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Drug driver travels 28km on the wrong side of the motorway with three young friends in the car on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A YOUNG motorist was pulled over in the early hours of Thursday morning after driving for 28 kilometres of the wrong carriageway of the A-7

16 Nov, 2023 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Two Brits stand trial over alleged Benidorm group sex attack

Brits will continue flocking to Spain’s Benidorm ‘despite the negative press coverage in UK tabloids’, say tourism experts

BENIDORM is gearing up for a bumper 2024 for tourism with the UK its biggest international market, despite negative tabloid stories that city officials have

15 Nov, 2023 @ 18:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Eastern European gang members are arrested for ‘stealing high-end cars across Spain’s Costa Blanca’ in a bid resell them abroad

POLICE have arrested two members of a criminal gang that stole medium to high range cars across the Costa Blanca and then tried to sell

15 Nov, 2023 @ 11:32

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

One of Spain's most spectacular Christmas light displays gears up for big Friday Costa Blanca switch on

One of Spain’s most spectacular Christmas light displays gears up for weekend switch on

ALICANTE is counting down to this Friday’s big switch on of its Christmas lights- one of the biggest urban festive light displays in the country.

14 Nov, 2023 @ 17:04

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Hotel in Spain is fined thousands of euros for scanning the passports of guests

A SPANISH hotel has been fined €2,000 after scanning guest passports at check-in. The protocol was deemed to be an ‘excessive processing of personal data’

14 Nov, 2023 @ 15:01

Costa Blanca·Lead

Tourists conned by Benidorm street market traders selling thousands of fake-branded clothes on Spain's Costa Blanca

Tourists conned by Benidorm market traders selling thousands of fake-branded clothes on Spain’s Costa Blanca

EIGHT street market stall holders in Benidorm have been arrested for selling counterfeit clothing claiming to be well-known prestigious brands. The Policia Nacional sprung into

14 Nov, 2023 @ 12:30

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

Century-old derelict mansion with majestic gardens to be slowly restored to its former splendour on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN HISTORIC building bought by Jacarilla council in 2009 from a real estate entrepreneur may soon be restored to some of its former glory thanks

13 Nov, 2023 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Valencian Community

UK tourists flood to Costa Blanca airport which breaks yet another record

Brits are flocking to Spain’s Costa Blanca: October sees record number of flights to Alicante airport with UK arrivals leading the way

ALICANTE-ELCHE and Valencia airports have registered their best ever October for passenger numbers, according to airport operator Aena. 1.56 million people used the Costa Blanca

13 Nov, 2023 @ 15:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

This much-visited region in eastern Spain will abolish the controversial tourist tax from next week

A DECREE to scrap the Valencian region’s controversial tourist tax was signed on Friday by president Carlos Mazon and Tourism Minister, Nuria Montes. The tax

10 Nov, 2023 @ 18:00

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Almost 40,000 ecstasy tablets are found stashed in car en route to Spain’s Murcia

TWO MEN transporting 37,950 ecstasy pills with a €433,000 retail value from France to the Murcia region have been arrested by the Policia Nacional in

10 Nov, 2023 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

This November was one of the hottest and driest on record in Spain, stark figures show

Spain will see highest November temperatures since 1950 across Valencia from next week

FORECASTERS have predicted the warmest average November daytime temperatures since at least 1950 for the Valencian Community between this Sunday and Tuesday. The State Meteorological

10 Nov, 2023 @ 11:30

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community·Weather

Lest we forget: Royal British Legion Armistice and Remembrance Day commemorations this weekend on Spain’s Costa Blanca

CEREMONIES to honour members of the UK armed forces who gave their lives fighting for their country will be held by the Royal British Legion

9 Nov, 2023 @ 15:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Murcia·Torrevieja·Valencia·Valencian Community

Renfe strike is called off: Railway company agrees deal with 15,000 workers after threat of walkouts across Spain saw 1,500 trains cancelled

Renfe trains in Spain’s Valencia region suffer too many disruptions, says consumer rights group

THE FACUA consumer association has called on the Ministry of Transport to stop ‘constant’ disruption to Cercanias train services in the Valencian Community. The group

9 Nov, 2023 @ 14:15

Alicante·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Chiringuito owner ‘secretly drugged workers as young as 17’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca ‘so they would perform better’: At least one was hospitalised

A COSTA BLANCA beach bar employee suffered a perforated stomach after being tricked into taking performance enhancing vitamins which were actually anabolic steroids. The owner

9 Nov, 2023 @ 12:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Easyjet cabin crews to strike at start of summer season in Spain

New direct flights from Alicante: Easyjet to connect Spain’s Costa Blanca with Southampton, Newcastle and 7 other European cities next year

LOW COST airline Easyjet will be launching nine routes next summer from Alicante-Elche airport to coincide with the company opening a new base there. Three of

8 Nov, 2023 @ 17:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News·Valencian Community

Migrants fill up empty four-star Guardamar hotel

Hundreds of boat migrants are put up in four-star hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AROUND 230 migrants- mainly from Senegal- who landed in the Canary Islands are being accommodated in a Guardamar del Segura hotel on the southern Costa

8 Nov, 2023 @ 13:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

British tourist recovery continues with tourist tax to be scrapped 'soon' on Spain's Costa Blanca

British tourist recovery continues as tourist tax set to be scrapped ‘soon’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BRITISH tourist numbers to the Valencian Community are continuing to recover to pre-pandemic levels, said Valencian president Carlos Mazon on the first day of London’s

6 Nov, 2023 @ 19:50

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Marijuana farmers clamber onto to roof in failed attempt to escape police raid at luxury villa on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO MEN running an indoor marijuana farm tried to escape their luxury Costa Blanca rental villa by going onto the roof when the Policia Nacional

6 Nov, 2023 @ 17:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Man, 22, is arrested a year after ‘raping a young British tourist’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE have arrested a man for the rape of a young British woman who was on holiday with her family in Pilar de la Horadada

6 Nov, 2023 @ 16:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Benidorm area luxury car thieves changed number plates and VIN details for quick resale in Spain.

