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Biggest fireworks night of the year will light up the sky on Spain’s Costa Blanca this weekend

ALTEA hosts its massive Castell de l’Olla firework display this Saturday evening in the biggest summer night of lights and colours on the Alicante province

9 Aug, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Victory for expats and locals on Spain’s Costa Blanca after plans for controversial biowaste plant are pulled

PEOPLE power has forced Los Montesinos council into a quick reversal of its decision to offer up free land to house a biowaste recycling plant

8 Aug, 2024 @ 18:45

Costa Blanca·Lead

Alicante area population passes two million mark boosted by foreign migrants

Alicante population breaks the two million mark following surge in British and other foreign residents

ALICANTE province’s population has broken the two million mark according to figures from the National Institute of Statistics(INE) with foreign migrants fuelling the increase. Based

8 Aug, 2024 @ 18:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Cheeky thief steals from bathers and then demands money for return of items at popular Costa Blanca beach in Spain

Alert in Alicante: Man is arrested for ‘attacking and robbing tourists’ on popular beach – before ‘demanding money to return the stolen goods’

A MAN has been arrested in Denia for allegedly robbing and attacking bathers at a local beach. The 30-year-old Moroccan national was remanded into custody

8 Aug, 2024 @ 13:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Man is gored by bull during traditional festival in eastern Spain: 32-year-old is hospitalised with serious injuries

A 32-YEAR-OLD man was seriously injured after being gored on the first night of Calpe’s ‘Bous al Carrer’ bull runs in Alicante province. The incident

7 Aug, 2024 @ 16:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Costa Blanca airport smashes November passenger record boosted by big number of UK visitors

Strikes announced at major airport in Spain: Passengers are told to arrive ‘earlier than usual’ throughout August

WORKERS at a major airport in Spain will continue their partial strike throughout the month of August, it has emerged. The industrial action has been

7 Aug, 2024 @ 13:03

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Guardia Civil divers place a sign on the unexploded device

Explosive device is discovered just 400m from popular tourist beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SPECIALISED divers from Spain’s Guardia Civil police force discovered an explosive device last month just 400 metres from a popular tourist beach on the country’s

7 Aug, 2024 @ 11:22

Alicante·Lead

Bomb scare in Spain’s Alicante: Man, 26, is arrested after hoax caused panic on packed tram

A 26-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested for making a hoax bomb warning on a Tram d’Alacant service carrying around 200 passengers. The Policia Nacional said

6 Aug, 2024 @ 17:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

One of Spain’s most wanted fraudsters is arrested on the Costa Blanca

ONE of Spain’s most-wanted fraudsters has been arrested at an Alicante hotel after conning a victim out of a luxury watch. He specialised in making

6 Aug, 2024 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Tap water warning in Spain: Supplies are ‘not fit for human consumption’ in these areas on the Costa Blanca

TEULADA City Council has announced that water is unfit for human consumption in a large part of the Alicante province municipality. The authority has introduced

6 Aug, 2024 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Super speed camera is installed on major road on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Device uses microwave signals to detect how fast a vehicle is travelling

MOTORISTS have been warned about a new ‘sophisticated’ speed trap that has appeared on a key Torrevieja entrance route. The unit has been installed on

5 Aug, 2024 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

British swimmer, 72, drowns off popular beach on Spain's Costa Blanca

Drowning crisis in Spain: Three-month death toll on the Costa Blanca is higher than whole of 2023

MORE people drowned on Alicante province beaches between May and July than in the whole of 2023 according to the Spanish Lifesaving Federation. 18 fatalities

2 Aug, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Norwegian tourist ‘stabs her husband to death in front of their three children’ during argument on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A NORWEGIAN woman has been arrested on the Orihuela Costa for allegedly stabbing her husband to death in front of their three young children. The

2 Aug, 2024 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Cost of rent in Alicante surges by 10% in a year: British tourist hotspots are the most affected

Airbnb crackdown latest in Spain: Major holiday region warns illegal tourist flat owners of €600,000 fines

NEW tourist accommodation laws in the Valencian Community are set to be approved on Friday with penalties ranging between €100,000 and €600,000 for the most

2 Aug, 2024 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Why a Benidorm restaurant owner got arrested after three burglars were caught red-handed by police

Benidorm appeals record €330m fine over land dispute that would leave the resort bankrupt

BENIDORM City Council has gone to Spain’s Supreme Court to challenge a €283 million compensation award plus €47 million in interest payments that could bankrupt

1 Aug, 2024 @ 12:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Victory for expats and locals on Spain’s Costa Blanca after plans for controversial biowaste plant are pulled

Brits and locals march against bio-waste plant on Spain’s Costa Blanca – but why are they against the project?

