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After 34 years of legal wrangling, a spinster’s multi-million inheritance is finally given to good causes in Spain

A SPINSTER who died in Spain’s Valencia region at the age of 100 on October 1, 1988 left behind no will, but a considerable inheritance.

30 Dec, 2022 @ 14:00

Castellon·Lead·Valencian Community

Vat Scammers Selling Imported Cars Defraud Over €14 Million From Tax Authorities In Spain's Valencia

Scammers selling imported cars defraud €14 million from tax authorities in Spain’s Valencia

A Valencia-based tax scam involving cars imported from Germany defrauded over €14 million from Spain’s tax coffers. 23 people- Spanish and Romanian nationals- have been

29 Dec, 2022 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Farce of Costa Blanca kidnap plot leader surrendering to police in Spain's Cadiz but gets bail from local judge

Farce of Costa Blanca kidnap plot leader surrendering to police in Spain’s Cadiz but local judge bails him

ALICANTE authorities are said to be astonished after a wanted kidnap gang leader turned himself in to police in Cadiz province, only for a judge

29 Dec, 2022 @ 19:00

Alicante·Cadiz·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Benidorm Moves To Phase Two Of Major Energy Efficient Street Light Switchover On Spain's Costa Blanca

Man arrested in Spain’s Benidorm after partner plunges to death from sixth-floor window

THE NATIONAL Police have detained a 22-year-old man in Benidorm after his partner fell to her death on Thursday from the window of a sixth-floor

29 Dec, 2022 @ 18:30

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Irish man jailed after glassing pedestrian outside Valencia bar in Spain

An Irish man has been arrested in Valencia for attempted homicide after allegedly attacking another man with a glass outside a bar on Christmas Day.

29 Dec, 2022 @ 17:15

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Online seller of endangered toads is punished in Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Alicante man has been fined €1,080 for selling natterjack toads on the internet. He’s also been banned from breeding or trading wild animals for

28 Dec, 2022 @ 17:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Nature·Valencian Community

Son Abused Father, 80, For Years By Hitting Him In House Full Of Excrement In Spain's Valencia

Son abused elderly father for years in house full of excrement in Spain’s Valencia

A 51-year-old Betera man has been arrested after neighbours claimed he systematically abused his 80-year-old father. They said the elderly resident suffered harassment, beatings, and

28 Dec, 2022 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Benidorm's main promenade to celebrate New Year twice with Big Ben and Puerta del Sol chimes

Benidorm’s main promenade to celebrate New Year twice with Big Ben and Spain’s Puerta del Sol chimes from Madrid

A big party to celebrate the New Year will run for over seven hours on Saturday on Benidorm’s Paseo de Levante. An estimated 5,000 people

28 Dec, 2022 @ 11:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Hotels on Spain's Costa Blanca look forward to bumper New Year's Eve

Hotels on Spain’s Costa Blanca looking forward to bumper New Year’s Eve

HOTELIERS on the Costa Blanca are looking forward to a busy New Year’s Eve after two years of heavily reduced trade caused by Covid-19 restrictions.

28 Dec, 2022 @ 10:30

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

SOff-duty policeman chase supermarket thief around car park after leaving with €400 of unpaid goods in Spain's Costa Blanca

Off-duty policeman chases supermarket robber around car park on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Elche supermarket thief was caught by two off-duty policemen doing their shopping at the same time. They restrained him after he ran off with

27 Dec, 2022 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Catalytic Converter Gang Stole Units From Parked Cars On Costa Blanca Streets In Spain

Thieves stole dozens of catalytic converters from cars in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

THREE people have been arrested for stealing 39 catalytic converters from parked cars in Alicante and Valencia Provinces. 28 units were taken at night in

27 Dec, 2022 @ 12:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

This November was one of the hottest and driest on record in Spain, stark figures show

Christmas record-breaking temperatures for Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

CHRISTMAS Day saw most of the Valencian Community enjoy daytime temperatures exceeding 20 degrees, with Valencia City hitting 23 degrees. Alicante recorded 19 degrees on

26 Dec, 2022 @ 19:45

Alicante·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community·Weather

Spain's government to ban spam calls by companies

Phone scam extorts bars and restaurants over ‘unpaid’ electricity bills on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Guardia Civil has broken up a Madrid gang who said they’d cut off electricity to 26 Alicante Province hotels and restaurants after falsely claiming

26 Dec, 2022 @ 19:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Granada·Jaen·Lead·Madrid·Murcia·Valencian Community

Terra Natura Benidorm Manager In Spain And Two Staff Members Admit Reckless Homicide After Tiger Killed Worker

Manager at Benidorm’s Terra Natura on Spain’s Costa Blanca admits reckless homicide after tiger killed worker

THE manager of Benidorm’s Terra Natura wildlife park and two employees have plead guilty to reckless homicide after a zookeeper was killed by a tiger

26 Dec, 2022 @ 13:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Snails and thistles: These are the weird and wonderful regional Christmas dishes eaten across Spain

CHRISTMAS would not look a lot like Christmas without traditional dishes and desserts. In countries like the United Kingdom, Christmas without roast potatoes and gravy

25 Dec, 2022 @ 10:30

Asturias·Catalunya·Food & Drink·La Cultura·Lead·Murcia·Must Read·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Here comes Santa Claus in a special surprise arrival for sick children on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FATHER Christmas arrived in spectacular style this week to greet youngsters at Alicante General Hospital. He was taken up on a fire truck ladder to

24 Dec, 2022 @ 09:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Prisoners Use Day Release Privileges To Rob Houses Across Spain's Costa Blanca

Prisoners spend day release time robbing houses across Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO prisoners used their day release privileges to rob houses across the southern Costa Blanca. They were part of a three-man gang who have been

22 Dec, 2022 @ 14:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

British expat is bludgeoned to death with a gardening hoe ‘for walking his dog near neighbour’s home’ in southern Spain

Popular tourist hotel owner on Spain’s Costa Blanca dies during alleged home invasion

THE Guardia Civil is investigating the death of a 77-year-old hotel owner at her Guardamar del Segura home on Wednesday. Her son is claiming that

21 Dec, 2022 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Police patrols stepped up for holiday season in busy shopping areas of Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Policia Nacional has launched its annual Safe Trade Plan to cut crime in Alicante Province shopping areas over the busy Christmas and New Year

20 Dec, 2022 @ 19:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain’s first ‘non-roundabout’ to be constructed in Costa Blanca’s Alicante

AN innovative ‘non-roundabout’ will be built in Alicante next year which will keep pedestrians and vehicles out of each other’s way. It will be the

20 Dec, 2022 @ 18:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Five-metre tall Christmas tree made from 600 balls of wool adorns town square in Spain’s Costa Blanca area

A fully-knitted Christmas tree has taken pride of place in an Alicante Province town square with not a pine needle in sight! The five-metre tall

20 Dec, 2022 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Alicante on Spain’s Costa Blanca to break record for cruise passenger arrivals

ALICANTE will break its record high achieved in 2011 for cruise passenger arrivals. Port Authority president, Julian Lopez Milla, says he expects over 120,000 passengers

20 Dec, 2022 @ 14:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Valencian Community