Torrevieja

British man survives hail of bullets while in his car and is 'out of danger' at Costa Blanca hospital

British man survives hail of bullets hitting his car and is ‘out of danger’ at Costa Blanca hospital

A BRITISH man, 32, is recovering in Torrevieja Hospital after being struck by three bullets while in his car on the Orihuela Costa. The vehicle

12 Dec, 2025 @ 13:53

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja

John George murder suspect set for release after being granted €100k bail by Costa Blanca court

John George murder suspect set to be freed after Costa Blanca court bails him for €100k

A MAN accused of murdering John George and dumping his body under a lemon tree in Rojales has been granted bail if he pays a

11 Dec, 2025 @ 14:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Spain’s ‘Most Wanted’ criminal couple with dozens of arrest warrants for rental home scam are caught on the Costa Blanca

SPAIN’S ‘Most Wanted’ criminal couple have been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Torrevieja. The husband and wife team- aged 36 and 44- have been

9 Dec, 2025 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja

UK expats living in Spain fall by 2.2% as total population heads towards 50m

THE number of registered UK expats living in Spain fell by 2.2% in 2024 according to the National Institute of Statistics(NIE). Their annual population census

3 Dec, 2025 @ 10:36

Benidorm·Lead·National News·Torrevieja

Revealed: How a Costa Blanca city helps to keep the UK's roads safe during the winter

Revealed: How a Costa Blanca city helps keep the UK’s roads safe during the icy winter

SALT from Torrevieja will be used to keep the UK’s roads passable during the icy winter. The city’s salt flats are the biggest in Europe

24 Nov, 2025 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Motorist killed by falling palm tree smashing into his car on busy Costa Blanca road

Driver, 22, is killed by falling palm tree smashing into his car on busy Costa Blanca road

TORREVIEJA is urgently reviewing the state of over 5,500 municipal palm trees after one of them collapsed on a car- killing a young motorist. Martin

17 Nov, 2025 @ 11:58

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Three arrests over murder of Swedish restaurant owner who was dragged to his death by phone thieves on the Costa Blanca

THREE men have been arrested in Alicante City after a restaurant owner was dragged to his death when his iPhone was stolen in Torrevieja. Inquiries

14 Nov, 2025 @ 17:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja

Foreigners bought almost half of Costa Blanca properties sold between July and September

FOREIGN buyers accounted for 43.29% of home purchases in Alicante province between July and September this year. Spain’s Association of Registrars said it was the

13 Nov, 2025 @ 13:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Property·Torrevieja

Costa Blanca’s top summer music festival ‘kicked out of Benidorm’ but finds new home in Torrevieja

A MAJOR summer music festival has quit Benidorm after 14 years and found a new home on the southern Costa Blanca in Torrevieja. The Low

11 Nov, 2025 @ 12:43

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Entertainment·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Torrevieja

Crazy high-speed car chase sees pedestrian run over and vehicles hit before drug traffickers are arrested in Costa Blanca city

A PEDESTRIAN was knocked over and parked cars damaged in Torrevieja during a high-speed Guardia Civil pursuit of two drug traffickers. Two men, aged 25

30 Oct, 2025 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja

Large vulture flies into Costa Blanca home for a rest- perching on living room sofa

Large vulture flies into Costa Blanca home to chill out on living room sofa

A LARGE griffon vulture flew into a Torrevieja home last Thursday at around 9.30pm and made itself comfortable on top of a sofa. The homeowner

27 Oct, 2025 @ 17:30

Animals·Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Body is found in the hunt for Brit who went missing from Torrevieja last month

The body of a missing British expat- originally from Oxfordshire- has been discovered in a wooded area near to the Torrevieja salt lake. Marc Tulloch

17 Oct, 2025 @ 11:02

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

OnlyFans model and wife of John George murder suspect is arrested for the second time in three months on Costa Blanca

OnlyFans model and wife of John George murder suspect arrested for drug trafficking on Costa Blanca

THE wife of the alleged killer of John George, whose body was found dumped in a Costa Blanca ditch last January, has been arrested after

29 Sep, 2025 @ 18:10

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Crafty burglars stuck glue on front doors to check if Costa Blanca homes were unoccupied

Crafty burglars used glue threads on front doors to check if Costa Blanca homes were unoccupied

A BURGLARY gang used glue to confirm that homes were empty before ransacking them. The two ring-leaders of the Torrevieja-based crew were jailed after a

29 Sep, 2025 @ 16:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

REVEALED: The hottest crime spots on Spain's Costa Blanca during the first half of 2025

REVEALED: The top crime hot spots on Spain’s Costa Blanca in first half of 2025

ALICANTE province’s crime rate has risen by 4.7% during the first six months of 2025- compared to the same period last year. The figures from

5 Sep, 2025 @ 12:26

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Irish crime boss John Gilligan is bailed over drug lab charges after spending eight months behind bars in Spain

IRISH mobster John Gilligan has been released from prison after being arrested in December for running a pink cocaine drug laboratory at his Orihuela Costa

2 Sep, 2025 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Woman stabbed as she fights off teenage robber who followed her home on Spain's Costa Blanca

Woman, 58, stabbed as she fights off teenage robber who followed her home on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A TEENAGER trailed a woman home from a supermarket before knifing her during a bungled robbery in her Torrevieja doorway. The victim, 58, resisted the

25 Aug, 2025 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Animal abuse horror after cat is thrown out of car and repeatedly run over in Spain

