Watch: Bizarre moment a topless man on a horse exits his local corner shop in Spain
AN Elche Policia Local officer opened the door of a city grocery store on Monday and was greeted by the sight of a shirtless man
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
‘Foreign’ man and woman die on a popular beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Pair were pulled from the water in a red flag zone
THE drowning death toll has risen to 12 people within just nine days on the Costa Blanca as two more bathers died on Monday. A
Wheelchair user is spotted on the A-7 MOTORWAY on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Police rush to remove elderly man from busy road
AN ELDERLY man in a wheelchair caused a commotion on a Costa Blanca motorway after going onto the busy highway with cars having to dodge
Sex exploitation gang enjoyed luxury lifestyle with high-end homes and cars while 10 victims were treated as slaves on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN ELCHE sex exploitation gang has been busted by the Policia Nacional with 10 female victims rescued. The women had vulnerable backgrounds and travelled from
Woman steals identity of a dead baby before embarking on 10-year criminal career as head of a mafia gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A WOMAN from the Dominican Republic used the identity of a deceased two-month-old baby to gain Spanish nationality before setting up a Costa Blanca-based criminal
Man ‘attempts to kill partner just after she gave birth’ in Elche because ‘she said she wanted to leave him’
A MAN slit his partner’s throat, minutes after she gave birth in an Elche hospital and then told him that their relationship was over. The
New high-speed rail routes in Spain: British expat hotspots on the Costa Blanca will be directly connected to these three fantastic cities
HIGH speed train services from state operator Renfe departing from Elche, Orihuela and Murcia will be directly linked to three Castilla y Leon region cities
Tourists are threatened by a machete-wielding thug on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Man demands Dutch group hand over cash and valuables
A MAN has been arrested in Elche after brandishing a machete at a group of Dutch tourists to get some money from them. The Spaniard,
Popular shopping centre on Spain’s Costa Blanca reports record visitors and announces improvements
A REVAMPED cinema and three new restaurants are some of the improvements promised this year for Elche’s L’Aljub Shopping Centre. Around seven million people visited
Thief steals manhole covers worth thousands of euros to sell for scrap on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A THIEF with a penchant for stealing manhole covers to sell to scrapyards has been arrested in Elche. The 43-year-old man removed around 100 covers
Restaurant boss who ‘grabbed female employee’s buttocks’ is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A COSTA BLANCA restaurant owner has been arrested for sexual assault after a female employee accused him of grabbing her buttocks. Police were called to
Hilton to open new airport hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Accommodation will be the closest available to Alicante-Elche
THE FIRST stone has been laid for the construction of the closest hotel to Alicante-Elche airport with a January 2025 opening date pencilled in. The
Drug cartel members who used cocaine profits to buy hundreds of El Gordo lottery tickets are arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A FAMILY gang selling cocaine laundered their proceeds by buying Christmas Lottery tickets with the hopes of scooping a bigger return from their criminal activities.
Mamma Mia! Italian family-run pizzeria is exposed as a front for mafia’s drug trafficking ring on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN Italian-owned pizzeria on the Costa Blanca served up cocaine and hashish to its customers along with its more traditional fare according to the Policia
Renfe launches new high-speed rail route in Spain connecting Madrid with Alicante and Murcia
STATE rail operator Renfe will launch its low-cost high speed Avlo service between Madrid, Elche, Alicante and Murcia on December 10, with lowest fares coming
Gang from Madrid which robbed safes at shopping centres on Spain’s Costa Blanca is brought down
A MADRID-BASED gang travelled to the Costa Blanca and Murcia areas to rob store safes in large shopping centres after hiding inside premises before closing
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
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
Strong winds cause injuries in Spain’s Valencia: Woman is struck in the face by a falling sign while another is hit by a restaurant’s parasol
STRONG winds caused by Storm Ciaran have kept police and fire crews busy in Valencia and the Valencian Community with over 700 reported incidents in
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
Fly-tippers dump fridges and electrical gear which threatens endangered duck on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ECOLOGISTS have complained to Elche City Council about an illegal waste dump off the CV-861 in the Hondo Natural Park. Accio Ecologista-Agro has sent a
Rats and cockroaches spotted crawling on old people’s faces in nursing homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca
CONDITIONS at three Alicante province nursing homes have been slammed amidst calls for the Valencian government to carry out urgent inspections. One home has been
Spanish startup’s private rocket launch is a success after taking off from Andalucia at the weekend – and it’s reusable
ELCHE startup PLD Space launched the first-ever private European rocket into orbit on Saturday morning. After two postponements in the spring, the first launch of
Spain will launch a rocket from Andalucia at 2am TOMORROW – here’s how you can see it
ELCHE’S PLD Space will launch the first private rocket in Europe -Miura 1- in the early hours of Saturday morning from El Arenosillo in Huelva
Carer ‘steals €20,000 watch from woman, 94, on Spain’s Costa Blanca before melting down her jewellery for cash’
A CARER has been arrested for stealing over €50,000 of jewellery from an elderly Elche woman that employed her. The 94-year-old victim’s daughter complained to