Alicante Province

Costa Blanca airport claims 10 successive months of passenger records- with a third of visitors coming from the UK

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport has almost beaten last year’s passenger total with two months to spare. The Costa Blanca facility recorded a tenth successive record month for

15 Nov, 2025 @ 07:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Three arrests over murder of Swedish restaurant owner who was dragged to his death by phone thieves on the Costa Blanca

THREE men have been arrested in Alicante City after a restaurant owner was dragged to his death when his iPhone was stolen in Torrevieja. Inquiries

14 Nov, 2025 @ 17:00

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

Illegally-kept wild African cat goes to Costa Blanca rescue centre after family ‘can’t cope’ with their exotic pet

AN AFRICAN wild cat illegally kept as a domestic pet has been rescued from an Alicante area home. The five-year-old female serval called Tila became

14 Nov, 2025 @ 15:00

Alicante·Animals·Costa Blanca·Lead

IN PICS: Benidorm’s Fancy Dress Party attracts over 30,000 visitors- mainly British- to Europe’s ‘biggest’ costume parade

OVER 30,000 people- mainly British expats and tourists- lined Benidorm’s streets on Thursday for the annual ‘Fancy Dress Party’. The event organised by hospitality associations

14 Nov, 2025 @ 12:38

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Entertainment·Lead

Foreigners bought almost half of Costa Blanca properties sold between July and September

FOREIGN buyers accounted for 43.29% of home purchases in Alicante province between July and September this year. Spain’s Association of Registrars said it was the

13 Nov, 2025 @ 13:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Property·Torrevieja

Police dismantle sex exploitation gang that abused foreign women on Costa Blanca

A YEAR-LONG probe to bust a Costa Blanca gang that sexually exploited women has resulted in seven arrests and the freeing of 11 victims. Following

12 Nov, 2025 @ 16:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Burglars arrested after high-speed police chase catches crew who robbed 50 homes in Spain

THREE men have been arrested for robbing 50 homes in the Murcia region and on the Costa Blanca. In February, Guardia Civil investigators detected a

11 Nov, 2025 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Costa Blanca’s top summer music festival ‘kicked out of Benidorm’ but finds new home in Torrevieja

A MAJOR summer music festival has quit Benidorm after 14 years and found a new home on the southern Costa Blanca in Torrevieja. The Low

11 Nov, 2025 @ 12:43

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Entertainment·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Torrevieja

WATCH: Police grab €7.8m of drugs as traffickers are caught 'red-handed' unloading from narco boat on the Costa Blanca

WATCH: Police grab €7.8m of drugs as traffickers are caught ‘red-handed’ unloading hashish from narco boat on the Costa Blanca

DRUG traffickers were ‘caught in the act’ unloading a narco boat transporting hashish worth €7.8m. The vessel had sailed under the cover of darkness into

10 Nov, 2025 @ 15:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Costa Blanca Russian mafia money laundering gang faces €22m in fines and six-year jail terms

A BENIDORM court has green-lit the trial of a Russian mafia money laundering gang operating on the Costa Blanca- five years after they were arrested.

10 Nov, 2025 @ 14:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Drivers in Alicante beware: Three new ‘average speed check zones’ are being rolled out – all you need to know

NEW speed cameras that calculate how the average speed of a vehicle between two points will be activated soon in Alicante province. Many drivers familiar

10 Nov, 2025 @ 12:14

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Big night TONIGHT for ‘nougat’ town that’s one of Spain’s first to switch on its Christmas lights

AN ALICANTE province town is switching on its Christmas lights this Friday night- nearly seven weeks before December 25. Xixona will be the first to

7 Nov, 2025 @ 14:00

Alicante·Lead·Valencian Community

Thief made special trips to Benidorm just to steal electric scooters parked outside supermarkets

A SERIAL electric scooter stealer has been arrested in Benidorm by the Policia Nacional. The man, 36, travelled regularly from Alicante to plunder at least

6 Nov, 2025 @ 15:15

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

British 'kamikaze' motorist, 76, drives for 17kms on wrong side of Costa Blanca motorway and does not stop for the police

British ‘kamikaze’ motorist, 76, lucky to be alive after driving for 17kms on wrong side of Costa Blanca motorway

A BRITISH motorist has been charged with reckless driving after travelling 17 kilometres on the wrong side of a Costa Blanca motorway. The 76-year-old man

6 Nov, 2025 @ 13:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Albanians ran five marijuana farms on the Costa Blanca with drugs exported across Europe

Albanians operated Costa Blanca marijuana farms with drugs exported across Europe

POLICE have swooped on an Albanian drug trafficking gang- making six simultaneous arrests across the Costa Blanca. The crew grew marijuana to sell across Europe.

5 Nov, 2025 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Body of British man found lying between two cars on a Costa Blanca street

Body of British man found lying between two cars on Costa Blanca street

THE body of a British national was discovered lying between two cars in Javea on Sunday morning. Authorities confirmed he was a 50-year-old man. Emergency

3 Nov, 2025 @ 12:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Crazy high-speed car chase sees pedestrian run over and vehicles hit before drug traffickers are arrested in Costa Blanca city

A PEDESTRIAN was knocked over and parked cars damaged in Torrevieja during a high-speed Guardia Civil pursuit of two drug traffickers. Two men, aged 25

30 Oct, 2025 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja

Teenage hacker arrested in Alicante for making death threats to Podemos leader, Ione Belarra, and the mass theft of personal data

Teenage hacker arrested in Alicante for death threats against left-wing Podemos leader and threatening mass theft of personal data

