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Councils across Spain’s Costa Blanca ban San Juan bonfire jumping parties and prohibit beach access on June 23

COSTA BLANCA councils have banned the annual San Juan beach bonfire fiestas from happening next week. Municipalities across the region said the popular gatherings can’t

19 Jun, 2020 @ 18:19

Costa Blanca·La Cultura

Denia Town Hall launches WhatsApp service for instant jellyfish, weather and COVID-19 alerts

DENIA Town Hall has announced a free WhatsApp service for alerts concerning the destination’s coveted beaches. From tomorrow, June 20, anyone signing up to the

19 Jun, 2020 @ 17:08

Costa Blanca·Travel News

Uk Bake Off And Mary Berry Fans Dent Flour Exports To Expat Areas Like Spain

Expat supermarket suggests UK home bakers emulating ‘Mary Berry’ during lockdown to blame for drop in UK flour exports to Spain

UK home bakers emulating their celebrity heroes during lockdown may be to blame for a ‘drop’ in British flour supplies to Spanish retailers. The huge

19 Jun, 2020 @ 16:48

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead·Other News

Regional Capital City Dominates Fresh Covid Cases In Spain S Valencian Community

The 33 municipalities that registered new COVID-19 cases this week in Spain’s Valencian Community – inc. Benidorm and El Campello

JUST 33 of 542 municipalities in the Valencian Community have registered new coronavirus cases in the last week, according to official government figures. The breakdown

19 Jun, 2020 @ 16:20

Costa Blanca·Health

WATCH: Alicante wildlife expert films himself swimming through ‘horrible’ microplastic soup beneath stunning Cala de Ali beach

A VIDEO showing plastic pollution beneath one of Alicante’s most stunning beaches has gone viral with over 140,000 views in just four days. Wildlife expert

19 Jun, 2020 @ 13:34

Costa Blanca·Environment

Locked Out Man Suffers Fatal Balcony Slip On Spain S Costa Blanca

Man leaves keys in mother’s apartment block in Denia and dies in attempt to scale third-floor balcony

A 54-year old man has died after locking himself out of a Denia area apartment block and falling to the ground in an attempt to

19 Jun, 2020 @ 13:08

Costa Blanca

Patients Visiting Health Centres Without Appointment To Be Vetted In Spain S Valencian Community

Health centres across Valencian Community to begin turning away patients without an appointment – details here

HEALTH centres across the Valencian Community are launching a triage system next Monday (June 22) meaning people who just turn up without an appointment to

19 Jun, 2020 @ 12:43

Costa Blanca·Health

Animal rescue centre ‘washed away’ risking lives of 48 animals during gota fria starts campaign to build ‘forever home’ on Costa Blanca

AFTER devastating floods, helicopter rescues and a family split asunder, Big Red’s Animal Rescue Centre has now found it’s ‘forever home’. The devastating gota fria

18 Jun, 2020 @ 18:31

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Spain Set To Increase Virus Tests As Emergency Period Ends

Spain’s gov. will PCR test all close contacts of COVID-19 patients as country exits state of alarm this Sunday

SPAIN is to ramp up coronavirus testing as the country gets ready to come out of the State of Alarm this Sunday (June 21). Concerns

18 Jun, 2020 @ 13:49

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Mallorca

Spains Airports Are Cutting Charges To Boost Number Of Services Flying Into Country

Airlines to be gifted ‘lower landing fees’ to boost airborne tourism to Spain from July 1

AIR carriers flying into Spain’s airports are to be charged lower landing fees in a move aimed at boosting the number of flights in the

18 Jun, 2020 @ 13:33

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

WATCH: 5-month baby in care after suffering cocaine poisoning following drug-fuelled car crash with underage parent in Spain’s Murcia

A five-month-old baby has been taken into care in Murcia after it was found to have a high level of cocaine in a urine sample.

