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Stadium plans revealed: Barcelona announce date for return to Camp Nou – as Valencia secure €322m financing for new ground

FC BARCELONA have announced the date for their long-awaited return to the Camp Nou after more than two years away – even though renovations remain

28 Jun, 2025 @ 10:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Sport·Valencia

Local train services with restored stations and 50kms of new track return to ‘ground zero’ of Valencia floods

METROVALENCIA trains resumed services on Friday to ‘ground zero’ areas of the October floods. Reconstruction work cost €140 million to get the Valencia Sud to

27 Jun, 2025 @ 15:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Real-life chicken run as poultry escape from cages after lorry crash in Valencia

A LORRY transporting poultry in cages crashed in Valencia province on Thursday, with an unspecified number of chickens and other fowl running away. The driver,

26 Jun, 2025 @ 16:45

Lead·Valencia

Former police chief on trial in Spain for claiming ‘many who arrive in small boats are criminals just out of prison’

A FORMER Valencia police commissioner is facing three years behind bars for inflammatory statements claiming that most immigrants arriving by boat in Spain are criminals.

25 Jun, 2025 @ 14:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Man stabs wife to death and strangles young son before confessing to 'barbarity' in Spain

Man confesses to double-murder ‘barbarity’ after stabbing wife and strangling young son in Spain

A MAN has been arrested for the murder of his wife and two-year-old son in Algemesi(Valencia province) on Wednesday. The female victim was named as

25 Jun, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

‘Who was El Cid?’ The real story behind Spain’s legendary warrior and medieval mercenary”

As Cambridge University professor Nora Berend releases her Spanish language biography of El Cid, Michael Coy takes a delve into the life of the legendary

24 Jun, 2025 @ 12:50

La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Patient dies after man sets fire to bed in psychiatric unit of Valencia hospital

Patient dies after man sets fire to bed in hospital psychiatric unit in Spain

A FEMALE patient died after a fire was deliberately started in the psychiatric wing of Valencia’s La Fe hospital on Monday. Two male patients escaped

24 Jun, 2025 @ 11:31

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

'English-speaking' woman found semi-naked in park was sexually assaulted by three men in Valencia

‘English-speaking’ woman found semi-naked in Valencia park after group sex assault

AN ‘ENGLISH-SPEAKING’ woman has told police that was the victim of sexual assault involving three men in Valencia. The 21-year-old ‘non-Spaniard’ was discovered unconscious and

23 Jun, 2025 @ 17:07

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Anti-squatter plan launched in Valencia after record number of complaints in 2024

VALENCIAN president Carlos Mazon has announced a plan to fight the rising number of squatters in the region. Mazon said on Thursday that measures will

19 Jun, 2025 @ 18:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

First-ever direct flights commence this Friday between Canada and Spain’s Valencia

THE first direct flight between Canada and the Valencian Community starts on Friday with Air Transat operating the route between Montreal and Valencia City. The

19 Jun, 2025 @ 16:30

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police make mass arrests and raid drugs lab making up to 30 kilos of cocaine per day in Spain

Police make mass arrests and raid drugs lab producing up to 30 kilos of cocaine per day in Spain

A VALENCIA cocaine gang that made and sold the drug has been brought down by the Policia Nacional and the Tax Agency. 25 people have

19 Jun, 2025 @ 12:03

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Two people jailed in Spain for busting sanctions by exporting equipment to Russia

THREE people have been arrested in Valencia province for busting sanctions by exporting machinery to Russia. Two of the detainees have been jailed after a

18 Jun, 2025 @ 16:20

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Police rescue trafficked women who were sexually exploited in brothels across Eastern Spain

A JOINT Guardia Civil and Policia Nacional operation has dismantled a gang that trafficked and sexually exploited South American woman in Eastern Spain. Flats and

18 Jun, 2025 @ 12:06

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Gang robs dozens of foreign tourist cars at motorway service areas in Spain

A GANG who stole from cars belonging to foreign tourists at Valencia motorway service areas has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. Six people have

18 Jun, 2025 @ 11:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Spain’s ‘Black Flag’ awards for beach pollution includes one for flood disaster waste in Valencia

THE Ecologistas en Accion group have handed out their ‘Black Flags’ for 2025 to coastal areas of Spain which they say have environmental problems. They

17 Jun, 2025 @ 16:53

Environment·Lead·Valencia

Hundreds of extra police officers will boost summer safety in Costa Blanca tourist spots

596 EXTRA Guardia Civil and Policia Nacional officers will be brought in to boost security over the summer in the Valencian Community. ‘Operation Verano’ runs

13 Jun, 2025 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Man arrested for not helping friend that fell into Valencia river and drowned

Man arrested for not helping friend who fell into Valencia river and drowned

A CHINESE man, 19, has been arrested for not helping his friend who drowned in a Valencia river. The 20-year-old male Wen Tao Chi- also

12 Jun, 2025 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Key Valencia road- with two new bridges- reopens seven months after flood disaster

AN IMPORTANT Valencia province road has fully reopened after two bridges were destroyed in last October’s floods. Valencian president, Carlos Mazon, attended a ceremony on

11 Jun, 2025 @ 15:00

Lead·Valencia

Valencia beaches get ‘all clear’ after mystery pellets are confirmed as non-toxic

SEVEN beaches in the El Safor region of Valencia province have been reopened to bathers. White pellets appeared in the sand forcing precautionary closures from

11 Jun, 2025 @ 11:06

Environment·Lead·Valencia

Seven beaches remain closed for a second day due to pollution fears in Valencia

SEVEN Valencia beaches remained closed on Tuesday after a mysterious substance was washed ashore over the weekend. 16 kilometres of beaches have been affected in

10 Jun, 2025 @ 14:45

Environment·Lead·Valencia

Hooded teenage gang brutally beat up boy in horrific attack outside school in Spain

A TEENAGE gang has been arrested by the Policia Nacional for seriously injuring a boy outside a Valencia school. Six minors aged between 14 and

9 Jun, 2025 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Angry mother slaps daughter’s teacher in the face during school lesson in Spain

A MOTHER who slapped her daughter’s teacher in the face in front of several children during a lesson has been arrested in Torrent(Valencia). The 26-year-old,

9 Jun, 2025 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Red flag alert as mysterious substance washes up on several beaches in Spain’s Valencia

SEVEN beaches in Valencia province have banned people from going into water after a mysterious substance appeared in the sand. The Guardia Civil’s environment unit,

9 Jun, 2025 @ 15:15

Environment·Lead·Valencia

Spanish tourist dies from rabies in Valencia hospital after dog bite during African trip

A 44-YEAR-OLD man died on Friday after contracting rabies from a dog bite during a visit to Ethiopia in July 2024. The Europa Press and

6 Jun, 2025 @ 16:30

Health·Lead·Valencia

Chinese nationals arrested for importing €6m of fake goods to sell in Spain

THE Guardia Civil has seized counterfeit items valued at around €6 million stored in warehouses around Spain. The goods were foreign-made fake clothes, toys, electrical

6 Jun, 2025 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia