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Benidorm police arrest violent French fugitive who inflicted life-changing injuries on victim

British fugitive convicted of sexual assault and jailed for 10 years is arrested at Benidorm hotel

A BRITISH fugitive convicted of two sexual assaults who skipped his sentencing hearing has been arrested in a Benidorm hotel. The 44-year-old man had an

21 Nov, 2025 @ 11:48

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

IN PICS: Benidorm’s Fancy Dress Party attracts over 30,000 visitors- mainly British- to Europe’s ‘biggest’ costume parade

OVER 30,000 people- mainly British expats and tourists- lined Benidorm’s streets on Thursday for the annual ‘Fancy Dress Party’. The event organised by hospitality associations

14 Nov, 2025 @ 12:38

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Entertainment·Lead

Costa Blanca’s top summer music festival ‘kicked out of Benidorm’ but finds new home in Torrevieja

A MAJOR summer music festival has quit Benidorm after 14 years and found a new home on the southern Costa Blanca in Torrevieja. The Low

11 Nov, 2025 @ 12:43

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Entertainment·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Torrevieja

Costa Blanca Russian mafia money laundering gang faces €22m in fines and six-year jail terms

A BENIDORM court has green-lit the trial of a Russian mafia money laundering gang operating on the Costa Blanca- five years after they were arrested.

10 Nov, 2025 @ 14:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Thief made special trips to Benidorm just to steal electric scooters parked outside supermarkets

A SERIAL electric scooter stealer has been arrested in Benidorm by the Policia Nacional. The man, 36, travelled regularly from Alicante to plunder at least

6 Nov, 2025 @ 15:15

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

TV detective drama ‘Death in Benidorm’ to bring Costa Blanca intrigue to UK screens

A NEW British detective drama set in Benidorm is now filming on the Costa Blanca, promising seaside sunshine, expat bar culture and murder mystery in

27 Oct, 2025 @ 15:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Entertainment·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

Benidorm expat makes millions playing poker after owning local restaurants and a hotel

A NORWEGIAN who fell in love with Benidorm as a young boy and moved there, has made his name in the world of poker as

19 Oct, 2025 @ 07:00

Benidorm·Lead

WATCH: Benidorm theme park opens its own solar power plant to supply clean energy

WATCH: Benidorm theme park opens its own solar farm to supply clean energy

BENIDORM’S Terra Natura park has opened a solar power plant capable of generating over 1,000 kW clean energy. The park says it is a major

16 Oct, 2025 @ 15:35

Benidorm·Green·Lead

Ready for a change? The power of ‘Elements’ ignites Benidorm Palace

BENIDORM PALACE – the Costa Blanca’s legendary entertainment hotspot – is turning up the heat this season with ELEMENTS, a breathtaking new production that’s redefining

8 Oct, 2025 @ 12:29

Alicante·Benidorm·La Cultura·Lead·Sponsored

Benidorm gets €6.4m of EU money in fresh attempt to turn old bullring into major cultural venue

BENIDORM has secured €6.4 million of EU funding for its long-awaited redevelopment of the old bullring. Plans were first announced nearly five years ago for

3 Oct, 2025 @ 17:40

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Benidorm to crack down on ‘offensive’ shop window displays

BENIDORM is clamping down on shop window and street displays featuring items with obscene messages in English and Spanish. T-shirts are among the main offenders

1 Oct, 2025 @ 18:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Want to be on TV? British drama is looking for extras ‘of all nationalities between 20 and 65’ in Benidorm – but hurry up

BENIDORM is about to play host to the cameras once again, with a new British television drama looking for extras as shooting gets underway in

1 Oct, 2025 @ 15:00

Benidorm·Entertainment·Lead

Boozy Brit dragged off Spain-bound Ryanair flight after ‘trying to open door’ parties in Benidorm hours later

A DRUNK British holidaymaker who forced a Spain-bound Ryanair flight to make an emergency landing has been identified. Daniel Ashley-Laws was filmed being hauled off

1 Oct, 2025 @ 14:50

Benidorm·Lead

Irishwoman who was strangled to death in Benidorm with vacuum cleaner cable had ‘taken British friend into her home four days prior’

AN Irishwoman was strangled to death by her British friend in Benidorm just days after she welcomed her into her home. The victim, 66, whom

24 Sep, 2025 @ 12:40

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

British woman, 64, is arrested in Benidorm for ‘strangling her friend to death with a vacuum cleaner cable’

A 64-year-old British holidaymaker has been arrested in Benidorm on suspicion of murdering her friend with a vacuum cleaner cable. The woman allegedly strangled a

18 Sep, 2025 @ 16:50

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

‘They’re still trying to brush it under the carpet’: Family of Brit killed in Benidorm rail at fresh police claim ‘murder unlikely’

THE family of a British father who plunged to his death in Benidorm say Spanish police are still trying to dismiss foul play nearly a

10 Sep, 2025 @ 08:00

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Benidorm police catch French fugitive jailed for 10 years for drug and sex offences

A FRENCH fugitive who skipped a 10-year prison sentence was caught driving around Benidorm with bogus ID documents on him. He had been jailed for

5 Sep, 2025 @ 11:44

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Benidorm has new inspectors ready to fine owners of illegal holiday rental homes

