Motorcyclist crashes at 220km/hr while trying to avoid a traffic police helicopter in Valencia
A VALENCIA motorbike rider smashed into the back of a car after he was caught driving at more than double the speed limit. A DGT
British and other foreign tourists spent a record-breaking €1.6 billion across Spain’s Valencia region this August
THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY welcomed 1.26 million international tourists during August- up by 19.68% on the same month last year with record levels of expenditure. It’s
Oldest market in Spain’s Valencia gets grand reopening after being closed for five years
VALENCIA’S oldest market was reopened on Monday by mayor Maria Jose Catala after being closed for five years. Located near the port on the Plaza
Health centre expansion reversed for busy British expat area of Spain’s Costa Blanca
PLANS to expand a health centre serving 30,000 patients on the Orihuela Costa have been shelved in favour of seeking a site to build a
Teenage youths in mass fight brandishing machetes and knives as horrified parents look on at junior soccer match in Spain’s Costa Blanca
A FIGHT in a football stand between teenage groups forced police to suspend a match in Javea on Saturday, with two boys arrested and several
British expat arsonist sets fire to bins and parked cars on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A BRITISH man, 43, has been arrested in Javea and charged with setting fire to several municipal rubbish collection bins and parked cars. The Guardia
Investigations could last ‘for weeks’ to find cause of Murcia nightclub inferno that killed 13 people
POLICE have confirmed that 13 people died in a nightclub fire in Murcia City on Sunday morning with five ‘missing’ guests located safe and sound.
Two Algerian ‘robbers’ are arrested for ‘targeting tourists in hotel rooms and Airbnb apartments’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO ROBBERS were caught red-handed after plundering a Costa Blanca beach-front hotel with the men having a busy summer stealing from holiday homes, apartments and
Plans for three solar farms on ‘protected’ land in Spain’s Alicante are shut down by the regional government
PLANS for three solar farms in the south of Alicante province next to the protected Sierra Escalona area have been rejected by the Ministry for
Remains of possible Roman circus found near Sevilla
SEVILLA UNIVERSITY experts say modern technology has enabled them to find evidence of a giant Roman circus at the site of the ancient city of
British cyclist, 56, dies while cycling in Spain’s Mallorca
A BRITISH man, 56, died from a heart attack on Friday while cycling in the Formentor area of Mallorca. Reports described him as ‘English’ and
Irishman, 29, is arrested after ‘fleeing the scene of a fatal car crash’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested a 29-year-old Irish national over a hit and run car crash in Torrevieja that killed a motorist. The man is
Pedro Sanchez tests positive for Covid: Spain’s caretaker PM, 51, is forced to skip G-20 summit
SPAIN’S acting Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, will not attend this weekend’s G-20 summit in New Delhi because he has contracted Covid-19. Sanchez made the announcement
Heavily pregnant woman claims she was kicked off EasyJet flight from Belfast to Ibiza over row with staff along with every other passenger after they started chanting for AIR HOSTESS to be kicked off
BUDGET airline EasyJet has been accused of overreacting after throwing all of its passengers off an Ibiza bound flight after a heavily pregnant woman got
Sorry we’re NOT full: Restaurants in Spain’s Mallorca are charging up to €120 for last minute cancellations
ONE IN FIVE Mallorca restaurants are charging for last minute reservation cancellations and no-shows, with more businesses set to follow suit. Alfonso Robledo, president of
Far-right party Vox agrees power sharing deal with conservative PP in Spain’s Murcia region
MURCIA’S regional assembly has re-elected the Partido Popular’s Fernando Lopez Miras as president following an investiture vote on Thursday. Lopez Miras secured an absolute majority
Brits could soon fly to Spain in world’s biggest aircraft dubbed ‘The Flying Bum’
SPAIN’S Air Nostrum has increased its commitment to helium airships by ordering an extra 10 craft from UK firm, Hybrid Air Vehicles(HAV) which are expected
‘We’re not leaving without our boys’: Families of missing paddle surfers Maxi, 29, and Emmanuel, 34, demand the search continues off Spain’s Costa del Sol
THE FAMILIES of two missing paddle-surfers have met with Malaga mayor, Francisco de la Torre, and pledged ‘not to leave Malaga without the boys’. Argentines
Children start new school year in old classrooms as council dithers over site for replacement building in expat area of Spain’s Costa Blanca
ORIHUELA COUNCIL has been slammed for ‘snubbing’ children on the Orihuela Costa after it said that a new infant and primary school in Dehesa de
Invasive SNAKES are on the rise in Spain’s Mallorca, experts warn, after 1.6 metre serpent is discovered
HORSESHOE WHIP snakes are rising in population and size in Mallorca after a large specimen of the invasive species was discovered on a Llucmajor road.
Jenni Hermoso files official complaint with the courts against Luis Rubiales over ‘non-consensual’ kiss
SPAIN’S World Cup soccer star Jenni Hermoso has filed an official complaint accusing suspended RFEF president Luis Rubiales of sexual assault. The complaint was lodged
Warning over holiday rental scams in southern Spain: Three are arrested for ‘defrauding unsuspecting tourists out of tens of thousands of euros’
A TORREVIEJA holiday rental scam has been busted by the Guardia Civil with three Spaniards arrested- some of whom had previously committed similar frauds. 30
Michelle Obama visits Spain: US’s former First Lady, 59, goes unnoticed as she dines with friends in Mallorca surrounded by guards in bullet proof vests
FORMER US First Lady Michelle Obama is enjoying a few days of vacation on Mallorca- her third visit to the island. Earlier this year, she
Flight to Barcelona is grounded after passenger expels diarrhoea ‘all through the airplane’ creating a ‘biohazard’
A TRANSATLANTIC Delta Air Lines flight last Friday between Atlanta and Barcelona was forced to turn around after a passenger had a ‘medical issue’, which
No silver lining for Spain’s reservoirs as levels FALL despite a weekend of devastating torrential storms
HEAVY weekend storms which caused widespread destruction and some loss of life did not bring a silver lining as water levels in Spain’s reservoirs continuing
British tourists help secure record-breaking August in Valencia after filling up hotels in Benidorm and along the Costa Blanca
HOTEL OCCUPANCY topped 90% in the Valencian Community in August, according to the Benidorm-based Hosbec hoteliers association. The figures though were not a record which