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.
A drunk man threatened to kill a doctor in a Valencia hospital emergency department and uttered racist insults against her. The 34-year-old man was suffering
THE coronavirus pandemic death toll has gone over the 9,000 mark in the Valencian Community. Thursday’s Health Ministry figures reported an additional 15 deaths taking
A police union wants more officers at Alicante-Elche airport to reduce queues and numbers of missed flights for UK travellers who need their passports stamped.
VALENCIAN Community president, Ximo Puig, has branded Thursday’s invasion of the Ukraine by Russia as a ‘terrible blow’ to the recovery of the region’s economy
BRITISH drug trafficker, Brian Charrington, has been found guilty and jailed for almost 11 years for smuggling cocaine into a Costa Blanca marina in 2013.
A criminal gang sold slimming pills across Spain that contained potentially deadly amphetamines. Over 7,000 pills were seized and five people have been arrested at
SIX people have been arrested for manipulating gaming machines in gambling saloons in the Murcia and Costa Blanca areas. The young gang struck in Torre
BENIDORM has unveiled a new ‘start-of-the-art’ drone that can be used for both seaside and inland rescues. ‘Saturno’ is a 100% Spanish-made device and was
A two-year operation to bring down a counterfeit luxury-branded handbag manufacturer has produced three arrests in the Andalucia region. The Policia Nacional visited seven addresses
BENIDORM councillor, Lorenzo Martinez Sola, has been cleared of any illegal involvement with a Russian solicitor accused of running a mafia gang operating out of
A gang plundered guests at an upmarket Alicante hotel and also targeted customers at an expensive city restaurant. Three people have been arrested by the
COVID passports will be scrapped in the Valencian Community from Tuesday except for visits to nursing homes. The measure was introduced on December 4 for
GREATER Manchester Police have made a new appeal for information to find the killer of a British tourist who was brutally assaulted outside Benidorm bar