CHECK IT OUT: Virtual reality now offers FREE TOURS round your dream property for sale in Spain
KEEN on a house, but unsure if it’s worth the air miles for a viewing? Virtual reality property tours have arrived on Spain’s Costa Blanca
As the dreaded ‘C’ word rears its festive head, Loraine Gostling reminds us that C also stands for Charity
The ‘C’ word is just around the corner and, for the past couple of weeks on Javea Connect, the annual appeals have started to help
Dramatic rescue of a badly beaten horse required TWO armed police and an ambulance on standby, writes columnist Susan Weeding
FORGET what you’ve heard. The Spanish police do care for animals. My husband Rod has been there on the front line with PolicÃa Nacional, their
GRAPHIC: Vandals attack metal sculptures depicting shocking ‘sex acts’ in full view of ‘children’ on popular Costa Blanca beachfront
VANDALS have disfigured a series of metal sculptures depicting shocking ‘sexual acts’ on Altea’s Costa Blanca beachfront. At least three of the 26 installments by
87-year-old man rescued from car after skidding into ditch during gota frÃa storm on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN 87-year-old man has been pulled from his sinking car after he skidded into a ditch during this week’s gota frÃa storms. Guardia Civil and
GRINCH: Vox blasts €100 Christmas surprise to help 150 young people working outside of Spain come home to Elche for Christmas
VOX have blasted Elche town hall’s plans to help 150 of its expatriate sons and daughters come home for the Christmas period. The spokeswoman for
€300 for a jetski ride from Africa to Spain – how illegal immigrants built a €50 million industry in the Western Mediterranean
ILLEGAL immigrants crossing the Straits of Gibraltar can buy a ticket on a jetski for as little as €300 a pop, new figures have revealed.
‘Hero’ taxi driver from Belfast travels 2,522 miles to pick up injured friend in Benidorm whom doctors said ‘could not fly home’
Phil Hamilton was once an ordinary taxi driver in a suburb of Belfast – now people press him for selfies, stop his wife in the
Woman falls down burst sewer drain, roads closed and drivers rescued from vehicles as Spain’s Costa Blanca put on ORANGE alert following new gota frÃa
THE FOURTH gota frÃa weather event this year has struck eastern Spain today, already causing freak flooding and road closures. The worst rainfall has been
Inbreeding between ‘uncle and niece’ caused facial deformity of Spain’s 17th century King Carlos II, new study says
INBREEDING between ‘uncle and niece’ caused the striking facial deformity of Spain’s 17th century King Carlos II, a new study has revealed. The parents of
UN secretary general demands countries TRIPLE efforts to halt global warming as COP25 begins today in Madrid
THE international community’s forum to fight climate change, COP25, has begun today in Madrid. The summit aims to complete the implementation of the Paris Accord,
COLUMN: Two disabled ponies find friendship at the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre in Rojales, writes Susan Weeding
These two little ponies are deeply in love and they go everywhere together. They’re both disabled, and they are inseparable. Fudge was the first rescue
Expat-run cafeteria Caffe Milano first in Spain to officially use pasta straws in a bid to slash plastic waste
AN EXPAT-RUN cafeteria on the Costa Blanca has claimed it is the ‘first in Spain’ to use an innovative pasta straw that cuts out single-use
Famous brothel El Quijote in Pedreguer on the market for €2.5 million as estate agent praises ‘excellent location close to school, pharmacy and health centre’
PROXIMITY to schools, pharmacies and health centres would be an attractive selling point for most home owners looking to buy in the Costa Blanca region.
Spanish Met Office warns of ANOTHER gota frÃa to hit the Costa Blanca and Andalucia from Sunday night
SPAIN’S Met Office (AEMET) has today warned of a gota frÃa predicted to hit the south and southeast commencing Sunday night. A statement said the
Two men arrested after convincing 5 underage girls the END OF THE WORLD was nigh and sexual contact would grant them salvation
GUARDIA Civil have arrested two men aged 25 and 26 in Madrid on crimes of sexual abuse after they convinced five minors the end of
TURFED OUT: Artificial grass flop in play park in Denia as ‘cheaper alternative to grass’ ends up plastered in dog excrement and urine
IN 2009 it was hailed as a cheaper alternative to natural grass that requires maintenance and frequent watering. But the artificial grass installed in a
“Kill my husband” – The Black Widow of Valencia who convinced extra-marital lover to murder her partner while she cheated on both faces 22 years in prison
SHE did not plunge the knife into his back, but the ‘black widow of Valencia’ is now facing 22 years in prison over the murder
“Is it for people with haemorrhoids?” Residents clueless over Alicante’s new benches for back pain
ALICANTE Town Hall has invested €3,600 in a new fleet of benches to support residents with back pain. The problem is: no one else can
MI CASA: Expats choose crystal Mediterranean waters and sunny shores as Alicante named province with most foreign house buyers in Spain
EXPAT homeowners are flocking to the crystal Mediterranean waters of Alicante as new figures reveal it as the province with the most foreign buyers. Spain’s
WATCH: Level crossing barriers fail to close as car narrowly avoids train in shock Spanish dashcam video
LEVEL crossing barriers have failed to close in a shocking dashcam video in northern Spain. Point-of-view footage shows the driver stop suddenly as a train
90 km/h speed cameras branded ‘illegal’ after motoring association reveals law allowing cars to break speed limit when overtaking
SPAIN’S traffic regulator has come under fire after a motoring organisation claimed the country’s 90 km/h speed cameras are issuing ‘illegal’ fines. Automovilistas Europeos Asociados
Fake women’s magazine containing domestic violence advice so ‘abusive partners won’t find out’ saves 24 women in Denia
THE crimped skirts, green smoothies and exercise tips look like the pages of any glossy women’s magazine. But read closer, and all is not what
Tropical breeze lifts November temperatures up to 24º this week on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE Costa Blanca will be warmed by a tropical breeze this week lifting temperatures up to 24º until Sunday. The warm gust is caused by
Sniffer dog leads police to secret false floor in boot of car as two Brits arrested on drug charges in Benidorm
IT WAS like a Q Branch gadget from a James Bond film. But far from fighting evil villains, the false floor in a Benidorm vehicle
SIGN UP! Campaign to make Alicante the province with MOST HOLIDAYS in Europe as new petition demands December 4 be declared Dia de Santa Barbara
A PETITION is demanding a new holiday for the province of Alicante in honour of the city’s patron Saint Barbara. The Change.org campaign from organisation
