Alex worked for 30 years for the BBC as a presenter, producer and manager. He covered a variety of areas specialising in sport, news and politics. After moving to the Costa Blanca over a decade ago, he edited a newspaper for 5 years and worked on local radio.
THREE burglars were caught in the act robbing an Alicante apartment after a neighbour called the police. A quick response by two Policia Nacional patrols
CONMEN posing as Valencian government employees have been contacting elderly residents in Petrer to make appointments to disinfect their mattresses. The scammers have been cold-calling
SPAIN has passed 100,000 deaths attributed to Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic two years ago. Health ministry figures on Wednesday recorded an additional
BROTHELS in the Valencian Community hiding under the cover of legitimate entertainment businesses will be closed down as part of new measures to reduce prostitution.
THE Fallas de Valencia celebrations are in full swing with a return to pre-pandemic schedules. The heady mix of fireworks, bonfires, flowers, festivals, and eye-catching
GALICIA president, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, has officially put himself forward as the next leader of Spain’s conservative Partido Popular. The Galician leader has been the
A British man, 64, may have suffered spinal cord injuries after falling three metres down a steep embankment in Alicante. A passer-by on Tuesday reported
TORREVIEJA has become Europe’s first city to install warning pavement lights to warn mobile phone distracted pedestrians of dangers at crossings. Traditional red and green
A serial criminal has been arrested at Alicante bus station following a serious hit-and-run incident in Sevilla. The driver, 28, knocked over a moped rider
THE Guardia Civil have arrested a UK fugitive in Catalunya branded as Britain’s ‘Most Wanted’ woman. Sarah Panitzke,47, was sentenced in her absence to eight
POLITICIANS and business groups are fuming about a train station switch that will add 15 minutes to high-speed rail journeys between Alicante and Madrid. Rail
A United Nations Human Rights panel has slammed a Madrid appeals court for granting an allegedly abusive father full custody of his seven-year-old daughter. The
BENIDORM council has unanimously condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and opened four collection points for medical supplies. Monday’s plenary meeting brought rare political unity as
THE former owner and headteacher of Mallorca’s King Richard III College in Portals Nous has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years after sexually abusing two women.
SPAIN has recorded its biggest annual inflation hike since 1989 according to figures released on Monday by the National Statistics Institute(INE). Preliminary numbers for February
PROTESTORS gathered outside Torrevieja’s Town Hall on Sunday to show their solidarity for Ukraine in the wake of last week’s invasion by Russia. The Plaza