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Online pervert offered money via social media to young children on Spain’s Costa Blanca to perform obscene acts

A 22-YEAR-OLD man from the northern Costa Blanca has been arrested for offering cash to two Elche children in exchange for them showing him their

19 Aug, 2020 @ 15:01

Costa Blanca·Lead

Wild boar injures farmer after his wife was hospitalised last year in similar attack on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ORANGE grower needed hospital treatment after he was attacked by a wild boar on his Denia area plantation on the northern Costa Blanca. It

19 Aug, 2020 @ 12:37

Costa Blanca

Struggling bar and nightclub owners in Benidorm to protest against enforced COVID-19 closures on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BENIDORM bars and clubs hit by new restrictions to combat increasing COVID-19 cases on the Costa Blanca will protest against the measures this Sunday(August 23).

19 Aug, 2020 @ 12:04

Benidorm·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Arsonist Alert Over Series Of Marina Alta Area Blazes In Spain S Costa Blanca Region

Arsonist alert over woodland fires in Spain’s Costa Blanca region

A SINGLE arsonist could be responsible for a series of fires over two weekends in the Marina Alta region of the northern Costa Blanca. Experts

18 Aug, 2020 @ 16:10

Costa Blanca·Lead

Woman bares all in naked stroll through heart of Spain’s Murcia City

A 45-YEAR-OLD woman is to be charged with exhibitionism as she went on a naked walk through the streets of Murcia City. Her eventful day

18 Aug, 2020 @ 13:36

Costa Blanca

Coronavirus cases on Spain’s Costa Blanca increase by almost 50 per cent among young people

FIGURES released by the Valencian Community show that the number of younger people getting infected by COVID-19 is rising steeply. The region registered 715 new

18 Aug, 2020 @ 13:17

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

President of Spain’s Valencia region slammed for ‘breaking COVID-19 rules’ as he poses for pic while not wearing mask and ignoring social distancing

Opposition party member Jose Antonio Rovira demanded that Puig pay a fine for not wearing the personal protective gear, accusing him of 'not even complying

18 Aug, 2020 @ 13:06

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

COVID-19 closes down brothel on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BROTHEL in the southern Costa Blanca region has been closed down due to an outbreak of COVID-19. At least four people are said to

18 Aug, 2020 @ 11:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·National News

Staff shortages mean just 13% of COVID-19 rule breakers have so far been fined in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Partial public smoking ban in Andalucia from midnight as region follows Murcia in enforcing new coronavirus restrictions

ANDALUCIA has confirmed that new coronavirus restrictions will come into effect from midnight tonight (Sunday, August 16). All 11 new regulations are already in force

16 Aug, 2020 @ 19:24

Costa Blanca·Lead

City in Spain’s Costa Blanca receives over €2m for flood relief, but mayor keeps the news to himself

ORIHUELA City Council was told it would get over €2 million to alleviate the damage caused by the floods of September 2019, but the mayor

16 Aug, 2020 @ 19:01

Costa Blanca·Lead

Online Boom for Costa Blanca-based Furniture Retailer, Don Baraton

AN ILL WIND like this year’s Covid-19 pandemic in Spain has blown in some new opportunities for businesses to expand including the Costa Blanca-based online

15 Aug, 2020 @ 16:00

Costa Blanca·Property

Families ignoring COVID-19 restrictions to set up night time dining areas on Torrevieja’s closed beaches on the Costa Blanca

A Torrevieja councillor has slammed inconsiderate families who are ignoring barriers to set up outdoor night time dining rooms on the city’s beaches. The beaches

15 Aug, 2020 @ 13:49

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Carers accused of killing disabled Benidorm woman in money-motivated attack on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A MARRIED couple have been arrested by the Policia Nacional in the town of Jaca in northern Spain, on suspicion of killing and robbing a

15 Aug, 2020 @ 13:34

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Residents fume over rubbish piling up in tourist area of Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA COSTA residents have slammed the local council for letting rubbish pile up high on some of their streets. The area always gets a big

15 Aug, 2020 @ 11:57

Costa Blanca·Lead

Calpe On Spain S Costa Blanca Fights Beach Hoggers With Fines

Police move against beach hoggers hindering COVID-19 safety on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SELFISH beach hoggers in Calpe on the Costa Blanca are being fined if they put loungers, chairs, or umbrellas on local sands before 9.30am. The

14 Aug, 2020 @ 16:43

Costa Blanca

Beach lifeguard on Spain’s Costa Blanca admitted to hospital with suspected COVID-19

A 20-YEAR-OLD beach lifeguard working in the Dénia area has been admitted to Dénia Hospital’s ICU on suspicion of having contracted the coronavirus. Four other

14 Aug, 2020 @ 15:32

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Couple who run a cannabis club on Spain’s Costa Blanca get raided over home plantations soothed by music

A TORREVIEJA couple who played soothing music to their flat crammed with marijuana plants have been arrested by the Guardia Civil. Plants were found in

14 Aug, 2020 @ 12:54

Costa Blanca·Lead

Smokers Could Be Banned From Lighting Up Outdoors Unless Safety Distance Is Kept On Spain S Costa Blanca

Smokers could be banned from lighting up outdoors on Spain’s Costa Blanca if safety distance is not kept

SMOKERS may be stopped from lighting up in outdoor public areas of the Costa Blanca if they cannot keep two metres away from other people.

13 Aug, 2020 @ 14:53

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Scores of Franco’s victims to be exhumed and given dignified burials across Spain’s Costa Blanca

VICTIMS of Spain’s notorious dictator, General Franco, are to be exhumed across the region, with a tender process for the contract recently launched. The €88,000

13 Aug, 2020 @ 14:18

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Dutch And Spanish Tourists Die On Infamous Killer Road On Spain S Costa Blanca 2

Dutch and Spanish tourists die on infamous N-332 killer road south of Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO TOURISTS died yesterday(August 12) after a head-on collision between their vehicles on a major blackspot road on the Costa Blanca. The N-332 in El

13 Aug, 2020 @ 12:26

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Mayor slams ‘irresponsibility’ of bathers swimming under red flags, as culprits fined €500 on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A MAYOR has hit out at ‘irresponsible’ swimmers after two bathers ignored red flags flying at Guardamar del Segura, and took a dip. Seas had

13 Aug, 2020 @ 11:34

Costa Blanca·Lead

Scuba Diver Finds Ancient Artefacts Going Back 24 Centuries On Spain S Costa Blanca

Scuba diver stumbles across ancient artefacts off Spain’s Costa Blanca

A DIVER had the find of his life when he stumbled across the remains of a pre-Roman era ship in the sea off Denia. Initial

13 Aug, 2020 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca

Boat sinks off Spain’s Costa Blanca with crew rescued by migrant surveillance vessel

FIVE people aboard a pleasure boat were dramatically rescued as it was sunk in the waters of Cap Prim de Xabia on the northern Costa

12 Aug, 2020 @ 16:28

Costa Blanca

Town asks locals for pictures and videos as flood anniversary approaches in Spain’s Costa Blanca

REDOVAN council is preparing a video for the anniversary of the devastating Gota Fria and floods that killed seven people and tore into the fabric

12 Aug, 2020 @ 16:22

Costa Blanca

Six Frenchmen assault and rob man on street in Spain’s Costa Blanca

A SIX-STRONG group of Frenchmen have been arrested in Alicante this morning(August 12) after stealing money and a mobile phone from a Lithuanian man. The

12 Aug, 2020 @ 13:16

Alicante·Costa Blanca