Chaos at major airport in Spain: Long queues and delays at security as staff go on strike
PASSENGERS starting their Easter getaway had to put up with long queues at Alicante-Elche airport on Thursday due to a strike by security staff. The
Benidorm approves huge construction plan: 20 hotels, 2,300 homes and three shopping malls will be built in the Costa Blanca city
BENIDORM council has approved its largest-ever urban plan which will see up to 20 hotels, over 2,300 homes, and three shopping centres built. The development
Family clan who ‘sold drugs delivered by narco boats’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca is arrested
THREE brothers have been arrested in Teulada for drug trafficking and getting supplies from narco-boats landing supplies on the coast. Drugs totalling a retail value
Have you bought a car on the Costa Blanca? How it might have been stolen from Europe and passed off as a Spanish vehicle
AUTHORITIES have arrested a Costa Blanca gang that stole and cloned details of European cars and changed them to look like Spanish vehicles for sale
Twin sisters turn 100 in Spain: Manuela and Isabel say keeping active is the key to longevity – and Manuela’s 102-year-old husband agrees
TWIN Alicante area sisters have celebrated turning 100 with another milestone just around the corner as one of their husbands will hit the 102-year mark
Warning for British tourists in Benidorm: Shops are raided after selling countless fake designer toys, clothes and devices to unsuspecting shoppers
FIVE Benidorm shop owners have been arrested for selling 2,802 fake items to unsuspecting buyers- mainly tourists. Those detained- four men and a woman- were
Notorious British drug trafficker Brian Charrington is arrested AGAIN in new police probe on Spain’s Costa Blanca
INFAMOUS British drugs baron Brian Charrington has been arrested again in a Policia Nacional operation that swept up 30 people. Charrington, 67, was detained at
New UK routes from Ryanair and EasyJet boost ‘high season’ schedule for Costa Blanca airport
ALICANTE-ELCHE airport is gearing up for another record year for passengers by announcing its biggest-ever schedule of ‘high season’ flights. The season runs between April
One of Europe’s oldest ‘most wanted’ fugitives is arrested outside his luxury villa on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN Austrian swindler who made €9 million from a scam in his native country has been arrested outside his luxury Costa Blanca villa. The man-
Sand dredged and moved to revitalise a Costa Blanca beach as part of new marina project in Spain
REGENERATION of a Calpe beach has started three years late, after a boundary dispute delayed a major marina development. Sand is being dredged from the
Tiny town in Spain launches a dating app in a bid to save itself from depopulation
A SMALL Alicante province town has launched a phone app that it hopes will fight depopulation by bringing together single people. Salinas in the Alto
Huge annual St. Patrick’s Day parade coming to Spain’s Costa Blanca this weekend – all you need to know
SPAIN’S biggest St. Patrick’s Day parade takes place this Sunday on the southern Costa Blanca. Cabo Roig on the Orihuela Costa will be a sea
Senate votes to end ‘unique’ coastal homes being classified as being on public domain land in Spain BUT decision could be overturned
SPAIN’S upper house of parliament, the Senate, has passed an amendment to the Coastal Law to protect the ‘unique homes’ on the coast. The measure
New high-speed rail routes in Spain: British expat hotspots on the Costa Blanca will be directly connected to these three fantastic cities
HIGH speed train services from state operator Renfe departing from Elche, Orihuela and Murcia will be directly linked to three Castilla y Leon region cities
Iconic hotel in Spain’s Torrevieja goes up for sale at €6million
A POPULAR Torrevieja hotel with stunning sea views has gone up for sale for €6 million in a quiet residential area of the city The
Drought latest in Spain: Water pressure to be reduced on the Costa Blanca – this is all you need to know
OVERNIGHT water pressure levels have been cut in Alicante City to conserve reduced supplies due to the ongoing drought. The Jucar Hydrographic Confederation (CHJ), which
Alicante airport breaks February record with one MILLION passengers – over a third of which were British
A NEW February passenger record has been set by Alicante-Elche airport which welcomed just over one million travellers last month. Over a third of the
Expat fugitive is arrested in Benidorm after being caught with trunk filled with cannabis and cash
A MONTENEGRAN fugitive sentenced to four years in prison for drug trafficking led police on a high-speed chase around Benidorm’s streets. The 33-year-old man has
This airport in Spain has been crowned the ‘Best in Europe’ by travel experts
ALICANTE-ELCHE airport has once again been recognised as the best airport in Europe that serves 15 to 25 million passengers. The prestigious award for 2023
‘Wolf pack’ of French teens who gang raped a tourist in Benidorm are jailed
THREE French tourists have been given prison terms after pleading guilty to raping a woman in Benidorm five years ago- but they will not be
Escaped African Lynx found in garden on Spain’s Costa del Sol was illegally flown in from Russia
AN escaped African Lynx escaped from a Marbella home and ended up in the garden of a house some 20 kilometres away. The 20-kilo animal
Masked thief who robbed tourist bars and restaurants since 2022 is caught by brave residents on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A THIEF who robbed 37 Costa Blanca bars and restaurants met his match when three Javea residents spotted him jumping the fence of a house
British expat hotspot in Spain has seen the number of foreign residents soar by 800% since 1998
THE number of foreign residents in the Valencian Community has gone up eight-fold over 25 years. The National Institute of Statistics(INE) says there were 102,000
Thousands join protest against ‘senseless’ solar power plant being built on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN ESTIMATED 3,000 people hit the streets of San Miguel de Salinas on Sunday to oppose controversial plans for a massive solar farm. The San
Italian gangster, 38, is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Fugitive hid among the expat community for years to avoid jail at home
AN Italian fugitive who faces 20 years in prison for drug trafficking charges has been arrested in a holiday apartment in Arenales del Sol. The
Three family members are killed in a tower block fire on Spain’s Costa BlancaÂ
THREE members of the same family died in an apartment block fire in the early hours of Monday morning in Villajoyosa. The blaze started in