UP to a thousand residents marched in Los Montesinos on Tuesday to protest against the council deciding to house a regional biowaste recycling plant. Locals

31 Jul, 2024 @ 15:32

Costa Blanca·Lead

Norwegian expat is arrested after falsely claiming the €70,000 he lost at casinos in Alicante was the result of credit card fraud

A NORWEGIAN man lost almost €70,000 at Alicante province gambling saloons and tried to get his money back from his bank by claiming he was

31 Jul, 2024 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

British tourist, 21, found dead in hotel room in Spain’s Benidorm: Cause of death remains unknown

A BRITISH tourist was found dead in his hotel bedroom by his friends during a holiday in Benidorm. Harvey Dominy, 21, from Merthyr Tydfil was

29 Jul, 2024 @ 17:25

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Tourist, 52, drowns off popular beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca – just days after tragic deaths of husband and wife in their 80s in Alicante

A MAN drowned at El Campello’s Muchavista beach on Sunday, three days after a Madrid couple in their eighties died at Guardamar’s central beach. On

29 Jul, 2024 @ 15:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

British expat arrested at Costa Blanca airport after conning £180k out of UK clients for non-existent bathroom and kitchen work

British fugitive is arrested at airport passport control in Spain after ‘beating two US soldiers unconscious’ in Germany

A BRITISH fugitive, 32, has been arrested at Alicante-Elche airport on suspicion of a brutal assault on two American soldiers in Germany. The man had

29 Jul, 2024 @ 11:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Double tragedy in Alicante: Husband, 87, has fatal heart attack while swimming in the sea before wife, 85, suffers identical fate while diving in to rescue him

A MARRIED couple in their eighties drowned at Guardamar del Segura’s central beach on Thursday. The man, 87, and woman, 85, from Madrid were on

25 Jul, 2024 @ 19:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Spain's war on tourist apartments continues with new law set to come into effect this week

Airbnb crackdown in Spain continues: Major tourist region will outlaw lockboxes for collecting and returning keys

TOUGH new regulations on tourist accommodation in the Valencian Community will include a ban on installing automatic boxes on outside walls and public areas for

24 Jul, 2024 @ 16:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

‘Fried egg’ jellyfish are washing up on Spain’s Costa Blanca – but are they dangerous?

A TYPE of jellyfish that looks like a fried egg has made an earlier than normal appearance on Alicante province beaches. Known as Cotylorhiza tuberculata,

23 Jul, 2024 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Opponents fight biowaste recycling plant decision after zero consultation by town mayor on Spain's Costa Blanca

Residents fight plans for biowaste recycling plant after zero consultation by town mayor on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A PROTEST has been called for next week against a regional biowaste recycling plant which Los Montesinos council has agreed to take on. Some residents

22 Jul, 2024 @ 22:00

Costa Blanca·Environment

Victory for expat family trying to prevent tourist flats being built on ‘their land’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN AUSTRIAN family fighting the building of nine villas on their former garden taken away by an old land-snatch law, has won an temporary injunction

22 Jul, 2024 @ 15:10

Costa Blanca·Lead

Protesters in Spain form human chains on beaches over controversial housing law

HUMAN chains were formed on beaches across the Valencia and Murcia regions on Saturday to demand action to stop sand erosion and potential evictions of

22 Jul, 2024 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

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Biggest fireworks night of the year will light up the sky on Spain’s Costa Blanca this weekend

Victory for expats and locals on Spain’s Costa Blanca after plans for controversial biowaste plant are pulled

Alicante population breaks the two million mark following surge in British and other foreign residents

Alert in Alicante: Man is arrested for ‘attacking and robbing tourists’ on popular beach – before ‘demanding money to return the stolen goods’

Man is gored by bull during traditional festival in eastern Spain: 32-year-old is hospitalised with serious injuries

Strikes announced at major airport in Spain: Passengers are told to arrive ‘earlier than usual’ throughout August

Explosive device is discovered just 400m from popular tourist beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Bomb scare in Spain’s Alicante: Man, 26, is arrested after hoax caused panic on packed tram

One of Spain’s most wanted fraudsters is arrested on the Costa Blanca

Tap water warning in Spain: Supplies are ‘not fit for human consumption’ in these areas on the Costa Blanca

Super speed camera is installed on major road on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Device uses microwave signals to detect how fast a vehicle is travelling

Drowning crisis in Spain: Three-month death toll on the Costa Blanca is higher than whole of 2023

Norwegian tourist ‘stabs her husband to death in front of their three children’ during argument on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Airbnb crackdown latest in Spain: Major holiday region warns illegal tourist flat owners of €600,000 fines

Benidorm appeals record €330m fine over land dispute that would leave the resort bankrupt

Brits and locals march against bio-waste plant on Spain’s Costa Blanca – but why are they against the project?

Norwegian expat is arrested after falsely claiming the €70,000 he lost at casinos in Alicante was the result of credit card fraud

British tourist, 21, found dead in hotel room in Spain’s Benidorm: Cause of death remains unknown

Tourist, 52, drowns off popular beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca – just days after tragic deaths of husband and wife in their 80s in Alicante

British fugitive is arrested at airport passport control in Spain after ‘beating two US soldiers unconscious’ in Germany

Double tragedy in Alicante: Husband, 87, has fatal heart attack while swimming in the sea before wife, 85, suffers identical fate while diving in to rescue him

Airbnb crackdown in Spain continues: Major tourist region will outlaw lockboxes for collecting and returning keys

‘Fried egg’ jellyfish are washing up on Spain’s Costa Blanca – but are they dangerous?

Residents fight plans for biowaste recycling plant after zero consultation by town mayor on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Victory for expat family trying to prevent tourist flats being built on ‘their land’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Protesters in Spain form human chains on beaches over controversial housing law

Hallelujah! Spain’s shockingly low birth rate rises for the first time in a decade – but one in ten new mothers are now over 40

Facebook ‘love scam’ gang in Spain cons woman into paying out €216k

Weather alerts in Malaga as Storm Pedro brings strong winds – these are the affected areas

Hundreds of puffins heading south from the British Isles wash up dead or injured on Spanish shores as Spain’s endless storms decimates the population

EU fast-tracks Gibraltar treaty to ensure fluid border ahead of April’s deadline