Alicante - Olive Press News Spain

British father with two 10-year-olds describes ‘fleeing for his family’s life’ after flash floods 4ft-deep struck on Friday morning following deadly Costa Blanca storms

A BRITISH father-of-two has described the moment he ‘fled for his families’ life’ after flash floods hit his home outside Dolores, in Alicante, at 5am

14 Sep, 2019 @ 19:42

Costa Blanca·Lead

Urgent – Blood required as Costa Blanca stocks run low

COSTA Blanca authorities are setting up urgent blood transfusion centres, in light of the current shortage of certain blood groups. Temporary units are to be

12 Sep, 2019 @ 17:41

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead

BREAKING: Extreme risk ‘red alert’ warning issued for all of Alicante from midnight Wednesday as Gota Fría batters the Costa Blanca

A RED alert has this morning been issued by Spain’s Met Office (AEMET) as a Gota Fría advances on the Costa Blanca. The extreme risk

11 Sep, 2019 @ 12:08

Costa Blanca·Lead

British Consulate to answer Brexit questions in ‘pop-ups’ across Alicante – find dates here

DURING the next five weeks, Alicante’s British Consulate will be running Brexit ‘pop-up sessions’ for concerned Brits all over the Costa Blanca. Experts will be

9 Sep, 2019 @ 15:10

Costa Blanca·Lead

‘Legend’ off-duty pilot flies himself to Alicante holiday after passengers faced two-hour delay on EasyJet flight from Manchester

SUMMERTIME, and the living is easyJet! This video shows the moment an off-duty pilot flew himself to his own holiday in Alicante. EasyJet captain Michael

5 Sep, 2019 @ 14:34

Costa Blanca·Lead

‘Good Samaritan’ gives holiday home to Brit couple supporting three-month premature baby in Alicante hospital

A ‘GOOD SAMARITAN’ has offered her Spanish villa to a young Birmingham couple trapped in Alicante following the shock birth of their first child. Natalie

5 Sep, 2019 @ 14:12

Costa Blanca·Lead

STORMY SKIES: Yellow weather warnings issued for Spain’s Andalucia, Murcia and Costa Blanca

MALAGA is among five Andalucian provinces that have been placed on yellow alert for storms today. Cadiz, Almeria, Jaen and Granada all have warnings in

5 Sep, 2019 @ 09:50

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

British air hostess arrested for being ‘drunk’ on EasyJet flight from Spain’s Costa Blanca

The Yorkshirewoman and her crew served passengers on the service, which took off at 11:40pm on Friday and landed at 1:10am UK time on Saturday

14 Aug, 2019 @ 12:09

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Travel News

‘WE ALL NEED FIRST AID TRAINING’: Mum’s plea as daughter, 4, saved by hungover lad on flight from Alicante

A MUM from Teesside has pleaded for people to ‘be first aid trained’ after her four-year-old daughter’s life was saved on a flight home from

11 Aug, 2019 @ 18:54

Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca daredevil killed after parachute failed to open in 150ft fall from cement factory in Alicante

A DAREDEVIL who snuck into an Alicante cement factory in the dead of night to jump from a 150ft chimney died after his parachute partially-opened.

8 Aug, 2019 @ 13:10

Costa Blanca·Lead

RELIEF: Cool air to hit the Costa Blanca this Sunday with temperatures dropping to 30°C

THE heatwaves throughout July felt like they would never end. But relief is on the horizon as a ‘temperature drop’ is expected to hit Alicante

26 Jul, 2019 @ 16:51

Costa Blanca·Lead

Alicante rapist jailed for 12 years after claiming asylum seeker, 26, could not report him because she was an ‘illegal immigrant’

A CONVICTED criminal has been sent back to prison for 12 years after raping an asylum seeker and claiming she couldn’t denounce him ‘because she

16 Jul, 2019 @ 03:38

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

British carers given four years in jail for defrauding elderly couple of €270,000 in Alicante – but will KEEP €100,000 of stolen cash

A BRITISH couple who were caring for an elderly pair have been given four years in jail after an Alicante court found they had ‘fraudulently’

15 Jul, 2019 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

PICS: The Hogueras de San Juan in Alicante were ‘insane’, but that’s why we love Spain, writes Joshua Parfitt

There are few religious festivals you can bring a towel to. There are even fewer you can insult a fireman at. The Fogueres de San

8 Jul, 2019 @ 17:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead·Travel News

WATCH: Well-known British expat commended online for saying ‘Brits in Spain SHOULD speak Spanish’

Those commenting on Matt’s video were mainly in agreement that Brits in Spain should learn the language

5 Jul, 2019 @ 09:01

Costa Blanca·Lead

The Olive Press reviews an illegal art exhibition at one of the Costa Blanca’s most-haunted houses

IT was one of Spain’s most sought-after hotels. Elites from across Spain came to relax in its hot springs and dine upon plush carpets beneath

30 Jun, 2019 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

MISTAKE: ‘Laboratory error’ led to false diagnosis of Chikungunya by Icelandic hospital as Spain remains free of tropical virus

AN Icelandic hospital has admitted to a ‘laboratory error’ after it falsely diagnosed three patients with Chikungunya earlier this month. The nordic country activated a

25 Jun, 2019 @ 12:26

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead

BREAKING: First chikungunya outbreak in Spain as three tourists on the Costa Blanca are infected

THE first chikungunya outbreak has been recorded in Spain as three tourists on the Costa Blanca were confirmed infected. The infection was confirmed from Reykjavik,

