Racist drunk threatens to kill female hospital doctor in Spain’s Valencia
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
Over 9,000 COVID-19 deaths recorded since start of pandemic in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
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
Police union demands extra officers for Spain’s Costa Blanca airport to reduce UK traveller queues at passport control
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.
Russian invasion of the Ukraine described as ‘terrible blow’ to economic recovery of Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas
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
Sneaky pervert hides mobile phone to record bathroom videos of girlfriend’s daughter in Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN Orihuela man allegedly made bathroom videos of his partner’s daughter after hiding a mobile phone in a shoe. The Spaniard, 52, has been arrested
Fireworks suspected of starting forest blaze in Costa Blanca area of Spain
FIREFIGHTERS put out a forest blaze in the Alcalali area of Alicante Province in the early hours of Thursday morning. The fire was reported at
Cybercriminals in Spain’s Costa Blanca area send bogus text message to steal €23,000 from bank account
FOUR people have been arrested in Alicante and Cartagena after stealing over €23,000 from a bank account via a ‘smishing’ scam. The thieves swindled a
MUST READ: British ‘narco’ baron Brian Charrington jailed after Costa Blanca cocaine smuggling retrial in Spain
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.
Homophobic child mob attacks teacher on secondary school playground in Spain’s Valencia
AT least a dozen children have been expelled by a Valencia Province secondary school after a homophobic mob attack on a teacher. The expulsions have
People smuggling boat service between Spain’s Murcia and Algeria intercepted before picking up first passengers
FOUR Algerian men have been arrested in Murcia after plans to smuggle in people on boats from North Africa were rumbled by the Policia Nacional.
Dangerous ‘slimming pills’ containing deadly amphetamines sold illegally across Spain
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
Gang ‘short-circuited’ gaming machines with screwdrivers for jackpot wins in Costa Blanca and Murcia areas of Spain
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
Man faces prison sentence for kicking cat that was underneath car on Costa Blanca street in Spain
AN Alicante man has been arrested for animal abuse after injuring a cat that was under his car. Eyewitnesses saw the Spaniard, 29, approach his
Benidorm unveils new ‘state-of-the-art’ life-saving rescue drone for Spain’s Costa Blanca
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
Fake luxury-branded handbags and materials with €1 million retail value seized from clandestine factory in Spain’s Andalucia
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
COVID-19 emergency field hospital gets taken down in Spain’s Valencia
WORK has started to take down a COVID-19 emergency field hospital erected next to Valencia’s La Fe hospital. It was put up in the early
Boy, 13, dies as his triplet brothers survive horrific motorway crash in Spain’s Murcia
A horrific motorway accident in Murcia killed a boy, 13, one of triplet brothers travelling with their parents in a car. His mother, an Alicante
Drug dealers abandon rooster in burning car on Spain’s Costa Blanca
EMERGENCY services discovered a rooster in a crashed and burning car abandoned by drug dealers in the Postiguet beach area of Alicante. The two men
Benidorm politician cleared in corruption probe involving Russian mafia gang in Spain
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
Man gets police fine after complaining over poor service from prostitute in Spain’s Valencia area
A man who paid a prostitute €30 ended up with a big fine after complaining about her to Albal’s Policia Local. The disgruntled customer walked
Exotic African wild cat coaxed to safety from treetop on Costa Blanca farm in Spain
A wild cat native to Africa was spotted on a Costa Blanca farm and safely captured and taken to a wildlife foundation. The farmer from
Gang robs ‘expensive-looking’ customers at up-market hotels and restaurants on Spain’s Costa Blanca
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-19 passports scrapped in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain except for nursing homes
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
Unsolved Benidorm killing of British holidaymaker in Spain prompts fresh police appeal
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
Police raid illegal booze and drugs ‘rave’ inside road tunnels on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN illegal party in a network of road tunnels in an isolated area of Benissa was raided by the Guardia Civil and the Policia Local.
British man found dead by reservoir a week after going missing on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE body of a British man reported missing for a week from his Costa Blanca home has been found 70 kilometres away in a parked