Expat struck by wave and breaks leg while photographing storm Gloria on Costa Blanca beachfront

A 40-year-old expat has fractured his leg while out photographing storm Gloria on a Costa Blanca beachfront. The Dutchman was reportedly taking pictures at 12.30

21 Jan, 2020 @ 00:33

Costa Blanca·Lead

Spanish cops are hospitalised after 'accidentally' eating drug-laced sweets seized during raid of Costa del Sol cannabis club

BITTERSWEET: Confectionery giant Haribo takes legal action against students in Spain who invented ‘boozy gummy bears’

Each of the sweets contains 15% alcohol, with seven to nine of the gummies equalling a 150ml glass of wine

20 Jan, 2020 @ 20:27

Crime & Law·Food & Drink·Lead

British comedian Bill Bailey to play Spain’s Costa del Sol in March

Bailey is a favourite on UK TV and is a regular team leader on music quiz show Never Mind the Buzzcocks

20 Jan, 2020 @ 18:35

Entertainment·Lead·Malaga

Spain arrests 107 people for illegally extracting water from wells

THE Guardia Civil have arrested 107 people for the illegal extraction of water.

20 Jan, 2020 @ 17:56

Environment·Lead

THAT’S CRAZY: British band Madness jetting off to southern Spain for gig

PUT on your baggy trousers, because legendary British band Madness are coming to Spain, it has been announced.

20 Jan, 2020 @ 17:44

Entertainment·Lead

IN VIDEOS: Terrifying waves, destroyed beaches, burst rivers and more as Storm Gloria wreaks havoc in Spain’s Alicante and Valencia

Imágenes en el Club Nautico de Denia #Denia #Temporal #TemporalMediterraneo #Gloria #Temporalgloria pic.twitter.com/bRoOU6kUIM — Domingo Riera (@domi64) January 20, 2020 SOCIAL media users have been

20 Jan, 2020 @ 16:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Newborn baby found with bags of clothes in busy Costa Blanca street

A NEWBORN baby girl was found abandoned in a plastic bag on an Orihuela street on Friday, January 17. Policia Nacional are searching for the

20 Jan, 2020 @ 14:45

Costa Blanca·Lead

WATCH: Snow arrives on Spain’s Costa del Sol

SNOW has been spotted for the first time this year on the Costa del Sol.

20 Jan, 2020 @ 14:39

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Homes evacuated in Javea on Spain’s Costa Blanca as Gorgos river threatens to burst its banks

HOMES are being evacuated in Javea on Spain’s Costa Blanca as the Gorgos river threatens to burst its banks following storm Gloria’s devastating onslaught last

20 Jan, 2020 @ 13:14

Costa Blanca·Lead

BREAKING: Death toll of Storm Gloria reaches two after woman killed in Spain’s Valencia

STORM Gloria has claimed another victim after a woman was found dead in Valencia this morning. The 54-year-old Romanian had died from hypothermia and was

20 Jan, 2020 @ 12:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Former Real Madrid, Leeds United and Spain player Raul Bravo accused by Serbian press of attempted murder on ex-teammate

DARKO Kovacevic has called Raul Bravo to offer him his support in the wake of a murder accusation by the Serbian press.

20 Jan, 2020 @ 12:08

Lead·Sport

How Spain’s popular shisha habit can cause heart attacks, strokes, tuberculosis and more

SMOKING from a shisha pipe increases the risk of heart attack or stroke by causing blood clots to form much quicker. That’s according to the

20 Jan, 2020 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Mallorca

Perfect Blue Monday pick-me-up for staff at Spanish estate agent, which hands out eggs to employees

Owner Longden has lived in the area since 1973 and currently has a farm in Daya Nueva

20 Jan, 2020 @ 11:37

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead

Alicante airport closed ALL MONDAY

ALICANTE airport will remain closed all Monday following a night of gale force winds, heavy rain, snow and turbulent seas. Storm Gloria caused havoc up

20 Jan, 2020 @ 11:03

Costa Blanca·Lead

‘Illegal houses’ action group expands into Murcia to help duped expats gain essential AFO status for their Spanish homes

MURCIA will soon have an action group that addresses the issue of ‘illegal homes’ in the region. Abusos Urbanísticos No Murcia (AUN-Murcia) will be arranging

20 Jan, 2020 @ 11:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

WATCH: Arenal beach in Javea destroyed as storm Gloria buffets Spain’s Costa Blanca overnight

STORM Gloria has last night broken through a sand barrer and wrought havoc on Javea’s popular Arenal beach. Photographs today show tiles ripped up, concrete

20 Jan, 2020 @ 10:05

Costa Blanca·Lead

Spain’s struggling supermarket chain Dia investigated over claims it ‘inflated’ profits by €51 million

It comes after Dia lost an eye-watering €420.7 million during the first half of 2019

20 Jan, 2020 @ 08:02

Business & Finance·Crime & Law·Lead

Red alert warnings extend to Monday with 130km/h winds, 8m waves and 40cm snow predicted for Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE red alert weather warning has been extended into Monday with 130km/h winds, 8m-high waves and 40cm snowfall predicted for Spain’s Costa Blanca. The northern

19 Jan, 2020 @ 23:55

Costa Blanca·Lead

BREAKING: One killed and another 5 injured in horror car crash on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A HORROR car crash has killed one and left five others injured on the Costa del Sol. The crash took place in Velez-Malaga at around

