Tonne of drugs retrieved after 26 bundles found floating off Spain’s Costa Blanca
OVER a tonne of hashish was spotted floating in waters some 40 miles off the Costa Blanca on April 9. Packed into 26 bundles, they
Jellyfish and dead dolphins washed up as beaches bereft of sand threaten Easter tourism on Spain’s Costa Blanca
RECENT STORMS smashing into Costa Blanca have caused sufficient damage to threaten the pending Easter break for the hospitality industry. With awful timing, it is
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Police chase luxury yacht stuffed with drugs off Spain’s Costa Blanca
A luxury yacht crammed with 810 kilos of hashish has been intercepted off the Costa Blanca after a half-hour police pursuit. A Guardia Civil maritime
Violent knife-wielding youths commit 21 robberies in Costa Blanca and Murcia areas of Spain
TWO youths committed 21 robberies in the Costa Blanca and Murcia areas without hesitating to beat up anybody that stood in the way. The violent
Festive business boost as town citizens are given over €200,000 to spend locally on Spain’s Costa Blanca
FAMILIES living in Pilar de la Horadada are being given thirty euros to spend locally in the run-up to Christmas. The local City Council is
Costa Blanca judge orders deportation of Moroccan brothers after arrests in terrorist probe led by Spain’s National Court
TWO Moroccan brothers arrested on the Costa Blanca in a terror funding investigation are set to be deported. They were taken to a Madrid foreigners
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‘BLAZING HOT’ as parts of the Costa Blanca in Spain reach highest temperatures since 2009
SAHARAN-style weather brought scorching temperatures to the southern Costa Blanca today(July 12) with the highest values in nearly 12 years. Hot westerly winds ensured that
Man arrested for biting, attacking and spitting blood at three policemen on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THREE Police officers were injured in Pilar de la Horadada on Saturday, as a man attacked them. He was arrested after the altercation, during which
Young British expat dies as his car spins through the air on a Costa Blanca motorway in Spain
A British man died in a horrific car accident at the entrance to the Pilar de la Horadada tunnel on the AP-7 motorway. The 24-year-old
Young neighbours help to save elderly resident from house fire on Spain’s Costa Blanca
POLICE have praised residents for their prompt action that helped to save the life of a Pilar de la Horadada woman on the southern Costa
‘Well-organised’ cocaine gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca is brought to justice
A Costa Blanca cocaine gang that processed and sold the drug has been busted by the Guardia Civil. Nine Spaniards have been arrested including the
Early Xmas present from town on Spain’s Costa Blanca of shopping vouchers to every family
A Costa Blanca town is giving away a voucher to every family in an attempt to boost local business. Pilar de la Horadada council is
Police follow their nose in massive marijuana raid on farm adjoining British area of Spain’s Costa Blanca
A STENCH of marijuana led a routine police patrol to stumble upon a massive drugs farm in the Pilar de la Horadada area of the
Homophobic slogans painted on rainbow benches in Spain’s Costa Blanca
BIGOTS in Pilar de la Horadada have smeared homophobic graffiti on rainbow-coloured benches erected in the summer. Pilar’s council had installed the benches to celebrate
Vega Baja town records its FIRST Covid-19 outbreak, as three more areas are hit in Spain’s Costa Blanca
DATA released by Valencia’s Ministry of Health last night, September 14, revealed that for the first time, Benijofar, has recorded an outbreak of the COVID-19
Nursing home resident dies of COVID-19 and 54 others test positive in major outbreak on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A COSTA BLANCA nursing home has been taken over by the regional health authority after one person died from COVID-19 and 54 residents tested positive
Third child dies this August in swimming pool tragedy on Spain’s southern Costa Blanca
A THREE-YEAR-OLD French boy has drowned in a swimming pool at a holiday home in Pilar de la Horadada. It was the third pool fatality
Costa Blanca “White Elephant” in €3 million pay-off using public money
PILAR de la Horadada council has reached an “out of court” deal to use €3 million of public money to pay compensation over an infamous
IN PICS: Shoppers at Costa Blanca street markets show ‘respect, co-operation and good humour’ in return to ‘some form of normality’
COSTA Blanca shoppers did themselves proud as Spain’s de-escalation plans brought in the reopening of many of the region’s street markets this week. Town hall
Costa Blanca council lets nature help in urgent beach restoration
PILAR DE LA HORADADA council is to make urgent repairs to coastal walks, after six months of destructive storms. Repairs to the walkway at the
Door-to-door rubbish collection considered ‘pioneering’ in Spanish Costa Blanca town
PILAR de la Horadada council has chosen its own San Isidro neighbourhood to pilot a door-to-door rubbish collection scheme. Local Councillor for the Environment, Pedro
Gang of five dangerous robbers arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca
FIVE arrests were carried out in El Pilar de la Horadada and Torrevieja for numerous robbery offences this week. The quintet, well-known to Guardia Civil