WATCH: Torrential rain and flooding lash Spain’s eastern coast from Costa Blanca to Barcelona during red ‘danger to life’ alert

Authorities in Tarragona sent a new emergency ES-Alert to locals with more heavy rain forecast on Friday for Spain's eastern coast.

2 Oct, 2026 @ 14:47

Catalunya·Lead·Valencia·Weather

Barcelona legend Lionel Messi adds to growing football empire after snapping up 100% stake in second Spanish club

LIONEL Messi has bought CD Eldense, the century-old football club from the inland Alicante town of Elda. The club confirmed the takeover in a brief

2 Oct, 2026 @ 13:30

Alicante·Lead·Sport·Valencian Community

FBI-led task force drags teenage leader of international ransomeware gang out of his Alicante home

The 16-year-old is alleged to have been behind thousands of cyberattacks in recent years.

2 Oct, 2026 @ 02:38

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

A racist attack in Valencia left a Moroccan man with a triple broken jaw

WATCH: Five arrested in Valencia after racist attack leaves Moroccan man, 31, with shattered jaw

The victim was punched and kicked by the gang for at least five minutes during patron saint festivities in Taverners de la Valldigna.

1 Oct, 2026 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Experts investigate why a Ryanair flight was aborted just as plane was about to take off from Costa Blanca airport

Experts investigate Ryanair flight which aborted moments before take off from Costa Blanca airport

Spanish authorities have launched an inquiry into what caused a Ryanair plane to abort its take off from Alicante-Elche airport.

1 Oct, 2026 @ 15:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Benidorm dishes out over 1,100 fines to law-breaking electric scooter riders

Over 1,100 fines have been issued against electric scooter riders so far this year for flouting rules in Benidorm.

1 Oct, 2026 @ 13:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

‘Cover up’ investigated in fatal Benidorm parasailing accident that claimed life of British tourist

A boat captain faces a reckless homicide charge and a colleague is accused of a cover up after a British tourist died in a Benidorm

1 Oct, 2026 @ 11:08

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

orange alert storms valencia costa blanca

UPDATE: Weather warning for northern Costa Blanca and Valencia upgraded to RED as schools shut ahead of flash flooding fears

Aemet has warned that severe storms and downpours will batter the eastern seaboard from 2pm on Thursday through to midday on Friday.

1 Oct, 2026 @ 09:25

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community·Weather

Mayor and museum boss face criminal ‘recklessness’ probe over theft of priceless Bronze Age treasures in Spain

A court has begun proceedings for a crime of damage via recklessness against Villena officials after the theft of one of the largest European collections

30 Sep, 2026 @ 14:30

Alicante·Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·Valencian Community

Headless body found floating in the sea off popular beach in Spain

Headless body found floating in sea off popular beach in Spain

A pleasure boat made a shocking find on Monday when its crew spotted a headless corpse floating in the water off the Valencia coast.

30 Sep, 2026 @ 13:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Benidorm apartment destroyed by fire with four people inhaling deadly fumes

WATCH: Benidorm flat destroyed by fire with four people inhaling deadly fumes

A fire destroyed a ninth-floor Benidorm flat on Wednesday morning with four people needing treatment for smoke inhalation.

30 Sep, 2026 @ 11:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

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.

30 Sep, 2026 @ 10:18

Alicante·Environment·Lead·Murcia

Valencia 2024 flood disaster death toll goes up to 233 people

A JUDGE investigating possible criminal charges over the handling of the October 2024 Valencia flood disaster has raised the official death toll to 233.

29 Sep, 2026 @ 11:06

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Benidorm woman stabbed to death with police arresting her partner

Man arrested in Benidorm after female partner is stabbed to death in horror late-night attack

A man has been arrested in Benidorm after allegedly stabbing his female partner to death with a knife.

28 Sep, 2026 @ 10:46

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

208 reptiles rescued from traffickers during two police raids in Spain

OVER 200 illegally-kept reptiles have been seized in two Valencia region raids executed by the Guardia Civil.

28 Sep, 2026 @ 10:12

Animals·Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Missing British holidaymaker found watching football in Benidorm pub

Two Brits helping with the search spotted Geoff Cumiskey at the Rose & Crown pub on Thursday evening.

25 Sep, 2026 @ 09:55

Benidorm·Lead

MISSING: Fears grow for British tourist who vanished in Benidorm after failing to board flight home

The distraught wife of Geoff Cumiskey says her husband is alone in Benidorm without his passport, luggage or money.

24 Sep, 2026 @ 14:53

Benidorm·Lead

Foreigners still dominating the Costa Blanca property boom with nearly 19,000 homes purchased in a single year

The Alicante province property market is completely decoupled from the national one, with almost five-times the rate of foreign home purchases.

24 Sep, 2026 @ 13:10

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

Alicante beach and castle with a mix of foreign and residents on the beach.

The 15 towns where foreigners outnumber the Spanish in Alicante, with Brits still number one – for now

Foreign residents make up the majority in 15 Costa Blanca municipalities, with Rojales topping the list at 68%

23 Sep, 2026 @ 16:52

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Property·Valencian Community

Valencia's city council is outlining plans to hit stag and hen parties with huge fines.

