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Dumb attacker slashes man’s neck and gets arrested after reporting a finger injury to the police on Spain’s Costa...

A Torrevieja man has been jailed for attempted murder after popping into a police station to report a cut finger caused by an assault. The...
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Barcelona football star buys old Andalucia cinema site in Malaga

BARÇA star player Gerard Pique’s family investment company has secured a deal worth around €50 million to build a five-star hotel in a prime...

COVID-19 cases fall on a week-to-week basis in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

A fresh set of COVID-19 infection figures are tentatively suggesting a possible slowing down of new cases in the Valencian Community. Health ministry figures today(July...

Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels report busiest week of the summer as Spanish bookings keep them going

BENIDORM and Costa Blanca hotels have had their best week for room occupancy this summer according to the Hosbec hoteliers association. Figures for July 19-25...
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World’s youngest spaceman who joined Bezos on rocket mission trained at Malaga pilot school

STUDENT Pilot Oliver Daemen became the world's youngest person to travel to space at the age of just 18, after he trained at the...

Dual carriageway for a busy Costa Blanca tourist road in Spain is announced 14 years after original plans were...

€30 million will be spent on major changes to the CV-95 between Orihuela City and San Miguel de Salinas on the southern Costa Blanca. It's...

Ex-lover of Spain’s disgraced King Juan Carlos sues him for damages

THE ex-lover of Spain’s scandal-hit former-King Juan Carlos is suing him in the High Court in London for damages accusing the old monarch and...

EU COVID-19 certificates will not be used soon for Costa Blanca hospitality and leisure businesses in Spain

VALENCIAN president, Ximo Puig, has temporarily side-lined his own region's suggestion that EU COVID-19 certificates could be used to get entry to leisure and...
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Westley Capper implicated in disappearance of Latvian model Agnese Klavina in Spain’s Marbella dies ‘from COVID’

THE son of a British millionaire who killed a woman in a drink driving incident and stood trial accused of kidnapping a model...

Police drones now used to catch fly-tippers as 50 people fined in a month for dumping waste vegetation in...

ORIHUELA COSTA Local Police are using drone technology to maintain the control of people dumping pruned vegetation and other detritus throughout the municipality. The waste...

Police close in yet again on narco network run by a drug kingpin dubbed ‘Messi of hashish’

A TRAFFICKING network that has dominated the drug trade in the Campo de Gibraltar for more than a decade has broken up by police...

Popular tourist spot on the Costa Blanca in Spain could get a €30 million revamp

PLANS to build a €30 million leisure area in Torrevieja's port have been submitted to the Valencian Government. The proposal from local firm Inmuebles y...

ICE CREAM ALERT: Products by leading brands removed from Spanish shops due to contamination with cancer-related substance

NESTLE has ordered the urgent removal from shops throughout Spain of 46 types of ice cream found to be contaminated with a substance known...

Child killed in fire in house containing marihuana plantation in Spain’s Valencia

A SIX-YEAR-OLD child died in a house fire in the Valencia area yesterday (Monday July 27) – and when the rescue team broke into...

Police bust narco-bank gang who laundered money through solar park in Campo de Gibralatar

A GANG operating between the Campo de Gibraltar and Sevilla has been busted over an elaborate scheme to launder illicit drug money through investment...

Spain’s Andalucia opens up COVID-19 vaccine campaign to 18-year-olds

ANDALUCIA’S vaccination programme has opened up to 18-year-olds. As of today, Tuesday July 27, all 18 and 19-year-olds—those born in 2002 and 2003—resident in Andalucia,...

Spain’s Malaga to impose night closure of beaches in fight against recent COVID-19 surge

THE Junta has requested all coastal towns in Malaga to close off beaches at night in the face of the increase in COVID-19 cases. All...

Smaller rise in weekend COVID-19 totals for Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

6,390 new coronavirus infections were recorded over the weekend in the Valencian Community, combining the Saturday and Monday regional health ministry figures. In an early...
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Sotogrande’s highlight of the year gets underway with International Polo Tournament

THE 50th edition of the Sotogrande International Polo Tournament has kicked off, with 19 teams competing for the Cups. The five-week tournament is one of...

UK poised to relax travel rules for those double jabbed abroad and drop quarantine from amber list countries like...

IN A development that has been keenly hoped for by those British expats desperately keen to fly home and visit family without having to...

Wildfire: Investigation launched to uncover source of Tarragona blaze

HUNDREDS of people have been evacuated to escape raging forest fires in Tarragona.  More than 100 homes were deserted after 106 residents were ordered to...

Tokyo Olympics: David Valero wins bronze for Spain in mountain biking

A JUBILANT David Valero wept tears of joy today after winning his first ever Olympic medal.  The 32-year-old cyclist stunned fans as he defined the...

People who don’t live together will be banned from sleeping together overnight in Spain’s Murcia

PEOPLE who don't live together are banned from an overnight 'hook up' under a new 'soft' COVID-19 curfew announced by the Murcia government. Murcia's Health...

Gibraltar budget 2021 confirms 2.5% corporate tax increase

CORPORATE tax will be increased to 12.5% in Gibraltar following a ‘revenue wrecking’ pandemic. In July’s 2021 Budget speech, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo announced a...

Spanish poet scoops prize for heart-wrenching poems written in hospital laundry during COVID

Begoña M Rueda won the prestigious Hiperión poetry award for her moving and eye opening collection based on her experiences as a laundry worker...

Young unvaccinated people on Spain’s Costa Blanca still breaking COVID-19 safety rules with outdoor drinks parties

POLICE were busy across the northern Costa Blanca at the weekend as they dealt with illegal outdoor drinks parties and COVID rule-breaking involving young...

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