enforcement powers last year. Prior to that
Uniformed police officers get into the sea at busy Alicante beach to arrest male sex pest
FULLY-CLOTHED police officers went into the sea at a popular Alicante beach to arrest a man who inappropriately touched several female bathers. The incidents happened
Severe turbulence forces Ryanair flight from Alicante to make emergency landing as UK-bound passengers feared for their lives
PASSENGERS on a Ryanair flight from Alicante-Elche airport to Liverpool said they feared for their lives after severe turbulence forced an emergency landing in France.
Residents flee to safety and are left homeless after three-storey building collapses in Valencia
A THREE-STOREY building in the Valencian town of Benetusser collapsed on Tuesday night but nobody was injured. Around 20 minutes earlier, residents heard strange noises
Costa Blanca airport clocks up its busiest ever June with a third of travellers coming from the UK
ALICANTE-ELCHE airport clocked up over 2.1 million passengers in June- a 10.5% rise compared to a year ago, with another monthly record being set. It
Red weather alert in Spain: ‘Danger to life’ issued ahead of scorching 42C highs – these are the affected areas
A MAXIMUM level emergency warning for very high temperatures has been activated for two areas of Spain on Wednesday. Red alerts have been issued by
Judge investigating 2024 Valencia flood disaster raises death toll to 231 by including heart attack victim
AN inquiry into the response to the 2024 Valencia flood disaster has raised the official death toll figure to 231. Catarroja investigating judge, Nuria Ruiz,
New heatwave warnings for Costa Blanca with Saharan hot air mass set to last for days
A BRIEF respite from last week’s heatwave has ended in Alicante province with a yellow warning for extreme temperatures this Tuesday. The State Meteorological Agency(Aemet)
Police evict 50 people including children from ex-Costa Blanca hotel who lived there on illegal long-term rental contracts
THE Guardia Civil evicted around 50 long-term residents from a former Torrevieja hotel on Monday after a court ruled that a third-party agency illegally let
Police raid two ‘pink cocaine’ labs supplying dangerous drugs to partygoers in Torrevieja
AN INVESTIGATION into a series of robberies resulted in the discovery of a criminal gang who manufactured ‘pink cocaine’ at two Torrevieja addresses. Eight men
Death toll from horrific Almeria wildfire rises to 13 after British woman succumbs to injuries in hospital
A 93-YEAR-OLD British woman has died after being injured in the forest fires that have swept through the Los Gallardos area of Almeria. It now
Valencia president offers region’s help to Almeria after forest fire claims 11 lives- four of them British
VALENCIA region president, Juanfran Perez Llorca, has offered help to his Andalucian counterpart over the forest fire in Almeria. Perez Llorca spoke to Juanma Moreno
Booze-loving thieves steal two beer lorries from depot in Mallorca
TWO beer lorries have been stolen from an Estrella Damm depot in Mallorca. The thefts were discovered early on Friday morning with the Policia Nacional
WATCH: Police rescue 26 ‘sex slaves’ exploited by Chinese mafia gang that operated 11 brothels in Spain
THE Policia Nacional have rescued 26 women who were forced to work as prostitutes in Spain by a Chinese mafia gang. The crew operated 11
Wild car chase on the Costa Blanca sees gangsters ram police vehicle as eight AK47 ‘weapons of war’ are seized
FOUR men have been arrested for possessing eight automatic Kalashnikov AK-47 rifles following a high speed car chase between Alicante province and the Murcia region.
Police raid six illegal cigarette factories run by two gangs in Spain that produced eight million fags each day
SIX clandestine factories in Spain producing almost eight million cigarettes per day have been closed down by the Guardia Civil. 50 people have been arrested
Expanding budget airline takes on Ryanair by opening its first bases in Spain
WIZZ Air will open its first bases in Spain this November to herald a major expansion in the country. The Hungarian-owned budget carrier will open
‘Severely intoxicated’ British tourist arrested in Mallorca for ‘kissing Ryanair flight attendant on the neck’
A DRUNK British tourist has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for sexual assault on as Ryanair flight to Palma de Mallorca. The 30-year-old man
Brussels rules out suspending new EES border controls at Spain’s airports – and blames local management for bottlenecks
THE European Union has refused to pause the use of new biometric border checks, despite pleas from airport and airlines for a pause during the
Red alert for sweltering highs of 42C in Spain’s Valencia region
PARTS of the Valencia region have been put on a maximum red alert warning for high temperatures on Wednesday, as the heatwave continues. The warning
House prices in Spain’s coastal areas soar by up to 300% in just five years to match exclusive areas of Barcelona and Madrid
A SURVEY by real estate portal Fotocasa shows that house prices in Spain’s coastal areas have doubled and even tripled over the last five years.
Malaga welcomes new mega cruise ship in port just days after receiving the largest in the world
A NEW mega cruise ship operated by TUI Cruises has stopped off at Malaga during a round-trip from Palma de Mallorca. Last week, the world’s
Spain is chasing the magic 100 million tourists mark this year – minister calls the milestone ‘probable’
SPAIN’S Tourism Minister, Jordi Hereu, has said that the country is ‘likely’ to attract 100 million foreign tourists this year- boosted in the summer peak