First of Spain’s ‘stolen babies’ finds long-lost family through DNA bank
The first woman to be recognised by the Spanish courts as a ‘stolen baby’ has located her biological family through a DNA bank. Thanks to
THIRD heatwave to hit the Costa Blanca this weekend with temperatures already reaching 40.7 degrees
A THIRD blast of hot Saharan air is expected to hit the Costa Blanca this weekend, with temperatures today already reaching 40.7 degrees in Xativa.
World’s first electric commuter plane built with ‘pioneer’ Spanish engineering
THE world’s first electric commuter plane has been rolled out at the 2019 Paris Air Show, and it features ‘pioneer’ Spanish engineering. The ‘Eviation Alice’,
Brit, 20, robbed of €400 by ‘hugger muggers’ in Benidorm on day one of first-ever lads’ holiday
A BRIT has been robbed of €400 by a gang of women in Benidorm on day one of his first-ever lads’ holiday. Alex Ayland, 20,
Turron de Alicante beats turron de Jijona in campaign for iconic WhatsApp emoji expected ‘within months’
TURRON de Alicante has been selected over turron de Jijona in the campaign for a new WhatsApp emoji expected ‘within months’. Blog madeinjijona.com explained that
Electric scooter riders soon to require helmet and insurance on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ELECTRIC scooter riders will soon require a helmet and insurance in new measures to be ‘imminently’ introduced in Alicante. Alicante Town Hall’s Department of Mobility
WATCH: Brit penniless after being kicked onto street with 6-month pregnant girlfriend by ‘abusive’ step-father on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A British man has been left penniless after he and his six-month pregnant girlfriend were kicked onto the street by her step-father on the Costa
Spanish policeman ‘hero’ in New York after saving US officer from violent assault
A SPANISH policeman holidaying in New York has been applauded as a ‘hero’ after he saved a US officer from a violent assault. Ruben Castillo,
Labour to back remain as it calls for new Brexit referendum
Jeremy Corbyn has called on the next Tory leader to hold another referendum before October 31, adding that Labour would back remain. In a BBC interview
Spain threatens NGO with ‘€900,000 fine’ if it rescues migrants from the Med
SPAIN’S Ministry of Development has threatened a Spanish NGO with fines of ‘€901,000’ if it rescues migrants from the Mediterranean. A letter hit the captain
WASTE NOT: Benidorm begins crackdown on buffets as ‘1 tonne’ of food waste thrown away per restaurant each year
BRITS could soon be forced to go without big buffet meals at Spanish resorts as Benidorm has become the first destination to address food waste.
X Factor star Danny Tetley in Benidorm for shows to last all summer
X FACTOR star Danny Tetley has come back to Benidorm for exclusive shows to last all summer. The Bradford-born singer just missed out on X
WATCH: Europe’s largest aquarium evacuated after fire at Oceanografic de Valencia
EUROPE’S largest aquarium with 45,000 animals has been evacuated after a fire broke out at the Oceanografic de Valencia. The blaze reportedly started at 10.30am
US tourist was taking ‘selfie’ when hospitalised by bull in Pamplona
A US tourist has revealed he was taking a ‘selfie’ when a bull gored him in the neck at Pamplona’s San Fermin festival. Jaime Alvarez,
Activists say one of Mercadona’s biggest free-range egg producers is ‘lying’ about welfare after 39 sick hens rescued from giant barn in Valencia
ENVIRONMENTAL activists have stormed one of Spain’s biggest egg producers, accusing the company of ‘lying’ after free-range hens were found in ‘terrible conditions’ near Valencia.
PICS: The Hogueras de San Juan in Alicante were ‘insane’, but that’s why we love Spain, writes Joshua Parfitt
There are few religious festivals you can bring a towel to. There are even fewer you can insult a fireman at. The Fogueres de San
Love Island fail as girls ask if Barcelona is in ROME
THE Love Island girls have suffered an embarrassing geography fail after asking if Barcelona was in Rome. Fans were stunned as Joanna Chimonides, 22, and
FOR CHRIST’S SAKE: Completion of Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia in trouble AGAIN as 3,000 residents fear their homes will become building site
A RESIDENT’S association has begun legal action to stop the completion of Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Familia. Construction of the emblematic cathedral stalled after architect Antoni
EXCLUSIVE: England ace Paul Gascoigne has stayed off the booze and only scrape was breaking thumb on a quad bike during Benidorm break
BRINGING one of the UK’s most legendary boozers to Benidorm was always going to be risky. But former England star Paul ‘Gazza’ Gasgoigne told the
British-run transfer company on Costa Blanca ‘first in Spain’ to upgrade VTC-licenced diesel minivan to dual fuel
A BRITISH-RUN transfer company on the Costa Blanca has been the ‘first in Spain’ to upgrade a VTC-licensed diesel car to dual fuel. Alicante Transfers
WHEN IN CALPE: Ancient Roman mosaics open to public tours
ROMAN mosaics in Calpe have opened to public tours following a recent restoration effort. The Baños de la Reina ruins date back to a period
Women now breadwinners in a third of Spanish families, study shows
A study from the Valencian Institute of Economic Research (Ivie) tracked female contributions to family coffers between 1980 and 2017. The results showed that families
British teen headbutted by ram at Terra Natura as parent complains petting zoo has ‘no supervision’
A BRITISH teenager has been headbutted by a ram at the Terra Natura zoo in Benidorm suffering a shock that left her ‘up all night’
Mysterious Spanish flyer asks bad parkers to practise ‘colouring in this tortoise’ to learn to keep within the lines
DRIVERS in Spain are notorious for flouting the rules of organised parking. But one do-gooder has been leaving anonymous flyers on badly-parked cars to ridicule
British expat says council on Spain’s Costa Blanca are ‘ignoring’ attempts to rescue mistreated dogs as they ‘know the owner’
A BRITISH expat who has fought for eight years to rescue dogs trapped in a ‘hellhole’ says town hall councillors do nothing due to their
Surveillance helicopter catches man travelling at 223 km/h while ‘on drugs’ near Gandia on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A SURVEILLANCE helicopter has caught a man travelling at 223 km/h on the AP-7 motorway near Gandia, on the Costa Blanca. The Pegasus helicopter from