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Alicante on Spain’s Costa Blanca sizzles to highest January temperature since 1982
TEMPERATURES on the Costa Blanca reached 29.2 degrees today(January 28) to become the highest January temperature in 39 years.
HELPFUL THIEF robs cars after showing tourists where to park on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A cheeky thief helped Costa Blanca visitors find parking spots close to beaches and then robbed their vehicles when they went for...
Douglas perfume chain in Spain to close 103 shops as online sales rise
DOUGLAS Perfumes are to shut 103 stores across Spain which will see up to 600 people lose their jobs.
16 months on after Vega Baja flood disaster, 300 full compensation claims still need sorting on Spain’s Costa Blanca
300 flood victims are still waiting for their full emergency pay-outs in the aftermath of the September 2019 disaster that ravaged the...
NEW COVID-19 cases in dangerous spiral but Spain’s Health Minister says current measures are ‘sufficient’
SPAIN'S Health Minister, Salvador Illa, has repeated his view that the current State of Alarm is 'sufficient' to counter the rise in...
Fleeing marijuana farm owner attacks police after hiding in chemist on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO Lithuanians have been arrested for running an indoor marijuana farm out of a rented home in the Denia area.
British marijuana farmer gets third drugs arrest for running indoor plantation on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A BRITISH man has been arrested for the third time in three years for running an indoor Costa Blanca marijuana farm.
Judge pursues alleged rape assault of American sisters by Afghan students in Murcia City
A JUDGE has refused a call to drop the case of three Afghan students who are accused of raping three American women...
Smell leads to downfall of international drugs gang exporting to Switzerland from Spain’s Costa Blanca
A STENCH of marijuana wafting out of an Alicante area warehouse has led to the downfall of a major drugs supply line...
Pedro Sanchez rejects any new national lockdown as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Spain
SPAIN'S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has today(August 25) dismissed any notion of a national return to lockdown restrictions implemented under the State...
Set Jetters – The best holiday destinations in Spain for movie lovers
A man with an open shirt, glistening six-pack and pair of binoculars may not be the first image...
Social media conmen use American identity to fleece love-seeking woman out of €226,000 on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A COSTA BLANCA woman lost at least €226,000 when she was fooled into believing that she had met a romantic American soulmate...
Spain’s capital of Madrid voted best place for Brits to work from remotely
MADRID has been named the best place for Brits to move post-lockdown to save money. The Spanish capital beat...
Migrants saved from Alicante coast to quarantine amid COVID fears
A GROUP of migrants rescued off the coast of Alicante have been forced to...
Eight-month baby dies after being mowed down by reversing vehicle in Spain
The child was in the back of the car when a motorist reversed into it, on Cecília Street in Barcelona.
Malaga miners are CENTIMETRES away from little Julen after blasting through hard rock
It comes after a hard rock, or quartzite, delayed the team by blocking their path yesterday
Five dead – including British tourists – and dozens still missing in Mallorca’s biggest flood in decades
AT least five people including two British tourists have been killed in the storm that flooded all corners of Mallorca. The east coast of the...
Gibraltar cave study reveals neanderthals polluted Earth
Study of a neanderthal’s cave in Gibraltar found that man has been burning heavy metal since Palaeolithic times
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Balearic President voted second worst leader in Spain for management of COVID-19 pandemic
Francina Armengol scored a measly 4.61 in the poll by the Invymark Research and Marketing Institute which pitted the country’s 17 regional leaders against one another
