RED and orange warnings for SNOW and rough seas in Spain’s Alicante and Valencia
WEATHER agency AEMET has issued dozens of warnings across Spain for this Sunday as another gota fria is expected to bring snow and rain. Alicante
OPINION: Consultant psychologist slams Alicante Airport’s ‘chaotic and inhumane’ response to paralysing Wednesday fire
I was on a flight from Alicante to Leeds yesterday. When the fire broke out in the airport it was noticed by passengers some 20mins
Luxury Plaza Mayor shopping outlet on Spain’s Costa del Sol scammed out of €120,000 by Valencia-based scammers posing as high ranking employee
SEVERAL cyber-scammers have been arrested after hacking high-ranking employees of a luxury shopping outlet and defrauding them of €120,000. The four arrested in Valencia helped
‘Floating sofas’ now on offer at Costa Blanca outdoor furniture supplier
JUST when you thought your garden was complete, someone invents a floating sofa. The new addition to Costa Blanca exterior furniture supplier Dumas Design takes
Costa Blanca town celebrates citizens’ ‘titanic’ struggle against marching sands
GUARDAMAR will pay tribute to the people that prevented a movement of sand that could have engulfed the town, over a century ago. Saturday January
Spanish MEP tells Brits: “the European Union will always be your home’
ON THE last session of European parliament before Brexit on January 31, a Spanish MEP had a clear message for expats wanting to remain part
Alicante airport re-opens 24 hours after blaze on roof caused mass diversions and cancellations
ALICANTE airport has re-opened 24 hours after a fire on its roof caused a wave of flight cancellations and diversions. The fifth busiest airport in
WATCH: Tonne of narcotics found hidden in furniture leaving Costa Blanca’s Alicante for France – 18 arrested
A DRUGS trafficking operation that transported tonnes of narcotics between Alicante and France has been busted by National Police. A total of 18 arrests were
Reopening at fire-ravaged Costa Blanca airport is postponed even further
Operations have been further affected at Alicante-Elche Airport, where a roof fire saw thousands evacuated, yesterday afternoon. The reopening is postponed and will not take
Campaigners slam ‘squandering of public money’ as Murcia’s trouble-ridden Corvera Airport celebrates its first anniversary
MURCIA region’s ‘new’ airport, Corvera, celebrates its first anniversary today, after an auspicious opening in January 2019. Although the hi-tech replacement for the much-loved and
Fears that Alicante Airport could remain closed ‘all night’ as authorities say firefighters still working to extinguish fire in insulation
ALICANTE Airport could remain shut until tomorrow morning after authorities have said firefighting efforts will take ‘all night’. The Valencian Community’s 112 emergency service has
Protests against ‘Multilingualism Law’ that will mandate Valenciano in schools to hit the Costa Blanca this Saturday, January 18
PROTESTS against the ‘Multilingualism Law’ that will mandate the use of Valenciano in all Valencian Community schools have been organised across the Costa Blanca for
WATCH: Roof catches fire at Alicante Airport while thousands of passengers remain outside terminal
THE roof at Alicante Airport caught fire today causing all passengers in the main terminal to evacuate while incoming flights have been diverted. The fire
BREAKING: Fire at Alicante airport sees ‘thousands’ of passengers evacuated while flights diverted
ALICANTE airport has been evacuated this afternoon after a fire reportedly stopped flights. No one has been reported injured while a team of 15 firefighters
Valencian government slices 20 days off waiting times for operations – but patients still wait an average of FOUR months to see the surgeon
WAITING times for operations in the Valencian Community are currently averaging 113 days – or four months – across all the region’s hospitals. Figures released
Two plumbers die in septic tank servicing urbanisation on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO plumbers have tragically died after attempting to repair a septic tank at an urbanisation on Spain’s Costa Blanca. The workers, aged 59 and 38,
Sniffer dog Piba finds Alzheimer’s sufferer, 70, after going missing for three days on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A SNIFFER dog with the Policia Nacional has discovered an Alzheimer’s sufferer, 70, who went missing for three days on Spain’s Costa Blanca. The dog,
SNOW JOKE: Gota frÃa warnings as Alicante Climate Lab predicts rain and snow to hit the Costa Blanca this Sunday
A ‘PRETTY POWERFUL’ gota frÃa weather event has been predicted to hit the Costa Blanca from this Sunday, according to Alicante University’s Climatology Laboratory. The
Costa Blanca holiday home registration doubles in four years, after owners threatened with sanctions
LAST YEAR closed with over 81,000 holiday apartments registered in the region, nearly double the number recorded in 2015. Figures released by the Valencian Community
PICS: View inside a €500,000 apartment from Spain’s tallest residential building set for 2021 completion date
BELEAGUERED by elevator crashes, worker strikes and five years of paralysis, Spain’s tallest residential building finally has a completion date set for next year. The
Flu epidemic in Spain’s Murcia region sees 150 extra medics drafted in to cope with ten-fold increase in cases
EPIDEMIC levels of influenza have been reached in Murcia according to the regional Department for Health. An extra 150 medics are being drafted in to
NO WAY JOSE: Most popular baby names ‘José’ and ‘Josefa’ replaced by what two newcomers on Spain’s Costa Blanca?
JOSE and Josefa continue to be the most common names for men and women in the Marina Alta region of Spain’s Costa Blanca. But changing
Crafty Costa Calida criminals arrested after run of holiday home robberies going back to 2018
TWO men responsible for a dozen robberies at empty holiday homes near Cartagena have been arrested. Guardia Civil officers have been tracking the pair, aged
Expat arrested on suspicion of murder after pushing stepfather through French window on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A 40-year-old expat has been arrested on suspicion of murder after allegedly pushing his stepfather through a French window on Spain’s Costa Blanca. The man,
FIVE reasons why Moraira is the Costa Blanca’s priciest place to own a home
THE municipality of Moraira has once again been named as the jewel in the crown of the Costa Blanca property market. At the close of
Children and elderly warned as air pollution reaches record levels in Spain’s Murcia
MURCIA city has been forced to introduce special measures after its air pollution levels rose to new heights. The San Basilio measuring station saw record