SERIAL STEALER: Costa Blanca car thief with 125 arrests is jailed in Spain’s Alicante
A serial robber who targeted cars around Alicante has been sent to jail after 125 arrests for the same crime. The 45-year old man is
VILLA PARADISO can help you to stop your ‘social media addiction’
CHECKING and scrolling through social media sites has become an increasingly popular activity over the last decade. That has risen dramatically further since the start
TENTH ANNIVERSARY of Spain’s biggest earthquake since the mid-fifties to be commemorated in Lorca
LORCA will commemorate the tenth anniversary this Tuesday(May 11) of an earthquake that took nine lives. The Murcia region town will hold a memorial event
EXPLAINED: The new Costa Blanca and Valencia restrictions after Spain’s State of Alarm ends
A midnight curfew and extended opening hours for bars and restaurants are the main headlines of amended restrictions announced by the Valencian government this morning(May
NOT JUST BARS as Benidorm looks for somebody to build a new maritime museum on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A contract to build a new new naval and marine museum in Benidorm has been advertised at €655,000. It will become the fourth museum in
COVID-19 hospital admissions fall to July 2020 levels in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
HOSPITAL admissions attributed to COVID-19 have fallen below the 200 mark for the first time since last July across the Valencian Community. The regional health
SNUBBED! Spain is omitted from UK ‘Green’ travel list but neighbours Gibraltar and Portugal make it
SPAIN has been passed over for inclusion on the new UK ‘Green’ travel list because its overall COVID infection rate is too high. The details
EXTRA FREEDOM as midnight curfew and extended bar hours are approved by top judges in Costa Blanca area of Spain
THE Valencian Community’s top court has backed regional government plans to keep a night-time curfew going after the State of Alarm ends this Sunday(May 9).
British man dies after being stabbed during a burglary at his Canary Islands home in Spain
A British man has been fatally stabbed at his Canary Islands home. The 31-year-old died after he was attacked during a suspected break-in at his
SAFFRON RIP-OFF in Spain as crooks put new labels on ‘bulked-out’ cheap Iranian imports
A massive saffron con has been busted which involved cheap Iranian imports of the expensive spice being rebranded as coming from the Castilla La Mancha
International jewel thieves based on the Costa Blanca get caught trying to sell watches stolen from Spain’s Ibiza
A Costa Blanca-based gang of jewel thieves have been arrested after two of them robbed an Ibiza store on Christmas Eve. Seven people were detained
Why UK tourists flying into Costa Blanca’s airport in Spain might spot a change
THE name of Costa Blanca’s airport has got even longer with the Alicante-Elche facility now adding Orihuela poet Miguel Hernandez to its title. The Official
NO FOURTH WAVE on the Costa Blanca in Spain as COVID cases and hospital admissions carry on falling
168 new coronavirus infections were announced tonight(May 6) in the Valencian Community by the regional health authority. COVID case numbers are continuing their downward spiral
‘PEEPING TOM’ installed camera in his neighbour’s bathroom on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A 42-year-old man has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Denia after he installed a spy camera in his neighbour’s bathroom. The ‘Peeping Tom’
TYRE TANTRUM as angry elderly man on Spain’s Costa Blanca attacked cars because they blocked his garage
AN elderly Costa Blanca resident lost his temper over an increasing number of cars parking outside a motor repair workshop and punctured their tyres. A
Why a Christmas Costa Blanca-made sweet that’s a Spanish favourite is making a move on the United Nations
COSTA Blanca politicians will ask the United Nations to designate November 7 as ‘World Nougat Day’. The Alicante Provincial Council has approved the move to
EXPLAINED: Why bars and restaurants in places like Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca desperately need to stay open until midnight
THE Conhostor hospitality association has called for a two-hour extension on bar and restaurant hours in the Valencian Community to start from Monday(May 10). That’s
COVID-19 cases and hospital admissions continue to fall on Spain’s Costa Blanca
149 new COVID-19 cases were reported today(May 5) in the Valencian Community, according to the regional health ministry. The key week-to-week comparison means there are
Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels want same ‘green light’ deal from the UK as for Spain’s Canary Islands
HOTELIERS on the Costa Blanca have demanded that the Valencian president ‘knock on the door of Downing Street’ to get the UK to lift travel
DATE REVEALED for start of COVID vaccinations for people aged under 60 in Costa Blanca area of Spain
A new age bracket will get their first COVID vaccines in the Valencian Community from May 17. The regional health ministry says that vaccinations will
Car import con as gang is arrested over €7 million tax scam in Spain
EIGHT people have been arrested over a second-hand car scam that defrauded Spanish tax authorities of €7.3 million over four years. A joint operation between
‘Tripping’ drug from Mexico is intercepted by police at Alicante-Elche airport on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A potentially lethal drug known as ‘God’s Molecule’ has been seized at Alicante-Elche airport. A package from Mexico was opened by Guardia Civil officers after
No UK tourists means many hotels in Benidorm and across Spain’s Costa Blanca will not reopen before July
HALF of Costa Blanca’s hotels are not going to reopen before July according to a leading hotel association. Benidorm-based Hosbec says that 50% of its
LATEST COVID-19 case numbers from the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain continue in the right direction
127 new coronavirus infections have been reported in the Valencian Community today(May 4) according to the regional health ministry. That is a fall on a
Lionel Messi’s Barcelona BBQ lands him in hot water with Spain’s La Liga
A bit of team bonding involving Lionel Messi and his FC Barcelona teammates has ended up in a La Liga investigation. The 33-year-old Argentine ace
Glovo delivery company in Spain is hacked with proof posted on the ‘dark web’
A hacker used an old administrator password to break into the computer network of Spain’s fast delivery company Glovo. The firm said today(May 4) that