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Over 9,000 COVID-19 deaths recorded since start of pandemic in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

THE coronavirus pandemic death toll has gone over the 9,000 mark in the Valencian Community. Thursday’s Health Ministry figures reported an additional 15 deaths taking

24 Feb, 2022 @ 19:02

Castellon·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Action demanded to stop passport control delays for UK travellers at Costa Blanca airport

Police union demands extra officers for Spain’s Costa Blanca airport to reduce UK traveller queues at passport control

A police union wants more officers at Alicante-Elche airport to reduce queues and numbers of missed flights for UK travellers who need their passports stamped.

24 Feb, 2022 @ 18:23

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Russian invasion of the Ukraine described as 'terrible blow' to economic recovery of Spain's Valencia region

Russian invasion of the Ukraine described as ‘terrible blow’ to economic recovery of Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

VALENCIAN Community president, Ximo Puig, has branded Thursday’s invasion of the Ukraine by Russia as a ‘terrible blow’ to the recovery of the region’s economy

24 Feb, 2022 @ 17:25

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Sneaky pervert hides mobile phone to record bathroom videos of girlfriend’s daughter in Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Orihuela man allegedly made bathroom videos of his partner’s daughter after hiding a mobile phone in a shoe. The Spaniard, 52, has been arrested

24 Feb, 2022 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Fireworks suspected of starting forest blaze in Costa Blanca area of Spain

FIREFIGHTERS put out a forest blaze in the Alcalali area of Alicante Province in the early hours of Thursday morning. The fire was reported at

24 Feb, 2022 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Bogus email demands 'immediate' €850 tuition fee payment from parents in Spain's Valencia

Cybercriminals in Spain’s Costa Blanca area send bogus text message to steal €23,000 from bank account

FOUR people have been arrested in Alicante and Cartagena after stealing over €23,000 from a bank account via a ‘smishing’ scam. The thieves swindled a

24 Feb, 2022 @ 11:50

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

MUST READ: British ‘narco’ baron Brian Charrington jailed after Costa Blanca cocaine smuggling retrial in Spain

BRITISH drug trafficker, Brian Charrington, has been found guilty and jailed for almost 11 years for smuggling cocaine into a Costa Blanca marina in 2013.

23 Feb, 2022 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read

Dangerous 'slimming pills' containing deadly amphetamines are sold across Spain

Dangerous ‘slimming pills’ containing deadly amphetamines sold illegally across Spain

A criminal gang sold slimming pills across Spain that contained potentially deadly amphetamines. Over 7,000 pills were seized and five people have been arrested at

23 Feb, 2022 @ 14:33

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Gang 'short Circuited' Gaming Machines With Screwdrivers For Big Payouts In Costa Blanca And Murcia Areas Of Spain

Gang ‘short-circuited’ gaming machines with screwdrivers for jackpot wins in Costa Blanca and Murcia areas of Spain

SIX people have been arrested for manipulating gaming machines in gambling saloons in the Murcia and Costa Blanca areas. The young gang struck in Torre

23 Feb, 2022 @ 13:37

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Torrevieja

Man faces prison sentence for kicking cat that was underneath car on Costa Blanca street in Spain

AN Alicante man has been arrested for animal abuse after injuring a cat that was under his car. Eyewitnesses saw the Spaniard, 29, approach his

23 Feb, 2022 @ 12:40

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Benidorm Unveils New 'state Of The Art' Rescue Drone For Spain's Costa Blanca

Benidorm unveils new ‘state-of-the-art’ life-saving rescue drone for Spain’s Costa Blanca

BENIDORM has unveiled a new ‘start-of-the-art’ drone that can be used for both seaside and inland rescues. ‘Saturno’ is a 100% Spanish-made device and was

23 Feb, 2022 @ 11:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Drug dealers abandon rooster in burning vehicle on Spain's Costa Blanca