A MAN who threw a cat out of his car and repeatedly run it over has been arrested in Torrevieja. The Guardia Civil have charged

14 Aug, 2025 @ 16:00

Animals·Lead·Murcia

WATCH: Crane lifts boulder to free man trapped in rocks at busy Costa Blanca bathing spot

A CRANE was deployed to rescue a Belgian man who fell into rocks adjoining Torrevieja’s main promenade. The incident happened at around 10am on Friday

8 Aug, 2025 @ 17:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Young electric scooter rider caught speeding at 135km/h on busy street in Costa Blanca city

Electric scooter rider clocked speeding at 135km/h on busy Costa Blanca city street

AN electric scooter rider was clocked doing 135km/h on a busy Torrevieja street on Tuesday. The Ukrainian, 24, was pulled over by the Policia Local

8 Aug, 2025 @ 12:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Gang boss gunned down by Turkish mafia rivals in busy Costa Blanca tourist spot

THREE Turkish men have been arrested after a major figure in a rival organised crime gang was shot dead in a busy tourist area of

4 Aug, 2025 @ 11:19

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

WATCH: Brutal storm- unprecedented for July- hits Spain’s Costa Blanca after long heatwave

ONE of the severest July storms to hit Alicante province in many years left parts of the area waking up to flooded roads. The State

25 Jul, 2025 @ 13:19

Costa Blanca·Lead·Weather

WATCH: Costa Blanca beach hogger caught on camera putting up umbrella at 5.36am

A TORREVIEJA beach goer has been videoed reserving a spot on the sand well before sunrise last Saturday. One of the camera’s used by the

23 Jul, 2025 @ 16:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Sea turtle almost died after swallowing balloon on Costa Blanca beach

Sea turtle almost dies after swallowing balloon on Costa Blanca beach

A TURTLE is recovering at Oceanografic Valencia after swallowing a balloon which nearly killed it. Bathers at Torrevieja’s Los Locos beach spotted the in-distress loggerhead

14 Jul, 2025 @ 17:03

Animals·Costa Blanca·Lead

Bank robbers executed 13 lucrative heists across Spain by fooling security guards with ‘front-door’ ruse

A BANK robbery crew behind at least 13 heists has been brought down in a joint operation by the Guardia Civil and Policia Nacional. Nine

9 Jul, 2025 @ 15:41

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Residents told to shut windows as forest fire smoke travels hundreds of kilometres to Costa Blanca

WATCH: Forest fire smoke travels hundreds of kilometres to Costa Blanca

A CATALUNYA forest fire has generated smoke which has travelled hundreds of kilometres south to parts of Alicante province on Tuesday. The Valencian 112 emergency

8 Jul, 2025 @ 13:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

British man survives hail of bullets hitting his car and is ‘out of danger’ at Costa Blanca hospital

John George murder suspect set to be freed after Costa Blanca court bails him for €100k

Spain’s ‘Most Wanted’ criminal couple with dozens of arrest warrants for rental home scam are caught on the Costa Blanca

UK expats living in Spain fall by 2.2% as total population heads towards 50m

Revealed: How a Costa Blanca city helps keep the UK’s roads safe during the icy winter

Driver, 22, is killed by falling palm tree smashing into his car on busy Costa Blanca road

Three arrests over murder of Swedish restaurant owner who was dragged to his death by phone thieves on the Costa Blanca

Foreigners bought almost half of Costa Blanca properties sold between July and September

Costa Blanca’s top summer music festival ‘kicked out of Benidorm’ but finds new home in Torrevieja

Crazy high-speed car chase sees pedestrian run over and vehicles hit before drug traffickers are arrested in Costa Blanca city

Large vulture flies into Costa Blanca home to chill out on living room sofa

Body is found in the hunt for Brit who went missing from Torrevieja last month

OnlyFans model and wife of John George murder suspect arrested for drug trafficking on Costa Blanca

Crafty burglars used glue threads on front doors to check if Costa Blanca homes were unoccupied

REVEALED: The top crime hot spots on Spain’s Costa Blanca in first half of 2025

Irish crime boss John Gilligan is bailed over drug lab charges after spending eight months behind bars in Spain

Woman, 58, stabbed as she fights off teenage robber who followed her home on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Animal abuse horror after cat is thrown out of car and repeatedly run over in Spain

WATCH: Crane lifts boulder to free man trapped in rocks at busy Costa Blanca bathing spot

Electric scooter rider clocked speeding at 135km/h on busy Costa Blanca city street

Gang boss gunned down by Turkish mafia rivals in busy Costa Blanca tourist spot

WATCH: Brutal storm- unprecedented for July- hits Spain’s Costa Blanca after long heatwave

WATCH: Costa Blanca beach hogger caught on camera putting up umbrella at 5.36am

Sea turtle almost dies after swallowing balloon on Costa Blanca beach

Bank robbers executed 13 lucrative heists across Spain by fooling security guards with ‘front-door’ ruse

WATCH: Forest fire smoke travels hundreds of kilometres to Costa Blanca

Daring swashbuckle and the restoration of honour: MICHAEL COY on a Spanish theatrical classic -the Mayor of Zalamea

‘Greenhouse’ gas dealers arrested after police find €3m of cannisters set for fridges and air conditioners in Spain

Heavy rain prompts yellow alert for Costa del Sol this weekend

Raids on Costa del Sol topple cocaine gang shipping drugs to the UK

Mallorca’s biggest real estate scam sees three people jailed for 28 years after pocketing €3.3m for non-existent homes