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 scam of selling-off rental and lease vehicles netted a gang over €10 million, according to the Policia Nacional. 82 people, including 33 in Alicante
AN explosion ripped through a Madrid city centre apartment block shortly after 2.00 pm on Friday. 17 people were injured- one seriously- with four victims
THE Policia Nacional have arrested 44 people across Spain over a telesales fraud which used stolen personal contact details from electricity company databases. Customer information
AN 80-year-old British woman was found dead at her Elche area home after neighbours reported hearing noises similar to gunshots. Elche Policia Local officers discovered
A Ukrainian journalist and blogger accused of treason in his home country has been arrested in Tarragona under an international arrest warrant. Anatoly Shariya, 43,
SPAIN welcomed four million foreign tourists in March- a number that’s eight times higher than a year earlier, but still below pre-Covid pandemic levels. Figures
SCIENTISTS at the Asturias Central University Hospital have identified several Covid-19 cases with a new variant that is largely local to the region, One case
A physiotherapist has been arrested in Torrent for sexually assaulting a two-year-old girl suffering with cerebral palsy. Her parents heard her screaming from the room
A record 20 million people are in work according to Spain’s social security figures released on Wednesday. It’s the first time that the much-vaunted 20
AN Irish holidaymaker was seriously injured on Tuesday after falling off a second-floor apartment balcony on Mallorca. The man, 50, was said by the Guardia
THREE men died in an Barcelona area apartment fire on Wednesday with police believing it was an arson attack. A fourth person suffered serious injuries