British tourists make up over half of Benidorm’s hotel bookings in something ‘not seen for a long time’
BRITISH tourists helped Benidorm’s hotels boost their occupancy rates to 77.9% in the first half of March- up by 0.7% on a year ago. The
British woman ‘went out of her mind due to abuse’ and strangled Benidorm flatmate with vacuum cleaner cord, court hears
A BRITISH woman has made her first court statement- six months after being arrested by the Policia Nacional for strangling her Benidorm flatmate with a
Benidorm tattoo parlour in resort’s ‘English Zone’ raided for selling cocaine
A BENIDORM tattoo parlour has been raided by the Policia Nacional for selling cocaine. The business is located in the resort’s busy ‘English Zone’. A
Benidorm council avoids bankruptcy by agreeing to land compensation deal costing at least €500 million over 30 years
BENIDORM council has approved a deal to stave off possible bankruptcy over a land compensation award. €283 million plus interest was granted by the Valencian
Costa Blanca carer steals safe crammed with jewellery and gold bars from elderly man before fleeing Spain
A CAREGIVER has fled Spain after organising a home robbery of her elderly client at his Sant Joan d’Alacant home. Five people helped to clear
Costa Blanca tragedy: Man, 28, dies after plunging down cliff while trying to retrieve dropped glasses
A 28-YEAR-OLD man died after falling more than ten metres from an Orihuela Costa cliff while trying to retrieve a dropped pair of glasses. The
Gang stole high-end cars on the Costa Blanca which they sold abroad with false plates and chassis numbers
FOUR Belarus men have been arrested and jailed for stealing cars on the Costa Blanca and selling them abroad. The Guardia Civil and Policia Nacional
Thieving carer ordered to pay back €191k stolen from elderly Costa Blanca couple or face imprisonment
A DISHONEST carer who stole nearly €191k from an elderly Benissa couple has been convicted of misappropriation. The Alicante Provincial Court has ordered her to
Yellow alert for storms coupled with lower temperatures on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A DANA weather front is heading towards Spain’s eastern coast with state forecaster Aemet issuing a yellow alert for Alicante province on Tuesday. Heavy rain
Motorist’s miracle escape after car drops off bridge into path of oncoming tram on Costa Blanca
A COSTA Blanca motorist had a lucky escape when his car went off a bridge and ended up on a rail line- causing just a
John George murder suspect is shot dead in the middle of a Costa Blanca street
A CZECH man accused of being an accomplice in the murder of John George was shot dead in Torrevieja early on Sunday morning. Michael Maly,
Two British men arrested in Benidorm for staging fake kidnapping to extort just €830 from relative of ‘victim’
TWO British men, aged 37 and 51, have been arrested in Benidorm by the Policia Nacional for staging a fake kidnapping to extract €830. A
Man convicted of animal cruelty after cameras caught him spraying acid at neighbour’s barking dog in Spain
A MAN has been ordered to pay €2,500 in compensation to a Costa Blanca dog owner after spraying acid at his pet because he was
Facebook ‘love scam’ gang in Spain cons woman into paying out €216k
AN ALMERIA woman looking for love was conned out of €216,839 by a gang who set up a fake online relationship via social media. Four
Foreigners bought up nearly half of all properties sold in this Costa Blanca province in late 2025 – but Brits are falling
FOREIGN property buyers accounted for 13.52% of sales in Spain during the last quarter of 2025, with Alicante province the hotspot on overseas share of
Massive stash of stolen bicycles and electric scooters found inside Costa Blanca house
A BIG stash of stolen bicycles and electric scooters has been discovered by the Guardia Civil inside a Torrevieja house. A 45-year-old man has been
Elderly British expat found dead by firefighters in Costa Blanca home after desperate UK relatives lost contact
AN ELDERLY British man was found dead in his Costa Blanca apartment after family and friends called authorities to say they could not contact him.
UK pub chain Wetherspoons opens its first foreign bar at Costa Blanca airport
BRITISH pub chain Wetherspoons has opened its first bar outside the UK and Ireland at Alicante-Elche airport. The opening ribbon-cutting ceremony took place on Monday.
British man arrested for pre-Christmas killing of fellow Brit, 29, on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A BRITISH man has been arrested and jailed for the fatal Costa Blanca shooting of a fellow countryman on December 21 last year. The 29-year-old
Thieves steal over two dozen V-16 emergency lights in one night from parked cars in Costa Blanca town
THREE people have been arrested for stealing 26 V-16 emergency lights from parked cars in San Vicente del Raspeig. The trio made a special 30
Storm Leonardo hits the Costa Blanca with yellow alert for high winds as temperatures are set to soar
STORM Leonardo which has wreaked havoc in parts of Andalucia is hitting Alicante province on Thursday with yellow alerts issued for high winds. The State
Benidorm applies for €55m government loan to stave off bankruptcy risk over €350m land compensation payment
BENIDORM City Council has asked for a €55 million government loan to stave off the risk of bankruptcy over a €350 million compensation award. The
Police in Benidorm’s ‘English Zone’ intercept luxury car carrying large slab of cocaine
TWO people have been arrested in Benidorm after a car carrying a 580-gram slab of cocaine was intercepted at a police checkpoint. Two Ukrainians aged
Fear of new Brit gangland murder as ‘prominent’ Liverpool fugitive vanishes from Costa Blanca following string of shootings
A 28-YEAR-OLD British man has vanished in the southern Costa Blanca after a series of gang-related incidents involving expats. The missing fugitive with a UK
Fake cigarette factory raided with €3m of products set for black market sales in Spain
AUTHORITIES have shut down an illegal Alicante province cigarette factory and seized materials worth over €3 million. Two men aged 22 and 51 have been
OnlyFans model and wife of John George murder suspect faces manslaughter charge after Brit, 54 dies in Costa Blanca car crash
MADISON Smyth, the wife of the alleged killer of John George, is being investigated for manslaughter after rear-ending a car in the Alicante area which