Revealed: How a Costa Blanca city helps keep the UK’s roads safe during the icy winter
SALT from Torrevieja will be used to keep the UK’s roads passable during the icy winter. The city’s salt flats are the biggest in Europe
Man who grabbed Ryanair worker’s neck, slammed her against glass counter and threatened to kill her over suitcase row at Costa Blanca airport is spared jail
A MAN who threatened to kill a Ryanair worker at Alicante-Elche airport over his oversized suitcase has been given a three-month prison term. The 40-year-old,
Revealed: The location of British pub giant Wetherspoon’s first-ever bar in Spain
JD WETHERSPOON has announced its first-ever pub in mainland Europe will be at Alicante-Elche airport. The outlet has been named Castell de Santa Barbera after
British fugitive convicted of sexual assault and jailed for 10 years is arrested at Benidorm hotel
A BRITISH fugitive convicted of two sexual assaults who skipped his sentencing hearing has been arrested in a Benidorm hotel. The 44-year-old man had an
Schoolboy rushed to hospital for emergency operation after classmate stabs him in the chest on Costa Blanca street
A SCHOOLBOY, 16, needed emergency surgery after being stabbed by a classmate in a Torrevieja street. The attack happened on the city’s Avenida de las
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
‘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
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
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