This region in Spain wants to turn graveyards into solar farm
VALENCIA is using city graveyards to help it reach climate neutrality by 2030. Finding suitable sites for solar farms in urban areas isn’t easy, so
Tourist warning for Spain: Buying bags and other goods from ‘looky looky’ men could land you a hefty fine in this holiday hotspot this year
TORREVIEJA’S long-running war against illegal street sellers will be ramped up this summer with plain-clothed police officers dishing out penalties to anybody buying their products.
Female cook is forced to prostitute herself on roundabouts in Spain after being tricked by a gang who promised her a job in a restaurant
FOUR people have been arrested for allegedly tricking a Romanian woman to work in Torrevieja as a cook, but forcing her instead into prostitution. The
Airbnb crackdown in Valencia: Tourist flats will not keep their licences when they are sold
THE Valencian government will tighten controls on holiday accommodation lets in the region with changes coming into force ‘probably before the summer season. The measures
‘Historic’ fine in Benidorm threatens to bankrupt the tourist mecca: City hall is ordered to pay €283million compensation to family who was blocked from building on protected land
BENIDORM City Council is facing potential bankruptcy after a court ordered it to pay €283 million plus interest as compensation to a family for the
Woman gives birth on a bus in Spain’s Valencia: Driver and other passengers helped deliver healthy baby boy
PASSENGERS on a Valencia bus got a shock detour to hospital on Thursday after a woman gave birth to a baby boy- helped by her
Expats fall prey to tourist flat surge in Spain: Family is forcibly arrested on the Costa Blanca while attempting to block Airbnb-style homes being built on ‘their’ land
TWO members of an Austrian family have been arrested in a last-ditch effort to stop a new housing development on land which they say is
Spain refuses to make the AP-7 toll road free along the Costa del Sol despite horrendous daily traffic jams – but WILL open up a toll road in Alicante
THE government is hoping that the AP-7 and A-70 Alicante by-pass will very soon become a toll-free road. The imminent move will free up a
British man is placed in a chokehold and robbed in Benidorm: Thugs leave elderly victim with a head injury
AN ELDERLY British man was robbed after being placed into a chokehold on a busy Benidorm street in broad daylight. Two plain-clothed Policia Nacional officers
WATCH: British tourists in Benidorm are kicked off their sunbeds by a hotel security guard after trying to bag them too early
THIS is the moment two British tourists were kicked off their sunbeds in Benidorm after entering the pool area before it officially opened. Video footage
These are the seven best pizzerias in Spain, according to prestigious ranking – so how many have YOU visited?
THE prestigious 50 Top Pizza has revealed the best pizzerias in Europe this year. The list, revealed at a gala in Madrid, put Spanish pizza
Bodies of German couple discovered after a dog found a woman’s arm last month in Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE bodies of a missing German couple have been discovered on Friday by the Guardia Civil in Jijona- a month after a dog found a
Year-long tourist apartment ban set to be imposed in parts of Spain’s Valencia as debate continues over ‘visitor saturation’
VALENCIA’S mayor, Maria Jose Catala has announced a year-long moratorium on tourist apartment licences covering private buildings administered by owner communities and ground floors of
Hit and run suspect with extensive criminal record surrenders- four days after young boy is seriously injured on pedestrian crossing in Spain’s Valencia
A MOTORIST sought after a boy was run over on a Valencia pedestrian crossing, has handed himself into the police four days after the incident.
Anti-tourism tactics escalate in Spain: Bicycle wheels in a holiday hotspot are punctured with pins carrying ‘tourist go home’ message
BIKE tour companies in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia have denounced the fact that their two-wheeled transports are being targeted by anti-tourism protesters. The
Extreme drought threatens wine producers with rabbits eating vine shoots in Spain’s Alicante area
THE persistent extreme drought in Alicante province is posing headaches for local vineyards, especially in the Marina Alta region. The Denomination of Origin Vinos de
Are sunbed wars kicking off in Spain? Tourists in Benidorm are branded ‘selfish’ for laying on stacks of chairs by a hotel pool
TWO men enjoying the sun in Benidorm have been slammed as ‘selfish’ by other holidaymakers, after they were snapped lying by their hotel pool on
Hooded men threaten to kill farmer but just get olive oil and €120 in cash after fruitless raid in Spain’s Alicante
TWO hooded men stormed an Alicante area finca and threatened to kill the farmer if he didn’t hand over all of his money. The Spanish
WATCH: Huge fire engulfs 34 cars in port popular with tourists on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A FIRECRACKER is suspected of starting a giant blaze that destroyed 17 cars and damaged at least 17 others in a Javea port car park
Farmer is arrested after police unearth 229 protected turtles on his land in Spain’s Valencia
THE Guardia Civil has removed 229 of Moorish turtles being kept illegally on a Valencia area farm- the largest seizure of its kind in Spain.
‘Serial predator’ and evangelist is arrested in Spain’s Valencia for ‘sexually abusing eight young girls’Â
A CHOIRMASTER at a Valencia area evangelical church has been jailed by a Mislata court as investigations continue into allegations concerning eight sexual assaults on
British expat is arrested for ‘drug trafficking’ after police raid Torrevieja cannabis club popular with foreign tourists
A BRITISH man involved with a Torrevieja cannabis club has been arrested by the Guardia Civil after it sold drugs to foreign tourists. The club
Far-right Vox councillor in Valencia is investigated for ‘racist’ comments
PROSECUTORS have launched a hate crime probe into a Vox councillor in Valencia over social media postings about a black Podemos politician. Cecilia Herrero- a
Rucksack containing 20kg of ‘Adidas’ branded cocaine is found floating off popular tourist beach in Benidorm
A BENIDORM Policia Local patrol boat fished out a rucksack containing 20 kilos of cocaine from the water at Poniente beach. The discovery was made
Huge haul of counterfeit art including 15 Salvador Dali fakes is discovered in Spain’s Valencia
THE Policia Nacional’s Heritage Group based in the Valencia region has seized 22 fake works of art including 15 paintings attributed to Salvador Dali. They
Dolphins jump for joy in incredible photos taken just off the coast of Spain’s Torrevieja
A LOCAL wildlife enthusiast captured a series of incredible images off the coast of Spain’s Torrevieja this Monday, as a pod of dolphins jumped for