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Cruel practice of setting fire to frame attached to bull’s horns is banned by Costa Blanca town in Spain

EL VERGER in Alicante province has banned bull runs known as 'els bous embolats' which involve balls of flame being attached to the animal's...

EXPLAINER: Why one in five homes are lying empty during housing shortage on Spain’s Costa Blanca

OVER 209,000 properties are lying empty in Alicante province according to the National Institute of Statistics(INE)- around a fifth of all homes in the...

Benidorm blitz on electric scooter law-breakers results in five seizures on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FIVE ELECTRIC scooters have been removed off Benidorm streets so far this August for not complying with municipal laws. Benidorm's Policia Local have been carrying...

Prostitute turf war as women extort and beat up rivals wanting to work on same Costa Blanca street in...

TWO BRAZILIAN women have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for assaulting another prostitute that wanted to 'work' on the same Alicante street. The assailants...

Pedal power as cyclists protest over cycle routes being removed in Costa Blanca city in Spain

DOZENS of cyclists temporarily blocked the removal of a second cycle lane in Elche ordered by the new Partido Popular-Vox council. Workers were preparing to...

Three Dutch passengers overpower drunk Spaniard who tried to open emergency door on flight from Spain’s Costa Blanca to...

THREE Dutch travellers overpowered a drunk Spaniard who tried to open the emergency door on a Vueling flight from Alicante-Elche airport to Schipol,...

Police beaten up by angry family and called ‘sons of bitches’ over illegally-parked car in popular tourist spot on...

THE MAYOR of Guardamar, has condemned a 'cowardly and senseless' attack on two Policia Local officers who asked a family at a terrace bar...

Motorcycle parking company based in Spain’s Costa Blanca goes down crowdfunding route for nationwide expansion

AN ALICANTE company that runs secure parking areas for motorbikes and mopeds has gone down the crowdfunding route to help it expand across Spain. Mimoto...

New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie release is great news for official toy maker based on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles return for their latest big screen adventure Mutant Mayhem, which hits Spain's cinemas on Friday- and the new film...

Women’s hairdresser trafficked drugs across wide area and used her business to launder all the proceeds in Spain’s Costa...

A WOMEN'S hairdresser has been exposed as the lynchpin of a drug trafficking gang operating across the Marina Alta area of the Costa Blanca....

Umbrellas at the ready as sudden end to heatwave heralds rain this weekend in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia...

THE FOURTH official heatwave of the year in the Valencian Community is set to end with a sudden temperature drop this Sunday accompanied by...

‘I’ll shoot you’ – Drug driver who allegedly assaulted and made death threats to police officers arrested in Spain’s...

AN enraged driver who allegedly assaulted a number of police agents after testing positive for drugs has been arrested in Elche.  The 57-year-old man is...

Hiker finds human skeleton with missing head in touristic Costa Blanca town 

A HUMAN skeleton with missing parts, including the head, has been found by a hiker in a well-known Costa Blanca town.  The shocking discovery took...

Jealous expat who stabbed girlfriend and dumped body in rubbish container gets jail time cut on Spain’s Costa Blanca

VALENCIA'S Supreme Court has cut four years from the prison term of a Dutch national who stabbed his girlfriend 15 times and dumped her...

Axe-wielding jilted husband, 40, kidnaps wife’s lover, 28, before forcing him to undress while taking ‘degrading’ photos on his...

A VILLAJOYOSA court is investigating the kidnapping of a man, 28, who was forced to pose for degrading naked photos at the behest of...

Russian businessman accused of mass fraud is arrested at Benidorm police station in Spain as he applied for asylum

A FORMER Russian company boss got a shock at Benidorm police station where we went to process his asylum application but ended up collared...

Norwegian expat, 54, laid dead in his Costa Blanca home for ‘at least 10 days’: Body is discovered after...

A STRONG stench wafting from a Torrevieja flat forced a Guardia Civil break-in with the discovery of a man's body which had been lying...

Benidorm and Murcia Terra Natura parks in Spain report profits that are higher than before Covid pandemic

THE TERRA NATURA wildlife parks in Benidorm and Murcia have boosted profits last year to surpass 2019 figures after dips caused by the Covid...

Fraudster arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca for running fake property website and pocketing money from victims

A MAN who scammed €90,000 in just over six months from people using his fake real estate website has been arrested in Alicante Province. The...

Benidorm’s busy roads suggest record-breaking summer season at resort popular with British holidaymakers in Spain

BENIDORM'S high tourist bookings are indicative of a busy summer season, but another positive sign is the number of motorists using local roads which...

High rentals charged by tourist apartments are forcing young people out of Costa Blanca city in Spain

SANTA POLA council has been told to sort out an 'uncontrolled rise in tourist apartments' which is raising rental costs and allegedly forcing younger...

Elderly people withdrawing large cash amounts from banks robbed by men who spied on them on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO street thieves have been arrested in Calpe close to a bank where they stole €4,000 from an elderly man last May. The men of...

Troubled hospital on Spain’s Costa Blanca criticised for patient delays will not return to private management

TORREVIEJA HOSPITAL and its associated health department will not return to private management according to the new Valencian Health Minister, Marciano Gomez. The hospital was...

Emergency 112 number gets 11,177 calls about animals in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY'S emergency 112 number has received 11,177 calls this year up to August 15 about animals. Over half of the calls- 58%- were...

Callous ‘love hug’ robber targeting old people- and even offering sex- gets fifth arrest in recent months on Spain’s...

A PROFESSIONAL 'love hug' street robber has been arrested in Alicante for the fifth time in recent months. The 26-year-old woman travelled all round Spain...

New €4 million municipal park set for October construction finish in British expat area of Spain’s Costa Blanca

WORK on the long-awaited new municipal park for Torrevieja's La Siesta area should be finished by October. The area covers 44,000 m2 and has cost...

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