Benidorm dishes out over 1,100 fines to law-breaking electric scooter riders
Over 1,100 fines have been issued against electric scooter riders so far this year for flouting rules in Benidorm.
‘Cover up’ investigated in fatal Benidorm parasailing accident that claimed life of British tourist
A boat captain faces a reckless homicide charge and a colleague is accused of a cover up after a British tourist died in a Benidorm
Mayor and museum boss face criminal ‘recklessness’ probe over theft of priceless Bronze Age treasures in Spain
A court has begun proceedings for a crime of damage via recklessness against Villena officials after the theft of one of the largest European collections
WATCH: Benidorm flat destroyed by fire with four people inhaling deadly fumes
A fire destroyed a ninth-floor Benidorm flat on Wednesday morning with four people needing treatment for smoke inhalation.
Two earthquakes hit eastern Spain overnight as residents in Murcia and neighbouring Alicante feel the tremors
The first quake was a 3.1 magnitude with its epicentre near the town of Beniel, shaking the neighbouring Alicante region of Vega Baja.
Man arrested in Benidorm after female partner is stabbed to death in horror late-night attack
A man has been arrested in Benidorm after allegedly stabbing his female partner to death with a knife.
Missing British holidaymaker found watching football in Benidorm pub
Two Brits helping with the search spotted Geoff Cumiskey at the Rose & Crown pub on Thursday evening.
MISSING: Fears grow for British tourist who vanished in Benidorm after failing to board flight home
The distraught wife of Geoff Cumiskey says her husband is alone in Benidorm without his passport, luggage or money.
Foreigners still dominating the Costa Blanca property boom with nearly 19,000 homes purchased in a single year
The Alicante province property market is completely decoupled from the national one, with almost five-times the rate of foreign home purchases.
The 15 towns where foreigners outnumber the Spanish in Alicante, with Brits still number one – for nowÂ
Foreign residents make up the majority in 15 Costa Blanca municipalities, with Rojales topping the list at 68%
Brit arrested in Alicante after trying to flee police stop with 84kg of UK-bound cocaine in the back of his van
THE pair were allegedly part of a criminal gang smuggling drugs from Spain to Britain, according to Spanish customs officers.
NOVA Benidorm turns up the volume with autumn tribute season
NOVA at Marina Resort Benidorm launches its autumn tribute season with live productions celebrating Tina Turner, Lady Gaga and David Bowie.
Horror in Alicante as Polish man loses hand after being sucked into passing train’s slipstream while walking beside fenced-off railway tracks
POLICE officers rushed to the scene and applied a tourniquet to the man's severed arm to stop the bleeding.
Former British TV star from long-running soap Brookside is arrested in Torrevieja over €16m fake-modelling scam
Philip Barry Foster, 51, who played Christian Wright in the Channel 4 soap Brookside during the 1990s, was arrested in Torrevieja on Thursday.
British tourist found ‘safe and sound’ after missing flight home from Benidorm lads holiday
RELATIVES and friends of Paul Cartwright, 39, had said they were ‘extremely concerned’ about his wellbeing after he missed his flight home on Monday.
MISSING: Fears grow for British tourist with ‘half an ear missing’ last seen leaving famous Benidorm pub
THE family of Paul Cartwright, from Greater Manchester, say they are extremely concerned after he failed to make his flight home on Monday.
Spanish health authorities told to cough up €100,000 to family of Costa Blanca woman who fell into coma after drinking a milkshake
A SPANISH court has ordered Valencia’s health ministry to pay €100,000 in compensation to the family of a young woman left in a coma.
Costa Blanca airport gets rated as the ‘best’ in Spain according to new study
ALICANTE-ELCHE airport has kept its spot as Spain's best airport according to European rankings compiled by holiday rental portal Holidu.
Ex-British TV soap star turned criminal on ‘Most Wanted List’ flees after hiding out on Costa Blanca
AN ex-British TV soap actor on a recent UK Most Wanted list of fugitives in Spain has been living on Costa Blanca but fled in
Priceless Bronze Age gold collection stolen from museum in Spain as well-planned heist took four minutes to execute
Thieves stole the Treasure of Villena collection of priceless Bronze Age artefacts from Villena Museum on Thursday in a well-organised heist that police said took
WATCH: Chaos as mini-tsunamis batter Valencia, Costa Blanca and Balearics – with waves pushing up to 200m inland
MONSTER waves pushed as far as 200 metres inland across tourist hotspots including Mallorca, Gandia, and Javea.
Dozens more police drafted in at Alicante airport until mid-September to help manage surge in British touristsÂ
ALICANTE-ELCHE Airport has brought in 30 police officers to speed up border checks until September, with dozens more temporary workers also hired for extra support.
UPDATES: Red flag raised moments too late as Brit tourist dies in Benidorm after parasailing horror crash
AUTHORITIES believe the incident was caused by bad weather on the Valencian coast.
Costa Blanca airport enjoys bumper July with passenger numbers set to smash annual record
ALICANTE-ELCHE airport recorded an impressive 11.1% increase in passenger numbers in July compared to a year earlier. Airport operator Aena said on Wednesday that over
Costa Blanca tragedy with British tourist killed in Benidorm paragliding crash
A BRITISH tourist, 66, died in a paragliding accident in Benidorm on Monday after she and her husband crashed into some rocks. The couple had
Fugitive drug trafficker lashes out at Alicante cops during arrest in desperate escape bid
A FUGITIVE drug trafficker attacked and injured several Spanish police officers in a desperate bid to break free after being arrested in Alicante. The 44-year-old
