Say cheese for top vegan award on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A VEGAN cheese produced in Alicante Province has been ranked as one of the best in the world. The plaudit has come from a survey
Two decade-long battle continues over villa land grab on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN AUSTRIAN couple are trying to get their 200-year-old Costa Blanca finca classified as an ‘Asset of Cultural Interest'(BIC) in the latest stage of a
Homophobic slogans painted on rainbow benches in Spain’s Costa Blanca
BIGOTS in Pilar de la Horadada have smeared homophobic graffiti on rainbow-coloured benches erected in the summer. Pilar’s council had installed the benches to celebrate
British fugitive leaps off Benidorm hotel balcony in failed escape bid on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A BRITISH fugitive tried to escape the clutches of the Policia Nacional by jumping off the balcony of his Benidorm hotel room. The unnamed 32-year-old
Old hotel is converted into massive marijuana farm on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A HI-TECH indoor marijuana farm camouflaged in an old Costa Blanca hotel has been dismantled by the Guardia Civil. The 17,000 square-metre complex was projected
Rebound reported in new COVID-19 cases on Spain’s Costa Blanca
NEW COVID-19 case rates have gone up in Alicante Province after a series of steady falls. Figures from the Valencian Health Ministry released last night(October
Future flood fears fuelled by climate change for parts of Spain’s Costa Blanca
FOUR Costa Blanca areas have been named as being in the firing line from severe storms and flooding caused by climate change. A report produced
Spain’s Costa Blanca continues to buck national trend as new COVID-19 cases fall
NEW COVID-19 cases have shown another fall in Alicante Province and across the Valencian Community. The figures continue to counter big upward trends seen across
Man is sued for being gay nine years after separation in Spain’s Valencia City
A MAN who split from his wife in 2011 is now being sued by her for being gay when they got married. Javi Vilalta’s ex-partner
Spanish language group declares war over scrapping of town name on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A PETITION has been launched by a national Spanish-language group to stop Villajoyosa on the Costa Blanca being called by just its Valencian name of
Woman who fell on pavement due to mulberry tree berries loses payout bid in Spain’s Valencia City
A WOMAN has lost her bid to get €20,000 in compensation after she slipped on a pavement covered with fallen berries. The case was rejected
COVID-19 figures hold firm on Spain’s Costa Blanca
197 NEW COVID-19 cases have been reported in Alicante Province in the latest update from Valencia’s Health Ministry last night(October 6). That’s the same figure
Romanian robbers charged with 39 crimes involving foreign tourists parked at motorway service areas in Spain’s Costa Blanca
A ROMANIAN robbery gang has been arrested after targeting tourists parked up at service areas on the AP-7 motorway in the Valencian Community and Murcia
European court raps Spain over police attack on peaceful protestors in 2014
SPAIN has been found guilty of flouting the right to protest during a violent police intervention at an anti-austerity demonstration in Valladolid in February 2014.
Spain’s Policia Nacional arrest four youngsters for sharing child sex abuse videos on Portugal-based site
A DOZEN people, including four children, have been arrested in Spain for being part of a paedophile internet ring that shared child sex abuse videos
New COVID-19 cases go down over first weekend of October on Spain’s Costa Blanca
NEW COVID-19 cases in Alicante Province showed a slight fall last weekend compared to the last weekend in September. Figures from the Valencian Health Ministry
Burglar rents out holiday homes he robbed on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A BURGLAR has been arrested for stealing from Torrevieja area houses and then letting them out as holiday homes. The Guardia Civil detained the 39-year-old
‘Black Widow’ convicted of murdering fourth husband on Spain’s Costa Blanca to get his money
A WOMAN, nicknamed the ‘Black Widow’, has been found guilty by an Alicante jury of killing her new husband so that she could get a
Manchester torture and blackmail gang member on run from police is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A FUGITIVE named as one of Britain’s ‘most wanted’ criminals, has been arrested by the Guardia Civil on the Costa Blanca. 36-year-old Micah Walfall was
Taking the urine as boffins on Spain’s Costa Blanca convert waste to water
THREE Alicante–based scientists have helped to make a device to convert urine into drinking water for astronauts. It’s a vital development for future long missions
What a whopper as marijuana plant blossoms into five-metre tall tree in Spain’s Murcia region
NATIONAL POLICE agents used their noses to help sniff out a marijuana plant that sprouted ‘beanstalk-like’ into a five-metre high tree in Molina de Segura,
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British collapse in resorts like Benidorm fuels dramatic August fall in foreign tourists on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AUGUST foreign tourist numbers collapsed on the Costa Blanca falling by 63 per cent over 12 months, according to the National Statistics Institute. COVID-19 travel
A happy ending for two dogs stuck in a ditch in Spain’s Murcia region
TWO Guardia Civil agents got their feet wet in the line of duty when they rescued two dogs trapped in an irrigation ditch at Orilla
Paedo father repeatedly raped young daughter while on day release from prison on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A 48-YEAR-OLD man who sexually abused his daughter has been jailed for 11 years. The assaults went on for seven years without the mother’s knowledge
Lovestruck woman is taken for a €253,000 fool by a bogus boyfriend on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A SANTA POLA woman has been swindled out of €253,000 by her ‘boyfriend’ who met her online two years ago after targeting her for a