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Benidorm suffers massive setback in battle to stop paying €330m compensation to developers

Benidorm suffers massive setback over €330m compensation payment to developers

THE Valencian Supreme Court(TSJCV) has thrown out an appeal by Benidorm council over a €283 million compensation payment- plus interest- to developers over the loss

24 Jun, 2025 @ 12:18

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

‘You’re a black illegal immigrant and I’m Spanish’: Man jailed after abusing employee in Fuengirola hotel

A MAN has been sentenced to seven years in prison for the abuse, rape and sexual assault of his female domestic worker. The abuse started

12 Jun, 2025 @ 13:07

Lead·Madrid

Marbella mayor’s stepson and late husband ‘laundered €7m as bosses of the Swedish mafia’ trial hears

A POLICIA Nacional inspector has accused the stepson and late husband of Marbella’s mayor of laundering more than €7 million of suspected drug money, as

23 May, 2025 @ 13:56

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Police celebrate ‘few incidents’ and just eight arrests after 60,000 British football fans arrived in Spain

POLICE in Spain have praised the success of an enormous security operation after only eight arrests were made during the Europa League final in Bilbao,

22 May, 2025 @ 11:51

Bilbao·Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

British tourist, 68, dies in Spain three months after being ‘sucker punched on a night out’

A BRITISH pensioner has passed away three months after he suffered a horrific assault while holidaying in Spain. Retired carpenter Marshall Latham, 68, was ‘just

21 May, 2025 @ 14:35

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Tourist warning in Spain: New fines of €200 for texting while crossing the road

HOLIDAYMAKERS in Spain are being urged to put their phones away and pay attention to traffic as Spanish authorities introduce stricter enforcement on pedestrian behaviour.

12 May, 2025 @ 15:18

Crime & Law·Lead·Travel News

New Costa del Sol shooting: Two arrested in high speed car chase

THE wave of gun violence sweeping the Costa del Sol continues as two young men were arrested in Benalmadena after allegedly opening fire on a

7 May, 2025 @ 16:12

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

New law stops auto subscription renewals: Firms in Spain must give 15 days notice

SPAIN is set to introduce new legislation requiring companies to give consumers 15 days’ notice before automatically renewing their contracts. This reform, currently under parliamentary

7 May, 2025 @ 13:54

Crime & Law·Entertainment·Lead

Man dies on busy Marbella road after fleeing from police in tourist flat scuffle

A MAN believed to be around 25 years old died on Sunday after being struck by a car on a busy stretch of the A-7

6 May, 2025 @ 10:57

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Disgraced ex-King of Spain Juan Carlos will not face new tax probe

SPAIN’S Supreme Court has refused to reopen a probe into alleged tax offences committed by the Emeritus King, Juan Carlos. Last November a group of

5 May, 2025 @ 11:37

Lead·National News

Three children rescued from ‘house of horrors’ in Spain: Expat parents kept them ‘locked up and surrounded by piles of garbage’ since the pandemic

POLICE have rescued three young children from a ‘house of horrors’ in rural Oviedo, where they had allegedly been confined for four years by their

1 May, 2025 @ 17:14

Asturias·Crime & Law·Lead

Marbella corruption scandal grows: Police to investigate ‘all historical cases handled by court clerk who stole €19m in crypto seized from fraudsters’

THE corruption scandal engulfing Marbella’s judicial system has deepened, as police have announced a full review of every case handled by the court clerk who

1 May, 2025 @ 11:32

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Two brothers convicted of ‘crimes against public health’ freed in Spain’s Malaga: What’s behind the bizarre Semana Santa tradition?

BROTHERS convicted of drug offences in southern Spain have been granted a royal pardon and released from prison – just in time to take part

17 Apr, 2025 @ 17:34

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead

Man jailed for ‘shooting nightclub bouncer in the back after he wouldn’t let him in’ during heated argument in Marbella

A MAN has been sentenced to prison after a nightclub row in Marbella turned violent, leaving a security guard permanently disabled. The shocking incident, which

17 Apr, 2025 @ 16:23

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Pensioner, 83, ‘lives in poverty’ in Spain because her tenant ‘hasn’t paid rent in two years’ – but are there two sides to the story?

AN 83-year-old pensioner from Carranque, Toledo, claims she has been left in financial hardship after her tenant allegedly failed to pay rent for two years

17 Apr, 2025 @ 14:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Property

Warning in Spain: Massive fines of up to €600 for those who smash the speed limit as dangerous driving clamp down continues

DRIVERS in Spain have been warned to ease off the accelerator as authorities ramp up efforts to tackle speeding. Offenders now face fines of up

17 Apr, 2025 @ 13:12

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Costa del Sol town hall vetoes plan to house hundreds of migrants recently arrived in Spain

TORREMOLINOS Town Hall has vetoed a plan to house around 150 migrants in the former Miratorre residence after discovering serious legal and safety issues with

16 Apr, 2025 @ 12:48

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Body of missing US banker Grant Barr washes up on a Costa del Sol beach

THE body of missing American banker Grant Barr has been found washed ashore on the Costa del Sol more than two months after he vanished,

14 Apr, 2025 @ 13:04

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Drunk German faces serious punishment after abusing cabin crew and causing Mallorca plane to abort takeoff

A GERMAN tourist faces hefty consequences after delaying a flight to Mallorca thanks to his drunkenness. A Ryanair flight from Bremen, Germany, to Palma de

13 Apr, 2025 @ 09:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Spain’s housing crisis latest: Ibiza shanty town eviction halted at the last moment as police were closing in

A MAJOR eviction operation targeting an illegal settlement in Ibiza was abruptly suspended on Wednesday. Thanks to a last-minute court ruling, the eviction of Can

12 Apr, 2025 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Politics·Property

WATCH: Daylight robbery thwarted in Spain’s Costa del Sol: Cops make dramatic take down

THIS is the moment when police officers caught armed robbers red handed. Yesterday morning, two assailants tried to rob a currency exchange office on Avenida

10 Apr, 2025 @ 10:57

Crime & Law·Lead·Video

Woman found not guilty of ‘keeping dying dog in horrific conditions’ Spain’s Valencia

IN a controversial ruling, Spain’s Supreme Court has cleared a woman of any wrongdoing after she kept her pet dog in appalling conditions for three

6 Apr, 2025 @ 12:17

Lead·Valencia

Benidorm suffers nightmare legal defeat over 'historic' €330 million fine- over double the council's annual budget

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

Blow for squatters in Barcelona: Court rules cutting power and water to occupied homes is NOT a crime

PROPERTY owners in Barcelona who stop paying utility bills for squatted homes will no longer be committing a criminal offense. Barcelona’s Provincial Court made the

17 Mar, 2025 @ 14:59

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·Property

Ryanair being taken to court AGAIN in Spain in ‘test case’ over hand luggage charges

SPAIN’S OCU consumer association has submitted a ‘test case’ to the National Court over Ryanair charging for hand luggage. The legal action seeks to stop

13 Mar, 2025 @ 14:00

Lead·National News

Hooded teenage gang brutally beat up boy in horrific attack outside school in Spain

Holiday hell in Estepona: Armed thugs posing as police rob tourists of Rolex and clothes after storming Airbnb-style flat

POLICIA Nacional are investigating the violent robbery of three ‘foreign’ tourists in Estepona. In the early morning of Sunday, March 9, police responded to an

12 Mar, 2025 @ 15:16

Crime & Law·Lead