Level crossing blackspot claims third victim in less than a year in Spain’s Valencia
A 20-YEAR-OLD woman died on Wednesday when she was run over by a train at Alfafar level crossing in Valencia province. It’s the third death
Barack Obama jetting into Spain’s Barcelona for Bruce Springsteen concert
EX-US PRESIDENT Barack Obama and his wife Michelle will be flying to Barcelona this Friday to attend a concert by their good friend Bruce Springsteen.
Vaping teenagers overtake tobacco smokers in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas
MORE teenagers in the Valencian Community are vaping as opposed to smoking tobacco according to a study from the AECC cancer charity in the region.
Two men killed in ‘kamikaze’ crash on busy motorway on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO MEN died on Tuesday morning in a ‘head-on’ collision on the AP-7 motorway close to the Murcia-Valencia regional border. The accident happened at around
Chronic pain in Spain affects over nine million people – a quarter of the adult population
OVER NINE MILLION people in Spain- some 25.9% of the adult population- suffer from some form of chronic pain. The biggest issue is lower back
Spain is largest ‘eurozone’ country with biggest ‘real wage’ fall in 2022
SPANISH workers suffered the most of any large Eurozone country as their real wages got hit by high inflation in 2022. The Organisation for Economic
Spain expected to record sizzling high April temperatures to break 12-year record
FORECASTERS are predicting record-high April temperatures this week as the drought continues to bite across Spain. The current April record stands at 37.4 degrees logged
Drinking alcohol is no grounds for work dismissal says top Murcia court in landmark ruling in Spain
MURCIA’S Supreme Court has ruled that drinking three litres of beer in a day is not sufficient grounds on its own for dismissing an employee.
New car park coming to popular tourist beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A CONTRACT has been advertised to build a new car park serving Guardamar del Segura’s Playa La Roqueta. The tender cost comes in at just
Spain probes electricity companies over hiking up low prices for French buyers
SPAIN is investigating 35 electricity companies over allegedly selling cheap power at hiked prices to French buyers. The probe has been launched by Spain’s competition
Vast majority of people aged 20 years and under can’t speak English in Spain’s Costa Blanca area
OVER TWO-THIRDS of young people in the Valencian Community have told a survey that they cannot speak or understand any English, with just one out
‘Hugging robber’ jailed at last after multiple offences on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A FEMALE thief who ‘hugged’ victims in a tight embrace was caught red-handed trying to steal from an elderly man in a Costa Blanca golf
Police catch child gang stealing electric scooters in Spain’s Benidorm
A GANG of child thieves have been arrested for stealing electric scooters parked close to a Benidorm sports centre. Police received reports from scooter owners
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz takes apart rival Tsitsipas to win Barcelona Open
MURCIA’S Carlos Alcaraz capped a perfect week at the Barcelona Open to outplay Stefanos Tsitsipas in a high-quality display on Sunday The 19-year-old from El
Flambee pizza causes fatal blaze at Madrid restaurant in Spain
TWO PEOPLE have died in a Madrid restaurant after a waiter flambeed a pizza dish, accidentally setting alight plastic plants that were hanging on the
Benidorm’s Terra Natura welcomes pair of deadly snakes to aid anti-venom research in Spain
TERRA NATURA park in Benidorm has expanded its collection of poisonous residents by welcoming a pair of butterfly vipers from a Dutch zoo. Besides caring
Resident kept awake at night by barking dog loses €60,000 compensation bid in Spain’s Valencia region
THE Valencian Superior Court(TSJCV) has rejected a €60,000 compensation bid by an Antella resident for being kept awake at night by a barking dog. The
A hundred short films from 17 countries selected for Alicante International Film Festival on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A HUNDRED short films from 17 countries have been chosen for screening at this June’s Alicante International Film Festival. Judges had to sift through over
Bogus nurse employed with no qualifications gets suspended jail sentence in Spain’s Valencia
A VALENCIA court has handed down a two-year prison sentence to a man who pretended to be a nurse and was employed for over six
Public hospital surgery waiting lists lowest since Covid pandemic broke out in Spain’s Valencia region
WAITING LISTS for non-emergency surgery in a public hospital in the Valencian Community have fallen to their lowest level since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out
Police shut down drugs den operating next to children’s playground on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE GUARDIA CIVIL has closed down a drugs den in the centre of Guardamar del Segura which operated a few metres away from a children’s
Rafa Nadal pulls out of Madrid Open as hip injury casts doubt on Spanish star defending French Open title
RAFA NADAL’S hip injury problem that has kept him out of tournaments since January could force him to miss the French Open for the first
British man gets conditional bail over doorman death at TOWIE star Elliot Wright’s restaurant in Spain’s Andalucia
A BRITISH man has been granted conditional bail after being arrested in connection with the death of a doorman at TOWIE star Elliot Wright’s Mijas
British expat faces 14 years in prison if convicted of killing teenager in road rage row in Spain’s Andalucia
PROSECUTORS want extradited British boxer Lewis Harry Briggs jailed for 14 years if he’s found guilty of stabbing a teenager to death in Estepona in
Graffiti vandal gets stung with big penalty for defacing historic train station in Spain’s Mallorca
A MAN who daubed graffiti on the front of Mallorca’s historic Soller railway station has been convicted of a crime against historical heritage. The station
Habitual criminal breaches restraining order banning him from Palma in Spain’s Mallorca
A HABITUAL criminal, who was banned from entering Palma, breached the restraining order after just five days to steal a pair of trainers. 46-year-old Bartolome