Luxury cars stolen from Spain’s Benidorm area to be resold with false plates and changed VIN numbers

A BENIDORM area gang has been arrested for stealing five high-end cars which they planned to resell after changing vehicle VIN numbers. The Policia Nacional

6 Nov, 2023 @ 12:59

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Boy, 14, attacks his mother and grandmother and smashes TV at Costa Blanca home ‘because they refused to buy him a new phone’

A BOY, 14, who attacked his mother after she refused to buy him a mobile phone has been arrested by the Elche Policia Local. The

3 Nov, 2023 @ 13:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Drought-loving beetles that kill pine trees are being monitored on Spain’s Costa Blanca

DROUGHT conditions have fuelled concerns over the unwanted return of a beetle that can destroy masses of trees in the green spaces of the Vega

31 Oct, 2023 @ 17:18

Costa Blanca·Environment·Nature·Valencian Community

Elderly man cheats death after explosion rips through top floor of home on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A MAN, 82, escaped with just leg burns after an explosion ripped through the top floor of his Orihuela Costa home on Tuesday morning. Neighbours

31 Oct, 2023 @ 12:49

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Airport expansions in Spain: Both Alicante and Valencia will increase their capacity following record-breaking passenger numbers this year

More Brits than ever to visit Spain’s Costa Blanca this winter: Alicante airport braces for over 2 million UK arrivals

BRITISH travellers are set to make up a third of all passengers using Alicante-Elche airport during the winter season which runs until March 30. Airport

31 Oct, 2023 @ 11:51

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Beach regeneration project almost finished but without promised walkway on Spain's Costa Blanca

Beach revival project almost finished but without promised promenade on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A €15 million regeneration project to replace sand on Denia’s Les Deveses beach will finish earlier than scheduled because plans for wooden promenade have been

30 Oct, 2023 @ 18:49

Costa Blanca·Environment·Valencian Community

Javea’s annual Mar de Tapas gets a new date plus young cooks in Spain’s Costa Blanca

JAVEA is gearing up for a tasty start to November with the tenth staging of the Mar de Tapas organised by the Association of Merchants

28 Oct, 2023 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Valencian Community

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Drug driver travels 28km on the wrong side of the motorway with three young friends in the car on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Brits will continue flocking to Spain’s Benidorm ‘despite the negative press coverage in UK tabloids’, say tourism experts

Eastern European gang members are arrested for ‘stealing high-end cars across Spain’s Costa Blanca’ in a bid resell them abroad

One of Spain’s most spectacular Christmas light displays gears up for weekend switch on

Hotel in Spain is fined thousands of euros for scanning the passports of guests

Tourists conned by Benidorm market traders selling thousands of fake-branded clothes on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Century-old derelict mansion with majestic gardens to be slowly restored to its former splendour on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Brits are flocking to Spain’s Costa Blanca: October sees record number of flights to Alicante airport with UK arrivals leading the way

This much-visited region in eastern Spain will abolish the controversial tourist tax from next week

Almost 40,000 ecstasy tablets are found stashed in car en route to Spain’s Murcia

Spain will see highest November temperatures since 1950 across Valencia from next week

Lest we forget: Royal British Legion Armistice and Remembrance Day commemorations this weekend on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Renfe trains in Spain’s Valencia region suffer too many disruptions, says consumer rights group

Chiringuito owner ‘secretly drugged workers as young as 17’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca ‘so they would perform better’: At least one was hospitalised

New direct flights from Alicante: Easyjet to connect Spain’s Costa Blanca with Southampton, Newcastle and 7 other European cities next year

Hundreds of boat migrants are put up in four-star hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca

British tourist recovery continues as tourist tax set to be scrapped ‘soon’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Marijuana farmers clamber onto to roof in failed attempt to escape police raid at luxury villa on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Man, 22, is arrested a year after ‘raping a young British tourist’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Luxury cars stolen from Spain’s Benidorm area to be resold with false plates and changed VIN numbers

Boy, 14, attacks his mother and grandmother and smashes TV at Costa Blanca home ‘because they refused to buy him a new phone’

Drought-loving beetles that kill pine trees are being monitored on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Elderly man cheats death after explosion rips through top floor of home on Spain’s Costa Blanca

More Brits than ever to visit Spain’s Costa Blanca this winter: Alicante airport braces for over 2 million UK arrivals

Beach revival project almost finished but without promised promenade on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Javea’s annual Mar de Tapas gets a new date plus young cooks in Spain’s Costa Blanca

Flights diverted from airport in northern Spain after wild boars rush onto runway

Avalanche kills three people in one of Spain’s most popular skiing areas

Revealed: More than 3,000 migrants died trying to reach Spain on small boats in 2025

Spain’s airports roar into the New Year as 16,000+ flights pack the skies

WATCH: Terrifying waterspout rips through popular Spanish seafront as death toll from stormy weekend continues to grow