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BREAKING: Network outage leaves swathes of Spain without landline coverage

A NETWORK outage has left vast areas of Spain without landline coverage just weeks after the nationwide blackout. This morning, popular telecommunications company Telefonica announced

20 May, 2025 @ 10:36

Basque Country·Lead·Valencian Community

Emergency services considered sending DANA alert an hour and a half before it was sent- court reveals

THE Valencian government considered sending the emergency DANA alert an hour and a half before it was actually sent, an emergency services employee has confirmed.

15 May, 2025 @ 14:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

EU chief Von der Leyen meets with Valencia flood victim families in Brussels

EU chief Von der Leyen meets with Valencia flood victim families

REPRESENTATIVES of Valencia flood victims met with European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyn in Brussels on Tuesday. Three associations set up in the wake

13 May, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Six months on: Valencia still counting the cost of floods and leadership failures

IT HAS been six months since floods ripped through Valencia, killing 228 people and leaving entire communities drowning in grief. But while nature may have

9 May, 2025 @ 12:00

Lead·Opinion·Valencian Community·Weather

Ryanair stop man, 89, from flying home to Spain in ID card dispute

Ryanair stop man, 89, from flying home to Spain in ID card dispute

RYANAIR stopped an 89-year-old Castellon man from flying back to Spain because they claimed his ID card was not suitable for travel within the Schengen

8 May, 2025 @ 18:00

Castellon·Lead·National News

€64m boost for Valencia tourist attraction- acclaimed as one of 'world's best'

€64m boost for Valencia tourist attraction- acclaimed as one of ‘world’s best’

BIOPARC Valencia- one of the city’s biggest attractions- has announced a massive €64 million expansion plan. The zoological park will recreate elements of the famous

6 May, 2025 @ 10:47

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Leading charity claims 70,000 children are living in sub-standard homes due to Valencia flood disaster

Leading charity claims 70,000 children are living in sub-standard homes due to Valencia flood disaster

THE Save the Children charity in Spain says over 70,000 youngsters are living in poor accommodation nearly six months on from the October flood disaster.

24 Apr, 2025 @ 18:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Elderly people made up majority of Valencia floods death toll as tragic accounts describe what happened before belated emergency warning

More than two-thirds of all European flood deaths in 2024 occurred in Valencia

NEARLY 70% of all victims who lost their lives because of flooding in EU countries in 2024 died during the catastrophic floods in Valencia, according

18 Apr, 2025 @ 14:30

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community·Weather

Dramatic testimony from sacked emergency chiefs in 'blame game' over late Valencia flood alert

Dramatic testimony from sacked emergency chiefs in ‘blame game’ over late Valencia flood alert

THE former Valencian Emergencies Minister has said that president Carlos Mazon did not delay the sending of an emergency text flood warning on October 29.

11 Apr, 2025 @ 18:30

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

E-scooter battery causes apartment block fire with five people injured on Costa Blanca

E-scooter battery causes apartment block fire with five people injured on Costa Blanca

AN ELECTRIC scooter battery left on charge overnight sparked an apartment block blaze in Elche early Friday morning. The fire spread through the five-storey building

11 Apr, 2025 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Former Beckham bodyguard- Craig Ainsworth- took his life in Valencia park after long bouts of depression

Former Beckham bodyguard ‘took his life in Valencia park in Spain after long bouts of depression’

DETAILS have emerged about the tragic death of former bodyguard Craig Ainsworth and where it happened. The 40-year-old worked for celebrity clients including David and

9 Apr, 2025 @ 17:50

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain gets maximum advance payment of €100m from EU for flood damage repairs in Valencia

Spain gets maximum advance payment of €100m from EU for flood damage repairs in Valencia

SPAIN’S government has received a first payment of €100 million from the EU’s Solidarity Fund to pay for recovery work in flood-hit areas of Valencia.

