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Naked effigies of Trump, Hitler, Stalin and Franco torched in Valencia’s Las Fallas festival

Joshua Parfitt - 22 Mar, 2019 @ 15:27

British couple arrested for ‘leading’ huge marijuana network on Costa Blanca, caught with €216,000 of drugs including cannabis ‘jelly beans’, ‘jam’ and ‘cream chocolate...

Drones used for ‘first time’ in battle against toxic caterpillars on Costa Blanca

Lady Elizabeth School, in Benitachell Alicante, is to have its grand inauguration this month

Disabled British man found unconscious after ‘intense’ gas cylinder inferno on the Costa Blanca

NOT A BIN: Plastic fills river on Costa Blanca just hours after a 20-tonne clean-up

Joshua Parfitt - 18 Mar, 2019 @ 11:45

CARELESS: Plastic fills Segura river hours after a massive clean-upPLASTIC waste has accumulated in the old channel...

Ceramics are the hot new design trend styling up interiors this year

Staff Reporter - 18 Mar, 2019 @ 10:22

IF you love interior design and are not afraid to use bold colours and patterns, you would have been in your element at this...

Benidorm’s legendary Tiki Beach bar re-opens… but now under name ‘Aloha Beach’

Joshua Parfitt - 15 Mar, 2019 @ 20:14

NEW LIFE: The Aloha Beach bar, as seen on FridayBENIDORM’S infamous Tiki Beach bar has re-opened this...

IN PICS: eagle-owls and kestrels ELECTROCUTED by cables in crucial Spanish wetland

Joshua Parfitt - 15 Mar, 2019 @ 18:09

MASS bird electrocutions have been recorded in a crucial wetland spanning the provinces of Alicante and Valencia....

STRIP TEASE: Nudists protest apartment block to be built behind their Costa Blanca hideaway

Joshua Parfitt - 15 Mar, 2019 @ 16:42

SAFE HAVEN The L'Almadrava beach is one of the last untouched strips of beach in Marina AltaNUDISTS...

High-speed ferry slashes Costa Blanca–Formentera journey to under two hours

Joshua Parfitt - 15 Mar, 2019 @ 12:22

SLEEK: Ferry services will be once daily until AugustA HIGH-SPEED ferry will now get you from the...

Alicante among Spanish cities with cheapest rents

Joshua Parfitt - 14 Mar, 2019 @ 18:58

AFFORDABLE: Rentals in Alicante cost under €2.5 per square metreALICANTE is among the cheapest cities in Spain...

Man’s attempt to win back ex-girlfriend by planting ‘love spell’ pineapple on train tracks ends in TERROR ALERT and...

Joshua Parfitt - 14 Mar, 2019 @ 17:58

PINEAPPLE EXPRESS: Trains were disrupted for 149 minutes as bomb squad called inA MAN will go to...

Warnings as woman almost DIES in Spain after suffering huge allergic reaction to partner’s sperm in WORLD FIRST

Laurence Dollimore (News Editor) - 14 Mar, 2019 @ 17:36

According to the British Medical Journal, the unidentified 31-year-old had trouble breathing and started vomiting after the sexual contact

WACKY RACES: Lorry driver SIX times over alcohol limit ends up in ditch with 18 tonnes of mandarins

Joshua Parfitt - 14 Mar, 2019 @ 16:58

THE FUTURE'S NOT ORANGE: The drive lost most of his haulage into the ditch, along with his licence

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Naked effigies of Trump, Hitler, Stalin and Franco torched in Valencia’s Las Fallas festival

Joshua Parfitt - 22 Mar, 2019 @ 15:27

EXPOSED: Trump gets the torch alongside past controversial dictatorsA WEEK-long festival in Valencia celebrating Saint Joseph has...

British couple arrested for ‘leading’ huge marijuana network on Costa Blanca, caught with €216,000 of drugs including cannabis ‘jelly...

20 Mar, 2019 @ 12:38

Drones used for ‘first time’ in battle against toxic caterpillars on Costa Blanca

20 Mar, 2019 @ 12:11

Lady Elizabeth School, in Benitachell Alicante, is to have its grand inauguration this month

19 Mar, 2019 @ 10:32

Disabled British man found unconscious after ‘intense’ gas cylinder inferno on the Costa Blanca

18 Mar, 2019 @ 18:17

NOT A BIN: Plastic fills river on Costa Blanca just hours after a 20-tonne clean-up

18 Mar, 2019 @ 11:45

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