Snooker star Willie Thorne dies at Torrevieja Hospital surrounded by family following cancer battle and septic shock
SNOOKER legend Willie Thorne has early this morning died surrounded by his family at Torrevieja's Hospital Universitario.
The 66-year-old Leicester-born star announced he was being...
Parrot smugglers arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca after netting €1 million trafficking exotic birds to...
SPANISH police and the Moroccan Royal Guard have arrested a gang of 28 bird traffickers who were earning over €1 million a year.
Some 280...
Illegal cigarette factories which churned out 18,000 fags per MINUTE dismantled in Spain’s Madrid and Costa Blanca
A total of 38 people were arrested, believed to be the core of a ‘highly specialised organisation’ run by Bulgarians
Four Costa Blanca men admit gang raping a teenager in Spain in order to avoid 200 years in prison
FOUR men have admitted to the gang rape of a 19-year-old Costa Blanca woman in 2019.
Their admission came this morning(July 5) at the start...
How to get a free colour vision test for your child on Spain’s Costa Blanca
EYE experts in the region are encouraging children to undergo free colour vision tests at an early age to help guide their future career...
Prepare for “Passage of Terror” this Halloween at seaside city on Spain’s Costa Blanca
GUARDAMAR will see the return of Hallowe’en activities this year, after missing out in 2020 due to Covid restrictions.
María Venerdi and Mª Carmen Durán,...
Almost 300 athletes taking part in Sunday morning Twin Triathlons on Spain’s Orihuela Costa
A HUGE Triathlon event is to take place on Orihuela Costa this Sunday, May 1.
Some 290 athletes are taking part, a new record for...
Guardia goes green: Nine hybrid cars added to police vehicle fleet on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ALBACETE Guardia Civil has added 13 new vehicles to its fleet, nine of which feature energy-saving hybrid technology.
A presentation ceremony this week saw the...
New app developed to encourage tourism to visitors and residents alike in town popular with expats on Spain’s Costa...
SAN FULGENCIO Town Council has launched a smart phone app to promote the town to not only visitors, but its own residents!
Consisting of the...
Aunt and uncle misappropriate €148,000 from orphaned nephews on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A COUPLE from Sant Joan d'Alacant have each been given nine month prison terms for misappropriating €148,000 euros from two teenage nephews who were...
‘Law is not functioning’ as more families flee urbanisation in Denia suffering ‘VIOLENT’ take over by ‘gypsies’ and squatters
ANOTHER two families have fled an urbanisation that descended into ‘hell’ after squatters began a ‘violent coup d’etat’ five years ago.
A retired German couple...
PICTURED: Romanian woman beheaded on the Costa Blanca as police say arrest ‘imminent’
POLICE sources have said an arrest is 'imminent' for the brutal murderer who beheaded a Romanian woman on the Costa Blanca.
The perpetrator left significant...
Costa Blanca daredevil killed after parachute failed to open in 150ft fall from cement factory in Alicante
A DAREDEVIL who snuck into an Alicante cement factory in the dead of night to jump from a 150ft chimney died after his parachute...
REVEALED: When the clocks will change in Spain and why
THAT time of year is fast approaching, when the sun begins to set sooner and sooner as we wave summer goodbye.
Like every year, the...
F-RIGHT NIGHT: France’s Le Pen and Italy’s Salvini congratulate Vox after far-right party becomes third biggest political force in...
FAR-right leaders in Europe are beaming with pride tonight after Vox surged in the Spanish polls to become the third biggest political force in...
COLUMN: A swingers request on Costa Blanca Facebook group sends admin scratching their heads at the rulebook, writes Loraine...
Before I begin, I just have to give you a quick update on the new KFC in Ondara (avid readers will remember last week’s...
Shocking midnight evacuation as six houses begin crumbling on Spain’s Costa Blanca
FIREFIGHTERS have rescued the residents of six bungalows on the Costa Blanca after they began collapsing in the early hours of this morning.
At one...
IN PICS: 10 hilarious memes attempting to bring comic relief to the coronavirus outbreak
THE internet can be a depressing and scary place, especially amid a global epidemic such as the ongoing coronavirus.
But there will always be jokers...
Business associations ask for ‘cheap borrowing’ and reduced taxes as two thirds of traders in Spain’s Vega Baja see...
A SURVEY in the Vega Baja region of Alicante has revealed that only 17% of businesses managed to continue trading throughout lock-down.
The vast majority...
Benidorm and 12 other towns on Spain’s Costa Blanca are ordered to tighten up on COVID-19 rule breakers
13 COSTA BLANCA councils, including Benidorm and Dénia, have been told to take the 'strictest possible measures' to clamp down on too many people...
Two women shoplift 11 bottles of gin, six kilos of cheese and mountains of tuna on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO women have been arrested in Rojales after allegedly shoplifting an unusual mix of cheese, spirits and party balloons.
The pair had been seen acting...
Community of owners force speedy squatters’ eviction setting a ‘legal trend’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ORIHUELA City Court has ordered the eviction squatters at the request of the local community of owners.
The warrant was executed in less than a...
Mayor personally announces 100,000 euro fine for establishment repeatedly serving minors on Spain’s Costa Blanca
GUARDAMAR’S mayor, José Luis Sáez Pastor, took to social media late last night, seemingly pleased to announce that a local establishment has been fined...
Benidorm model with Down’s syndrome to get top award via virtual ceremony beamed into her home on Spain’s Costa...
A BENIDORM model with Down's syndrome will get a prestigious award in the early hours of Sunday morning(November 15) for being 'an example to...
Skeleton found in ancient castle reveals ‘violent’ death of 14th century man on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A SKELETON found within part of the ancient castle in Guardamar del Segura has revealed a gruesome death.
Found in 2019, the bones were exhumed...
Agitated man tries to flee in police car as he runs over two agents in Spain’s Costa Blanca
A man tried to drive off in an Alicante police car which he reversed into two agents before it ended up in a wall.
Police...