Air pollution spikes on Spain’s Costa Blanca due to warmest January on record
A RECORD warm January has worsened air quality rates in Alicante province due to the ever-present anticyclone over Spain resulting in fewer winds. The month
New illegal rave in Spain: 1,000 revellers party for FOUR days on the Costa Blanca – as music is heard more than 20km away
AN ILLEGAL rave was staged in Novelda last weekend with music levels so high that the noise was heard 20 kilometres away. The event started
British expats are arrested for running a marijuana farm inside a house on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO British men who ran an indoor marijuana farm in Benissa were arrested after an electricity company found them using an excessive amount of power.
British climber, 80, is seriously injured after falling from a cliff on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN 80-year-old British climber suffered serious injuries on Sunday after falling 10 metres in Murla. He was airlifted by helicopter to the Denia Park fire
Illegal cigarette factory making 12,000 ‘branded’ fags per hour is busted on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A ROBBERY alert led to the discovery of an illegal cigarette factory featuring two sophisticated machines inside a Costa Blanca house. The Guardia Civil visited
Spain’s largest ever ecstacy factory is raided after making more than €100m worth of the drug
THE Policia Nacional has dismantled Spain’s biggest-ever ecstasy laboratory and seized 1,900 litres of MDMA with a street value of €105 million. 12 men of
Wanted Irish ‘drug trafficker’ is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca after showing police a ‘manipulated’ photo of his ID
AN IRISH fugitive wanted for drug trafficking and the illegal possession of weapons has been arrested on the Costa Blanca after an anonymous tip off.
Wild boars are terrorising Spain’s Costa Blanca: How a ‘plague of 6,000 pigs’ is destroying land and keeping residents ‘locked in their houses’ at night out of fear
A PLAGUE of wild boars has prompted a group of Alicante province mayors to demand an urgent meeting with the regional Environment Ministry. A meeting
Revealed: Where you will earn the most and the least renting out your holiday home on Spain’s Costa Blanca
IF you are looking for a bargain holiday home rental for the rest of winter on the Costa Blanca, then you should focus on the
Popular Costa Blanca tourist area in Spain is getting its first five-star hotel
CALPE is set to get its first five-star hotel on the site of a half-built hotel in the Los Pinos seafront area. A building licence
Violent gang members who robbed dozens of homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca are finally arrested
A HOME robbery gang has been arrested in two Alicante province towns and charged with 21 burglaries as well as drug trafficking. The Guardia Civil
Cockfighting ring with seats for 200 spectators is raided on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Police make 19 arrests
AN ILLEGAL cockfighting tournament staged in a purpose-built arena at an Alicante province bar has been busted by the Policia Nacional. 19 men involved in
Luxury €135m development is coming to Benidorm: New homes hope to attract British buyers with estimated prices of up to €1.5m
A DEVELOPER has unveiled a €135 million plan to build 250 bungalows and villas close to Benidorm’s Terra Mitica theme park and the Hotel Melia
How a Polish gang ‘flew into Spain to rob homes in British expat hotspots before returning home with their spoils’
A POLISH gang that specially flew to Spain to carry out home robberies has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. After two men were detained
RIP: Legendary Benidorm bar owner who appeared on Bargain Loving Brits In The Sun dies
ONE of Benidorm’s larger than life British characters, Graham Boland, who became a well-known face on a UK television show has died. Graham appeared for
How new property laws are discouraging homeowners from renting out to long-term tenants on Spain’s Costa Blanca, according to local estate agents
SPAIN’S new Housing Law has been branded as having a ‘disastrous’ effect on the rental market by Alicante’s Association of Real Estate Agents (API). The
Council bank loan idea offers hope in long battle to get walkway over motorway on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ORIHUELA’S mayor says a €1.37 million bank loan could get a much-needed pedestrian bridge built over the AP-7 on the Orihuela Costa. Pepe Vegara is
Residents call for a dedicated motorhome park as vehicles use shopping centre facilities on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN Orihuela Costa residents group wants a motorhome park to be set up in the area after an increasing number of homeowners are using the
Benidorm cleaning blitz is removing chewing gum from its pavements
BENIDORM’S Street Cleaning department has started the onerous task of removing discarded chewing gum that has firmly stuck on city pavements. The work is being
Couple who ‘tricked auction houses around Spain to sell their fake designer bags for up to €10,000 a pop’ are finally arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A TORREVIEJA couple have been arrested for selling fake luxury high-end branded leather goods to auction houses across Spain. The Policia Nacional said the quality
Italian ‘mafia boss’ who ‘used a pizzeria in Benidorm as a front for a cocaine racket’ WILL be extradited from Spain – despite his family and children having ‘settled in well’ among the expat community
SPAIN’S National Court has thrown out an appeal to stop the extradition of a major figure in an Italian mafia gang. Francesco Faillace, 40, rented
German expat, 65, dies in horror blaze at illegal camping site on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ONE PERSON died and two others have been treated after a fire at a wooden cabin on an illegal campsite in Benidoleig, Alicante province. The
Revealed: Huge €375m plan to build 1,800-home mega development on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A TORREVIEJA developer has announced plans for a 1,800 home development as part of a new urbanisation containing 7,490 properties in the Costa Blanca city.
Three Brits are arrested for ‘trafficking 300kg of Balkan mafia cocaine’: Hair-raising police chase ends in a supermarket car park of popular expat town on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THREE British men and two Albanians have been arrested after a motorway chase ended in a Costa Blanca supermarket car park with 300 kilos of
Corrupt ex-mayor is convicted yet again and jailed for stealing public money on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ONE of the most corrupt ex-mayors in Alicante province has been in court again to pick up a a four-and-a-half year jail term and an
Mother dumps two children, aged 6 and 8, on a busy highway on Spain’s Costa Blanca ‘as punishment’
A MOTHER faces prosecution after dumping her two children, aged six and eight, on a Costa Blanca highway as a punishment. An Elche Policia Local