‘Vanished’ Costa Blanca sandy beach to be restored in multi-million euro project in Spain
A €14.4 million contract has been awarded by the national government to restore Les Deveses beach in Denia. The area has suffered from the some
Costa Blanca city in Spain gets month-long deadline to remove big Francoist memorial
ELCHE council has been given until mid-December to remove a major Francoist symbol in the city. The order to take down the Cross of the
Police in Spain’s Benidorm arrest major money launderer working for Dutch drugs gang
THE Guardia Civil in Benidorm have arrested a key figure in a Dutch drugs gang- said to be one of Europe’s major narcotics trafficking organisations.
EXCLUSIVE: British woman being driven crazy by mysterious high-pitched noise around her Costa Blanca home in Spain
A BRITISH expat is going out of her mind over a high-pitched shrill that’s been plaguing her around her Moraira home. She believes it could
Overloaded van crammed with stolen iron suffers burst tyre on Costa Blanca motorway in Spain.
A family has been accused of multiple thefts from a glass manufacturing company after a motorway ‘blow-out’ led to their stolen loot being seized by
Teenage boy kidnapped and transported by speedboat to Spain’s Costa Blanca from Algeria to sell drugs
A 13-year-old boy was kidnapped in Algeria and brought over by speedboat to Alicante Province to sell drugs. The teenager went to the Policia Nacional
Benidorm Fest grand final tickets sell out ‘within minutes’ to unveil Spain’s 2023 Eurovision Song Contest entry
A thousand tickets for the Benidorm Fest grand final on February 4, 2023, were sold out ‘within minutes’ after sales started at noon on Monday.
Policeman in excess force quiz after man gets head kicked in on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE Policia Nacional in Alicante are investigating accusations of excess force by an Elche officer recorded kicking a man’s head three times during his arrest.
A dream in Spain or prison bars? Why so many British expats are calling time on their bar business ambitions
WATCH any UK television series about Brits starting a new life in Spain and you’re bound to get a segment on expats battling to open
IN PICS: Torrevieja and Benidorm remember the fallen in Armistice Day commemorations on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ARMISTICE DAY commemorations took place in ceremonies across Alicante Province on Friday. The day marks the signing of the armistice agreement to end the First
Massive investment will try to prevent repeat of disastrous 2019 floods in Costa Blanca area of Spain
OVER a quarter of the Valencian government’s 2023 budget allocated to the Vega Baja region will be spent on stopping a repeat of the disastrous
Farmer on Spain’s Costa Blanca convicted of horrific animal abuse avoids prison time
AN Alicante Province farmer has avoided prison over eight counts of animal abuse involving several dogs. Despite prosecutors at his Benidorm trial wanting him jailed
Guide to Armistice Day and Remembrance Day commemorations in Costa Blanca area of Spain
ROYAL British Legion branches and local councils across Alicante Province are holding Armistice Day and Remembrance Day services this weekend to remember the lives of
Man conceals gun from police in boxer shorts and fires bullet into his penis resulting in emergency operation in Spain’s Alicante area
AN Alicante Province man hid an illegal gun from the eyes police officers by stuffing it down his boxer shorts, but ended up in hospital
Street signs decrying gender violence erected across Costa Blanca town in Spain
VILLAJOYOSA has become the latest Valencian municipality to put up street signs decrying gender violence. The town has installed eight signs as part of a
Environmentalists demand changes to electricity pylon plans linking new solar power station to Spain’s Costa Blanca
ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners want changes to the proposed route of a 23 kilometre high-voltage line that will go across the Vega Baja area. They’re worried about
Costa Blanca border town in Spain wants to use nearby Mar Menor hospital in Murcia region
RESIDENTS of Pilar de la Horadada may get a much shorter hospital trip compared to a 22 kilometre road journey to Torrevieja Hospital. Pilar mayor
Wave of sweet carob bean robberies from farms on Spain’s northern Costa Blanca
A spate of carob bean thefts has hit Alicante Province farms with 23 tons destined for the black market stored in two warehouses in Altea
Police act on frivolous false complaint that pensioner is breeding geckos at home in Spain’s Alicante area
POLICE resources in Elda, Alicante Province, were diverted to an apartment visit to see if a pensioner was breeding geckos. Tiny geckos are a familiar
DNA reveals vicious Costa Blanca double-murder suspect to be Russian who fled Spain
DNA evidence has revealed a Russian man- formerly based in Torrevieja- as the main suspect in two Costa Blanca killings in 2020. He also tried
Test runs start before reopening of rail link between Benidorm and Denia on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TESTS to restore the rail link between Denia and Gata de Gorgos are taking place this week with a view to resuming services early in
Fresh influx of refugee boat landings following dangerous sea crossings on Spain’s Costa Blanca
POLICE have pìcked up four Algerian teenagers walking around Cabo Roig’s Aguamarina urbanisation after landing by boat 40 minutes earlier on the Orihuela Costa. 33
Lone female on Spain’s ‘Most Wanted’ list detained in Ecuador for running Costa Blanca prostitution ring
POLICE have caught one of Spain’s top ten ‘Most Wanted’ fugitives hiding out in a town on the Columbia-Ecuador border. Viviana Andrea Vallejo Gutierrez, 36,
Kamikaze motorist drives 29 kilometres down wrong side of busy Costa Blanca motorway in Spain
A 24-year-old La Nucia man has been charged with reckless driving after a 29 kilometre journey on the wrong side of the AP-7 motorway between
Fake policemen steal marijuana haul from Costa Blanca drugs gang in Spain
A gang posing as Policia Nacional officers to rob drug dealers on the Costa Blanca has been arrested by the genuine police. Three men- aged
Costa Blanca suitcase thief pays high price for escape bid in Spain
A thief who stole two suitcases from a car parked at a Guardamar hotel has been landed with a €12,000 bill for injuring two by-standers,