Police car causes severe accident in Valencia
A NATIONAL Police car caused a severe accident when it jumped a red light and crashed into a family travelling in another vehicle in Valencia
BYE BYE BANKIA: Merger with CaixaBank effective as of today
Spokespeople for CaixaBank insist that the absorption will not cause any problems for former Bankia customers.
Brit exacts revenge on Russian in biggest ever Gibraltar boxing match
A BIG left hook in the fourth round decided the most high profile boxing match ever held in Gibraltar last Saturday.
Kent COVID-19 strain behind January pandemic surge in Gibraltar
THE British and Spanish mutations of COVID-19 were both equally to blame for the last wave of the pandemic, latest data revealed.
BIG FOOD CON as over 500,000 ‘out-of-date’ items are seized from Benidorm area warehouses on Spain’s Costa Blanca
POLICE have seized over 500,000 date-expired food products that were being re-labelled in a big scam operating out of three illegal Benidorm area warehouses. A
COVID-19 case reductions slow right down in the Costa Blanca and Valencia regions of Spain
STEADY and significant falls in new COVID-19 infections appear to have bottomed-out according to Valencian heath ministry figures this evening(March 29). A total of 363
British expats suing over ‘missing’ Scottish banknotes seized by police in 2017 on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO British residents in Javea on the Costa Blanca want their money back, nearly four years after it was seized by the Guardia Civil. Over
A FAIR COP? Two Benidorm police officers quizzed over hitting woman with baton after she broke COVID-19 rules on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO Policia Nacional officers are being investigated over their physical response to a young woman who broke COVID-19 curfew rules in Benidorm. They say the
New €10 million medical centre for elderly and those with mental problems planned for expat town on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ROJALES has tendered out a building project worth an estimated €10 million to help the elderly and those with ‘serious mental disorders’. The municipality, which
DJ dies after being shot at illegal party in Spain’s Marbella
A DJ at an ‘illegal’ party in Marbella has died after being shot in the neck. Police belive that the 40-year-old was hit by a
IN PICS: Police shut down illegal parties across Spain’s Mallorca
In Mallorca, social interactions are limited to six people and face masks are mandatory
‘MIND YOUR LANGUAGE’ as motorcade protest is staged on Spain’s Costa Blanca against school lessons in Valenciano
A motorcade protest took place over the weekend in Pilar de la Horadada on the southern Costa Blanca against the compulsory use of Valenciano in
Dead Famous in Silver Screen Spain
Spain is truly the European Hollywood, with over 900 English language films shot here over the years, many of them epics such as Doctor Zhivago,
MAKING AN IMPRESSION as Alicante and Benidorm robbers on Costa Blanca area of Spain produce their own front door keys
A home burglary gang used a technique known as lock-impressioning to break into properties across the Costa Blanca without forcing through the front door. Lock
WATCH: Stunning fireball soaring 96,000 km/hr over Spain’s Andalucia
A DAZZLING meteor has been filmed soaring over Andalucia and Castilla-La Mancha at 96,000km per hour. The fireball was recorded this Saturday by the SMART
Over 500 fines handed out in less than 24hrs for not wearing mask in Spain’s Malaga
MALAGA’S Policia local have fined a total of 543 people for not wearing masks between Friday 26 and Saturday 27th March. The first two days
Radio station €1000 giveaway proves ‘awesome’ business confidence following lockdown on Spain’s Costa Blanca
COSTA BLANCA’S community radio station, Big FM, is giving away a prize worth €1,000 in the coming weeks. As part of their continued commitment to
A heartfelt thanks to surgeons and medical staff in Spain
By Lisa Burgess I HAVE just left Malaga’s Materno Hospital after breast reconstruction surgery. It was a unique experience. The Head of Surgery, Doctor Torres
Flushed with success: Charlie Mullins, plumber to the stars, wouldn’t swap the Costa del Sol idyll he bought in Spain for all the builder’s tea in Britain
WHEN Charlie Mullins invites you round for a cuppa the first thing you’re dying to do is visit the loo. Who wouldn’t want to snoop
Give us back our freedom without the hefty price tag, says Terenia in Mallorca
IT’S a great feeling to be slowly coming out of lockdown and let’s hope we don’t go backwards! Finally, there seems to be a whiff
She’s Dynamite! (literally): Civil War heroine who took the fight to Spain’s men
Dynamite! It’s a form of slang that refers to the essence of something rather than the explosive device. For example, we might say: “Penelope Cruz
Arrests in Spain’s Madrid and Tenerife as humanitarian aid for Syrian orphans ‘diverted to finance terrorism’
SPANISH police have arrested three men who allegedly used humanitarian aid for Syrian orphans as a cover to finance terrorism. PolicÃa Nacional supported by Europol,
GIBRALTAR: Dillian Whyte floors Alexander Povetkin in heavyweight clash
GIBRALTAR was the centre of attention for boxing fans around the world last night as Dillian Whyte flattened Alexander Povetkin with a huge left hook
MORE CARS THAN PEOPLE: Four Valencian towns among list of 25 ‘car tax havens’ in Spain
FOUR towns in the Valencia region have become tax havens for car registration. Serratella (Castellon) has a total population of 95, but more than 10,000
OLD HACK IN THE SUN: The ramblings of an 80-something expat
DO you remember the old joke about the boy who wanted to be a train driver, but couldn’t because his eyes were too close together?
Manhunt in Spain’s Granada for cruel animal abuser that ties birds legs together with zip ties
POLICE in the northern region of Granada city are on the hunt for the culprit of a growing number of cases of wild birds found