Drug dealers abandon rooster in burning car on Spain’s Costa Blanca

EMERGENCY services discovered a rooster in a crashed and burning car abandoned by drug dealers in the Postiguet beach area of Alicante. The two men

22 Feb, 2022 @ 13:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Benidorm Politician Fully Cleared Of Being Part Of Costa Blanca Led Russian Mafia Plot In Spain

Benidorm politician cleared in corruption probe involving Russian mafia gang in Spain

BENIDORM councillor, Lorenzo Martinez Sola, has been cleared of any illegal involvement with a Russian solicitor accused of running a mafia gang operating out of

21 Feb, 2022 @ 20:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

African wild cat is coaxed to safety on Costa Blanca farm in Spain

Exotic African wild cat coaxed to safety from treetop on Costa Blanca farm in Spain

A wild cat native to Africa was spotted on a Costa Blanca farm and safely captured and taken to a wildlife foundation. The farmer from

21 Feb, 2022 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Nature

Gang robs ‘expensive-looking’ customers at up-market hotels and restaurants on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A gang plundered guests at an upmarket Alicante hotel and also targeted customers at an expensive city restaurant. Three people have been arrested by the

21 Feb, 2022 @ 16:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Hotels·Lead·Olive Press Travel

COVID-19 passports scrapped in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain except for nursing homes

COVID passports will be scrapped in the Valencian Community from Tuesday except for visits to nursing homes. The measure was introduced on December 4 for

21 Feb, 2022 @ 16:15

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Unsolved Benidorm Killing Of British Holidaymaker Visiting Spain Prompts Fresh Police Appeal

Unsolved Benidorm killing of British holidaymaker in Spain prompts fresh police appeal

GREATER Manchester Police have made a new appeal for information to find the killer of a British tourist who was brutally assaulted outside Benidorm bar

21 Feb, 2022 @ 15:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Police Break Up Illegal Drugs Party Inside Road Tunnels On Spain's Costa Blanca

Police raid illegal booze and drugs ‘rave’ inside road tunnels on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN illegal party in a network of road tunnels in an isolated area of Benissa was raided by the Guardia Civil and the Policia Local.

21 Feb, 2022 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

British man found dead by reservoir a week after going missing on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE body of a British man reported missing for a week from his Costa Blanca home has been found 70 kilometres away in a parked

21 Feb, 2022 @ 11:53

Costa Blanca·Lead

Floating Pontoon With A Restaurant Will Provide New Panoramic Views Of Alicante And Spain's Mediterranean Sea

Floating pontoon with restaurant to provide new panoramic views of Alicante and Spain’s Mediterranean Sea

ALICANTE is to create an artificial island at the port entrance to offer new views of the city and the Mediterranean Sea. The Port Authority

18 Feb, 2022 @ 16:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

No foul play as Benidorm's seeks to sweep up dog dirt to improve image of Spanish resort

Benidorm seeks to sweep up dog dirt to improve image of Spain’s top Costa Blanca resort

BENIDORM is looking to fine more dog owners who don’t pick up their pet’s mess from streets and pavements. Police are focusing on city areas

18 Feb, 2022 @ 15:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

Costa Blanca apartment owner fined €11,000 for mistreating cats owned by dead tenant in Spain

Costa Blanca apartment owner fined over €11,000 for throwing out cats owned by dead tenant in Spain

A Torrevieja apartment owner has earned a record city fine for animal abandonment after literally throwing out seven cats onto the street. The Norwegian landlord

18 Feb, 2022 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja

Boy, 15, shocks police with ‘cold-hearted’ account of how he killed his family on Spain’s Costa Blanca

EXPERIENCED Policia Nacional officers have been shocked by the lack of remorse shown by an Elche teenager, who shot his parents and younger brother last

18 Feb, 2022 @ 12:33

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Driver Of Uk Registered Car Dies After Vehicle Is Submerged In Water After Driving Into Ditch On Spain's Costa Blanca

