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Tourist checking into Valencia hotel gets his backpack snatched with €9k of cash and items inside it

Tourist checking into Valencia hotel gets backpack snatched with €9k of cash and items inside it

A TOURIST checking into a Valencia city centre hotel had his backpack containing cash and items worth €9,000 snatched by two opportunistic thieves. Two men

25 Oct, 2025 @ 07:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Steel company bosses in Spain to be investigated by court for supplying material to Israel to make weapons

A NATIONAL Court judge has launched a probe into the president of Spanish steelmaker Sidenor and other company bosses over the alleged illegal export of

24 Oct, 2025 @ 17:28

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

WATCH: Police arrest jihadist suspect in Spain who said he would ‘blow himself up in Palestine’

A MAN suspected of fermenting jihadist terorrism and even pledging to become a suicide bomber, has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Huesca. Officers

24 Oct, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead

DNA confirms identity of October 29 flood disaster victim after mummified body was discovered in Valencia river

DNA analysis has confirmed the mummified body found on Tuesday in the Turia riverbed in Manises as that of Jose Javier Vicent. Jose Javier, 56,

24 Oct, 2025 @ 12:15

Lead·Valencia

Mastermind of failed 1981 coup in Spain is close to death in Valencia hospital

THE man who orchestrated a failed coup against the Spanish government in February 1981 has been given the last rites. Antonio Tejero, 93, is in

23 Oct, 2025 @ 16:38

Lead·National News

British tourist dies after choking on piece of meat at restaurant in Spain

A BRITISH woman died last Friday after choking on a piece of meat during a meal at a Valencia region restaurant. Ceri Ball, 74, from

23 Oct, 2025 @ 15:30

Castellon·Lead·Valencian Community

Gusts of up to 111 km/hour recorded during yellow weather alert in Valencia region.

LARGE parts of the Valencian Community are on a yellow alert this Thursday for strong winds. Up to midday, the largest gust exceeded 110 km/hour,

23 Oct, 2025 @ 14:45

Lead·Valencia·Weather

Pedro Sanchez says Spain will buy arms from US for Ukraine after fresh criticism from Donald Trump

SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has confirmed that the country will join the pool of NATO members buying arms from the United States to equip

23 Oct, 2025 @ 13:00

International Affairs·Lead

Gang stole 1,100 bar and restaurant chairs from 18 terraces to sell them outside Spain

Devious gang stole over a thousand chairs from bar and restaurant terraces in Madrid to sell outside Spain during bizarre summer spree

A SEVEN-STRONG gang stole over 1,100 chairs from bar and restaurant terraces in Spain to sell on the black market. The crew were arrested in

22 Oct, 2025 @ 18:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Council starts clearing tons of rubbish built up over six years by hoarder in Murcia villa

Huge job for council to clear up home ‘filled with tonnes of garbage’ built up over six years by pathological hoarder as property prices plummet in Murcia town

PUERTO de Mazarron council in Murcia has started clearing up a villa and its grounds that had accumulated tonnes of rubbish over six years. They

22 Oct, 2025 @ 18:30

Lead·Murcia

WATCH: Police arrest German robbers and scammers at gunpoint in popular expat area of Costa Blanca

WATCH: Police arrest German robbers at gunpoint in popular expat area of Costa Blanca

TWO German fugitives have been arrested on San Fulgencio’s La Marina urbanisation in Alicante province. Policia Nacional officers waited for them to return to their

22 Oct, 2025 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Yellow alert for strong winds while late October mini-heatwave continues with ‘tropical nights’ on Costa Blanca

UNPRECEDENTED late October weather for Alicante province will continue with the mini-heatwave, tropical nights, and now a yellow warning for strong gusts of wind. The

22 Oct, 2025 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Weather

Valencia police stop car for routine check and discover €200k of fake banknotes

VALENCIA police seized €200,000 in fake banknotes during a routine check of a car on Monday. A 41-year-old man and two 35-year-old women were arrested

22 Oct, 2025 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Dozens of illegal homes built on protected land face demolition after police probe in Alicante