British tourist drowns at Benidorm beach during swim in choppy seas – two friends make it back to shore

A 31-year-old British holidaymaker has tragically drowned at Benidorm’s popular Levante Beach after going for an evening swim with friends. The man was swept away

30 Aug, 2025 @ 10:54

Benidorm·Lead

Convicted French drug-trafficker on the run since 2016 is arrested at Benidorm hotel

A FRENCH fugitive on the run for nine years has been arrested by the Policia Nacional at a Benidorm hotel. The 33-year-old man had no

28 Aug, 2025 @ 15:00

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Too many foreigners in the UK’: British expat mocked after revealing ironic reason for moving to Benidorm

A BRITISH expat has been accused of hypocrisy after stating she moved to Spain because ‘there’s too many foreigners in the UK’. The comments, made

27 Aug, 2025 @ 13:22

Benidorm·Brexit·Lead

Benidorm’s TM Tower will be Europe’s tallest residential complex- surpassing the city’s Intempo skyscraper

THE TM Real Estate Group has confirmed that Benidorm’s TM Tower will become the tallest residential complex in Europe- surpassing the city’s Intempo building. The

20 Aug, 2025 @ 10:00

Benidorm·Lead·Property

Benidorm hotel head waiter extorted money from exploited workers to keep their jobs

A HOTEL head waiter has been arrested for extorting and harassing workers at a Benidorm establishment. The 43-year-old man was detained by the Policia Nacional

18 Aug, 2025 @ 13:00

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Special ice creams keep animals cool during heatwave at Terra Natura Benidorm

THE animals at Benidorm’s Terra Natura park are enjoying a range of flavoured giant ice creams to keep them cool during the heatwave. Vegetable, meat,

13 Aug, 2025 @ 16:17

Animals·Benidorm·Lead

Benidorm luxury villa rented by French fugitives wanted for murder and drug trafficking

TWO fugitives on the run from French justice have been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Benidorm. The men were wanted for a string of

11 Aug, 2025 @ 13:00

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Loggerhead turtles hatch on Benidorm beach in party-going area of resort

DOZENS of loggerhead turtles hatched on Thursday just after midnight on Benidorm’s Levante beach. Several passers-by on Avenida de Madrid contacted emergency services and the

7 Aug, 2025 @ 17:30

Benidorm·Lead·Nature

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British fugitive convicted of sexual assault and jailed for 10 years is arrested at Benidorm hotel

IN PICS: Benidorm’s Fancy Dress Party attracts over 30,000 visitors- mainly British- to Europe’s ‘biggest’ costume parade

Costa Blanca’s top summer music festival ‘kicked out of Benidorm’ but finds new home in Torrevieja

Costa Blanca Russian mafia money laundering gang faces €22m in fines and six-year jail terms

Thief made special trips to Benidorm just to steal electric scooters parked outside supermarkets

TV detective drama ‘Death in Benidorm’ to bring Costa Blanca intrigue to UK screens

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

Benidorm expat makes millions playing poker after owning local restaurants and a hotel

WATCH: Benidorm theme park opens its own solar farm to supply clean energy

Ready for a change? The power of ‘Elements’ ignites Benidorm Palace

Benidorm gets €6.4m of EU money in fresh attempt to turn old bullring into major cultural venue

Benidorm to crack down on ‘offensive’ shop window displays

Want to be on TV? British drama is looking for extras ‘of all nationalities between 20 and 65’ in Benidorm – but hurry up

Boozy Brit dragged off Spain-bound Ryanair flight after ‘trying to open door’ parties in Benidorm hours later

Irishwoman who was strangled to death in Benidorm with vacuum cleaner cable had ‘taken British friend into her home four days prior’

British woman, 64, is arrested in Benidorm for ‘strangling her friend to death with a vacuum cleaner cable’

‘They’re still trying to brush it under the carpet’: Family of Brit killed in Benidorm rail at fresh police claim ‘murder unlikely’

Benidorm police catch French fugitive jailed for 10 years for drug and sex offences

British tourist drowns at Benidorm beach during swim in choppy seas – two friends make it back to shore

Convicted French drug-trafficker on the run since 2016 is arrested at Benidorm hotel

‘Too many foreigners in the UK’: British expat mocked after revealing ironic reason for moving to Benidorm

Benidorm’s TM Tower will be Europe’s tallest residential complex- surpassing the city’s Intempo skyscraper

Benidorm hotel head waiter extorted money from exploited workers to keep their jobs

Special ice creams keep animals cool during heatwave at Terra Natura Benidorm

Benidorm luxury villa rented by French fugitives wanted for murder and drug trafficking

Loggerhead turtles hatch on Benidorm beach in party-going area of resort

Taxi driver in Fuengirola ‘drags tourist along road after trying to drive off with suitcase still in boot’

Spain’s very own Palace of Versailles has just been declared a Historic-Artistic Site – here’s where you can find it

Infertile couple try to ‘buy’ newborn baby girl in Malaga hospital for €3,000

Revealed: How a Costa Blanca city helps keep the UK’s roads safe during the icy winter

‘Close windows, tie down patio furniture and stay away from cliffs and piers’: Yellow warning for residents in Andalucia as new Atlantic front brings strong winds