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Space rocket designed by Costa Blanca company will not launch from Spain until September after two postponements

SEPTEMBER will be third time lucky for the launch of Spain's first private rocket to be sent into space, amidst concerns of starting forest...

Costa Blanca city cries foul over losing an ambulance every summer in Spain

ELCHE council wants their two SAMU ambulances to be based all year in the city rather than one of them going to Santa Pola...

Police rescue elderly woman after three-day ordeal lying on house floor in Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 78-year-old Torrevieja woman has been rescued by the Guardia Civil after she fell out of bed and spent three days lying on the...

Popular bathing area at Costa Blanca beach in Spain cleared due to pollution scare

A COSTA BLANCA beach has been closed to bathers for the second time in less than a year after tests showed the water had...

Pickpocket gang pinch wallets and phones in busy areas of Spain’s Valencia

FOUR members of an organised pickpocket gang have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for stealing valuables from public transport passengers and pedestrians in...

Air traffic controllers claim 30 drunk Brits fought on board Ryanair flight to Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE POLICIA NACIONAL have detained two disruptive and drunk passengers flying with Ryanair from Bristol to Alicante-Elche airport on Saturday. The air traffic controllers association...

New mayor of Valencia in Spain announces big overhaul of street and park cleaning service

VALENCIA'S new Partido Popular mayor Maria Jose Catala has announced that street and green area cleaning is being doubled in the city. One of Maria...

Plan to boost tourism in Vall d’Ebo area of Spain’s Alicante province ravaged by wildfires in 2022

THE VALENCIAN tourist department has given a €50,000 grant to boost tourism in the Vall d'Ebo area of Alicante province that was ravaged by...

Spain’s Benidorm to spend €3.8 million on green projects around city

BENIDORM will spend €3.8 million over the next two years on a project called 'Green and Water' with 15 initiatives aimed to increase green...

Robber commits 83 home burglaries in same Valencia area town in Spain

A SERIAL burglar has been arrested by the Guardia Civil after committing 83 home robberies in Sagunto, Valencia province. Stolen items and damage caused totalled...

Police seize thousands of kilos of drugs unloaded on Costa Blanca beach in Spain

A NARCO-BOAT escaped the clutches of the Guardia Civil after transporting 1.5 tons of hashish to an Alicante province beach. The craft was spotted approaching...

Police bust fake goods racket selling items at Costa Blanca market stalls in Spain

THE POLICIA NACIONAL has busted a criminal operation that distributed fake goods to be sold at Calpe market in Alicante province. Seven stall holders have...

Plans for 12,000 panel solar farm blocked on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AUTHORITIES in Valencia have blocked plans for a 12,000 panel solar farm on land between Los Montesinos and Torrevieja because of its proximity to...

Police chase van crammed with 600 kilos of stolen oranges on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A VAN crammed with 600 kilos of stolen oranges refused to stop for the police in the Orihuela area of Alicante province and led...

Far-right Vox-led council bans gay ‘rainbow’ flag from public buildings in Valencia area town in Spain

THE RAINBOW-coloured flag representing the LGBTQ community has been banned from public buildings in Naquera following Vox coming top of the poll in May's...

Fugitive Irish gangster set for July return to face drugs trial on Spain’s Costa Blanca

IRISH gangster, Darren Gilligan- son of notorious drug trafficker John Gilligan, has told a Dublin court that he has consented to his surrender to...

Shameful behaviour of drunk causing chaotic scenes at Costa Blanca airport in Spain

A DRUNK woman has been arrested at Alicante-Elche airport after assaulting several police officers and health workers. The 32-year-old female of undisclosed nationality was told...

Young boy dies after concrete pillar on house driveway collapses on him in Spain’s Alicante area

A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY died on Tuesday while playing outside his family's finca in the Sax area of Alicante province. The Spanish youngster was on an...

Graffiti artist duo from Spain’s Valencia fuse contemporary and classical art in Greek murals

TWO Valencia graffiti artists have built up an international reputation for creating murals of the ancient Greek gods on large high-rise buildings across the...

Spain has three of the world’s top four restaurants following Valencia awards ceremony

SPAIN'S restaurants held their heads high in Tuesday's 'Best Restaurants in the World Awards 2023' staged at Valencia's Les Arts Opera House. The ceremony honoured...

New perimeter wall plan to stop floods at major Costa Blanca hospital in Spain

€2.5 MILLION has been allocated to the Valencian Government to protect Orihuela's Vega Baja Hospital against flooding after services came close to collapsing during...

Man and woman locked up children for at least two years in horrific conditions in Spain’s Valencia

A SPANISH man and woman aged 51 and 57 have been arrested and charged with family mistreatment in the Valencia area after four children...

Man jailed for slashing neck of passer-by who refused to give him cigarette in Spain’s Valencia

A 21-YEAR-OLD man has been convicted of attempted murder in a Valencia court after he slashed the neck of a man who refused to...

Precious time wasted as over 11 million people miss appointments to see doctor in Spain

OVER 11 million primary care appointments have been lost in the last year in Spain because patients do not attend scheduled appointments with their...

Iberdrola gets approval for three solar energy farms in Alicante and Valencia areas of Spain

ENERGY company Iberdrola has obtained approval to build three new solar farms in Villena (Alicante province), Ayora and Cofrentes (Valencia province). The three locations had...

Vertical x-ray scanner being used for first time in Spain at a public hospital

A REVOLUTIONARY new x-ray scanner that cuts radioactive emissions by up to 85% is being used for the first time in a Spanish public...

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