A third vaccination ‘should be mandatory’ for care home workers in Spain
CARE HOME health workers are asking to be given a third shot of its coronavirus vaccine. The president of CEAPS, a group representing care home
Expat couple’s dreamy Andalucian home features on new BBC show with Richard E Grant
AN EXPAT couple are front and centre of a new TV show uncovering the history of writers in Spain. David and Emma Illsley, who run
Marijuana gang rented six Costa Blanca homes in Spain to grow and export the drug to the UK
THE leader of a Costa Blanca-based marijuana gang has been arrested after a year-long probe to bring down his operation. The crew invested over €100,000
New Primark to open in Marbella on Spain’s Costa del Sol
THE popular fashion store is coming to Marbella’s La Cañada shopping centre at the end of August. After months of construction, the Irish company behind
Notorious Italian mafia boss arrested by police in Spain after two years on the run
An Italian man identified as the fugitive crime boss of the ‘Ndrangheta gang, thought to be one of the world’s wealthiest criminal organizations in the
Spain’s Malaga back on YELLOW ALERT for sizzling temperatures this Friday
MALAGA has been placed on yellow alert for extreme heat as high temperatures continue to scorch Andalucia. The colour warning issued by state weather agency
Thieves steal €13,000 after conning bank customer who just withdrew the cash in Spain’s Costa Blanca
A bank customer was conned over ‘dropped’ money in an Elche street before two crooks stole €13,000 from him. A 52-year old woman with a
New COVID-19 cases show another big weekly fall in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
SIGNIFICANT falls in week-to-week COVID infection totals are being maintained in the Valencian Community. Figures today(August 5) stand at 2,073 new cases compared to 2,968
REMINDER: These are the rules for travel to the UK from ‘amber list’ Spain
SPAIN’S tourism industry welcomed the British government decision to maintain the amber list status across Spanish territory, allowing those who are fully vaccinated to enter
Benidorm gets ‘Jappi’ to boost winter holiday bookings to the Costa Blanca in Spain
SIX Benidorm tourist, leisure, and hospitality groups are to offer low season holiday packages to entice visitors to the resort. The new idea has been
Bad luck for thief who gets stuck for two days in a ventilation shaft at a Madrid office in Spain
POLICE rescued an unlucky thief who spent two days stuck in a ventilation shaft at a Madrid area Metro station. The 23-year-old man had robbed
IN PICS: Is this the tackiest hotel in Spain?
There are awards for the best boutique hotel, the most luxurious and the most elegantly designed, but if there was a gong for the most
Showbiz entrepreneur arrested for fraud in Spain planned to leave country with up to €900 million
A ventriloquist turned entertainment producer and promoter could have saved up as much as €900 million with plans to flee Spain to either the UK
Unvaccinated man becomes first person to die from Covid-19 in Gibraltar in months
A UNVACCINATED man aged between 60-65 has died from Covid-19 taking the death count to 95. Officials say the resident died from Covid-19 pneumonitis with
DNA tests solve mystery of a body that floated 300 kilometres to Spain’s Costa Blanca
DNA tests have identified a female windsurfer found floating in Costa Blanca waters by a Javea fishing boat in early June. Strong currents from the
New Socialist leader in Andalucia vows to ‘speak less about ourselves and more about society’
Juan Espadas has been chosen by the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) as the party’s new general secretary for Andalucia which means he now takes
WATCH: Two bright fireballs soar over Spain’s Andalucia and Castilla-La Mancha
THE Calar Alto observatory in Almeria has captured two bright fireballs in the sky soaring over Andalucia and Castilla-La Mancha. Footage shows one of the
Surge in pregnant women taken to hospital for Covid in Spain’s Malaga
THE number of pregnant women admitted to hospital in Malaga with coronavirus has soared in recent weeks. In fact, of the 39 pregnant women hospitalised
New €55,000 skate park promises to be the first of three in popular expat area on Spain’s Costa Blanca
HOT on the wheels of a high-profile Olympic debut for skateboarding, Orihuela City has just opened a dedicated new facility. The new park is nine
Police in Spain looking for ‘Cinderella’ crook who fled shoeless from crime scene in Cadiz
POLICE in the south of Spain have issued an appeal for a “Cinderella” crook who left his trainer at the scene of a crime. A
Jail for pensioner, 77, accused of killing home intruder in Spain
A PENSIONER arrested on suspicion of murder after the fatal shooting of an intruder during a suspected robbery has been jailed after a court denied
Curfews to be lifted in Estepona and Marbella from Saturday morning
WITH incidence rates dropping in the two provinces, regional health officials will lift the night curfew from August 7. For the last week, there has
COVID-19 cases are continuing their steady reduction in the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
2,297 new coronavirus infections were reported today(August 4) in the Valencian Community. That’s another week-to-week fall compared to 2,685 new cases on July 28, and
Spain banishes old image of ‘killer’ roads to be an EU leader in cutting fatal traffic accidents
SPAIN is joint top in the European Union for countries cutting road deaths over the last two decades. The European Transport Safety Council says that
Beaches will be closed overnight in town on Spain’s Costa Blanca due to young Alicante visitors holding illegal parties
EL Campello is to shut its beaches at night because youngsters are coming in from Alicante to stage illegal parties. The council will impose a
Man arrested for seaside sex assault on three girls in Valencia Province area of Spain
A man has been arrested for the alleged sexual assault of three children bathing at a Sagunto beach. He even tried to swim away from