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WATCH: Motorist escapes with minor injuries after driving car off Costa Blanca promenade

FIREFIGHTERS rescued an elderly motorist trapped in her car after it drove off a Torrevieja promenade and flipped onto its side. The accident happened at

23 Apr, 2025 @ 11:58

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Drunk tourist falls off his boat and drowns at Costa Blanca marina

Drunk tourist falls off boat and drowns at Costa Blanca marina

A DRUNK Belgian man fell off his boat moored at Alicante marina and drowned last Sunday night. The Todo Alicante news portal says the incident

23 Apr, 2025 @ 11:20

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Murder suspect wanted by France is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca before he could flee to Algeria

A MAN on the run from French justice over a murder has been arrested in Alicante. The Policia Nacional said the fugitive was planning to

22 Apr, 2025 @ 15:40

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Lottery ticket seller scams customer out of big payout on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Alicante lottery ticket seller scammed a customer out of a €40,000 prize by keeping the winning ticket for herself. The Policia Nacional have arrested

22 Apr, 2025 @ 14:40

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Revealed: The bizarre range of goods left behind by forgetful Alicante tram passengers

A TOILET lid and a fire extinguisher were some of the more unusual items left behind on TRAM d’Alacant services last year. Other lost goods

21 Apr, 2025 @ 18:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Bather rescued after his inflatable drifted out to sea off the Costa Blanca

Bather, 43, rescued after currents drag his pink inflatable out to sea off Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BATHER drifted out to sea on an inflatable off Guardamar del Segura on Saturday but was saved by the Cruz Roja. The LS Naos

21 Apr, 2025 @ 13:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Drugged motorist hits group of cyclists- killing one on Spain's Costa Blanca

Drugged up motorist, 20, slams into group of cyclists on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Father killed and son, 14, hospitalised

A DRUGGED driver has been arrested after ploughing into a group of cyclists in Calpe- killing one of them. A 20-year-old Spaniard has been charged

21 Apr, 2025 @ 11:44

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Controversial new law allows properties to be built on rural land in Balearic Islands

Massive demand helps home construction soar to highest level for 17 years on Costa Blanca

CONSTRUCTION of new properties in Alicante province have soared to their highest level since the property bubble burst in 2008. Figures from Alicante’s Official College

18 Apr, 2025 @ 16:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

War declared on illegal sellers hawking fake goods along beach promenades on Costa Blanca

CALPE has launched a major drive against illegal sellers peddling mainly counterfeit products to unsuspecting buyers on beach promenades. The town’s Policia Local has pooled

18 Apr, 2025 @ 08:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

British mobsters with machine guns make death threats to forcibly take over cannabis clubs on Costa Blanca

‘I’ll blow your head off’: Heavily-armed British mobsters’ reign of terror against Costa Blanca cannabis clubs

TWO members of a British gang that terrorised cannabis clubs on the Costa Blanca have been arrested by the Guardia Civil. One of them is

17 Apr, 2025 @ 13:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Smoking ban introduced across all 13 beaches of popular Costa Blanca resort

Smoking ban announced for all beaches at popular Costa Blanca resort

VILLAJOYOSA has banned smoking on all of its beaches with the city signing up to the Valencian Community’s Smoke-Free Beaches network. Last month, a ban

16 Apr, 2025 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead

Elderly man in Spain kidnapped by ‘carers’ who swindled him out of €83k and changed his will

A COUPLE have been accused of scamming an elderly Alicante man out of €83,000 and also getting him to change his will to make them

15 Apr, 2025 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Traditional Semana Santa events in Alicante that you must go and see

Must-see Semana Santa events in Spain’s Alicante: Where are they and when are they on?

ALICANTE is one of many cities in Spain where the Semana Santa (Holy Week) events are a ‘must see’ if you are in the area.

