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International drugs gang headed by Irish man used electrical goods parcels to export narcotics from Spain

AN IRISH national has been arrested in the Murcia region for running an international drug trafficking operation based in Spain. The man was detained at

13 May, 2026 @ 14:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Valencia

Police arrest Swedish mafia gang members who held man hostage for three days on Costa Blanca

WATCH: Police arrest Swedish mafia gang members who held ‘millionaire’ hostage in Spain- but are freed after victim said they were ‘friends’

FOUR members of a Swedish mafia gang called ‘Dalen’ have been arrested but subsequently released after holding a Norwegian man hostage for nearly three days

22 Jan, 2026 @ 11:34

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Drinking water restored to 100,000 residents who endured 10 days without supplies on Spain’s Mar Menor

MOST of the Mar Menor’s 100,000 residents have had their drinking water supplies restored after 10 days. Health authorities passed tap water as fit for

21 Oct, 2025 @ 16:08

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

PM Pedro Sanchez makes Mar Menor like the 'Third World' with 100,000 residents still without drinking water after nine days

PM Pedro Sanchez makes Mar Menor look like ‘Third World’ with 100,000 residents still without drinking water after nine days

AN OPPOSITION politician says Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has put the Mar Menor area on a ‘par with the Third World’ as 100,000 residents enter

20 Oct, 2025 @ 15:11

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Tons of biomass removed from shores of Mar Menor lagoon as DANA Alice clean up continues in Murcia

A MAJOR operation to remove accumulated biomass from Mar Menor beaches has seen 48 tons cleared up by Monday morning. The Murcian government says 135

13 Oct, 2025 @ 17:00

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Tankers supply over 100,000 residents who cannot use tap water due to flood damage in Spain’s Murcia

FLOOD damage to a key water pipeline in the Campo de Cartagena area of Murcia has led to residents being told not to use tap

13 Oct, 2025 @ 10:59

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

RED ALERT continues with heavy rain battering the Costa Blanca and Murcia causing some localised floods

RED ALERT continues with heavy rain battering the Costa Blanca and Murcia areas

HEAVY rain has battered parts of Alicante Province and the Murcia region that are under an red alert for extreme weather until 11.59pm on Friday

10 Oct, 2025 @ 15:13

Costa Blanca·Lead·Murcia·Weather

Tourist hotel salmonella outbreak at Spain’s La Manga reaches 190 confirmed cases

THE salmonella outbreak at La Manga’s Hotel Cavanna has reached 190 confirmed cases as of Thursday, according to Murcia’s Ministry of Health. 19 people are

28 Aug, 2025 @ 18:00

Health·Lead·Mar Menor

Over 100 people including a baby are poisoned in mass salmonella outbreak at tourist hotel in Spain

A MASS outbreak of food poisoning affected over 100 guests at La Manga’s Cavanna Hotel over the weekend. 47 people including eight children needed hospital

25 Aug, 2025 @ 14:15

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Spain's 'Black Flag' awards for beach pollution includes one for flood disaster waste in Valencia Spain’s ‘Black Flag’ awards for beach pollution includes one for flood disaster waste in Valencia

Ship leaks brown-coloured slick to force swimming ban at La Manga beaches in Spain

SEVERAL beaches on the Mediterranean side of La Manga in Murcia have been closed to swimmers on Monday after a sewage spillage from a boat.

21 Jul, 2025 @ 17:45

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Special nets will stop jellyfish getting close to tourist beaches in Spain's Mar Menor

Special nets will stop jellyfish encroaching tourist beaches on Spain’s Mar Menor

FOUR nets will appear in the Mar Menor lagoon from mid-July to prevent jellyfish from encroaching close to four tourist beaches. Netting- like last year-

7 Jul, 2025 @ 17:30

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Two people die one week after bar explosion in Spain’s Mar Menor area

TWO women who were seriously injured in a bar explosion in San Pedro del Pinatar on June 19 have both died in hospital on Thursday

26 Jun, 2025 @ 18:00

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Bar explosion in Spain that seriously injured two people was caused ‘deliberately’

LAST Thursday’s explosion at a Mar Menor area bar that injured 20 people was no accident- according to the Guardia Civil. Specialists say a deliberate

24 Jun, 2025 @ 16:31

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

BREAKING NEWS: At least 16 people injured- three seriously- after gas explosion at tourist area bar in Spain

EMERGENCY services say that at least 16 people were injured following a gas explosion at a bar in the Mar Menor area of Murcia on

19 Jun, 2025 @ 14:33

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Spain’s ‘Black Flag’ awards for beach pollution includes one for flood disaster waste in Valencia

THE Ecologistas en Accion group have handed out their ‘Black Flags’ for 2025 to coastal areas of Spain which they say have environmental problems. They

17 Jun, 2025 @ 16:53

Environment·Lead·Valencia

King Felipe tries out new plane which will be used by Spain’s ‘Eagle Patrol’ aerobatic team

THOUSANDS of people took over the Mar Menor’s beaches on Sunday to enjoy Spain’s biggest aerobatic display while King Felipe did a spot of flying

16 Jun, 2025 @ 17:27

Celebrity·Lead·Mar Menor

Spain's biggest air display could attract half-a-million spectators this Sunday

Spain’s biggest air display set for half-a-million spectators this Sunday

KING Felipe will be the guest of honour at the annual air show and display at the Spanish Air Force base in San Javier, Murcia.