31 Mar, 2025 @ 14:02

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

First seaside drowning tragedy in Valencia this year as warm weather brings out bathers

A 22-YEAR-OLD man drowned at a Valencia beach on Sunday in the first-such tragedy of the year in the Valencian Community. The warm weather brought

31 Mar, 2025 @ 12:10

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Families of Valencia flood disaster victims join thousands in new protest against president Carlos Mazon

Families of Valencia flood disaster victims join thousands in new protest against president Carlos Mazon

AN ESTIMATED 25,000 people took part in Saturday’s march in Valencia calling for the resignation of regional president Carlos Mazon over the way he responded

31 Mar, 2025 @ 11:20

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police make multiple arrests in Spain targeting notorious Irish drugs gang known as 'The Family'

Police make multiple arrests in Spain targeting notorious Irish drugs gang known as ‘The Family’

13 PEOPLE have been arrested in Spain as part of a major international operation targeting Ireland’s ‘The Family’ drug gang. ‘The Family’ is regarded as

26 Mar, 2025 @ 16:44

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead

Valencia flood death toll rises to 227 after two missing people are declared as dead

Valencia flood death toll rises to 227 after two missing people are declared as dead

THE Valencia flood disaster death toll has risen to 227 after courts declared two missing people as dead. Two decrees have been issued in regard

25 Mar, 2025 @ 12:18

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Scammer duped Valencia flood victims out of €32k in deposits for house repairs Revealed: The number of emergency calls made about Valencia floods before warning was sent by regional government

Revealed: The massive financial cost of October’s Valencia flood disaster

THE Valencian government has revealed that the financial damage caused by October’s floods totalled €18 billion. The man in charge of coordinating reconstruction work, Francisco

21 Mar, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Burning issue: The origins and history of the spectacular Las Fallas festival in Valencia

LAS FALLAS is one of Spain’s most iconic festivals. It is a spectacle of fire, creativity, and joy that transforms the city (and many towns

14 Mar, 2025 @ 14:31

La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

40,000 households devastated by Valencia floods to get extra aid of €3k each by mid-October

Revealed: The number of emergency calls made about Valencia floods before warning was sent by regional government

OVER 15,000 people made calls to the 112 emergency number in Valencia on October 29 before Carlos Mazon’s regional government issued a flood warning to

4 Mar, 2025 @ 18:45

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Watch: Red weather alert in Valencia as locals are told to ‘stay at home’ and schools are closed

A DREADED red weather alert has been issued for parts of the Valencia region amid an ongoing deluge across Spain. The severe warning is in

3 Mar, 2025 @ 17:38

Castellon·Lead·Valencian Community·Weather

30,000 people demand Carlos Mazon resignation in latest Valencia protest over flood disaster response and lack of warning

30,000 people demand Carlos Mazon resignation in latest Valencia protest over flood disaster response and lack of warning

THOUSANDS of people protested in Valencia City on Saturday in the latest demonstration calling for regional president Carlos Mazon’s resignation over his handling of the

3 Mar, 2025 @ 14:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Elderly people made up majority of Valencia floods death toll as tragic accounts describe what happened before belated emergency warning

Elderly people made up majority of Valencia floods death toll with many fatalities before emergency warning was issued

THE majority of the 224 deaths in last October’s Valencia floods were elderly people according to figures obtained by the El Pais newspaper. Almost half

26 Feb, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Mercadona supermarket owner Juan Roig donates €1.5million to repair flood-damaged parks and squares in Valencia

Mercadona supermarket owner Juan Roig donates €1.5million to repair flood-damaged parks and squares in Valencia

JUAN Roig, the owner of the Valencia-based Mercadona supermarket chain, has donated €1.5 million to repair parks and squares damaged by last October’s floods. The

25 Feb, 2025 @ 17:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

First anniversary of Valencia fire disaster that killed 10 people with €30m reconstruction of 'Spain's Grenfell' starting this summer

First anniversary of Valencia fire disaster that killed 10 people with €30m reconstruction of ‘Spain’s Grenfell’ starting this summer

SATURDAY is the first anniversary of the fire that devastated an apartment block in the Campanar district of Valencia- leaving 10 people dead and 138

22 Feb, 2025 @ 12:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Bars and restaurants revolt over 'nonsensical' new rules over outdoor terraces in Costa Blanca city

Bars and restaurants revolt over ‘nonsensical’ new rules for outdoor terraces in Costa Blanca city

BARS and restaurants in Guardamar del Segura are fuming over a new law that forces the removal of outdoor terraces each night and banning any

18 Feb, 2025 @ 11:47

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain offers temporary residency to estimated 25,000 migrants affected by Valencia floods

Spain offers temporary residency to estimated 25,000 migrants affected by Valencia floods

SPAIN’S government will give year-long residency and work permits to around 25,000 unregistered migrants caught up in last October’s Valencia floods. The measure was approved

12 Feb, 2025 @ 11:29

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

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