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Warning for dog owners: Killer caterpillars are on the move in these areas along Spain’s Costa Blanca

PROCESSIONARY caterpillars- lethal to dogs if they come into contact with them- have been spotted in parts of Alicante province. Sightings have been reported in

30 Jan, 2024 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Face masks are no longer mandatory in this region of Spain from tomorrow

COMPULSORY mask wearing in Valencian Community medical centres and hospitals will end after it was imposed regionally on January 5 in a response to rises

30 Jan, 2024 @ 15:45

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

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

30 Jan, 2024 @ 11:24

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community·Weather

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

30 Jan, 2024 @ 10:29

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

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.

29 Jan, 2024 @ 13:34

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

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

29 Jan, 2024 @ 11:02

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Illegal cigarette factory busted in Spain's Costa Blanca

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

25 Jan, 2024 @ 12:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

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

24 Jan, 2024 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

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.

24 Jan, 2024 @ 14:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

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

23 Jan, 2024 @ 14:00

Animals·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Revealed: The costliest and cheapest winter holiday rentals on Spain's Costa Blanca

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

23 Jan, 2024 @ 11:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News·Property·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Must visit: This Alicante town loved by Brits has beaches to rival Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro

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

22 Jan, 2024 @ 12:15

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

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

21 Jan, 2024 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

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

20 Jan, 2024 @ 16:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

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

19 Jan, 2024 @ 10:43

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News·Property

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

18 Jan, 2024 @ 17:30

Alicante·Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

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

18 Jan, 2024 @ 14:23

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

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

18 Jan, 2024 @ 11:04

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News·Property·Valencian Community

Mayor suggests 'bank loan' could offer hope for long campaign to get walkway over motorway on Spain's Costa Blanca

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

18 Jan, 2024 @ 07:30

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Residents call for motorhome park after vehicles occupy shopping centre car park on Spain's Costa Blanca|

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

17 Jan, 2024 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Benidorm launches cleaning blitz to remove chewing gum from city pavements

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

17 Jan, 2024 @ 15:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

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

17 Jan, 2024 @ 11:15

Barcelona·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

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

16 Jan, 2024 @ 16:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

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

15 Jan, 2024 @ 11:31

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

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.

12 Jan, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Key figure linked to record-breaking cocaine seizure is arrested on Spain's Costa Blanca

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

11 Jan, 2024 @ 12:45

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Alicante Province- Page 26

Warning for dog owners: Killer caterpillars are on the move in these areas along Spain’s Costa Blanca

Face masks are no longer mandatory in this region of Spain from tomorrow

Air pollution spikes on Spain’s Costa Blanca due to warmest January on record

New illegal rave in Spain: 1,000 revellers party for FOUR days on the Costa Blanca – as music is heard more than 20km away

British expats are arrested for running a marijuana farm inside a house on Spain’s Costa Blanca

British climber, 80, is seriously injured after falling from a cliff on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Illegal cigarette factory making 12,000 ‘branded’ fags per hour is busted on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Spain’s largest ever ecstacy factory is raided after making more than €100m worth of the drug

Wanted Irish ‘drug trafficker’ is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca after showing police a ‘manipulated’ photo of his ID

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

Revealed: Where you will earn the most and the least renting out your holiday home on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Popular Costa Blanca tourist area in Spain is getting its first five-star hotel

Violent gang members who robbed dozens of homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca are finally arrested

Cockfighting ring with seats for 200 spectators is raided on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Police make 19 arrests

Luxury €135m development is coming to Benidorm: New homes hope to attract British buyers with estimated prices of up to €1.5m

How a Polish gang ‘flew into Spain to rob homes in British expat hotspots before returning home with their spoils’

RIP: Legendary Benidorm bar owner who appeared on Bargain Loving Brits In The Sun dies

How new property laws are discouraging homeowners from renting out to long-term tenants on Spain’s Costa Blanca, according to local estate agents

Council bank loan idea offers hope in long battle to get walkway over motorway on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Residents call for a dedicated motorhome park as vehicles use shopping centre facilities on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Benidorm cleaning blitz is removing chewing gum from its pavements

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

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

German expat, 65, dies in horror blaze at illegal camping site on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Revealed: Huge €375m plan to build 1,800-home mega development on Spain’s Costa Blanca

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

Air traffic controllers in Spain begin indefinite strike action – here’s how travellers can avoid the chaos

EXPLAINER: What is a ‘super El Niño’ phenomenon – and will it make this summer Spain’s hottest yet?

Spain could sizzle like an oven this summer thanks to rare ‘super El Niño’ phenomenon – with warnings of extreme heat and record-breaking temperatures

Woman who helped ‘save hundreds of lives’ on Costa del Sol road to be honoured in Estepona

This beautiful and undiscovered beach in western Andalucia that ‘inspired Goya’ is getting noticed in the UK