19 Jan, 2020 @ 18:18

Lead·Malaga

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BREAKING: Storm Gloria claims first victim as Spain battered by snowstorms and gale force winds

A MAN has been killed in Asturias by a truck that lost control on the AS-122 road. The man, 44, was putting snow chains on

19 Jan, 2020 @ 18:02

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WATCH: Surfers tackle storm as 8m-high wave warnings issued on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SURFERS have been spotted tackling waves on Spain’s Costa Blanca in the midst of a red alert weather warning. Subscribe to Olive Press TV The

19 Jan, 2020 @ 17:51

Costa Blanca·Lead

IN VIDEOS: SNOW blankets Valencia, Alicante and Granada as Storm Gloria sweeps through Spain

B.T. copiosa nevada ahora mismo por #Jarafuel @astrofotojlc @Preven_IIFF_CV @AEMET_CValencia @Tiempo_Valencia pic.twitter.com/Vvzbsz4TkJ — JARAFUEL (@meteojarafuel) January 19, 2017 THESE are some of the scenes from

19 Jan, 2020 @ 17:04

Costa Blanca·Granada·Lead

Waves 8m high predicted off Costa Blanca as storm Gloria batters eastern Spain

SPAIN’S met office (AEMET) has predicted 8m-high waves will rock the Costa Blanca as storm Gloria sweeps south today. Denia, the capital of the Marina

19 Jan, 2020 @ 16:10

Costa Blanca·Lead

STORM GLORIA: Orange warnings for SNOW in Spain’s Granada, Almeria and Jaen as unpredictable storm may open heavens on Malaga

GRANADA, Almeria and Jaen have all been placed on orange alert for snow as Storm Gloria sweeps through the region today. The warning is in

19 Jan, 2020 @ 12:22

Granada·Lead·Malaga

Alicante airport CLOSED from 1pm Sunday until 1pm Monday as snowstorms hit the Costa Blanca

ALICANTE airport will be closed from 1pm today until 1pm on Monday. Storm Gloria has this morning hit the Costa Blanca region, with snow falling

19 Jan, 2020 @ 11:36

Costa Blanca·Lead

11 health resolutions you can do in Spain and don’t need to be a fitness disciple to stick to

Make 2020 your healthiest year ever with these good-for-you goals - small changes that will deliver BIG results

19 Jan, 2020 @ 10:00

Health·Lead

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Expat struck by wave and breaks leg while photographing storm Gloria on Costa Blanca beachfront

BITTERSWEET: Confectionery giant Haribo takes legal action against students in Spain who invented ‘boozy gummy bears’

British comedian Bill Bailey to play Spain’s Costa del Sol in March

Spain arrests 107 people for illegally extracting water from wells

THAT’S CRAZY: British band Madness jetting off to southern Spain for gig

IN VIDEOS: Terrifying waves, destroyed beaches, burst rivers and more as Storm Gloria wreaks havoc in Spain’s Alicante and Valencia

Newborn baby found with bags of clothes in busy Costa Blanca street

WATCH: Snow arrives on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Homes evacuated in Javea on Spain’s Costa Blanca as Gorgos river threatens to burst its banks

BREAKING: Death toll of Storm Gloria reaches two after woman killed in Spain’s Valencia

Former Real Madrid, Leeds United and Spain player Raul Bravo accused by Serbian press of attempted murder on ex-teammate

How Spain’s popular shisha habit can cause heart attacks, strokes, tuberculosis and more

Perfect Blue Monday pick-me-up for staff at Spanish estate agent, which hands out eggs to employees

Alicante airport closed ALL MONDAY

‘Illegal houses’ action group expands into Murcia to help duped expats gain essential AFO status for their Spanish homes

WATCH: Arenal beach in Javea destroyed as storm Gloria buffets Spain’s Costa Blanca overnight

Spain’s struggling supermarket chain Dia investigated over claims it ‘inflated’ profits by €51 million

Red alert warnings extend to Monday with 130km/h winds, 8m waves and 40cm snow predicted for Spain’s Costa Blanca

BREAKING: One killed and another 5 injured in horror car crash on Spain’s Costa del Sol

BREAKING: Storm Gloria claims first victim as Spain battered by snowstorms and gale force winds

WATCH: Surfers tackle storm as 8m-high wave warnings issued on Spain’s Costa Blanca

IN VIDEOS: SNOW blankets Valencia, Alicante and Granada as Storm Gloria sweeps through Spain

Waves 8m high predicted off Costa Blanca as storm Gloria batters eastern Spain

STORM GLORIA: Orange warnings for SNOW in Spain’s Granada, Almeria and Jaen as unpredictable storm may open heavens on Malaga

Alicante airport CLOSED from 1pm Sunday until 1pm Monday as snowstorms hit the Costa Blanca

11 health resolutions you can do in Spain and don’t need to be a fitness disciple to stick to

Andalucia is suffocating from poverty: Three million people struggle to make their ends meet, new report shows

12 silly laws in Spain that will leave you baffled (and possibly fined)

One dead and four injured in head-on crash between two cars in Estepona

Zaragoza’s Goya Museum reopens after nearly two years with new and rare works by the Spanish master

Man gored in the chest by bull at Cadiz street festival dies in hospital after days in intensive care

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