15 Apr, 2025 @ 16:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

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

MARCH passenger records were obliterated at Alicante-Elche airport with 1.47 million travellers using the facility. Over a third came from the United Kingdom and the

15 Apr, 2025 @ 15:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Earthquake with 2.8 magnitude shakes Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN EARTHQUAKE with a magnitude of 2.8 on the Richter Scale struck off the coast of Torrevieja early on Tuesday morning. The tremor was recorded

15 Apr, 2025 @ 13:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

E-scooter battery causes apartment block fire with five people injured on Costa Blanca

AN ELECTRIC scooter battery left on charge overnight sparked an apartment block blaze in Elche early Friday morning. The fire spread through the five-storey building

11 Apr, 2025 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Millions of illegal cigarettes seized as police bust gang who exported product from Spain

Millions of illegal cigarettes seized as police bust factories in Spain

A MASSIVE counterfeit cigarette racket has been busted in Alicante province. The gang had a network of factories and warehouses making and distributing the fake

11 Apr, 2025 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

John George murder suspect is extradited to Spain: 26-year-old was arrested in Portugal

A MAN suspected of murdering Belfast father-of-two John George on the Costa Blanca last December has been extradited to Spain from Portugal. Jonathan ‘Jonny’ Alan

9 Apr, 2025 @ 18:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Two 'nervous' Brits arrested after police discover tools used for car break-ins on the Costa Blanca

‘Nervous’ British duo busted on Spain’s Costa Blanca with car break-in kit and weed

TWO British men have been arrested in El Campello near Alicante after police discovered equipment used to break into vehicles as well several doses of

9 Apr, 2025 @ 16:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Important advice to UK tourists over preventing mobile phone robberies in Benidorm

Robbery warning to Brits in Spain’s Benidorm: Police recommend avoiding ‘pickpocket alley’

TOURISTS in Benidorm have been warned by the Policia Nacional not to keep their mobile phones in back or easily accessible pockets following yet another

9 Apr, 2025 @ 16:15

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

British woman arrested after ex-husband bungles kidnapping of former partner in Benidorm

British woman arrested for getting ex-husband to kidnap her former partner in Benidorm

A BRITISH woman has been arrested and jailed for allegedly getting two men- including her former husband- to rob and kidnap her ex-partner at their

8 Apr, 2025 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Revealed: How devious squatters pick a new target to blackmail home owners on the Costa Blanca

Revealed: The devious tactics squatters use to find empty homes and blackmail the owners on Spain’s Costa Blanca

RESIDENTS in Denia’s Les Marines area say professional squatters are using clever tactics to occupy empty apartments and then extort owners. The Levante-EMV newspaper reports

8 Apr, 2025 @ 12:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

Crypto-fraudsters scam €19m using AI-generated celebrity endorsements in Spain’s Costa Blanca

A CRYPTOCURRENCY scam banked over €19 million for an Alicante Province gang posing as financial advisers. They produced AI-generated bogus videos featuring celebrities endorsing their

7 Apr, 2025 @ 11:27

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Good news for home buyers as Valencia president announces cut in property transfer tax

Good news for home buyers in Spain’s Valencia as property transfer tax slashed

HOME buyers in the Valencian Community will save money with the regional government announcing a 10% fall in property transfer tax. Visiting a new social

4 Apr, 2025 @ 18:00

Lead·Property·Valencia

Shoplifters foiled in audacious bid to steal hundreds of cans of tuna fish from Costa Blanca supermarket

THREE shoplifters failed in an attempt to steal over 300 cans of tuna fish from a Javea supermarket. Staff at Lidl last Monday spotted the

4 Apr, 2025 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Benidorm goes to major court in Spain in last chance bid to fight off €330m compensation bill

Benidorm suffers nightmare legal defeat over ‘historic’ €330m fine- more than double the council’s annual budget

BENIDORM City Council will have to find €330 million- over double its annual budget- after losing a Supreme Court appeal over a land compensation award.

4 Apr, 2025 @ 13:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

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