A 17-YEAR-OLD boy has been arrested in the Vinalopo region after making online death threats to the leader of the left-wing political party Podemos. He

29 Oct, 2025 @ 16:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Most sophisticated’ indoor marijuana farm to be found in years is raided in Alicante with entry via ‘secret’ door

THE Guardia Civil have dismantled one ‘of the most sophisticated’ indoor marijuana farms to be discovered in Alicante province in recent years. Two warehouses in

28 Oct, 2025 @ 14:15

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Large vulture flies into Costa Blanca home for a rest- perching on living room sofa

Large vulture flies into Costa Blanca home to chill out on living room sofa

A LARGE griffon vulture flew into a Torrevieja home last Thursday at around 9.30pm and made itself comfortable on top of a sofa. The homeowner

27 Oct, 2025 @ 17:30

Animals·Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Police discover more illegal mobile homes built on protected land in Costa Blanca area

Police discover yet another cluster of illegal mobile homes on protected land in Costa Blanca area

THE Guardia Civil are investigating 29 people over the illegal use of land to erect mobile homes in the Baiona Alta area of Mutxamel. This

27 Oct, 2025 @ 13:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Police arrest German robbers and scammers at gunpoint in popular expat area of Costa Blanca

WATCH: Police arrest German robbers at gunpoint in popular expat area of Costa Blanca

TWO German fugitives have been arrested on San Fulgencio’s La Marina urbanisation in Alicante province. Policia Nacional officers waited for them to return to their

22 Oct, 2025 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Gusts of up to 111 km/hour recorded during yellow weather alert in Valencia region.

Yellow alert for strong winds while late October mini-heatwave continues with ‘tropical nights’ on Costa Blanca

UNPRECEDENTED late October weather for Alicante province will continue with the mini-heatwave, tropical nights, and now a yellow warning for strong gusts of wind. The

22 Oct, 2025 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Weather

Dozens of illegal homes built on protected land face demolition after police probe in Alicante

A MAJOR operation against illegal homes on protected rural land in Alicante province has resulted in 64 people being investigated and 70 inspections. Besides facing

22 Oct, 2025 @ 12:45

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s Costa Blanca set to sizzle in record late October temperatures

THE State Meterological Agency(Aemet) says that temperatures could hit over 35C in parts of Alicante province later this week. Aemet believes that record values could

20 Oct, 2025 @ 17:32

Costa Blanca·Lead·Weather

IN PICS: ‘Poppy Appeal’ on Costa Blanca launched at Royal British Legion parade in Benidorm

THE UK ambassador to Spain, Sir Alex Ellis, made his first official visit to Benidorm on Saturday for the official Poppy Appeal launch on the

20 Oct, 2025 @ 12:07

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca airport claims 10 successive months of passenger records- with a third of visitors coming from the UK

Three arrests over murder of Swedish restaurant owner who was dragged to his death by phone thieves on the Costa Blanca

Illegally-kept wild African cat goes to Costa Blanca rescue centre after family ‘can’t cope’ with their exotic pet

IN PICS: Benidorm’s Fancy Dress Party attracts over 30,000 visitors- mainly British- to Europe’s ‘biggest’ costume parade

Foreigners bought almost half of Costa Blanca properties sold between July and September

Police dismantle sex exploitation gang that abused foreign women on Costa Blanca

Burglars arrested after high-speed police chase catches crew who robbed 50 homes in Spain

Costa Blanca’s top summer music festival ‘kicked out of Benidorm’ but finds new home in Torrevieja

WATCH: Police grab €7.8m of drugs as traffickers are caught ‘red-handed’ unloading hashish from narco boat on the Costa Blanca

Costa Blanca Russian mafia money laundering gang faces €22m in fines and six-year jail terms

Drivers in Alicante beware: Three new ‘average speed check zones’ are being rolled out – all you need to know

Big night TONIGHT for ‘nougat’ town that’s one of Spain’s first to switch on its Christmas lights

Thief made special trips to Benidorm just to steal electric scooters parked outside supermarkets

British ‘kamikaze’ motorist, 76, lucky to be alive after driving for 17kms on wrong side of Costa Blanca motorway

Albanians operated Costa Blanca marijuana farms with drugs exported across Europe

Body of British man found lying between two cars on Costa Blanca street

Crazy high-speed car chase sees pedestrian run over and vehicles hit before drug traffickers are arrested in Costa Blanca city

Teenage hacker arrested in Alicante for death threats against left-wing Podemos leader and threatening mass theft of personal data

‘Most sophisticated’ indoor marijuana farm to be found in years is raided in Alicante with entry via ‘secret’ door

Large vulture flies into Costa Blanca home to chill out on living room sofa

Police discover yet another cluster of illegal mobile homes on protected land in Costa Blanca area

WATCH: Police arrest German robbers at gunpoint in popular expat area of Costa Blanca

Yellow alert for strong winds while late October mini-heatwave continues with ‘tropical nights’ on Costa Blanca

Dozens of illegal homes built on protected land face demolition after police probe in Alicante

Spain’s Costa Blanca set to sizzle in record late October temperatures

IN PICS: ‘Poppy Appeal’ on Costa Blanca launched at Royal British Legion parade in Benidorm

British teenager fighting for life after nearly drowning during school trip to northern Spain

Affordable housing all but disappears in Malaga and Valencia as luxury homes increasingly dominate

The McGrail Report – Toward a modernised model of policing for Gibraltar, writes F Oliva

Sky high rents in Spain’s top cities are pushing people into popular hotspots in Alicante, Valencia and Andalucia

Costa Blanca airport claims 10 successive months of passenger records- with a third of visitors coming from the UK