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‘We’ve done all we can’: Police in Spain give up trying to identify amnesia-struck Brit who will remain ‘stuck’ in hospital over Christmas

POLICE in Spain have given up trying to identify a British cyclist who remains ‘stuck’ in a hospital after being struck with severe amnesia. Stephen

19 Dec, 2024 @ 13:09

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Fears for missing Brit in Benidorm who failed to return home and ‘hasn’t called anyone in days’

THE family of a missing Brit have launched an appeal online after he failed to return home from a trip to Benidorm. READ UPDATE: UK

19 Dec, 2024 @ 12:56

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm bankruptcy fears remain after court rejects challenge to €330m compensation award

Benidorm set for major changes: Plans for 20 hotels, 2,300 homes and three shopping centres await final approval

THE final stage of getting approval for Benidorm’s biggest-ever urban development will begin next week. The city council’s governing board will put the plans for

19 Dec, 2024 @ 11:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca airport smashes November passenger record boosted by big number of UK visitors

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport smashed its November passenger record by almost a fifth, with nearly a third of travellers coming from the UK. Airport operator Aena said

12 Dec, 2024 @ 17:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Alicante's plan to check that tourist flats are legal and to keep all of the fines is delayed

New ‘anti-tourism’ protest marches through Alicante: Locals chant ‘homes for people not tourists’

A FRESH anti-tourism protest took place in Alicante on Sunday organised by Ecologists in Action. It was the third-such demonstration in the city since July

9 Dec, 2024 @ 12:04

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Police arrest Benidorm bouncer who knocked out Brit who had to return home by special ambulance

A BENIDORM bouncer has been arrested after a one punch attack on a British tourist who had to travel back to the UK in a

9 Dec, 2024 @ 11:08

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Watch: Nine adorable lion cubs find a home in Spain after being rescued from a French circus

NINE adorable lion cubs have found a new home in Spain after being rescued from a circus in France Alicante now has its very own

7 Dec, 2024 @ 11:00

Alicante·Animals·Lead·Video

Calpe Town Hall will be celebrating the festive season every weekend this December with its Christmas Fair

CALPE’S Christmas Fair/Fira de Nadal/, now in its 10th edition, will feature an exciting new format this year. For the first time, it will be

5 Dec, 2024 @ 12:10

Alicante·Travel News

Pictured: Hidden camera that recorded women in a Benidorm bar toilet

A SECRET camera disguised within a picture on the wall has been uncovered in the female toilet of a bar in Benidorm. The shocking incident

2 Dec, 2024 @ 14:30

Benidorm·Lead

Homeless man in Spain narrowly escapes being crushed to death after falling into a recycling container – after woman in Mallorca suffered agonising fate

A MAN was almost crushed by a shredder inside an Alicante garbage truck after sleeping overnight in a paper recycling container. It was a narrow

29 Nov, 2024 @ 18:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Brit left partially paralysed by ‘one punch attack’ in Benidorm must be driven back to UK due to severe injuries

A BRITISH airport worker left paralysed after a one-punch attack in Benidorm is set to be driven home from Spain. Andrew Frazer, 42, who works

28 Nov, 2024 @ 17:20

Benidorm·Lead·National News

This ‘city of 1,001 rices’ in eastern Spain is named the gastronomic capital for 2025

ALICANTE- nicknamed the ‘city of 1,001 rice dishes’- will be Spain’s gastronomic capital in 2025. The Costa Blanca city succeeds Oviedo which has had the

27 Nov, 2024 @ 17:00

Alicante·Food & Drink·Lead

Explosion in Alicante kills at least two people: Many others are injured or missing

Explosion in Alicante kills at least three people: Many others are injured or missing

AN EXPLOSION at a polystyrene factory in Alicante province on Wednesday killed three people and injured seven- three very seriously. The seriously injured have been

27 Nov, 2024 @ 14:26

Alicante·Lead·Valencian Community

Watch: Incredible moment 69-year-old kayaker is rescued off Spain’s Costa Blanca after being spotted by an off-duty cop

AN OFF-DUTY Guardia Civil officer who went fishing off the Alicante coast rescued a man, 69, whose kayak had overturned. The sergeant was returning to

26 Nov, 2024 @ 13:10

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

This city in Spain is the third best in the WORLD to live in, according to expat survey by Forbes

ALICANTE has been voted as the third best city in the world by foreigners who live and work there. The positive verdict comes in the

25 Nov, 2024 @ 18:18

Alicante·Olive Press Travel

Wanted fugitive flees to Benidorm while on prison leave for committing vile crimes against his stepdaughter in Britain

A FUGITIVE convicted and jailed for raping his teenager stepdaughter in the UK between 1999 and 2001, has been arrested in Benidorm. The 56-year-old Belgian

25 Nov, 2024 @ 17:47

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Wet October and fewer 'home' tourists are blamed for slight fall in 2025 Costa Blanca hotel stays

Surge in foreign tourists boosts Costa Blanca hotels to busiest October this century

COSTA Blanca hotels had their busiest October this century helped by increased numbers of foreign tourists and more businesses staying open in the low season.

