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FIRST UK COVID-19 strain cases identified in Spain’s Valencian Community
THE first two confirmed infections of the new COVID-19 strain detected in the UK have been identified in the Valencian Community.
Microbiologists from the Elche...
World-first in Spain’s Costa Blanca region as robot arm does COVID-19 swab tests
RESEARCHERS at Elche's Miguel Hernández University(UMH) have produced a world-first of a robotic arm that takes COVID-19 test swabs.
A major plus is that the...
Prolific teenage thief breaks into locked-down nursing home FOUR times on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN Elche nursing home under COVID-19 quarantine measures was broken into four times by the same teenage thief over 17 days.
The Policia Nacional launched...
Toddler shocker as mum dumps son on rain-sodden and cold patio on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN ELCHE woman has been arrested for child abandonment after she left her two-year-old son locked outside on the patio while she went to...
Say cheese for top vegan award on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A VEGAN cheese produced in Alicante Province has been ranked as one of the best in the world.
The plaudit has come from a survey...
Lovestruck woman is taken for a €253,000 fool by a bogus boyfriend on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A SANTA POLA woman has been swindled out of €253,000 by her 'boyfriend' who met her online two years ago after targeting her for...
Couple who abused and killed their baby son get life sentences on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN ELCHE couple will spend the rest of the lives behind bars for the murder of their two-year-old son in September 2018.
The duo were...
New COVID-19 cases on Spain’s Costa Blanca are continuing to escalate upwards
NEW coronavirus outbreaks in Elche and Dénia have contributed to the upward rise in COVID-19 cases across the Costa Blanca.
Latest figures from the Valencian...
Shock departure for coach who secured top La Liga soccer for Spain’s Costa Blanca two days earlier
ELCHE'S coach Pacheta has left the club after booking a return to La Liga's Primera division on Sunday night in a play-off win at...
Top flight La Liga soccer returns to Spain’s Costa Blanca after five-year gap
TOP FLIGHT La Liga football will return to the Costa Blanca next month after Elche booked a place in the Primera Division five years...
Pervert on Spain’s Costa Blanca used over 60 phone cards to send unwanted porn to women
An Elche man has been arrested for sending unwanted pornography to women by using dozens of mobile phone numbers.
The 44-year-old Spaniard used pre-paid cards...
New health figures from Spain’s Valencia region suggest younger people are now catching Covid-19 virus
YOUNGER people seem to be in the firing line across the Valencian Community in the recent rise in Covid-19 cases.
Regional health minister, Ana Barcelo,...
Hundreds of mask “refuseniks” get fined in four days in just one part of Spain’s Costa Blanca
ELCHE'S Policia Local has written out nearly 500 tickets in just four days to people who were not wearing masks.
Extended mask wearing was introduced...
Second surge in Covid-19 cases feared as Costa Blanca medics ‘saddened’ by quarantine breaches
MEDICAL EXPERTS across the Costa Blanca have stated that six weeks of quarantine may have been wasted if people do not adhere to social...
Suspended sentence for Costa Blanca woman caught on 45km shopping trip four times in 12 days
A TORREVIEJA woman has escaped going to jail after she was caught flouting lock-down mobility restrictions FOUR times.
Guardia Civil traffic police caught her travelling...
Costa Calida cops chase fake fundraisers out of town in high-speed pursuit
A ROMANIAN family posing as fundraisers for a deaf-and-dumb charity, have been detained after fleeing from Cabo de Palos, on the Mar Menor peninsula.
One...
Patisserie Porn – Sex toys baked into festive dishes at Costa Blanca baker in celebration of Reyes.
VIBRATORS, Chinese balls and other sex toys were baked into pastries by an Elche pastry company to celebrate Reyes, this weekend.
More than 300 of...
GRINCH: Vox blasts €100 Christmas surprise to help 150 young people working outside of Spain come home to Elche...
VOX have blasted Elche town hall's plans to help 150 of its expatriate sons and daughters come home for the Christmas period.
The spokeswoman...
Dad arrested after ‘locking screaming daughters in office’ for THREE DAYS before police broke down door near Spain’s Costa...
Police broke down the front door of the establishment, before rescuing the ‘screaming’ girls and placing them in the care of their mother
Northamptonshire men arrested in Elche following brawl with Spaniards have ‘lost their jobs’ after court order bans them leaving...
A GROUP of Northamptonshire men have 'lost their jobs' and 'face sleeping rough' after they were arrested following a bar fight on August 30...
Police smash violent luxury carjacking ring behind string of violent robberies on Spain’s costas
The group had a clear modus operandi with all their robberies occurring in public and in a short period of time, never more than three minutes
DIDN’T SEE THAT COMING: clairvoyant jailed for conning disabled woman out of €13,000 on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A CLAIRVOYANT has been sentenced to a year and three months for conning a disabled woman out of €13,000 on Spain’s Costa Blanca.
The...
Shark attack forces beach in southern Spain to close
The Beaches red flags were raised immediately
Drones deployed to save 200,000 protected palm trees in Spain
Scores of red palm weevil have been burrowing up the site's trees
Fake gas inspectors arrested for conning victims out of millions
Police have carried out raids in Malaga, Granada and Almeria to decimate the criminal network
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