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RIDDLE of two naked bodies discovered after car crash on AP-7 motorway in Spain’s Murcia region
POLICE are investigating the bizarre discovery of two male naked bodies on a Murcia motorway after a car crashed into the back of a...
‘SLIPPERY EELS’ caught as East European drugs boss is arrested in Spain’s Murcia region
THE head of an international drugs smuggling gang branded as 'The Eels', has been arrested in Los Alcazares in Spain's Murcia region. His detention by...
Mayor of only ‘confined’ area in Spain’s Murcia region fumes over ‘shameful’ situation
LOS Alcazares is the only part of the Murcia region left with perimeter restrictions in a situation described as 'shameful' by its mayor, Mario...
Flood warnings as Spain’s Mar Menor region looks ahead to full day of rain, wind and rough seas
COASTAL areas around the Mar Menor are preparing for more potentially devastating floods, after a night of torrential rain looks set to carry on...
Flood warning in Spain’s Mar Menor region – roads closed, residents told to stay indoors and upstairs
OVERNIGHT rains have blocked off many roads in the Mar Menor area, still recovering from a series of storms going back to September's gota...
WATCH: Police catch drug smugglers at gun-point in dramatic Costa Calida raid
GUARDIA Civil have dismantled at gun-point a drug smuggling gang in the Mar Menor region of Murcia. https://youtu.be/Xzv5Q_83yHo Investigations began in September, when the number of...
British expats forced to patrol own streets on Spain’s Costa Blanca after spate of violent muggings
EXPATS are being forced to patrol their own streets after a series of violent muggings The group of Brits have set up Street Angels,...
Family ties forging the way for Costa Blanca business built on traditional values
KEEPING it in the family has been the key to the success of local estate agency, Casas Manuel. “You’d think that working with your mum,...
Los Alcazares mayor says ‘mud-filled drains’ from September’s gota fria to blame for fresh flash flooding
THE mayor of a Costa Blanca town hit AGAIN by flash floods has blamed mud-filled drains gone neglected since September’s deadly gota fria. Loz Alcazares’...
Councillor says Costa Blanca floods were a ‘humanitarian crisis’ largely ignored by world media
A BRITISH councillor has called the gota fría catastrophe ‘a humanitarian crisis’ largely ignored from international media. Darren Parmenter, British San Fulgencio Councillor for International...
British author in Alicante pens wartime novel to international success
A BRITISH author residing on the Costa Blanca has enjoyed such ‘amazing success’ with her debut novel she’s already begun work on numbers two...
Cyclists are breaking rules and endangering public on Spain’s Costa Blanca, say British expats
‘An unpopular measure as people use the promenade for mobility and not as a race path’
Dancing bear spotted at Murcia medieval market
This is the first known sighting of a performing bear in Spain since 2007
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