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 Winehouse
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 Blanca
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 ‘illegal immigrant’
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 she
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 Blanca
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 €100,000 of stolen cash
A BRITISH couple who were caring for an elderly pair have been given four years in jail after an Alicante court found they had ‘fraudulently’
Two men using fake €500 notes ‘so good they were undetectable by machines’ caught after blowing 15 of them in an Alicante casino
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
‘Record-breaking’ bites from blood-sucking black fly as region sprays 5,000 litres of insecticide near Spain’s Costa Blanca
A SUMMER of ‘plagues’ has been predicted by a leading Spanish pest-control association as the country sees record-breaking bites from the ‘blood-sucking black fly‘. Spain’s
THIRD heatwave to hit the Costa Blanca this weekend with temperatures already reaching 40.7 degrees
A THIRD blast of hot Saharan air is expected to hit the Costa Blanca this weekend, with temperatures today already reaching 40.7 degrees in Xativa.
Brit, 20, robbed of €400 by ‘hugger muggers’ in Benidorm on day one of first-ever lads’ holiday
A BRIT has been robbed of €400 by a gang of women in Benidorm on day one of his first-ever lads’ holiday. Alex Ayland, 20,
Turron de Alicante beats turron de Jijona in campaign for iconic WhatsApp emoji expected ‘within months’
TURRON de Alicante has been selected over turron de Jijona in the campaign for a new WhatsApp emoji expected ‘within months’. Blog madeinjijona.com explained that
Electric scooter riders soon to require helmet and insurance on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ELECTRIC scooter riders will soon require a helmet and insurance in new measures to be ‘imminently’ introduced in Alicante. Alicante Town Hall’s Department of Mobility
WATCH: Brit penniless after being kicked onto street with 6-month pregnant girlfriend by ‘abusive’ step-father on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A British man has been left penniless after he and his six-month pregnant girlfriend were kicked onto the street by her step-father on the Costa
Spanish policeman ‘hero’ in New York after saving US officer from violent assault
A SPANISH policeman holidaying in New York has been applauded as a ‘hero’ after he saved a US officer from a violent assault. Ruben Castillo,
WASTE NOT: Benidorm begins crackdown on buffets as ‘1 tonne’ of food waste thrown away per restaurant each year
BRITS could soon be forced to go without big buffet meals at Spanish resorts as Benidorm has become the first destination to address food waste.
X Factor star Danny Tetley in Benidorm for shows to last all summer
X FACTOR star Danny Tetley has come back to Benidorm for exclusive shows to last all summer. The Bradford-born singer just missed out on X
WATCH: Europe’s largest aquarium evacuated after fire at Oceanografic de Valencia
EUROPE’S largest aquarium with 45,000 animals has been evacuated after a fire broke out at the Oceanografic de Valencia. The blaze reportedly started at 10.30am
Activists say one of Mercadona’s biggest free-range egg producers is ‘lying’ about welfare after 39 sick hens rescued from giant barn in Valencia
ENVIRONMENTAL activists have stormed one of Spain’s biggest egg producers, accusing the company of ‘lying’ after free-range hens were found in ‘terrible conditions’ near Valencia.
PICS: The Hogueras de San Juan in Alicante were ‘insane’, but that’s why we love Spain, writes Joshua Parfitt
There are few religious festivals you can bring a towel to. There are even fewer you can insult a fireman at. The Fogueres de San
Love Island fail as girls ask if Barcelona is in ROME
THE Love Island girls have suffered an embarrassing geography fail after asking if Barcelona was in Rome. Fans were stunned as Joanna Chimonides, 22, and
FOR CHRIST’S SAKE: Completion of Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia in trouble AGAIN as 3,000 residents fear their homes will become building site
A RESIDENT’S association has begun legal action to stop the completion of Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Familia. Construction of the emblematic cathedral stalled after architect Antoni
