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Irish boy, 3, has died following shock swimming pool accident in Alicante on Spain’s Costa Blanca

GUARDIA Civil have confirmed an Irish boy, aged 3, has died following a shock swimming pool accident in Alicante. The boy was rushed by helicopter

13 Aug, 2019 @ 14:14

Costa Blanca·Lead

Holidaymaker hospitalised for and left with plaster cast after suffering fish bite in Costa Blanca waters

A SPANISH holidaymaker has suffered a partially-severed tendon in her leg after she was bitten by a mystery fish in Costa Blanca waters. The attack

13 Aug, 2019 @ 02:41

Costa Blanca·Lead

Irish boy, 3, fighting for his life after nearly drowning in a swimming pool in Alicante

A THREE-year-old boy is in a critical condition after nearly drowning in a swimming pool accident in Alicante. Emergency services were alerted at 9.15 this

13 Aug, 2019 @ 00:51

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Tourists ‘sprayed by cars’ as sewage pipe bursts at Costa Blanca beach resort releasing 56,000 litres of human waste

PEDESTRIANS were ‘sprayed by cars’ after a sewage pipe burst at La Zenia beach resort releasing 56,000 litres of stinking human waste. The spill was

11 Aug, 2019 @ 22:54

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‘WE ALL NEED FIRST AID TRAINING’: Mum’s plea as daughter, 4, saved by hungover lad on flight from Alicante

A MUM from Teesside has pleaded for people to ‘be first aid trained’ after her four-year-old daughter’s life was saved on a flight home from

11 Aug, 2019 @ 18:54

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Valencian Community expects highest-temperatures EVER as whole region on weather alert this Friday

THE Valencian Community is expecting to see its temperature record broken today as the whole region is put on hot weather alert. Manises, near Valencia

9 Aug, 2019 @ 10:59

Costa Blanca·Lead

Stars and ensembles of crickets come complementary with the hand-made Mongolian yurts at Yurtas Pepita on the Costa Blanca

I was skeptical I would see any stars as I turned down the bumpy dirt tracks of Chella, just outside the 30,000-strong town of Xativa.

8 Aug, 2019 @ 18:43

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Girl, 14, leaps onto balcony clothesline screaming ‘my father wants to rape me’ before neighbours break down the door in Valencia

A TEENAGE girl has risked death by leaping onto a balcony clothesline from her fourth-floor apartment in Valencia. The teen, 14, reportedly screamed ‘my father

8 Aug, 2019 @ 17:44

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Costa Blanca daredevil killed after parachute failed to open in 150ft fall from cement factory in Alicante

A DAREDEVIL who snuck into an Alicante cement factory in the dead of night to jump from a 150ft chimney died after his parachute partially-opened.

8 Aug, 2019 @ 13:10

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Marbella waiter so ‘disgusted’ by ‘slave-like’ treatment of workers on Spain’s Costa del Sol he moved to UK to be a lorry driver

Jesus Herencias, who moved to the UK in 2004, said he tried to return to his hometown in 2016 but could not find decent employment

7 Aug, 2019 @ 17:30

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Passengers use evacuation slides after British Airways plane fills with smoke and lands in Valencia

A BRITISH Airways plane has made an emergency landing in Valencia after smoke engulfed the entire cabin. Videos posted to social media show passengers using the evacuation slide

7 Aug, 2019 @ 11:11

Costa Blanca·Lead

NOT TRUE: Costa Blanca councillor responds to accusations that Denia’s new dog shelter will be a ‘kill station’ for abandoned canines

DENIA’S councillor for public safety has responded to claims the new municipal dog shelter will become a ‘kill station’. Javier Scotto today told the Olive

6 Aug, 2019 @ 15:31

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WHERE’S WILLY? British expat describes horror at finding ‘dead body’ by Costa Blanca bin before realising it was a sex toy

A BRITISH expat has described her ‘shock’ at finding a bizarre ‘sex toy’ dumped by a Costa Blanca bin. Lesley-Ann Hutchinson approached the refuse area

6 Aug, 2019 @ 13:36

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FELINE GOOD! Volunteers praise ‘huge step forward’ by Costa Blanca municipality to officially authorise street cat feeders

CONTROVERSIAL street cat feeders in Javea may soon be given special IDs to carry on giving food to abandoned felines. It comes after the town

6 Aug, 2019 @ 13:12

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

SAVE OUR SEAHORSES! A British metal detectors club battling to save seahorses on the Costa Blanca

A BRITISH metal detecting club is aiding a local environmental group to save endangered seahorses on the Costa Blanca. Two teams from the Asociacion de

6 Aug, 2019 @ 12:11

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Fatalities from drowning double as Spain sees three deaths a DAY in July

FATALITIES due to drowning have doubled in Spain as its shores saw three deaths a day in July. A total of 94 people drowned in

5 Aug, 2019 @ 19:16

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LOAD OF CRAP? Town Hall tells Olive Press it ‘can’t confirm’ viral trend to poo in Spanish swimming pools despite widespread UK coverage

A TOWN Hall has told the Olive Press it ‘can’t confirm’ a viral trend to poo in Spanish swimming pools despite widespread coverage in UK

5 Aug, 2019 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Drop in British tourists heading to Spain due to Brexit can be replaced by Germans and French, new figures suggest

According to the National Institute of Statistics, June saw a 5.3% drop in British tourists year-on-year

5 Aug, 2019 @ 12:13

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Five Man U fans arrested in Alicante airport by Spanish cops chasing them for drunken rampage during Sevilla match last year

FIVE Man United football fans accused of a drunken rampage in Spain last year have been arrested after flying back to the country for a

5 Aug, 2019 @ 11:24

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

British-run currency exchange hit by ‘professional’ thieves in broad daylight on a Sunday afternoon in Calpe on the Costa Blanca

A BRITISH-run post office and currency exchange has been left shocked after ‘professional’ thieves stole €9,000 in broad daylight. Postal Connections, in Calpe, suffered the

5 Aug, 2019 @ 10:57

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

UPDATE: Two seriously injured after collision between coach and three cars on AP-7 motorway outside Alicante

GUARDIA have confirmed two people are seriously injured after a coach collided with three cars on the AP-7 motorway outside Alicante. The bus, reportedly ‘full

4 Aug, 2019 @ 18:09

Costa Blanca·Lead

Man gored to death by bull at Alicante festival

A man has died at a Spanish festival after being knocked to the ground and gored by a young bull. The unnamed 26-year-old was standing

4 Aug, 2019 @ 10:30

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The mighty power of Facebook groups is harnessed by Loraine Gostling in the hunt for her missing pooch

My pondering journeys over the last week have taken me to many places. Much of my inspiration for writing this column obviously comes from life

4 Aug, 2019 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Loraine Gostling: Getting Connected

‘Bus full of tourists’ crashes on AP-7 motorway towards Alicante Airport

A BUS reportedly ‘full of tourists’ has crashed on the AP-7 motorway outside Alicante. The incident was spotted by an eyewitness at 11.49pm on Saturday

4 Aug, 2019 @ 00:41

Costa Blanca·Lead