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Lucky cat cashes in one of its nine lives after miraculously surviving cliff plunge on Spain's Costa Blanca

Lucky cat uses one of its nine lives after miraculously surviving 20 metre cliff plunge on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A CAT used up one of its nine lives after falling 20 metres to the rocky ground at Benissa’s Pinets cove. The lucky feline is recovering well after getting treated at a

31 Aug, 2023 @ 18:50

Animals·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Residents angry about quarry getting environmental go-ahead to reopen on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A RESIDENTS group in San Miguel de Salinas say they don’t want a clay quarry to reopen because of heavy lorries using narrow roads and a negative effect on the local environment.

31 Aug, 2023 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain narrowly avoids its worst terror attack in YEARS: How Jihadist, 17, successfully built a ‘mother of Satan’ bomb and planned to blow up a school in Andalucia

Thieves rob tourists walking around streets of Costa Blanca city in Spain

THE POLICIA NACIONAL in Alicante have arrested two men who robbed a group of French tourists. The Algerian nationals aged 20 and 29 took a small amount of money from three men

31 Aug, 2023 @ 11:23

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Cruel practice of setting fire to frame attached to bull's horns is banned on Spain's Costa Blanca

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 horns. The bull is usually tied to a

30 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Animals·Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead·Valencian Community

Why are young people struggling to get on the property ladder in Spain?

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 region. Potential landlords are not making moves due

30 Aug, 2023 @ 10:30

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Property·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

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 out random sweeps lasting ten minutes across

29 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Prostitutes run protection racket and beat up woman who wanted to work on same road in Spain's Costa Blanca

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

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 aged 36 and 40 told their rival

29 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Pedal power as cyclists demand why eco-friendly cycle routes are being removed across Costa Blanca city in Spain

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 scrub-out painted cycle way markings on Calle

29 Aug, 2023 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Three passengers overpower drunk Spanish traveller who tried to open emergency door on flight from Spain's Costa Blanca to Amsterdam.

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

THREE Dutch travellers overpowered a drunk Spaniard who tried to open the emergency door on a Vueling flight from Alicante-Elche airport to Schipol, Amsterdam last week. They knocked him to the ground

28 Aug, 2023 @ 16:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Police officers called 'sons of bitches' are beaten up by angry family over illegally-parked car next to popular tourist promenade on Spain's Costa Blanca

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

THE MAYOR of Guardamar, has condemned a ‘cowardly and senseless’ attack on two Policia Local officers who asked a family at a terrace bar to remove their illegally-parked vehicle. The two officers

28 Aug, 2023 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

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 opened its first park in 2018 and

25 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

Alicante·Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Valencia·Valencian Community

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

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 is good news for an Alicante province toy

25 Aug, 2023 @ 15:00

Alicante·Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Woman's hairdresser trafficked drugs across wide area and used her business to launder all the proceeds in Spain's Costa Blanca

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

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. The woman used her business in Ondara to

25 Aug, 2023 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

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

THE FOURTH official heatwave of the year in the Valencian Community is set to end with a sudden temperature drop this Sunday accompanied by showers. State forecaster Aemet says that the current

23 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

Alicante·Benidorm·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencia·Valencian Community·Weather

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

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 accused of breaking the glasses of a

23 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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 place in a hiking trail of difficult

23 Aug, 2023 @ 15:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Jealous expat who slashed girlfriend' 15 times in drunk and drug-fuelled rage before dumping body gets his prison time cut on Spain's Costa Blanca

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 body into a Moraira rubbish container. Former marine

22 Aug, 2023 @ 17:51

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

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

A VILLAJOYOSA court is investigating the kidnapping of a man, 28, who was forced to pose for degrading naked photos at the behest of a husband who accused him of having an

22 Aug, 2023 @ 12:19

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Russian company boss accused of mass fraud is arrested at Benidorm police station in Spain after going to sort out his asylum

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 on an International Arrest Warrant. Russian authorities issued

21 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Neigbours alert police to mysterious rotting smell and discover dead body in flat that lay there for at least ten days on Spain's Costa Blanca

Norwegian expat, 54, laid dead in his Costa Blanca home for ‘at least 10 days’: Body is discovered after neighbours complained of foul smell

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 there for at least ten days. Neighbours on

21 Aug, 2023 @ 10:57

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Benidorm and Murcia's Terra Natura parks in Spain boost pre-pandemic profit levels

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 pandemic. The parks owned by Murcia’s Grupo Fuertes

18 Aug, 2023 @ 14:15

Animals·Benidorm·Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Murcia·Valencian Community

Fraudster arrested in Costa Blanca street for running bogus real estate website and pocketing money from victims in Spain

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 Policia Nacional tracked him down by accessing

18 Aug, 2023 @ 12:41

Canary Islands·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Valencian Community

Roads across Spain will be extremely busy this weekend - here's why

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 is up on pre-Covid pandemic figures. Latest statistics

16 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

High rentals charged by tourist apartments are forcing 'locals' out of Costa Blanca city in Spain

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 people out of the municipality. The Mes Santa

16 Aug, 2023 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Property·Valencian Community

Elderly people withdrawing large cash amounts from banks are robbed by men on Spain's Costa Blanca

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 Columbian nationality, aged 29 and 53, were

16 Aug, 2023 @ 12:01

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

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 run by contractor Ribera Salud for 16

16 Aug, 2023 @ 11:16

Costa Blanca·Health·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

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