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Woman Clings Onto Balcony Ledge After Forgetting Keys To Alicante Area Flat In Spain

Woman forgets keys and ends up clinging to balcony in failed attempt to climb into Alicante area flat in Spain

EMERGENCY services went to a Novelda street on Friday night after reports of a woman hanging from the ledge of a fourth-floor balcony. The 30-year-old

14 Nov, 2022 @ 12:08

Alicante·Lead·Valencian Community

British Man Breaks Ankle Trying To Escape Arrest For Gang Sex Abuse Of Underage British Girl In Spain's Marbella Area

British man breaks ankle fleeing arrest for gang sex abuse involving underage British girl in Spain’s Marbella area

FIVE men have been arrested over sexually assaulting two women- one underage and British- at a Puerto Banus apartment. Two of those detained are British

14 Nov, 2022 @ 11:26

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

DEAR JENNIFER: Can you recommend a good travel insurance policy for British expats in Spain?

UNFORTUNATELY due to Brexit, the travel insurance company that we worked extremely well with for over 20 years is no longer able to offer cover

13 Nov, 2022 @ 11:15

Business & Finance·Columnists·Sponsored·Sponsored Article

A dream in Spain or prison bars? Why so many British expats are calling time on their bar business ambitions

WATCH any UK television series about Brits starting a new life in Spain and you’re bound to get a segment on expats battling to open

13 Nov, 2022 @ 09:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·Murcia·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Torrevieja And Benidorm Remembers In Armistice Day Commemoration On Spain's Costa Blanca

IN PICS: Torrevieja and Benidorm remember the fallen in Armistice Day commemorations on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ARMISTICE DAY commemorations took place in ceremonies across Alicante Province on Friday. The day marks the signing of the armistice agreement to end the First

11 Nov, 2022 @ 17:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Massive Investment Planned To Stop Repeat Of Disastrous 2019 Floods In Southern Costa Blanca Area Of Spain

Massive investment will try to prevent repeat of disastrous 2019 floods in Costa Blanca area of Spain

OVER a quarter of the Valencian government’s 2023 budget allocated to the Vega Baja region will be spent on stopping a repeat of the disastrous

11 Nov, 2022 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Valencian Community

Speeding Fine Refunds After Motorists Appeal Over Confusing Sign On Busy Costa Blanca Highway In Spain

Plug pulled on speed trap after motorists get fines refund on busy Costa Blanca highway in Spain

MOTORISTS are having speeding fines cancelled after complaining about inaccurate speed limit signs on the N-332 on the Orihuela Costa. The DGT traffic authority has

11 Nov, 2022 @ 12:10

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Old man jailed for sexually abusing teenage boy on Costa Blanca beach in Spain

A 76-year-old man has been jailed for six years for sexually abusing a child in a secluded area of an Alicante beach. The assault at

11 Nov, 2022 @ 11:14

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

Irishman arrested in southern Spain after 'ramming police car and leading cops on 15km chase with loaded down drug-filled carrier bags in the boot'

Spain-wide appeal to find kidnap gang boss after snatching Costa Blanca couple to steal cryptocurrency codes

THE Guardia Civil have launched a nationwide appeal to find the mastermind behind an Alicante kidnapping plot last Summer to prise out lucrative cryptocurrency access

10 Nov, 2022 @ 18:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla·Valencian Community

Farmer on Spain’s Costa Blanca convicted of horrific animal abuse avoids prison time

AN Alicante Province farmer has avoided prison over eight counts of animal abuse involving several dogs. Despite prosecutors at his Benidorm trial wanting him jailed

10 Nov, 2022 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Happy ending in long search to find Chihuahua puppy stolen from outside Valencia supermarket in Spain

THE Policia Nacional have arrested a 25-year-old Spaniard who stole a Chihuahua puppy tied up outside a Valencia supermarket entrance. Officers produced a happy ending

10 Nov, 2022 @ 14:23

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Armistice And Remembrance Day Commemorations In Costa Blanca Area Of Spain

Guide to Armistice Day and Remembrance Day commemorations in Costa Blanca area of Spain

ROYAL British Legion branches and local councils across Alicante Province are holding Armistice Day and Remembrance Day services this weekend to remember the lives of

