Jealous expat who stabbed girlfriend and dumped body in rubbish container gets jail time cut on Spain’s Costa Blanca
VALENCIA'S Supreme Court has cut four years from the prison term of a Dutch national who stabbed his girlfriend 15 times and dumped her...
Axe-wielding jilted husband, 40, kidnaps wife’s lover, 28, before forcing him to undress while taking ‘degrading’ photos on his...
A VILLAJOYOSA court is investigating the kidnapping of a man, 28, who was forced to pose for degrading naked photos at the behest of...
Face masks are made mandatory at two hospitals in Spain’s Valencia amid a surge in COVID cases
WITH a recent rise in new Covid-19 cases, two Valencia hospitals have reintroduced mandatory masks wearing in parts of their buildings.
All this comes with...
‘Shark’ sighting off Spain’s Valencia coast forces beach to close – before experts discover it was just a big...
A BEACH in the Valencia region was closed on Monday after a shark was thought to have been spotted in the waters.
The decision...
Russian businessman accused of mass fraud is arrested at Benidorm police station in Spain as he applied for asylum
A FORMER Russian company boss got a shock at Benidorm police station where we went to process his asylum application but ended up collared...
Norwegian expat, 54, laid dead in his Costa Blanca home for ‘at least 10 days’: Body is discovered after...
A STRONG stench wafting from a Torrevieja flat forced a Guardia Civil break-in with the discovery of a man's body which had been lying...
Blue shark bites swimmer in leg forcing bathing ban at beaches in Spain’s Valencia area
THREE beaches in Oliva were closed to swimmers on Thursday after a bather at Rabdells beach was bitten by a blue shark.
The animal had...
Benidorm and Murcia Terra Natura parks in Spain report profits that are higher than before Covid pandemic
THE TERRA NATURA wildlife parks in Benidorm and Murcia have boosted profits last year to surpass 2019 figures after dips caused by the Covid...
Fraudster arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca for running fake property website and pocketing money from victims
A MAN who scammed €90,000 in just over six months from people using his fake real estate website has been arrested in Alicante Province.
The...
Benidorm’s busy roads suggest record-breaking summer season at resort popular with British holidaymakers in Spain
BENIDORM'S high tourist bookings are indicative of a busy summer season, but another positive sign is the number of motorists using local roads which...
High rentals charged by tourist apartments are forcing young people out of Costa Blanca city in Spain
SANTA POLA council has been told to sort out an 'uncontrolled rise in tourist apartments' which is raising rental costs and allegedly forcing younger...
Elderly people withdrawing large cash amounts from banks robbed by men who spied on them on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO street thieves have been arrested in Calpe close to a bank where they stole €4,000 from an elderly man last May.
The men of...
Troubled hospital on Spain’s Costa Blanca criticised for patient delays will not return to private management
TORREVIEJA HOSPITAL and its associated health department will not return to private management according to the new Valencian Health Minister, Marciano Gomez.
The hospital was...
Emergency 112 number gets 11,177 calls about animals in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas
THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY'S emergency 112 number has received 11,177 calls this year up to August 15 about animals.
Over half of the calls- 58%- were...
Callous ‘love hug’ robber targeting old people- and even offering sex- gets fifth arrest in recent months on Spain’s...
A PROFESSIONAL 'love hug' street robber has been arrested in Alicante for the fifth time in recent months.
The 26-year-old woman travelled all round Spain...
New €4 million municipal park set for October construction finish in British expat area of Spain’s Costa Blanca
WORK on the long-awaited new municipal park for Torrevieja's La Siesta area should be finished by October.
The area covers 44,000 m2 and has cost...
Local centre reopening for ambulance call outs after claims people died due to late arrivals on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A HEALTH emergency co-ordination centre(CICU) will be restored to Alicante province- just months after it was integrated into one Valencian region facility.
Alicante's CICU shut...
Enjoy a variety of heritage events and tradition festivals in Valencia
Summer is drawing to a close and the city is coming back to life, with plenty of exciting activities and festivals on the horizon....
Fake bank notes totting up to millions of Euros seized from scamming brothers ripping-off sellers in Spain’s Madrid and...
THREE Croatian-Italian brothers who used counterfeit euro notes to con sellers of high-value items have been arrested by the Policia Nacional.
The siblings led a...
Tourists return to Spain with a bang as passenger records for July are smashed at Costa del Sol and...
SPAIN'S airports saw the best-ever July for passenger numbers, as tourism continues to blossom following the Covid pandemic.
Operator Aena said on Monday that...
Woman ordered to pay back dead brother’s pension that she claimed for 24 years in Spain’s Valencia region
A VALENCIA area woman has been given a two-year prison sentence and ordered to repay €135,805 to Social Security after her claiming her dead...
Unique firework display dating back to Middle Ages set to light up Sunday night sky on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ONE of Spain's most spectacular firework displays takes place this Sunday which has been recognised by UNESCO as an 'Intangible Heritage of Humanity'.
Elche's Nit...
RANKED: The place to be this summer season in Spain? It’s the Costa del Sol, baby
THE Costa del Sol dominates a new top 50 ranking of Spain’s hottest destinations for this summer - according to the Spanish themselves.
The golden...
Irrigators probed for killing fish due to illegal weir that dried up river in Spain’s Castellon area
FIVE Castellon province irrigators are facing prosecution after illegally installing a weir to divert water on the Palancia river which resulted in dead fish...
Swimming pool guards arrested for hate crimes in Spain’s Valencia after telling veil-wearing woman to ‘f—ing go back to...
TWO SECURITY GUARDS at the Benicalap municipal swimming pool in Valencia have been arrested for hate crimes after allegedly stopping her entering the facility...
Thief steals vehicle from car dealership and overturns it minutes later after spotting police in Spain’s Valencia
A MAN stole a vehicle from a Manises dealership in Valencia province but overturned it minutes later when he was spooked by a police...
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