Police smash cocaine gang with Columbian connections operating in tourist areas of Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE GUARDIA CIVIL has smashed a major drugs ring based in the Marina Alta region of the Costa Blanca. A dozen drugs sales points have
Online pervert offered money via social media to young children on Spain’s Costa Blanca to perform obscene acts
A 22-YEAR-OLD man from the northern Costa Blanca has been arrested for offering cash to two Elche children in exchange for them showing him their
Wild boar injures farmer after his wife was hospitalised last year in similar attack on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN ORANGE grower needed hospital treatment after he was attacked by a wild boar on his Denia area plantation on the northern Costa Blanca. It
Struggling bar and nightclub owners in Benidorm to protest against enforced COVID-19 closures on Spain’s Costa Blanca
BENIDORM bars and clubs hit by new restrictions to combat increasing COVID-19 cases on the Costa Blanca will protest against the measures this Sunday(August 23).
Arsonist alert over woodland fires in Spain’s Costa Blanca region
A SINGLE arsonist could be responsible for a series of fires over two weekends in the Marina Alta region of the northern Costa Blanca. Experts
170 wedding guests get quarantined as groom contracts COVID-19 in Spain’s Murcia City
170 GUESTS at a Murcia City wedding party have been quarantined after the groom tested positive for COVID-19. The event was staged last Saturday night(August
British Embassy in Spain reiterates that expats with existing residence documents do not need new TIE card
THE BRITISH Embassy in Madrid has emphasised that there is no need for expats with existing residencia papers to switch to the new TIE card
COVID-19 closes down brothel on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A BROTHEL in the southern Costa Blanca region has been closed down due to an outbreak of COVID-19. At least four people are said to
Online Boom for Costa Blanca-based Furniture Retailer, Don Baraton
AN ILL WIND like this year’s Covid-19 pandemic in Spain has blown in some new opportunities for businesses to expand including the Costa Blanca-based online
Carers accused of killing disabled Benidorm woman in money-motivated attack on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A MARRIED couple have been arrested by the Policia Nacional in the town of Jaca in northern Spain, on suspicion of killing and robbing a
Residents fume over rubbish piling up in tourist area of Spain’s Costa Blanca
ORIHUELA COSTA residents have slammed the local council for letting rubbish pile up high on some of their streets. The area always gets a big
Police move against beach hoggers hindering COVID-19 safety on Spain’s Costa Blanca
SELFISH beach hoggers in Calpe on the Costa Blanca are being fined if they put loungers, chairs, or umbrellas on local sands before 9.30am. The
Beach lifeguard on Spain’s Costa Blanca admitted to hospital with suspected COVID-19
A 20-YEAR-OLD beach lifeguard working in the Dénia area has been admitted to Dénia Hospital’s ICU on suspicion of having contracted the coronavirus. Four other
Record day for new COVID-19 infections across Spain’s Murcia region
THE MURCIA region has confirmed the largest total of confirmed new coronavirus cases over a 24–hour period since the beginning of the pandemic. Regional Health
Smokers could be banned from lighting up outdoors on Spain’s Costa Blanca if safety distance is not kept
SMOKERS may be stopped from lighting up in outdoor public areas of the Costa Blanca if they cannot keep two metres away from other people.
Republican mask-wearer gets punched in front of his children by angry monarchist in Spain’s Asturias region
A MAN in northern Spain was punched in the face for wearing a Republican flag face mask with his assailant facing a hate crime charge
Dutch and Spanish tourists die on infamous N-332 killer road south of Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO TOURISTS died yesterday(August 12) after a head-on collision between their vehicles on a major blackspot road on the Costa Blanca. The N-332 in El
Scuba diver stumbles across ancient artefacts off Spain’s Costa Blanca
A DIVER had the find of his life when he stumbled across the remains of a pre-Roman era ship in the sea off Denia. Initial
Six Frenchmen assault and rob man on street in Spain’s Costa Blanca
A SIX-STRONG group of Frenchmen have been arrested in Alicante this morning(August 12) after stealing money and a mobile phone from a Lithuanian man. The
Woman forced into prostitution by husband and his parents in Spain’s Valencian Community
A WOMAN was forced into prostitution by her husband and in-laws and was threatened with having her daughter taken away from her if she did
Hotels on Spain’s Costa Blanca struggle to get even half-full in July
THE COVID-19 pandemic took its toll on Costa Blanca hotels in July with an average occupancy rate of just 45 per cent compared to 89.6
Worst weekend for new COVID-19 infections in Spain’s Valencian Community since lockdown ended in June
SPAIN’S Valencian Community has registered its biggest rise in COVID-19 cases over a weekend since the State of Alarm ended on June 21. Figures from
Ding Dong Bell rings hollow for hotel burglars in Spain’s Murcia City
TWO robbers were caught red-handed with a reception bell which they had stolen from an abandoned Murcia City hotel. The Arco de San Juan de
‘Hole in wall’ warehouse robbers rumbled on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO Kosovo Albanians have been arrested by the Guardia Civil for committing 19 robberies across Spain by banging out holes in warehouse walls. The men,
Second toddler swimming pool tragedy in five days on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A young boy drowned in a community swimming pool yesterday(August 9) in the second-such tragedy to hit the southern Costa Blanca within five days. The
Benidorm neighbourhood on Spain’s Costa Blanca backtracks on local lockdown threat if COVID-19 cases continue to rise
VILLAJOYOSA, which is just a 15 minute drive from Benidorm, has seen its mayor apparently backtrack on a local lockdown threat over rising COVID-19 cases.