10 Nov, 2022 @ 13:08

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police In Spain's Valencia Discover Three 'classic' Fake Paintings Being Sold For €45 Million

Police in Spain’s Valencia recover three ‘classic’ fake paintings being sold for €45 million

VALENCIAN regional police have seized two fake paintings that had been sold for €33 million as well as a third item that was being marketed

10 Nov, 2022 @ 11:37

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

EU money seals SEAT deal for Spain's first electric car battery factory in Valencia

EU money seals deal for Spain’s first electric car battery factory in Valencia

CAR maker SEAT has confirmed that it will site Spain’s first electric car battery plant in the Valencia area. SEAT President, Wayne Griffiths reaffirmed the

9 Nov, 2022 @ 19:45

Barcelona·Business & Finance·Catalunya·Environment·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Complete Village On Spain Portugal Border On Offer For Bargain €260,000

Deserted village on Spain-Portugal border being sold for bargain €260,000

THREE potential buyers have emerged for a deserted Castilla y Leon village priced at just €260,000. That’s after attempts to sell it for millions of

9 Nov, 2022 @ 19:15

Lead·Property

Spain’s Iberdrola announces €17 billion investment in renewables across Europe and USA

ENERGY giant Iberdrola will invest €47 billion in electricity networks, renewable energy production and customer businesses over the next two years. Around €17 billion of

9 Nov, 2022 @ 18:45

Business & Finance·Environment·Lead

Huge win for British homeowners in France as 'automatic visa' right passes in parliament - but will Spain follow suit?

Spain wants changes to post-Brexit 90-day stay rule to attract more UK visitors

SPAIN will ask the European Union to change its 90-day rule which is restricting stays by UK residents with property in the country. Post-Brexit, the

9 Nov, 2022 @ 17:15

Brexit·Lead·National News

Man conceals gun from police in his boxer shorts and fires bullet into his penis resulting in emergency surgery in Spain's Alicante area

Man conceals gun from police in boxer shorts and fires bullet into his penis resulting in emergency operation in Spain’s Alicante area

AN Alicante Province man hid an illegal gun from the eyes police officers by stuffing it down his boxer shorts, but ended up in hospital

9 Nov, 2022 @ 13:30

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Thieves steal iPhones worth €2 million from Telefonica logistics centre in Spain’s Madrid

POLICE are searching for a gang that stole iPhones worth €2 million from Telefonica’s main logistics centre in the Madrid area. Just days later, a

9 Nov, 2022 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Street signs decrying gender violence erected across Costa Blanca town in Spain

VILLAJOYOSA has become the latest Valencian municipality to put up street signs decrying gender violence. The town has installed eight signs as part of a

9 Nov, 2022 @ 11:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

UK TV and film company co-founded by David Walliams to check out Ciudad de la Luz studios on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A UK TV and film production company co-founded by comedy performer and children’s book writer David Walliams is looking into using Alicante’s recently reopened Ciudad

9 Nov, 2022 @ 11:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead·Valencian Community

Police officer is first person in Spain to be criminally convicted of spreading 'fake news' on social media

Police officer becomes first person in Spain with criminal conviction for spreading ‘fake news’ on social media

A Guardia Civil officer has become the first person criminally convicted in Spain of spreading ‘fake news’. He used a social media account to falsely

8 Nov, 2022 @ 16:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Full blown Sunday shopping returns to tourist areas of Spain's Costa Blanca and Valencia

Spain’s clothes stores cutting back on big Black Friday bargains as purchases fall and costs rise

CLOTHES sales in Spain went up by 4.2% in October compared to a year earlier but that was close to half of September’s rise. Fashion

8 Nov, 2022 @ 14:58

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Environmentalists demand changes to electricity pylon plans linking new solar power station to Spain’s Costa Blanca

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners want changes to the proposed route of a 23 kilometre high-voltage line that will go across the Vega Baja area. They’re worried about

8 Nov, 2022 @ 14:04

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Murcia·Valencian Community

Cruel Family Gang Forces Disabled Man To Beg All Day During Costa Blanca Heatwave In Spain

Cruel family gang intimidated disabled man into begging all day long during Costa Blanca heatwave in Spain

FIVE members of a Romanian family have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for forcing a disabled man to beg for 12 hours a day

8 Nov, 2022 @ 12:45