13 Jun, 2025 @ 17:25

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Police seal off 'illegal' areas on Mar Menor campsite with 20,000 holidays 'under threat'

Police seal off ‘illegal’ areas at Mar Menor campsite with 20,000 holidays ‘under threat’

POLICE have sealed off all common areas of the Camping Villas Caravaning site at Playa Honda on the Mar Menor in the latest salvo in

27 May, 2025 @ 15:45

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Earthquake with 2.8 magnitude shakes Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN EARTHQUAKE with a magnitude of 2.8 on the Richter Scale struck off the coast of Torrevieja early on Tuesday morning. The tremor was recorded

15 Apr, 2025 @ 13:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

‘Dangerous’ toilet and shower blocks plus 81 illegal homes ‘sealed off’ at unlicensed Mar Menor campsite

TOILET and shower blocks as well as 81 unlicensed pre-fab homes have been sealed off by authorities at a Mar Menor camp site. Cartagena City

11 Apr, 2025 @ 18:00

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Two beaches on shores of Spain's Mar Menor get much-needed boost of extra sand

Two Mar Menor beaches suffering from erosion get much-needed boost of extra sand

OVER a thousand tons of sand has been used to regenerate two Mar Menor beaches over the winter. Cartagena City Council has done work over

20 Mar, 2025 @ 14:00

Mar Menor·Murcia

Mar Menor beach bar popular with tourists and locals is forced to close after 34 years

Mar Menor beach bar popular with tourists and locals is ordered to close after 34 years

AN ICONIC Mar Menor beach bar has ordered to shut down because its been operating without a licence since 1991. Los Alcazares council voted to

19 Mar, 2025 @ 17:00

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Police find killers of two British tourists struck by loose 'narco boat' on a Mar Menor road

Police arrest suspected killer of two British tourists struck by loose ‘narco boat’ on a busy road in Spain

POLICE have arrested a man over the death of two British tourists who were killed in November after an inflatable boat used to smuggle drugs

27 Feb, 2025 @ 12:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Mar Menor

Man commits three violent robberies within minutes- threatening victims with fake gun in Spain’s Mar Menor area

A MAN has been arrested over three violent robberies in the Mar Menor area where victims were threatened by a fake gun. The Guardia Civil

23 Jan, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mar Menor

Fugitive Russian mafia mobster arrested on Costa Blanca after Italian court gave him long jail term

British victim of doorway shooting by hooded man may never walk again according to medics in Spain

A 27-year-old British man who was shot by a hooded man outside his Murcia region home may never walk again. The La Verdad newspaper has

22 Nov, 2024 @ 09:53

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

British tourist, 51, is fighting for his life in Spain after being hit by a ‘narco boat’ during golfing trip to Murcia

A BRITISH tourist, 51, remains in a critical condition in Murcia’s La Arrixaca Hospital ICU after the car he was travelling in was struck by

19 Nov, 2024 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

International drugs gang headed by Irish man used electrical goods parcels to export narcotics from Spain

WATCH: Police arrest Swedish mafia gang members who held ‘millionaire’ hostage in Spain- but are freed after victim said they were ‘friends’

Drinking water restored to 100,000 residents who endured 10 days without supplies on Spain’s Mar Menor

PM Pedro Sanchez makes Mar Menor look like ‘Third World’ with 100,000 residents still without drinking water after nine days

Tons of biomass removed from shores of Mar Menor lagoon as DANA Alice clean up continues in Murcia

Tankers supply over 100,000 residents who cannot use tap water due to flood damage in Spain’s Murcia

RED ALERT continues with heavy rain battering the Costa Blanca and Murcia areas

Tourist hotel salmonella outbreak at Spain’s La Manga reaches 190 confirmed cases

Over 100 people including a baby are poisoned in mass salmonella outbreak at tourist hotel in Spain

Ship leaks brown-coloured slick to force swimming ban at La Manga beaches in Spain

Special nets will stop jellyfish encroaching tourist beaches on Spain’s Mar Menor

Two people die one week after bar explosion in Spain’s Mar Menor area

Bar explosion in Spain that seriously injured two people was caused ‘deliberately’

BREAKING NEWS: At least 16 people injured- three seriously- after gas explosion at tourist area bar in Spain

Spain’s ‘Black Flag’ awards for beach pollution includes one for flood disaster waste in Valencia

King Felipe tries out new plane which will be used by Spain’s ‘Eagle Patrol’ aerobatic team

Spain’s biggest air display set for half-a-million spectators this Sunday

Police seal off ‘illegal’ areas at Mar Menor campsite with 20,000 holidays ‘under threat’

Earthquake with 2.8 magnitude shakes Spain’s Costa Blanca

‘Dangerous’ toilet and shower blocks plus 81 illegal homes ‘sealed off’ at unlicensed Mar Menor campsite

Two Mar Menor beaches suffering from erosion get much-needed boost of extra sand

Mar Menor beach bar popular with tourists and locals is ordered to close after 34 years

Police arrest suspected killer of two British tourists struck by loose ‘narco boat’ on a busy road in Spain

Man commits three violent robberies within minutes- threatening victims with fake gun in Spain’s Mar Menor area

British victim of doorway shooting by hooded man may never walk again according to medics in Spain

British tourist, 51, is fighting for his life in Spain after being hit by a ‘narco boat’ during golfing trip to Murcia

Guardia Civil vessel forcefully escorted away after breaching security cordon of British nuclear submarine in Strait of Gibraltar – as Spanish navy runs its biggest annual war games nearby

Popular Mallorca town swamped with tourists who now outnumber residents

Andalucian elections explained: Here are the issues dominating the campaign as Andaluces go to the polls this Sunday and Moreno rules out coalition with far-right Vox

Marbella narco clan built secret underground tunnel network to stash drugs and move around neighbourhood undetected

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