18 Jun, 2020 @ 13:18

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Polluted Water From Murcias Mar Menor Goes On Show In Regional Assembly

Opposition waves bottle of ‘dirty water’ from Mar Menor in Murcia assembly as EU begins investigation in one of Europe’s ‘biggest environmental problems’

A bottle of polluted water from the Mar Menor was waved in the air yesterday to prove a point during a session of Murcia’s Regional

18 Jun, 2020 @ 12:59

Costa Blanca·Environment

Hailstorms this spring devastate grape, orange and pomegranate crops by 40% in Spain’s Costa Blanca

DOWNPOURS across Spain’s Costa Blanca this spring have devastated crops by up to 40%, according to recent figures out this week. Throughout May and into

18 Jun, 2020 @ 12:55

Costa Blanca·Environment

90% of all patients in Spain’s Valencian Community now beaten COVID-19, though deaths double overnight

NINE of every 10 coronavirus patients in Spain’s Valencian Community are now cured of the virus, today’s figures have shown. A total of 87 Valencianos

17 Jun, 2020 @ 19:03

Costa Blanca

Sunday shopping returns to Valencian Community this weekend

SUNDAY shopping returns to the Valencian Community’s tourist areas this weekend (June 21) right through to next January. Before 2018, large and medium-sized stores in

17 Jun, 2020 @ 18:41

Costa Blanca

Valencian government makes plans to upgrade CV-95 between Orihuela and Torrevieja to a dual-carriageway

PLANS to turn a key southern Costa Blanca road into a dual carriageway are to be revisited some 13 years after the original project was

17 Jun, 2020 @ 18:34

Costa Blanca

EXCLUSIVE: Police sources confirm ‘British involvement’ in Torrevieja-based pyramid scheme fraud that fleeced €10 million from 250 victims

POLICE sources have confirmed ‘British involvement’ in a boiler room gang that fleeced at least €10 million from investors seeking high returns on an outrageous

17 Jun, 2020 @ 15:31

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Polticians In Spain Call For Cash To Be Phased Out To Stop Tax Dodgers

Spain’s government plans movement towards ‘cashless’ society

SPAIN may take future steps towards cash transactions becoming something of the past, according to a plan put forward by the ruling coalition in Madrid’s

17 Jun, 2020 @ 13:52

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca

Spain S Tourist Bosses Warn Of Catastrophe If British Cannot Travel To Costa Blanca

Top Spanish tourism association begs government to permit air travel corridors between Spain and ‘parts of the UK that have low coronavirus rates’

A TOP Spanish tourist association says that air travel corridors between the UK and Spain have to be set up as losing British visitors would

17 Jun, 2020 @ 12:48

Costa Blanca·Lead

Foreign Arrivals At Airport Will Have To Give Contact Details In Spain S Costa Blanca

Tourists flying to Spain’s Alicante airport to be required to inform authorities of contact details and holiday destination

FOREIGN travellers flying into Alicante-Elche airport will have to fill in a form with details of their home area and final destination, to stop any

17 Jun, 2020 @ 12:32

Costa Blanca·Lead

Three arrested in Alicante for robbing car owners using the ‘Peruvian method’ – watch method here

GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested three men in Alicante who robbed unsuspecting car owners using the so-called Peruvian method. The thieves punctured car tyres and robbed

17 Jun, 2020 @ 11:11

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Snooker star Willie Thorne dies at Torrevieja Hospital surrounded by family following cancer battle and septic shock

SNOOKER legend Willie Thorne has early this morning died surrounded by his family at Torrevieja’s Hospital Universitario. The 66-year-old Leicester-born star announced he was being

17 Jun, 2020 @ 10:38

Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca To Get Early Flu Jabs To Avoid Convid Confusion

Valencian Community announces ‘massive vaccination campaign’ to avoid mistaking influenza symptoms for COVID-19

THE Valencian Community plans to launch an annual flu vaccination campaign earlier than normal because of the coronavirus crisis. The vaccinations will not be mandatory,

16 Jun, 2020 @ 19:01

Costa Blanca·Lead

Just 12 COVID-19 patients remain in intensive care across Spain’s Valencian Community

JUST 12 coronavirus patients remain in intensive care (UCI) in hospitals across the Valencian Community. It is the lowest figure since a state of alarm

