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Jealous paranoid boyfriend jailed for 32 years after brutally abusing and torturing woman in Spain’s Valencia region

A man has been jailed for 32 years after putting his girlfriend through three months of extreme abuse at their home in Castellon in the

25 Feb, 2022 @ 17:57

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Farmers Undercut By Cheap Imports Use Tractors To Snarl Up Centre Of Spain's Valencia City

Farmers threatened by cheap imports use tractors to snarl up centre of Spain’s Valencia City

ANGRY farmers complaining about unfair competition caused by cheap non-EU imports took to the streets of Valencia City on Friday. Over 220 tractors led the

25 Feb, 2022 @ 17:05

Alicante·Castellon·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Serial Robbers Plunder Costa Blanca Bars And Restaurants In Spain

Serial robbers hit Costa Blanca bars and restaurants in Spain to plunder cash tills and fruit machines

TWO men who robbed six bars and restaurants in the Villajoyosa area of the Costa Blanca have been arrested by the Guardia Civil. The duo,

25 Feb, 2022 @ 15:49

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Barcelona's Mobile World Congress in Spain removes Russian pavilion from next week's event due to Ukraine invasion

Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress 2022 in Spain removes Russian pavilion from next week’s event due to Ukraine invasion

THE world’s biggest telecoms fair, the Mobile World Congress(MWC) in Barcelona has scrapped a dedicated area to Russian exhibitors due to their country’s invasion of

25 Feb, 2022 @ 15:07

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·National News

Mother Confesses To Burying Newborn Baby Under Rocks In Murcia Area Field In Spain

Mother confesses to burying deceased baby under rocks in Murcia area field in Spain

THE Guardia Civil is investigating the circumstances behind a deceased baby found buried in a field in Aguilas, Murcia. Medical examiners believe it was not

25 Feb, 2022 @ 14:17

Lead·Murcia

Tax advisor fakes car accident death on Spain's Costa Blanca after €600,000 goes missing from client account

Riddle of abandoned car driven over Costa Blanca cliff in Spain with motorist nowhere to be found

GUARDIA Civil divers are continuing to comb the waters by Punta Prima on the Orihuela Costa eight days after a car went off a cliff.

25 Feb, 2022 @ 12:58

Costa Blanca·Lead

Spain’s Malaga has five times fewer Covid hospital admissions than a year ago

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

25 Feb, 2022 @ 12:03

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

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

24 Feb, 2022 @ 19:02

Castellon·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Action demanded to stop passport control delays for UK travellers at Costa Blanca airport

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.

24 Feb, 2022 @ 18:23

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Russian invasion of the Ukraine described as 'terrible blow' to economic recovery of Spain's Valencia region

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

24 Feb, 2022 @ 17:25

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

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

24 Feb, 2022 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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

24 Feb, 2022 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Bogus email demands 'immediate' €850 tuition fee payment from parents in Spain's Valencia

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

24 Feb, 2022 @ 11:50

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

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.

23 Feb, 2022 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read

Homophobic Child Mob Attacks Teacher In Secondary School Showdown In Spain's Valencia

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

23 Feb, 2022 @ 16:34

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

People smuggling boat service between Spain's Murcia and Algeria is stopped before picking up first passengers

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.

23 Feb, 2022 @ 15:29

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Dangerous 'slimming pills' containing deadly amphetamines are sold across Spain

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

23 Feb, 2022 @ 14:33

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Gang 'short Circuited' Gaming Machines With Screwdrivers For Big Payouts In Costa Blanca And Murcia Areas Of Spain

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

23 Feb, 2022 @ 13:37

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Torrevieja

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

23 Feb, 2022 @ 12:40

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Benidorm Unveils New 'state Of The Art' Rescue Drone For Spain's Costa Blanca

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

23 Feb, 2022 @ 11:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

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

22 Feb, 2022 @ 20:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Dismantling Begins Of Covid 19 Emergency Field Hospital In Spain's Valencia

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

22 Feb, 2022 @ 17:45

Alicante·Castellon·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Boy, 13, dies while his triplet brothers survive horrific motorway crash in Spain's Murcia

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

22 Feb, 2022 @ 15:00

Lead·Murcia

Drug dealers abandon rooster in burning vehicle on Spain's Costa Blanca

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

22 Feb, 2022 @ 13:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Benidorm Politician Fully Cleared Of Being Part Of Costa Blanca Led Russian Mafia Plot In Spain

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

21 Feb, 2022 @ 20:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Man Gets Fined After Complaining Over Poor Service From Prostitute In Valencia Area Of Spain

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

21 Feb, 2022 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community