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Weekend COVID-19 new case figures stabilise across Spain’s Costa Blanca
NEW COVID-19 cases have averaged around 200 for the third straight weekend in Alicante Province.
Valencian Health Ministry statistics released this afternoon(October 12) showed that...
Two men killed in ‘kamikaze’ crash on busy motorway on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO MEN died on Tuesday morning in a 'head-on' collision on the AP-7 motorway close to the Murcia-Valencia regional border.
The accident happened at around...
Third teenager in group rape assault within three weeks in Spain’s Valencia Province
THREE people have been arrested over an alleged gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in Gandia.
It's the third group rape of a teenager in...
Fire crew in Spain’s Benidorm rescue child trapped between iron fence and advertising billboard
A YOUNG boy got himself into a tight spot on Wednesday night in Benidorm after getting wedged between some iron bar fencing and an...
Woman took €133,000 in pension money from dead aunt on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A WOMAN faces four years behind bars for stealing €133,000 in state pensions from a dead aunt's bank account.
The unnamed Costa Blanca resident is...
Conservative Partido Popular ousts left-wing coalition that has ruled Spain’s Valencia region since 2015
CARLOS MAZON will be the new Valencian government president after the Partido Popular(PP) topped the poll in Sunday's regional elections.
Needing 50 seats to grab...
Fifth tremor in two days makes Spain’s Costa Blanca the earthquake hotspot of Europe
FOLLOWING two earthquakes reported in the Torrevieja area yesterday, another even bigger shock was felt in Alcoi this morning, in the hills above Benidorm.
With...
Unhappy ending for chiropractor in Valencia City
A MALE chiropractor operating in Valencia City has been arrested for sexually abusing two clients by fondling two clients in their buttocks and breasts,...
Muslim cleric found not guilty of creating jihadist terror group on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A MUSLIM cleric based on the Costa Blanca has been cleared by the National Court in Madrid of setting up a terrorist organisation and...
Storms predicted to give Spain’s Costa Blanca a big drenching
HEAVY rain is set to hit the Costa Blanca tomorrow(Thursday) with a yellow alert issued for coastal areas for Friday.
Forecasters have predicted widespread downpours,...
Spain’s Costa Blanca mirrors national fall in new COVID-19 cases
NEW COVID-19 infections in the Valencian Community are continuing to fall on a weekly basis.
Latest figures released last night(December 2) declared 1,419 new cases...
New COVID-19 infections continue to flatten out in Spain’s Valencian Community
THE weekly trend of new COVID-19 cases shows a flattening out of figures across the Valencian Community.
1,695 infections were reported in the region, according...
Mayor plans ‘green corridor’ to unite city currently split asunder by rail line on Spain’s Costa Blanca
CALLOSA DE SEGURA Mayor, Manuel Martínez, wants a train line through the municipality to be dismantled because, “the tracks cross the city and split...
British fugitive paedophile arrested in his fortified home on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A CONVICTED PAEDOPHILE who abused children aged 9 to 11 has been caught after spending almost a month on the run from UK authorities.
His...
80-year-old dies after driving on the wrong side of a motorway on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN 80-year-old man died after a five kilometre drive on the wrong side of the AP-7 motorway in the Torrevieja area.
He collided with a...
BLACKEST DAY yet for COVID-19 deaths in Spain’s Valencian Community
92 people have died in just 24 hours in the highest single day COVID-19 death toll in the Valencian Community.
3,413 lives have now been...
Extended curfew call and reduced social mixing plans from Spain’s Valencian Community
VALENCIAN President, Ximo Puig, will ask the Spanish government today(January 20) for permission to bring forward the start of the region's curfew to 8.00...
NO LET UP in high COVID-19 infections in Spain’s Valencian Community
9.579 new coronavirus infections were declared last night(January 26) in the Valencian Community.
That's a rise of 1,156 cases on the Monday total, which is...
Police chase six people after 290km taxi journey to beat Alicante curfew on Spain’s Costa Blanca
SIX people have been arrested in Alicante after travelling 290 kilometres from Almeria to try to break the city's weekend perimeter closure.
Details of Saturday's...
Over 200 trees to be planted in new forest to improve biodiversity on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A NEW initiative in the Vega Baja area of Spain’s Costa Blanca South will see over 200 trees planted to form a new forest...
NEW COVID-19 infections fall by half in just a week in Spain’s Valencian Community
NEW COVID-19 cases have more than halved over a week in the Valencian Community.
Latest figures from the regional health ministry declared 2,065 coronavirus infections...
New sewer is just the start of ‘various projects’ promised by mayor in popular expat area on Spain’s Costa...
SAN FULGENCIO, in the Costa Blanca’s Vega Baja region, is due to have a modernised sewer installed that the mayor described as “very necessary”.
But...
‘UNSOCIAL NETWORK’ as teenage boy hijacks teachers social media sites in ‘sex for grades’ postings in Spain’s Valencian Community
A 14-year-old boy has got himself into hot water after hijacking social media accounts belonging to two of his teachers.
He posted messages that offered...
Tireless efforts of Age Concern leader who has helped many people on Spain’s southern Costa Blanca
MAUREEN Payne, president of Age Concern Costa Blanca Sur, has been one of the region's most prominent figures in helping people within the community.
She...
Foot-chase through streets of expat urbanisation leads to arrest of hooded car thief on Spain’s Costa Blanca
SAN FULGENCIO local police caught a hooded car thief that had been spotted by shoppers at a local retail complex.
Additional street patrols and checkpoints...
Bar owners that screened pirated La Liga soccer on Spain’s Costa Blanca could get one-year jail terms
UP to 50 Alicante City bar owners could each get a one-year prison sentence for screening La Liga football matches without paying for a...
LATEST NEWS FROM THE COSTA BLANCA
Iryo becomes third high-speed train operator from Friday on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE HIGH SPEED train war on the Alicante to Madrid line goes up another notch on Friday as Iryo launches its service with low-fares...