22 Nov, 2024 @ 16:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Popular Costa Blanca port sets new record for cruise ship visits

THE port of Alicante will break cruise ship stopover records in 2024 with 100 vessels calling into the Costa Blanca with a passenger total of

22 Nov, 2024 @ 15:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Woman spiked drinks with bleach and ammonia that could have killed her housemate in Spain

AN ALICANTE woman has been accused of attempted murder after pouring bleach and ammonia into bottles of alcohol and energy drinks consumed by her housemate.

22 Nov, 2024 @ 11:06

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Orange weather alerts are activated for Valencia and Alicante today as Storm Caetano brings 90km/hr winds

AN ORANGE alert for high winds on Thursday and Friday in parts of the Valencian Community has been issued by the State Meteorological Agency(Aemet) Gusts

21 Nov, 2024 @ 14:00

Alicante·Lead·Valencia

Fears of rat plague in Alicante: Pests are spotted in popular square currently being redeveloped

RATS have appeared around Alicante City’s Plaza de San Blas redevelopment forcing the council to take action. Residents complained last week of spotting several rodents

20 Nov, 2024 @ 17:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Crooked carer steals €30k from dead client by using her bank account and cash cards in Valencia

Fake carer in Benidorm who ‘drugged an Alzheimer’s patient with diazepam’ is arrested

A BENIDORM carer who lied about her professional experience has been arrested by the Policia Nacional after illegally giving diazepam to an elderly client who

19 Nov, 2024 @ 18:45

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Alicante airport launches first-ever direct flight to Greek hotspot – plus these new routes

EASYJET will launch Alicante-Elche airport’s first direct flight to the Greek capital Athens in 2025. The route is one of several new services that will

19 Nov, 2024 @ 17:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Missing teen Gracie is found after disappearing from near Spain’s Benidorm

A MISSING teenager has been found after disappearing for more than a week. Gracie Mai, 14, had last been seen in the town of Calpe

14 Nov, 2024 @ 13:31

Alicante·Lead

Watch: DANA reaches Alicante as flooding sparks road closures and worrying river surges

A DANA front has brought flooding to the north of Alicante province which is on an orange weather alert. Three roads have been closed in

13 Nov, 2024 @ 14:03

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca airport enjoys bumper July with passenger numbers set to smash annual record

Costa Blanca airport smashes annual passenger record with two months remaining of 2024

A NEW annual passenger record has been set for Alicante-Elche airport with two months still remaining of 2024. Airport operator Aena said that almost 1.8

12 Nov, 2024 @ 14:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

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‘We’ve done all we can’: Police in Spain give up trying to identify amnesia-struck Brit who will remain ‘stuck’ in hospital over Christmas

Fears for missing Brit in Benidorm who failed to return home and ‘hasn’t called anyone in days’

Benidorm set for major changes: Plans for 20 hotels, 2,300 homes and three shopping centres await final approval

Costa Blanca airport smashes November passenger record boosted by big number of UK visitors

New ‘anti-tourism’ protest marches through Alicante: Locals chant ‘homes for people not tourists’

Police arrest Benidorm bouncer who knocked out Brit who had to return home by special ambulance

Watch: Nine adorable lion cubs find a home in Spain after being rescued from a French circus

Calpe Town Hall will be celebrating the festive season every weekend this December with its Christmas Fair

Pictured: Hidden camera that recorded women in a Benidorm bar toilet

Homeless man in Spain narrowly escapes being crushed to death after falling into a recycling container – after woman in Mallorca suffered agonising fate

Brit left partially paralysed by ‘one punch attack’ in Benidorm must be driven back to UK due to severe injuries

This ‘city of 1,001 rices’ in eastern Spain is named the gastronomic capital for 2025

Explosion in Alicante kills at least three people: Many others are injured or missing

Watch: Incredible moment 69-year-old kayaker is rescued off Spain’s Costa Blanca after being spotted by an off-duty cop

This city in Spain is the third best in the WORLD to live in, according to expat survey by Forbes

Wanted fugitive flees to Benidorm while on prison leave for committing vile crimes against his stepdaughter in Britain

Surge in foreign tourists boosts Costa Blanca hotels to busiest October this century

Popular Costa Blanca port sets new record for cruise ship visits

Woman spiked drinks with bleach and ammonia that could have killed her housemate in Spain

Orange weather alerts are activated for Valencia and Alicante today as Storm Caetano brings 90km/hr winds

Fears of rat plague in Alicante: Pests are spotted in popular square currently being redeveloped

Fake carer in Benidorm who ‘drugged an Alzheimer’s patient with diazepam’ is arrested

Alicante airport launches first-ever direct flight to Greek hotspot – plus these new routes

Missing teen Gracie is found after disappearing from near Spain’s Benidorm

Watch: DANA reaches Alicante as flooding sparks road closures and worrying river surges

Costa Blanca airport smashes annual passenger record with two months remaining of 2024

WATCH: Barcelona police arrest six violent chain snatchers – but leave 54 repeat offenders with nearly 900 police records free to roam the streets

End of an era: Why fewer young women are going topless on Spain’s beaches

Brits in Spain risk being stripped of access to benefits under Reform proposals targeting EU citizens in UK

WATCH: Granada earthquake leaves three injured and forces evacuation of iconic Alhambra palace

Granada rocked by second earthquake in three days as 4.6-magnitude tremor felt across Andalucia

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