Shantytown takes over unused Formula 1 racetrack in Spain’s Valencia
The total cost of hosting the European Grand Prix in Valencia was said to be in the region of €308 million.
Nervous truck driver exposes his hidden 103 kilo marijuana stash to police in Murcia area of Spain
POLICE in Murcia have intercepted a truck with over 103 kilos of marijuana concealed in a hidden compartment. Drugs were also found in a car
Storms damage grape harvest
A BIG storm has once again damaged the grape harvest for the Valencia region. The heavy rainfall, coupled with hail, has affected the Medio Vinalopo
EXCLUSIVE: Police in Spain arrest well known businessman for the murder of expat prostitute
POLICE have ruled out that a serial killer is behind a spate of four recent murders of women in the Valencia region. It comes after
EXPLAINER: What you need to know about new post-Brexit rules on UK passport validity
AMID all the other travel confusion and chaos caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit, UK authorities have just published a new notice of changes
Staff shortages mean just 13% of COVID-19 rule breakers have been fined in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
LEGAL staff have only been able to process 13% of fines imposed by police for breaking COVID-19 rules in the Valencian Community. 208,000 infractions have
Dumb attacker slashes man’s neck and gets arrested after reporting a finger injury to the police on Spain’s Costa Blanca
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
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 Malaga
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
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 One
Dual carriageway for a busy Costa Blanca tourist road in Spain is announced 14 years after original plans were scrapped
€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 the
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 hospitality
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 in Marbella
Police drones now used to catch fly-tippers as 50 people fined in a month for dumping waste vegetation in Spain’s Costa Blanca
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 for
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 as
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 the
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 projects
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
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 Spain
IN A development that has been keenly hoped for by those British expats desperately keen to fly home and visit family without having to self-isolate,