Driver of UK-registered car dies after vehicle crashes into ditch on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A female driver of a British-registered car died on Friday after it ran off an Alicante Province road into a ditch filled with water The

18 Feb, 2022 @ 11:49

Costa Blanca·Lead

Police Accidentally Stumble Across Valuable Roman Relic In House Visit On Spain's Costa Blanca

Police accidentally stumble across historic Roman relic on Spain’s Costa Blanca

An important Roman era artefact has been found in a Costa Blanca home by accident during a routine Guardia Civil visit. Guardia officers spotted the

17 Feb, 2022 @ 17:26

Costa Blanca·Lead

Low cost train operator Ouigo to start Murcia to Madrid services with €9 fares from 2024 High-speed journey to capital will take 2 hours and 45 minutes

New low-cost high speed train services will link Spain’s Costa Blanca with Madrid

FRENCH train operator Ouigo will launch a low-cost high speed train service between Alicante and Madrid this autumn. Adult fares will start at €9 and

17 Feb, 2022 @ 14:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid

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Over 9,000 COVID-19 deaths recorded since start of pandemic in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Police union demands extra officers for Spain’s Costa Blanca airport to reduce UK traveller queues at passport control

Russian invasion of the Ukraine described as ‘terrible blow’ to economic recovery of Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

Sneaky pervert hides mobile phone to record bathroom videos of girlfriend’s daughter in Spain’s Costa Blanca

Fireworks suspected of starting forest blaze in Costa Blanca area of Spain

Cybercriminals in Spain’s Costa Blanca area send bogus text message to steal €23,000 from bank account

MUST READ: British ‘narco’ baron Brian Charrington jailed after Costa Blanca cocaine smuggling retrial in Spain

Dangerous ‘slimming pills’ containing deadly amphetamines sold illegally across Spain

Gang ‘short-circuited’ gaming machines with screwdrivers for jackpot wins in Costa Blanca and Murcia areas of Spain

Man faces prison sentence for kicking cat that was underneath car on Costa Blanca street in Spain

Benidorm unveils new ‘state-of-the-art’ life-saving rescue drone for Spain’s Costa Blanca

Drug dealers abandon rooster in burning car on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Benidorm politician cleared in corruption probe involving Russian mafia gang in Spain

Exotic African wild cat coaxed to safety from treetop on Costa Blanca farm in Spain

Gang robs ‘expensive-looking’ customers at up-market hotels and restaurants on Spain’s Costa Blanca

COVID-19 passports scrapped in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain except for nursing homes

Unsolved Benidorm killing of British holidaymaker in Spain prompts fresh police appeal

Police raid illegal booze and drugs ‘rave’ inside road tunnels on Spain’s Costa Blanca

British man found dead by reservoir a week after going missing on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Floating pontoon with restaurant to provide new panoramic views of Alicante and Spain’s Mediterranean Sea

Benidorm seeks to sweep up dog dirt to improve image of Spain’s top Costa Blanca resort

Costa Blanca apartment owner fined over €11,000 for throwing out cats owned by dead tenant in Spain

Boy, 15, shocks police with ‘cold-hearted’ account of how he killed his family on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Driver of UK-registered car dies after vehicle crashes into ditch on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Police accidentally stumble across historic Roman relic on Spain’s Costa Blanca

New low-cost high speed train services will link Spain’s Costa Blanca with Madrid

Ryanair boss describes his dream airline – bagless and automated ‘because passengers can’t argue with a machine’

British-born ice skater and TV’s ‘Dancing on Ice’ winner will carry Spain’s flag at Winter Olympics opening ceremony

From Barcelona to the Costa Blanca – the Spanish locations that double for Tuscany and New York in new hit Netflix film

Cordoba train disaster: Search for missing woman Miriam Alberico, 27, ends in tragedy – family-of-four and journalist-photographer couple also among the casualties