BREAKING: Ryanair plane from Manchester to southern Spain grounded after ‘bomb threat’
The plane landed as normal and was searched by specialist bomb teams.
Police stumble across €100m worth of cocaine after pallet falls off forklift and workers flee warehouses on Murcia coast
Workers fled after a pallet of drugs crashed to the floor in Aguilas, and the Guardia Civil suspects an Albanian gang.
British pensioner cleared of murdering wife in southern Spain but found guilty of manslaughter
Michael Carter, 72, had been tried for the murder of Vanessa Christofferson, 56, who lived together for years on popular expat urbanisation in Murcia.
Horror in Murcia as homeless woman is stabbed to death in broad daylight
Police officers in Murcia's La Fama neighbourhood were unable to save her.
Alicante and Murcia drinking water under threat as crucial Tajo-Segura pipeline repairs drag on
Farmers and experts want to borrow water from a reservoir in Cuenca before the deadline to use it runs out
Trial begins for Brit, 72, accused of killing his wife in southern Spain as neighbour says she ‘said she’d fallen and hit her head’
Neighbours told the jury the accused was angry rather than distraught as his partner lay dead in the road.
Pumpkin power: two giant pumpkins weighing more than 1.5 tonnes help Murcia town raise €3,700 to fight cancer
One was named in memory of a much-loved local woman, the other after a family dog that died while it was growing.
A perfect Autumn escape: The Wine Route of Jumilla is waiting for you with free wine tasting and festivities
The Matavendimia wine festival returns to Jumilla on October 24 and 25, with tastings, music, winery tours and activities marking the grape harvest.
Bizarre tale of a Spanish engineer who reforested an entire Murcia mountain range by firing pine nuts from a shotgun
Ricardo Codorniu planted 4.3 million trees in the 1800s to stop deadly floods, using shotguns to fire seeds onto inaccessible Murcia slopes.
Off-duty cop catches ‘distraction robbers’ targeting shoppers in supermarket car parks across Valencia and Murcia
Two men have been arrested for robbing mainly women and elderly people in supermarket car parks in the Murcia and Valencia regions.
Murcia’s troubled Corvera airport finally passes six million passengers – and more routes are coming
Brits make up almost a third of all foreign tourists to the region, with numbers up 15.5% this year.
Two earthquakes hit eastern Spain overnight as residents in Murcia and neighbouring Alicante feel the tremors
The first quake was a 3.1 magnitude with its epicentre near the town of Beniel, shaking the neighbouring Alicante region of Vega Baja.
Red alert issued for Murcia – Residents warned of ‘danger to life’ as torrential storms battering eastern Spain move south
PARTS of Murcia have been placed under a maximum red alert for extreme rain as the deadly storm system that battered eastern Spain pushes south.
Migrant ‘taxi’ boat drivers dumped passengers overboard by ‘threatening them with machetes’ on Murcia coast
The Guardia Civil detained four smugglers following two violent chases with high-speed vessels used to traffic people to the Spanish mainland.
Top 8 best Spanish getaways for autumn: from Rioja’s grape harvest to a medieval hilltop town where mushroom hunting is a competitive sport
AS crowds thin out, and temperatures drop, inland Spain finally gets its moment in the sun. We take a look at the best escapes on
Thief crushed to death in Spain by bin lorry after hiding in waste container just before contents were emptied
A THIEF died in Cartagena after fleeing from police and hiding in a dumpster- the contents of which were compacted by a rubbish collection lorry.
Half of Murcia’s Guardia Civil patrol boats are broken as migrant arrivals surge past 500 in a month
HALF of the Guardia Civil’s maritime patrol boats in Murcia are currently out of service as migrant arrivals to the region continue to surge.
Mini tsunami fears at popular Murcia beaches after the Mediterranean sea suddenly retreats several metres
Local authorities fear the sudden drop in water levels could precede a rapid and dangerous tidal surge.
WATCH: ‘Migrant taxi’ speed boat drops dozens more people on a beach in southern Spain – the second in a week
AROUND another 50 migrants have been intercepted after landing a high-speed boat on a beach in southern Spain. The group disembarked at Cala de los
Brit pensioner, 74, rescued from brink of death after heatstroke left him trapped in his Murcia home for three days
A BRITISH pensioner was rescued from the brink of death after a severe heatstroke left him trapped in his Murcia home for nearly three days.
Spanish tennis star Carlos Alcaraz to make long-awaited return from injury at US Open
SPAIN'S top player will return this month to defend his US Open title after a four-month lay-off caused by a wrist injury.
Costa Blanca people-smuggling gang busted following high-speed boat chase off Spanish coast
FIVE members of a Costa Blanca gang that smuggled in migrants into Spain from via a high-speed boat have been arrested by the Policia Nacional.
Cops bust illegal adoption plot as couple ‘pay €20,000’ for two-year-old girl in Murcia
FOUR people were arrested as social services intervened in the black market surrogacy scheme.
American fugitive on the run for 43 years over Chicago murder is arrested in Spain
AN AMERICAN man wanted over the 1983 murder of his Chicago roommate, has been arrested in Spain. The Policia Nacional executed an International Arrest Warrant
Man arrested for murdering estranged wife inside shoe repair shop at hypermarket in Spain
A MAN has been arrested for killing his wife inside a shoe repair store located within the Carrefour Infante hypermarket in Murcia City. The 44-year-old
Mysterious ‘white blob’ in Spain’s Mar Menor wipes out 86% of fish species in worst-hit zone
A MYSTERIOUS white stain spreading through Spain’s Mar Menor has devastated marine life in the worst affected part of the lagoon. Researchers found only three