Wet October and fewer ‘home’ tourists are blamed for slight fall in 2025 Costa Blanca hotel stays
A WET October and a slight drop in domestic tourists have been blamed for a fall in Costa Blanca hotel occupancy rates in 2025. The
Benidorm gold chain snatcher targeted elderly people during special robbery trips to Costa Blanca resort
A 28-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in Benidorm for robbing four elderly woman by snatching chains and jewellery which they wore around their necks. The
Benidorm cleaners found guilty of hate crimes for calling a colleague a ‘dwarf’
TWO female cleaners at a Benidorm clinic have been given six-month prison terms for harassing and mocking a colleague with short stature. They continually referred
Good news for Benidorm with improved €40m tram link officially in service linking key areas- plus more to come!
AN improved tram link between Benidorm and the Marina Baixa Hospital in Villajoyosa was officially inaugurated on Tuesday after refurbishment work costing nearly €40 million.
British ‘narco’ fugitive is arrested in Benidorm after getting life prison sentence
A BRITISH fugitive sentenced to life imprisonment for drug trafficking and weapons offences has been arrested in Benidorm. The Policia Nacional executed an international arrest
UK expats living in Spain fall by 2.2% as total population heads towards 50m
THE number of registered UK expats living in Spain fell by 2.2% in 2024 according to the National Institute of Statistics(NIE). Their annual population census
Benidorm ‘best in Europe’ coffee shop and a bar are busted for selling drugs in city’s tourist zone
A BENIDORM coffee shop and a bar have been raided for selling drugs in the tourist area of the city. Six people have been arrested
New evidence shows Brit who died in Benidorm ‘was driven to the cliff he fell off’ as police try to brush it off as an accident
THE family of a Welsh holidaymaker who claim he died in Benidorm as a result of foul play has revealed new evidence to back their
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Irishwoman who was strangled to death in Benidorm with vacuum cleaner cable had ‘taken British friend into her home four days prior’Â
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
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
‘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
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