Valencia plans to hit rowdy hen and stag parties with fresh fines of up to €1,500

The proposal would make Valencia the first Spanish municipality to explicitly target hen and stag parties with a specific regulation.

22 Sep, 2026 @ 14:54

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Brit arrested in Alicante after trying to flee police stop with 84kg of UK-bound cocaine in the back of his van

THE pair were allegedly part of a criminal gang smuggling drugs from Spain to Britain, according to Spanish customs officers.

22 Sep, 2026 @ 14:14

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

NOVA Benidorm turns up the volume with autumn tribute season

NOVA at Marina Resort Benidorm launches its autumn tribute season with live productions celebrating Tina Turner, Lady Gaga and David Bowie.

21 Sep, 2026 @ 15:13

Benidorm·Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Sponsored

One dead and three injured after deadly shootout between rival families on the streets of Valencia

FOUR men from the same family have been arrested after the incident, which took place in the early hours of the morning in the L’Alquerieta

20 Sep, 2026 @ 18:12

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

PICTURED: Irish couple who died in Valencia jacuzzi were ‘much loved parents’ whose sudden passing ‘has left an immeasurable void’

MOURNERS paid tribute after Patrick and Thomasina Tobin were survived by their two teenage children.

18 Sep, 2026 @ 15:57

Lead·Valencia

Horror in Alicante as Polish man loses hand after being sucked into passing train’s slipstream while walking beside fenced-off railway tracks

POLICE officers rushed to the scene and applied a tourniquet to the man's severed arm to stop the bleeding.

18 Sep, 2026 @ 12:48

Alicante·Lead

brookside star Philip Barry Foster arrested

Former British TV star from long-running soap Brookside is arrested in Torrevieja over €16m fake-modelling scam

Philip Barry Foster, 51, who played Christian Wright in the Channel 4 soap Brookside during the 1990s, was arrested in Torrevieja on Thursday.

18 Sep, 2026 @ 11:35

Crime & Law·Entertainment·Lead·Torrevieja

Valencian Community

WATCH: Torrential rain and flooding lash Spain’s eastern coast from Costa Blanca to Barcelona during red ‘danger to life’ alert

Barcelona legend Lionel Messi adds to growing football empire after snapping up 100% stake in second Spanish club

FBI-led task force drags teenage leader of international ransomeware gang out of his Alicante home

WATCH: Five arrested in Valencia after racist attack leaves Moroccan man, 31, with shattered jaw

Experts investigate Ryanair flight which aborted moments before take off from Costa Blanca airport

Benidorm dishes out over 1,100 fines to law-breaking electric scooter riders

‘Cover up’ investigated in fatal Benidorm parasailing accident that claimed life of British tourist

UPDATE: Weather warning for northern Costa Blanca and Valencia upgraded to RED as schools shut ahead of flash flooding fears

Mayor and museum boss face criminal ‘recklessness’ probe over theft of priceless Bronze Age treasures in Spain

Headless body found floating in sea off popular beach in Spain

WATCH: Benidorm flat destroyed by fire with four people inhaling deadly fumes

Two earthquakes hit eastern Spain overnight as residents in Murcia and neighbouring Alicante feel the tremors

Valencia 2024 flood disaster death toll goes up to 233 people

Man arrested in Benidorm after female partner is stabbed to death in horror late-night attack

208 reptiles rescued from traffickers during two police raids in Spain

Missing British holidaymaker found watching football in Benidorm pub

MISSING: Fears grow for British tourist who vanished in Benidorm after failing to board flight home

Foreigners still dominating the Costa Blanca property boom with nearly 19,000 homes purchased in a single year

The 15 towns where foreigners outnumber the Spanish in Alicante, with Brits still number one – for now

Valencia plans to hit rowdy hen and stag parties with fresh fines of up to €1,500

Brit arrested in Alicante after trying to flee police stop with 84kg of UK-bound cocaine in the back of his van

NOVA Benidorm turns up the volume with autumn tribute season

One dead and three injured after deadly shootout between rival families on the streets of Valencia

PICTURED: Irish couple who died in Valencia jacuzzi were ‘much loved parents’ whose sudden passing ‘has left an immeasurable void’

Horror in Alicante as Polish man loses hand after being sucked into passing train’s slipstream while walking beside fenced-off railway tracks

Former British TV star from long-running soap Brookside is arrested in Torrevieja over €16m fake-modelling scam

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez ‘taking time to consider snap elections’ after losing housing vote

Spain’s housing reform decree is defeated in Parliament, paving way for snap elections before end of the year

WATCH: Horror moment highway truck robbers aim hail of gunfire at Guardia Civil officer before dishing out savage beating near Barcelona

Property sales fall as Andalucia asking prices surge by another 10% — with steepest rises in Sevilla and Almeria

Doctor is arrested in Marbella after nurse is found dead from suspected drug overdose in hotel

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