Fears of further destruction in Spain’s Valencia as major dam at risk of breaking
AN EMERGENCY alert has been issued over a possible rupture the Cirat-Vallat dam in Castellon province due to high water levels caused by this week’s
Valencia flood disaster latest: Death toll of 51 is feared to rise as deluge continues today and many remain missing – while travel chaos ensues
AT LEAST 51 people have died as a result of Tuesday’s flash floods in Valencia province. Valencian president Carlos Mazon, said it was ‘impossible’ to
Weather mayhem in Spain’s Valencia: Trains are cancelled while roads and ports are closed as DANA knocks down trees and causes flooding
THE VALENCIA area woke up on Tuesday morning to the effects of the DANA storm with roads closed, flooded rail lines, and two ports shut.
Three dead and four injured after truck ploughs into vehicles on a field in Spain’s Valencia
A TRUCK with a suspected faulty handbrake rolled down a hill and killed three farm workers and injured four others. The accident happened on Monday
‘I’m a tourist too!’: Major holiday hotspot in Spain launches campaign to counter ‘anti-tourism’ movement
A NEW Valencia region campaign is promoting a better understanding between tourists and residents in the wake of ‘anti-tourism’ protests in Spain this year. The
British cyclist dies after colliding with a car in Spain’s Valencia
A BRITISH expat died on Sunday after being involved in a road accident in Valencia province. The 66-year-old man- named by a close friend as
Wanted British ‘narco’, 50, is found hiding among expat community under a fake identity in Spain’s Valencia
A BRITISH fugitive wanted for drug trafficking has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Valencia province. The 50-year-old man lived under a false identity
Arrests made after €100,000 ‘narco boat’ owned by major international drug trafficking gang ran adrift onto beach on Spain’s Valencia coast
TWO people have been arrested in Gandia after a narco-boat worth over €100,000 was discovered stranded adrift last year at L’Ahuir beach between Xeraco and
Ornamental bronze sculptures worth €300,000 stolen from fountain and sold to scrapyards in Valencia area
THREE people have been arrested for stealing bronze statues worth nearly €300,000 from a fountain in the Valencian town of Albalat de la Ribera. The
Storm and hail warnings across Spain’s Valencia region as a so-called ‘DANA’ rolls in
STORMS and hail arrived in parts of the Valencian Community on Tuesday with an orange warning activated by state forecaster Aemet for heavy rain in
Cause of death revealed for last suspected victim of infamous serial killer in Spain
THE last alleged victim of convicted serial killer Jurado Montilla died from a severe blow to her head. Ester Estepa from Sevilla went missing last
Gang arrested after stealing €1.5m of mobile phones in Valencia delivery van heist
A VALENCIA gang that held up a van at gunpoint and stole mobile phones worth €1.5 million has been arrested by the Policia Nacional. Four
Horrific treatment of bull during a fiesta in Spain after its horn is ripped off and blood gushes out into public street
AN ANIMAL welfare group has condemned a Valencia area fiesta after a bull was tied to a rope which broke one of its horns with
Useless thieves who robbed a hotel in Spain are arrested after their getaway vehicle gets stuck in a sand dune
VALENCIA Policia Local officers rushed to help a car trapped in a sand dune on Playa El Saler, and discovered two thieves inside who had
Body of missing woman found near Spain’s Costa Blanca could be SIXTH victim of notorious serial killer who murdered British and German tourists
THE body of 42-year-old Ester Estepa- missing since last August- has been discovered in Gandia, with serial killer Jose Jurado Montilla being probed over her
Fake clergyman cons thousands of euros out of parish priests on Spain’s Costa Blanca with sob story of dying father and inheritance
A BOGUS priest has been arrested by the Guardia Civil after conning over €15,000 out of two clergymen in Alicante province. He was detained in
British yacht washes up on a beach in Spain’s Valencia: Captain is investigated for potential negligence
A BRITISH yacht has run aground on a Valencia province beach and has been stranded there since Monday. The craft called ‘Nordic Lily’ went onto
Serial killer who murdered British and German tourists in southern Spain is being investigated over a missing woman on the Costa BlancaÂ
A SERIAL killer has been linked to the disappearance of a woman in Valencia province last summer. Jose Jurado Montilla, or Dinamita Montilla, as he
This region in Spain has the highest number of prestigious Blue Flag beaches – after adding three new winners
THE Valencian Community once again has the highest number of blue flag beaches in Spain- six more than in last year- totalling 159, three ahead
Mobile phones will banned at schools across Valencia from TOMORROW – all you need to know about new rules
CHILDREN will be banned from using mobile phones in all Valencian Community schools from Monday. Devices will have to be turned off inside school areas
Where is Mark Palmer? Family of missing British expat restart search after he vanished from Spain five years ago
THE family of a British man who went missing in Spain five years ago have made a fresh appeal for information about his whereabouts. Mark
Ferrari driving ‘narco boss’ is among 35 arrested in huge crackdown on drug trafficking on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A COSTA Blanca drugs gang led by a man who bought a €250,000 luxury car out of the proceeds, has been busted by the Guardia
Grandmother, 72, is arrested for ‘running a drug trafficking ring with her grandson’ in eastern Spain
A GRANDMOTHER has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for running a drug trafficking operation in Valencia province. The woman, 72, operated the illegal business
Ex-porn star Nacho Vidal, 50, must be tried for death of photographer in bizarre toad venom ritual in Spain, court rules
A VALENCIA court has ruled that former porn star Nacho Vidal must stand trial over the death of a photographer in a bizarre ritual involving
Have you bought a car on the Costa Blanca? How it might have been stolen from Europe and passed off as a Spanish vehicle
AUTHORITIES have arrested a Costa Blanca gang that stole and cloned details of European cars and changed them to look like Spanish vehicles for sale
British expat hotspot in Spain has seen the number of foreign residents soar by 800% since 1998
THE number of foreign residents in the Valencian Community has gone up eight-fold over 25 years. The National Institute of Statistics(INE) says there were 102,000