16 Jun, 2020 @ 18:48

Costa Blanca·Health

Snooker star Willie Thorne put into coma in Spain’s Torrevieja following battle with leukaemia

EX-snooker player turned TV commentator, Willie Thorne, has been placed into an induced coma in a Spanish hospital after suffering from respiratory failure. The 66-year-old

16 Jun, 2020 @ 18:21

Celebrity·Costa Blanca·Lead

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WATCH: 3m-long bigeye thresher shark plucked from Alicante’s port

A 3m-long ‘bigeye thresher’ shark has been plucked out of Alicante port waters this week. The body of the shark was spotted by port authorities

16 Jun, 2020 @ 18:02

Costa Blanca·Environment

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Councils across Spain’s Costa Blanca ban San Juan bonfire jumping parties and prohibit beach access on June 23

Denia Town Hall launches WhatsApp service for instant jellyfish, weather and COVID-19 alerts

Expat supermarket suggests UK home bakers emulating ‘Mary Berry’ during lockdown to blame for drop in UK flour exports to Spain

The 33 municipalities that registered new COVID-19 cases this week in Spain’s Valencian Community – inc. Benidorm and El Campello

WATCH: Alicante wildlife expert films himself swimming through ‘horrible’ microplastic soup beneath stunning Cala de Ali beach

Man leaves keys in mother’s apartment block in Denia and dies in attempt to scale third-floor balcony

Health centres across Valencian Community to begin turning away patients without an appointment – details here

Animal rescue centre ‘washed away’ risking lives of 48 animals during gota fria starts campaign to build ‘forever home’ on Costa Blanca

Spain’s gov. will PCR test all close contacts of COVID-19 patients as country exits state of alarm this Sunday

Airlines to be gifted ‘lower landing fees’ to boost airborne tourism to Spain from July 1

WATCH: 5-month baby in care after suffering cocaine poisoning following drug-fuelled car crash with underage parent in Spain’s Murcia

Opposition waves bottle of ‘dirty water’ from Mar Menor in Murcia assembly as EU begins investigation in one of Europe’s ‘biggest environmental problems’

Hailstorms this spring devastate grape, orange and pomegranate crops by 40% in Spain’s Costa Blanca

90% of all patients in Spain’s Valencian Community now beaten COVID-19, though deaths double overnight

Sunday shopping returns to Valencian Community this weekend

Valencian government makes plans to upgrade CV-95 between Orihuela and Torrevieja to a dual-carriageway

EXCLUSIVE: Police sources confirm ‘British involvement’ in Torrevieja-based pyramid scheme fraud that fleeced €10 million from 250 victims

Spain’s government plans movement towards ‘cashless’ society

Top Spanish tourism association begs government to permit air travel corridors between Spain and ‘parts of the UK that have low coronavirus rates’

Tourists flying to Spain’s Alicante airport to be required to inform authorities of contact details and holiday destination

Three arrested in Alicante for robbing car owners using the ‘Peruvian method’ – watch method here

Snooker star Willie Thorne dies at Torrevieja Hospital surrounded by family following cancer battle and septic shock

Valencian Community announces ‘massive vaccination campaign’ to avoid mistaking influenza symptoms for COVID-19

Just 12 COVID-19 patients remain in intensive care across Spain’s Valencian Community

Snooker star Willie Thorne put into coma in Spain’s Torrevieja following battle with leukaemia

WATCH: 3m-long bigeye thresher shark plucked from Alicante’s port

Horror on the Costa del Sol as woman’s legs are crushed beneath reversing bus bound for Marbella

‘We’re all really worried’: Every centimetre added to full Montejaque dam could cause 20 million litres of water to overflow

Bargain boom in Spain: Low-cost supermarkets grab record market share with more shoppers hunting for cut-price deals

Mystery solved after human skull found in Malaga drain identified as 59-year-old man who disappeared during Covid pandemic

WATCH: Iconic Barcelona tower shakes violently as Catalunya is battered by 160km/h hurricane-force gusts