A MAJOR operation against illegal homes on protected rural land in Alicante province has resulted in 64 people being investigated and 70 inspections. Besides facing

22 Oct, 2025 @ 12:45

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Mummified corpse buried under mud in river could be victim of October 29 Valencia flood disaster

Mummified corpse buried under river mud could be victim of October 29 Valencia flood disaster

A MUMMIFIED male body discovered by workers removing debris from a river could be victim of the October 29 Valencia flood disaster. The corpse was

22 Oct, 2025 @ 11:00

Lead·Valencia

Police say man who died in bin lorry compressor unit was still alive when he was thrown into waste container in Spain

A MAN who was beaten up and thrown unconscious into a waste disposal bin in Castellon died after going through a bin lorry’s compression unit.

21 Oct, 2025 @ 17:11

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead

Drinking water restored to 100,000 residents who endured 10 days without supplies on Spain’s Mar Menor

MOST of the Mar Menor’s 100,000 residents have had their drinking water supplies restored after 10 days. Health authorities passed tap water as fit for

21 Oct, 2025 @ 16:08

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Alicante stretch of road retains top position for most accidents and victims in Spain

A STRETCH of Alicante City motorway has maintained its unwanted position for the most accidents and victims on Spain’s State Road network. The A-77a at

21 Oct, 2025 @ 14:10

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Man with fake gun robbed victims outside Alicante’s biggest tourist attraction

POLICE have arrested a 26-year-old man who used a fake gun to rob two couples outside Alicante’s Santa Barbara castle. He was detained outside a

21 Oct, 2025 @ 12:15

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Drugs gang arrested after using specially-designed 'hidden' car compartments to hide narcotic transfers around Spain

WATCH: Drugs gang arrested after using special ‘hidden’ car compartments for transfers around Spain

A DRUGS gang distributed narcotics across Spain in cars with sophisticated systems to hide what they were transporting. 31 people have been arrested by the

21 Oct, 2025 @ 11:08

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Spain’s Costa Blanca set to sizzle in record late October temperatures

THE State Meterological Agency(Aemet) says that temperatures could hit over 35C in parts of Alicante province later this week. Aemet believes that record values could

20 Oct, 2025 @ 17:32

Costa Blanca·Lead·Weather

Body of ex-mayor's husband is found inside waste bin that was about to be 'compressed' by rubbish truck in Spain

Body of ex-mayor’s husband is found inside waste bin before being ‘compressed’ by rubbish truck in Spain

A WASTE collection team in Castellon got a shock when they discovered a man’s body inside a refuse bin that was being emptied into their

20 Oct, 2025 @ 16:48

Castellon·Lead·Valencian Community

PM Pedro Sanchez makes Mar Menor like the 'Third World' with 100,000 residents still without drinking water after nine days

PM Pedro Sanchez makes Mar Menor look like ‘Third World’ with 100,000 residents still without drinking water after nine days

AN OPPOSITION politician says Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has put the Mar Menor area on a ‘par with the Third World’ as 100,000 residents enter

20 Oct, 2025 @ 15:11

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Spain wants to fine music festival bosses who ban fans from having their own food and drink

Spain wants to fine music festival bosses who ban fans from bringing their own food and drink

AN UNNAMED ‘major’ music festival promoter’ in Spain could be fined up to €1 million for not allowing people to bring in their own food

20 Oct, 2025 @ 13:59

Entertainment·Lead·National News

Fake cosmetician scars patient’s face after botched procedure in Alicante

A BOGUS cosmetician operating out of her Alicante home scarred a client’s face after injecting her with hyaluronic acid. A 43-year-old woman has been arrested

20 Oct, 2025 @ 13:08

Crime & Law·Health·Lead

IN PICS: ‘Poppy Appeal’ on Costa Blanca launched at Royal British Legion parade in Benidorm

THE UK ambassador to Spain, Sir Alex Ellis, made his first official visit to Benidorm on Saturday for the official Poppy Appeal launch on the

20 Oct, 2025 @ 12:07

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead