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Time runs out for fake luxury watch distribution gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A DISTRIBUTION network involving thousands of fake watches imitating high-end brands has been broken up by the Policia Nacional. The bogus timepieces were dispatched right...

Level crossing blackspot claims third victim in less than a year in Spain’s Valencia

A 20-YEAR-OLD woman died on Wednesday when she was run over by a train at Alfafar level crossing in Valencia province. It's the third death...

Vaping teenagers overtake tobacco smokers in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

MORE teenagers in the Valencian Community are vaping as opposed to smoking tobacco according to a study from the AECC cancer charity in the...

Two men killed in ‘kamikaze’ crash on busy motorway on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO MEN died on Tuesday morning in a 'head-on' collision on the AP-7 motorway close to the Murcia-Valencia regional border. The accident happened at around...

Andalucia, Murcia and Comunidad Valenciana reported to have Spain’s worst health services 

ANDALUCIA, MURCIA and COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA have been identified as the autonomous communities with the worst public health services.  These results are according to a study...

New car park coming to popular tourist beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A CONTRACT has been advertised to build a new car park serving Guardamar del Segura's Playa La Roqueta. The tender cost comes in at just...

Vast majority of people aged 20 years and under can’t speak English in Spain’s Costa Blanca area

OVER TWO-THIRDS of young people in the Valencian Community have told a survey that they cannot speak or understand any English, with just one...

Spain based car rental company starts implementing 32-hour working week

Spain-based car hiring company Wiber rent a car has introduced a 32-hour working week across all its offices in the country.  The company has offices...

‘Hugging robber’ jailed at last after multiple offences on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FEMALE thief who 'hugged' victims in a tight embrace was caught red-handed trying to steal from an elderly man in a Costa Blanca...

Police catch child gang stealing electric scooters in Spain’s Benidorm

A GANG of child thieves have been arrested for stealing electric scooters parked close to a Benidorm sports centre. Police received reports from scooter owners...

Benidorm’s Terra Natura welcomes pair of deadly snakes to aid anti-venom research in Spain

TERRA NATURA park in Benidorm has expanded its collection of poisonous residents by welcoming a pair of butterfly vipers from a Dutch zoo. Besides caring...

Resident kept awake at night by barking dog loses €60,000 compensation bid in Spain’s Valencia region

THE Valencian Superior Court(TSJCV) has rejected a €60,000 compensation bid by an Antella resident for being kept awake at night by a barking dog. The...

A hundred short films from 17 countries selected for Alicante International Film Festival on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A HUNDRED short films from 17 countries have been chosen for screening at this June's Alicante International Film Festival. Judges had to sift through over...

The University Paellas festival returns to Valencia

VALENCIA'S popular University Paellas festival returns on Friday 21 April with festivities kicking off at 5pm.  There will be a total of five music stages...

Cyclist seriously injured after colliding with a lorry in Castellon 

A cyclist has been seriously injured after a crash between his bike and a truck in Castellon this morning.  The accident happened at Almazora Road,...

Bogus nurse employed with no qualifications gets suspended jail sentence in Spain’s Valencia

A VALENCIA court has handed down a two-year prison sentence to a man who pretended to be a nurse and was employed for over...

Public hospital surgery waiting lists lowest since Covid pandemic broke out in Spain’s Valencia region

WAITING LISTS for non-emergency surgery in a public hospital in the Valencian Community have fallen to their lowest level since the Covid-19 pandemic broke...

Police shut down drugs den operating next to children’s playground on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has closed down a drugs den in the centre of Guardamar del Segura which operated a few metres away from a...

Young man arrested for drunk driving and crashing against a traffic sign with stolen car in Castellon 

A 21-year-old Spaniard has been arrested for allegedly crashing a stolen car into a traffic sign in Castellon de la Plana.  He is believed to...

Extra summer ferries announced between Spain’s Costa Blanca and the Balearic Islands

FERRY company Balearia has announced extra summer services from Denia on the Costa Blanca to Ibiza and Palma in the Balearic islands. The Bahama Mama...

Angry Amazon delivery driver in booze-fuelled revenge ramming of Valencia police car in Spain

A 26-YEAR-OLD Amazon delivery driver deliberately drove his van into a parked Valencia police car because he was angry for being penalised for using...

Decade-long impasse over closed seaside footpath could end soon on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A LONG-RUNNING impasse over a closed 60 metre stretch of an Orihuela Costa footpath has moved another stage to being solved after it was...

Spain’s second largest pilgrimage walk takes place this week on Costa Blanca

OVER 500 Alicante Policia Local officers are being deployed on Thursday and into the weekend as the city celebrates its 534th Santa Faz pilgrimage. The...

Onion furore as farmer faces lawsuit for saying police officers stole vegetables in Spain’s Valencia

A Mislata farmer could end up in court after accusing Policia Local officers of stealing onions in the middle of last Saturday night. Police say...

Son taking medication fatally stabs mother at Valencia holiday home in Spain

A 24-year-old man stabbed his mother to death on Sunday evening inside a cabin at Los Carasoles campsite in Enguera, Valencia province. The assailant- said...

No return to Spain with Cuba changing mind over loaning works by great Valencian painter Joaquin Sorolla

SEVEN years of talks with the Cuban government to bring 30 paintings by Valencia artist Joaquin Sorolla back to Spain for an exhibition to...

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