15 Jun, 2019 @ 12:29

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead

Girl of THREE among 79 illegal immigrants intercepted as Guardia Civil arrests Alicante-based trafficking gang

A GIRL aged three was among 79 illegal immigrants intercepted by boat when Guardia Civil arrested an Alicante-based trafficking gang this week. Among the illegal

14 Jun, 2019 @ 13:27

Almeria·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Former IRA bomber, known as the ‘Angel of Death’ jailed in Spain alongside husband over Costas property scam

British customs had linked the pair to large-scale tobacco and alcohol smuggling, the profits of which were laundered through property purchased in Alicante and Malaga

14 Jun, 2019 @ 11:56

Crime & Law·Lead

Young paedo groomed at least 10 children across Spain’s Alicante, Andalucia and Valencia and paid them for explicit images while posing as underage girl online

Police said he also tried to arrange to meet the girls to try and have sexual relations with them

14 Jun, 2019 @ 11:26

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Brit arrested with 10,000 date rape pills in carry-on luggage at Alicante airport

DATE rape drugs take away your freedom, until you take away the freedom of their traffickers. A British man has now been arrested after Guardia

30 May, 2019 @ 10:31

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

OPINION: Authorities in Alicante must make property developers follow safety rules without harming the promising market

The ‘save 100 lives’ petition launched in Balcon al Mar, in Javea, concerns 100 residents whose homes are literally on a cliff-edge

26 May, 2019 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Opinion·Property

Alicante Airport pandemonium was just about worth it for an English bowl of jellied eels, writes Loraine Gostling

Oh well, it was only 55 minutes, so we could browse the Toblerone and smell the latest designer aromas at leisure in Duty Free

25 May, 2019 @ 10:30

Columnists·Costa Blanca·Loraine Gostling: Getting Connected·Travel News

Alicante is the second-dirtiest city in Spain, according to new research

Alicante came out worst in Spain for ‘rubbish left around containers’ and second-worst for ‘animal excrement’

12 May, 2019 @ 09:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Man arrested for murder on Costa Blanca after his wife found ‘suffocated’ and naked in bed with rose on her chest as he fled to airport

She had denounced her husband in 2009 for an assault, and subsequently received a restraining order that expired in October 2010

10 May, 2019 @ 16:11

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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British father with two 10-year-olds describes ‘fleeing for his family’s life’ after flash floods 4ft-deep struck on Friday morning following deadly Costa Blanca storms

Urgent – Blood required as Costa Blanca stocks run low

BREAKING: Extreme risk ‘red alert’ warning issued for all of Alicante from midnight Wednesday as Gota Fría batters the Costa Blanca

British Consulate to answer Brexit questions in ‘pop-ups’ across Alicante – find dates here

‘Legend’ off-duty pilot flies himself to Alicante holiday after passengers faced two-hour delay on EasyJet flight from Manchester

‘Good Samaritan’ gives holiday home to Brit couple supporting three-month premature baby in Alicante hospital

STORMY SKIES: Yellow weather warnings issued for Spain’s Andalucia, Murcia and Costa Blanca

British air hostess arrested for being ‘drunk’ on EasyJet flight from Spain’s Costa Blanca

‘WE ALL NEED FIRST AID TRAINING’: Mum’s plea as daughter, 4, saved by hungover lad on flight from Alicante

Costa Blanca daredevil killed after parachute failed to open in 150ft fall from cement factory in Alicante

RELIEF: Cool air to hit the Costa Blanca this Sunday with temperatures dropping to 30°C

Alicante rapist jailed for 12 years after claiming asylum seeker, 26, could not report him because she was an ‘illegal immigrant’

British carers given four years in jail for defrauding elderly couple of €270,000 in Alicante – but will KEEP €100,000 of stolen cash

PICS: The Hogueras de San Juan in Alicante were ‘insane’, but that’s why we love Spain, writes Joshua Parfitt

WATCH: Well-known British expat commended online for saying ‘Brits in Spain SHOULD speak Spanish’

The Olive Press reviews an illegal art exhibition at one of the Costa Blanca’s most-haunted houses

MISTAKE: ‘Laboratory error’ led to false diagnosis of Chikungunya by Icelandic hospital as Spain remains free of tropical virus

BREAKING: First chikungunya outbreak in Spain as three tourists on the Costa Blanca are infected

Girl of THREE among 79 illegal immigrants intercepted as Guardia Civil arrests Alicante-based trafficking gang

Former IRA bomber, known as the ‘Angel of Death’ jailed in Spain alongside husband over Costas property scam

Young paedo groomed at least 10 children across Spain’s Alicante, Andalucia and Valencia and paid them for explicit images while posing as underage girl online

Brit arrested with 10,000 date rape pills in carry-on luggage at Alicante airport

OPINION: Authorities in Alicante must make property developers follow safety rules without harming the promising market

Alicante Airport pandemonium was just about worth it for an English bowl of jellied eels, writes Loraine Gostling

Man arrested for murder on Costa Blanca after his wife found ‘suffocated’ and naked in bed with rose on her chest as he fled to airport

Malaga approves 100 new tourist apartments through loophole in its own holiday let ban

Spain’s cities are being overtaken and redesigned by an unexpected new social phenomenon – running clubs

Cancer deaths soar in Andalucia as scientists warn of ‘poor’ oncology care in hospitals

Inside the Houses of Alba: Extraordinary property collection of Spain’s wealthiest aristocrat family is largely open to the public thanks to the late duchess

Whales in the Strait of Gibraltar are forced to scream at the top of their voices as shipping noise drowns them out

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