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SPEEDY GONZALEZ: Valencia’s 2018 marathon champ caught running off with stolen clothes and a robot vacuum
VALENCIA'S 2018 regional marathon champion has been implicated in a string of thefts for which he uses his prodigious legs to run from the...
Costa Blanca residents furious as beaches are ‘closed off’ by piles of putrefying posidonia seagrass
RESIDENTS have taken to social media to express disgust over piles of posidonia seagrass so thick they 'can't get to the sea'.
One resident in...
RELIEF: Cool air to hit the Costa Blanca this Sunday with temperatures dropping to 30°C
THE heatwaves throughout July felt like they would never end.
But relief is on the horizon as a 'temperature drop' is expected to hit Alicante...
Ryanair refuse British nurse a flight home from Alicante after her ‘swollen face’ didn’t match passport picture
RYANAIR has refused boarding to a British nurse after her face swelled up and no longer matched her passport picture.
Shannon Wotherspoon, 24, was stranded...
SALE: Up to 50% off at unique upholsterer and furniture supplier Harris Furnishings in Pedreguer
HARRIS Furnishings is celebrating its third anniversary with a sale, offering up to 50% off selected items in store until August.
The family-run business relocated...
Brit arrested after pretending he was robbed in Benidorm
A BRITISH man has been arrested after pretending to police he was robbed in Benidorm.
The man, 45, made a falsified denuncia claiming two thugs...
British expats in Spain would have ‘strong case’ to sue UK government in case of no-deal Brexit, MP warns
“As a former UK government lawyer I can reasonably foresee an enormous unprecedented amount of litigation raised by British citizens"
One-year-old baby among three tourists killed in car collision on the AP-7 motorway near Alicante
A ONE-YEAR-OLD baby has been named among three fatalities following a tragic car crash near El Campello on the Costa Blanca.
Paramedics attempted to resuscitate...
Expat, 61, murders his wife, 57, and tries to commit suicide in Calpe on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN expat has murdered his wife, age 57, and then turned the blade on himself in a suicide attempt on Spain's Costa Blanca.
The horrific...
Family of injured British tourist who broke his neck on a Benidorm waterslide blast Aqualandia’s denial of responsibility
THE family of a British tourist who broke his neck on a Benidorm waterslide have blasted Aqualandia's denial of responsibility.
Commenting on a social media,...
PLEASE FIND EINSTEIN!: Expat pleads for help after 60-year-old talking parrot STOLEN from Costa Blanca restaurant
AN expat is pleading for help after a 60-year-old talking parrot was stolen from his restaurant on the Costa Blanca.
Thieves broke into the Tenere...
OPINION: The ruling that Javier Sanchez is Julio Iglesias’ third-born son is about more than money – it’s about...
“For so long, hiding the truth with lies.”
These are the words to one of Julio Iglesias’ most enduring anthems, ‘Se Me Olvide de Vivir’.
He...
British expat launches cervical cancer awareness campaign after mum dies at just 41 on Spain’s Costa Blanca
SHARON Norrie tragically passed away last month at the untimely age of 41, from complications that began as cervical cancer.
The well-loved commercial director of...
YOU TOO?: Brit scammed by bogus Sky TV box distributor fears ‘many more’ could be affected on Spain’s Costa...
A BRITISH expat claims he has been scammed by a Costa Blanca company offering bogus Sky TV boxes.
Ray Gardner, who runs Moraira Plumbing, paid...
REVEALED: Amy Winehouse wrote three songs from Back to Black while holidaying in Alicante
FEW knew that when the soulful, heart-wrenching vocals of Back to Black hit top-ten charts around the world in 2006, they would turn Amy...
SIMPLY THE REST: Driving through Spain this summer? Here are the best boutique hotels to stop at en route
Depending on your route, you will pass some of Spain’s most emblematic cities and towns
French couple, 80 and 66, injured after paddling pool crashes through terrace floor into garage below on Spain’s Costa...
A FRENCH couple were injured in Mutxamel, Alicante, when their paddling pool broke through the terrace where they had set it up.
The couple were...
OWN MEDICINE: Lawyer arrested in Murcia court after speeding to a trial on a traffic accident
A TARDY Murcia lawyer who sped to a trial was arrested in court by police agents testifying in the same case.
The man, whose name...
British holidaymaker, 23, could be ‘permanently paralysed’ after breaking neck on waterslide in Benidorm’s Aqualandia
A BRITISH holidaymaker's life has changed forever after a horrific freak accident at Benidorm's Aqualandia left him paralysed.
David Briffaut, 23, was pulled semi-conscious from...
Alicante rapist jailed for 12 years after claiming asylum seeker, 26, could not report him because she was an...
A CONVICTED criminal has been sent back to prison for 12 years after raping an asylum seeker and claiming she couldn’t denounce him ‘because...
IN PICS: Forest fire escalates on Spain’s Costa Blanca as 45 people are evacuated
A FOREST fire raging on Spain's Costa Blanca has seen 45 people evacuated from their homes.
The fire was reported at 14:30 today in Beneixama,...
British man, 46, arrested after stabbing 20-year-old at 11AM in a bar in Alfaz del Pi on the Costa...
A BRITISH man, 46, has been detained after stabbing a 20-year-old at 11am in a bar in Alfaz del Pi.
The men, both British, were...
THIRTEEN air units battle forest fire in Beneixama on Spain’s Costa Blanca as ‘Level 2 emergency’ is declared
A LEVEL 2 emergency situation has been declared as 13 airborne units battle a raging forest fire in Beneixama on Spain's Costa Blanca.
The emergency...
British carers given four years in jail for defrauding elderly couple of €270,000 in Alicante – but will KEEP...
A BRITISH couple who were caring for an elderly pair have been given four years in jail after an Alicante court found they had...
Two men using fake €500 notes ‘so good they were undetectable by machines’ caught after blowing 15 of them...
TWO men have been arrested in Alicante for using fake €500 bank notes so good they were 'undetectable by machines'.
The sting came after the...
WATCH: Paul ‘Gazza’ Gascoigne speaks to the Olive Press about how public speaking has given him his ‘football buzz’...
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LATEST NEWS FROM THE COSTA BLANCA
Wild boar sightings soar to 74% of all municipalities in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas
WILD BOAR sightings have soared over a year in the Valencian Community according to the Ministry of Agriculture.
283 municipalities reported sightings in the region...
