Cute puppies kept in poor conditions are rescued on Spain’s Costa Blanca
POLICE in Denia have rescued 18 puppies who lived in poor surroundings in a shack close to an industrial estate. The owner apparently planned to
Corrupt ex-Costa Blanca mayor in Spain gets prison term over waste contract bungs
FORMER Calpe mayor, Francisco Javier Morato, and two ex-Partido Popular councillors have been convicted of receiving bribes over a waste contract awarded in 1998. Javier
Big cocaine shipments intercepted at port of Valencia in Spain
THE Guardia Civil has seized 620 kilos of cocaine in three raids within nine days at the port of Valencia. The drugs were smuggled in
Blind customer makes massive payment mistake in Alicante area bar in Spain as owner tells him to go to court
A Petrer man found himself seriously out of pocket when he paid the bill in a local bar. The visually-impaired customer used the Bizum instant
Man, 20, kills elderly male lover and hides body in garden planter at his Valencia area home in Spain
A 20-year-old man has been arrested in Valencia Province over the violent death of his elderly lover in Albalat de la Ribera. Police detained Alex
Ryanair flight from Luton to Spain’s Murcia gets diverted as Corvera airport was closed for the night
A Ryanair flight from Luton to Corvera in Murcia suffered a two-hour take-off delay on Sunday- meaning it was too late for it land at
Man dies after early morning Costa Blanca nightclub fight in Spain
A 26-year-old El Campello man died on Saturday after an early morning brawl outside the Copity nightclub in San Juan de Alicante. His attacker, a
IN PICS: Why sheep flocked onto historic Madrid streets in Spain
SHEEP replaced traffic on Madrid streets on Sunday with shepherds steering their flocks through the heart of the capital along ancient migration routes. The annual
Stag-do party pay penalty for drunken mayhem on high-speed Madrid-Malaga train in Spain
A Madrid court has fined 11 people nearly €700 each after a rowdy stag-do forced a delay to a high-speed train service between Madrid and
Irish hiker, 75, plunges ten metres to her death on Spain’s Mallorca
AN Irish woman, 75, died on Sunday after falling ten metres during a hiking trek in the Escorca area of Mallorca. The victim was part
Costa Blanca boy in Spain who killed parents and brother gets six-year internment
AN Alicante court has imposed six years of internment for a teenage boy who shot dead his parents and younger brother at their Elche home
Under-fire boss resigns from criticised Torrevieja Hospital on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE head of Torrevieja’s health department, Pilar Santos, has resigned just over a year after it returned to public management. Ribera Salud contract to run
Democratic Memory law enacted in Spain to bring justice to victims of brutal General Franco regime
SPAIN’S Democratic Memory law was enacted on Friday allowing relatives of General Francisco Franco’s victims to find out what happened to them. At least 114,000
Spain’s first advanced biofuels plant in Murcia region will create sustainable fuel for reusable space rockets
SPAIN’S first advanced biofuels plant- opening in Cartagena next year- will look to make sustainable fuel for reusable space rockets being made by Elche’s PLD
Imported drugs hidden in farm tractors and combine harvesters before arriving in Madrid area of Spain
A drug trafficking gang that hid imported supplies in farm tractors and combine harvesters has been brought down by the Policia Nacional. 24 people have
Spain scraps all Covid entry requirements for UK and non-EU travellers
SPAIN has removed all of its Covid entry requirements for non-EU arrivals, which includes the United Kingdom. The lifting of restrictions came into force on
Spain’s police arrest couple who murdered their daughter for marrying man without permission in Pakistan
A Pakistani couple in Logroño, La Rioja, have been arrested by Policia Nacional for kidnapping and murdering their daughter because she got married without their
Police chief in Spain’s Valencia sacked for blaming all street crime on immigrants
A senior Policia Nacional officer in Valencia has been relieved of his command after making racist comments at a rally organised by the far-right Vox
Feathers ruffled as parrot gets rescued from shop fire in Spain’s Valencia area
FIREFIGHTERS made an unusual rescue on Thursday after finding a parrot in a Gandia store that caught fire. Fire crews from Gandia and Oliva went
Four children escape with minor bruises after spectacular car crash on Spain’s Costa Blanca
FOUR children suffered only minor bruising after a car crashed off the AP-7 motorway on Thursday morning in the Villajoyosa area of Alicante Province. The
Costa Blanca woman conned out of €835,000 by Mallorca-based ‘love’ scam gang in Spain
THE Policia Nacional in Alicante have busted a massive ‘love scam’ in what they say has been one of the largest-ever operations against cybercrime in
Two roadside workers killed by van on Valencia area motorway in Spain
TWO roadside workers were killed and four others injured after a van ploughed into them on the AP-7 motorway at Sagunto, Valencia Province. The Guardia
Covid-19 pandemic ‘not over’ warning for Spain’s Costa Blanca as booster roll out continues
VALENCIAN president, Ximo Puig, has warned that the Covid-19 pandemic is ‘not over’ despite the low number of ICU hospital admissions. Just 5% of regional
Income tax declarations reveal Costa Blanca has two of Spain’s poorest big city areas
ALICANTE and Elche have two of Spain’s poorest big city neighbourhoods according to figures compiled by the Tax Agency. The organisation says that after the
Murcia man, 90, spent most of his life looting historical property from around Spain
A 90-year-old man has been arrested in Torre Pacheco, Murcia, for looting historically valuable property for over 70 years. The Policia Nacional detained him for
Axe-wielding man in Spain’s Valencia area attacks ex-wife’s car with young children inside
A man attacked his ex-wife’s car with their two young daughters inside on an Ontinyent street. The 40-year-old Spaniard has been charged with threats, damage,