Air pollution spikes on Spain’s Costa Blanca due to warmest January on record
A RECORD warm January has worsened air quality rates in Alicante province due to the ever-present anticyclone over Spain resulting in fewer winds. The month
New illegal rave in Spain: 1,000 revellers party for FOUR days on the Costa Blanca – as music is heard more than 20km away
AN ILLEGAL rave was staged in Novelda last weekend with music levels so high that the noise was heard 20 kilometres away. The event started
British expats are arrested for running a marijuana farm inside a house on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO British men who ran an indoor marijuana farm in Benissa were arrested after an electricity company found them using an excessive amount of power.
Racket which ‘sold bodies of dead foreigners’ and ‘people with no family’ for €1,200 each is busted in Spain’s Valencia
POLICE have busted a Valencia body-snatching gang that removed corpses from hospitals like La Fe and nursing homes to sell them for up to €1,200
British climber, 80, is seriously injured after falling from a cliff on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN 80-year-old British climber suffered serious injuries on Sunday after falling 10 metres in Murla. He was airlifted by helicopter to the Denia Park fire
Body of elderly man is found floating in Alicante port: Police are struggling to identify him
AUTHORITIES are trying to identify a man’s body which was found floating on Sunday morning in Alicante port waters. The Guardia Civil were notified of
H&M to close a QUARTER of its stores in Spain
FASHION retailer H&M has announced plans on Friday to close more than a quarter of its shops in Spain. The Swedish-owned business says up to
Crackdown on Airbnbs in Spain: Andalucia introduces more red tape for homeowners wishing to rent to tourists
THE Andalucia government will approve a new law on tourist housing this Monday which gives added powers to municipalities to ‘establish limitations regarding the maximum
Squatter removers are accused of strong-arm tactics after ‘assaulting tenants’ and ‘robbing homes’ in southern Spain
POLICE are investigating eight employees of an unnamed company that evicts squatters for assaulting tenants of a dozen homes in the Murcia district of La
Wanted US fugitive who ‘hired a hitman to kill his three brothers’ but ended up killing his teenage sister is arrested at major airport in eastern Spain
AN AMERICAN fugitive who hired a teenage hitman to kill his three brothers has been arrested at Valencia Airport. The Policia Nacional and FBI cooperated
Revealed: The 10 most expensive and in-demand neighbourhoods for buying property in Spain – featuring a string of British expat hotspots in Malaga, Mallorca and the Costa Blanca
A MALAGA province town has Spain’s highest average property prices coupled with high demand, according to a survey by the Idealista property portal. Examining figures
Major airport in Spain will expand: PM Pedro Sanchez announces a €2.4 BILLION investment
A €2.4 billion investment to expand Madrid’s Adolfo Suarez airport has been announced by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday. Sanchez revealed the massive plan
Food-flation in Spain: How shoppers are turning to supermarket own brands to keep their costs down – as Carrefour reduces prices on 500 of its products
SHOPPERS in Spain spent €117 billion last year on basic foods and goods with more of them turning to supermarket ‘own’ brands. Mercadona, Lidl, and
Illegal cigarette factory making 12,000 ‘branded’ fags per hour is busted on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A ROBBERY alert led to the discovery of an illegal cigarette factory featuring two sophisticated machines inside a Costa Blanca house. The Guardia Civil visited
Expat is accused of killing priest found dead in his home: ‘Vulnerable’ suspect had sexual relations with the elderly clergyman after he ‘brought him in off the street’
THE Policia Nacional have arrested a South American man, 40, in connection with the murder of a Valencia priest who was found dead on Tuesday.
Carlos Alcaraz crashes out of Australian Open: Spain’s hopes are dashed by defiant German Alexander Zverev
CARLOS ALCARAZ’S hopes of winning a third Grand Slam ended in Melbourne on Wednesday when he was beaten by Germany’s Alexander Zverev in the quarter-finals
Spain’s largest ever ecstacy factory is raided after making more than €100m worth of the drug
THE Policia Nacional has dismantled Spain’s biggest-ever ecstasy laboratory and seized 1,900 litres of MDMA with a street value of €105 million. 12 men of
Wanted Irish ‘drug trafficker’ is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca after showing police a ‘manipulated’ photo of his IDÂ
AN IRISH fugitive wanted for drug trafficking and the illegal possession of weapons has been arrested on the Costa Blanca after an anonymous tip off.
Drunk driver blames Google Maps after being caught travelling down a flight of STAIRS in Spain’s Mallorca
A DRUNK motorist got stuck driving down some stairs in Palma’s Plaza Mayor area and blamed the transgression on his Google Maps navigating system. The
How much of my salary do I need to put aside for rent or mortgage costs in Spain? Figures reveal HUGE differences between the British expat hotspots
OWNING or renting a property is getting more expensive in Spain- especially in tourist areas popular with British expats. A survey conducted by online portal
Spain narrowly avoids its worst terror attack in YEARS: How Jihadist, 17, successfully built a ‘mother of Satan’ bomb and planned to blow up a school in Andalucia
THE Policia Nacional say they have thwarted what could have been the biggest terrorist attack in Spain ‘for years’ with the arrest of a 17-year-old
Sex pest who ‘paid’ €10,000 to have consensual sex with a young woman in a toilet is arrested in Spain after the bank transfer never arrived
A VALENCIA man has been arrested for fraud after agreeing to pay €10,000 to have sex with a woman, but then didn’t meet his end
Murder probe is launched after a PRIEST is found dead in his home in eastern Spain ‘with signs of violence’
A CATHOLIC priest has been found dead in his Valencia home bed on Tuesday with police suspecting foul play, citing asphyxiation as a possible cause
Wild boars are terrorising Spain’s Costa Blanca: How a ‘plague of 6,000 pigs’ is destroying land and keeping residents ‘locked in their houses’ at night out of fear
A PLAGUE of wild boars has prompted a group of Alicante province mayors to demand an urgent meeting with the regional Environment Ministry. A meeting
Revealed: Where you will earn the most and the least renting out your holiday home on Spain’s Costa Blanca
IF you are looking for a bargain holiday home rental for the rest of winter on the Costa Blanca, then you should focus on the
Ryanair to expand in Spain: Budget airline plans for five new bases in the country
IRISH carrier Ryanair says it wants to open five new bases in Spain and grow by 40% in the country by 2030. CEO Eddie Wilson
