Benidorm launches summer beach season with extra staff keeping area safe and clean
BENIDORM’S summer beach season kicked off on Sunday with more staff to keep the area clean and safe until September 30. Lifeguard and rescue teams
Giant venomous snake curled up in toilet shocks homeowner in Spain
A SHOCKED homeowner found a large bastard snake peering up at him from his bathroom toilet. The resident in Benejuzar(Alicante province) called for help shortly
Benidorm fraudsters ran ‘bank manager phone con’ on woman to pocket €14k
BENIDORM fraudsters syphoned €14,000 out of a woman’s bank account by running a con involving a bogus bank manager. The Policia Nacional have arrested two
Cocaine worth €5m found inside catalytic converters shipped to Spain’s Valencia
CUSTOMS officers at the port of Valencia have intercepted cocaine weighing 170 kilos inside catalytic converters imported from Brazil. Authorities said the narcotics had a
Irish man is shot in the head outside Costa Blanca shopping centre- suspect jailed
AN IRISH man, 21, was shot in the head inside a property close to the Zenia Boulevard Shopping Centre on the Orihuela Costa. The injured
Tourist rentals on Costa Blanca: Over half of listings don’t publish license number
OVER half of online tourist rental home listings in Alicante province are not publishing license details as required by law. The figures have been compiled
Extreme weather warning with orange alert issued for heavy rain on Costa Blanca
AN ORANGE alert for heavy rain on the Costa Blanca on Friday have been issued by the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet). The entire Alicante province
Costa Blanca marina used by rich clients gets €15m boost with new leisure and restaurant area
ALTEA’S Porto Senso marina which attracts luxury yacht owners will see €15 million of improvements over the next few years. The pledge has come from
Residents demand more doctors and shorter hospital waiting lists for expat Costa Blanca towns
SAN Miguel de Salinas and Los Montesinos residents and politicians protested on Wednesday about a lack of family doctors and long waiting lists at Torrevieja
Costa Blanca city has sewers blasted with pesticide to stop cockroach explosion
ORIHUELA has launched its summer campaign to combat the increase of pests in sewers- especially cockroaches The warmer weather brings unwelcome visitors as the pest
Pickpocket couple memorised PIN numbers of elderly people in Costa Blanca shops
A ROMANIAN couple have been arrested in Denia after stealing bank cards from elderly people and clocking up transactions of €10,853. The Policia Nacional said
British expat arrested for running ‘sophisticated’ indoor marijuana farm on Costa Blanca
A BRITISH man has been accused of running a marijuana farm inside a warehouse in an Alicante province town. The 37-year-old expat has been arrested
Property sales set March record for highest-ever on Spain’s Costa Blanca
PROPERTY sales in Alicante province during March were the highest-ever under modern records. The National Institute of Statistics says that 4,664 purchases were carried out,
Start-up company in Spain to build satellite that will land on asteroid
A SPANISH start-up company will design and build a satellite to land on an asteroid that will fly close to Earth in 2029. The Elche
Corrupt ex-mayor is jailed over ‘sweet deal’ private health clinic on Costa Blanca
A FORMER Santa Pola mayor has been sentenced to prison for corruption over a private health clinic that didn’t have to pay any bills and
Benidorm is home to the ‘best hotel’ in Spain, according to TripAdvisor
BENIDORM’S Voramar Hotel has been voted as the ‘Best Hotel in Spain 2024’ by users of the TripAdvisor travel portal. The hotel is situated just
Benidorm will fine electric scooter riders up to €500 if they are delivering goods
BENIDORM is tightening up rules over using electric scooters including fines of up to €500 if they are used to deliver goods. The Policia Local
Fruit warehouse could be fined €3m over massive banana scam in Spain
AN Alicante fruit and vegetable distributor could be fined up to €3 million for a scam involving bananas. The company has been accused of passing
UK passengers make up a third of record April figures at Costa Blanca airport
A NEW April passenger record has been set at Alicante-Elche airport with over 1.7 million travellers using the facility. Over a third of the total
Girl, 3, suffers genital mutilation causing irreversible injuries with parents arrested in Spain
THE parents of a three-year-old girl have been arrested in Elche after she was genitally mutilated in a procedure done outside Spain. The man, 38,
Bars closed in Benidorm’s ‘English zone’ after police purge against drug trafficking
FOUR bars have been closed in Benidorm’s ‘English Zone’ after police discovered drugs inside them. Seven people of British, Pakistani, and Moroccan nationalities have been
Drugged and drunk British expat leads police on ‘kamikaze’ car chase in Benidorm
A BRITISH motorist fled from a Guardia Civil checkpoint in Benidorm and drove at 150 km/h on the wrong side of the N-332. The 45-year-old
Love-hug thieves jailed after wave of tourist robberies in Spain
A MAN and a woman- both aged 38- have been arrested by the Guardia Civil over a wave of ‘hugging’ robberies on Costa Blanca streets.
Bogus couple scam busted: Foreigners paid thousands to get residency permits in Spain
FOREIGN migrants were charged up to €4,000 to hood-wink authorities into believing they were in a common-law relationship with a Spanish woman. The Costa Blanca-based
Foreign residents reach population milestone in Spanish expat hub
ALICANTE province’s registered non-Spanish population has passed the half-a-million mark for the first time. Figures from the National Institute of Statistics(INE) for the first quarter
French fugitive wanted for drug trafficking is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A FRENCH fugitive wanted on drug trafficking and money laundering charges was caught out by the Policia Nacional when he was walking in an Elche