British man’s body found floating in Costa Blanca marina after falling off his boat
THE body of a British man was found floating at Calpe marina on the Costa Blanca on Thursday. The 53-year-old’s body was recovered by Guardia
Valencia man gets €49k payment after his penis stays erect for 30 hours and hospital makes mistake with prosthetic implant surgery
A MAN has been awarded €49,000 after a Valencia region hospital bungled a procedure on his penis, which days earlier had been permanently erect for
British woman arrested for running a drug den in a Costa Blanca city
A BRITISH woman was among a group of seven people arrested for her involvement in running a drug den in Javea. The 37-year-old along with
Spain’s armed forces will continue working in Valencia flood area as ‘long as necessary’ says Defence Minister
ARMED forces will continue to work in Valencia’s flood-hit area for as ‘long as necessary’. The pledge was made by Defence Minister, Margarita Robles, during
Flu vaccination rate described by leading doctor as ‘ridiculously low’ in Valencia region
VACCINATION rates for flu in the Valencian Community are down on what they were last year. The president of the Valencian Society of Preventive Medicine
Robber preyed on single women who were violently and sexually assaulted as they walked through Costa Blanca park
A MAN who terrorised women walking on their own in Torrevieja has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. The 57-year-old has been charged with four
Man survives day-long ordeal of being trapped in a hole before being rescued by Valencia police officers
A MAN survived a day being trapped in a hole before being rescued by the Guardia Civil in Valencia province. The incident happened earlier this
British tourist in Benidorm hotel attacks her girlfriend and then tries to jump off balcony- only to be saved by six police officers
SIX Policia Nacional officers stopped a British tourist, 44, from leaping off a Benidorm hotel sixth-floor balcony following an assault on her female partner. The
Special cages trap catch dozens of wild boars close to Costa Blanca city
72 wild boars were caught between October and December in two special trap cages set up in Denia on the northern Costa Blanca. The city
Revealed: The wide and unusual range of items lost by bus passengers in Valencia including a wheelchair and a drone
A RECORD number of objects were left behind on EMT Valencia buses in 2024, with 9,698 items found- up by 1,398 on the previous year.
Insurance payouts following Valencia DANA are taking too long, say regional ministers
THE VALENCIAN government says insurance payouts to people hit by October’s floods are taking too long to process. It has pointed out problems for community
Cultural complex in Costa Blanca town will replace expensive demolished ‘white elephant’
A NEW cultural centre for Pilar de la Horadada is expected to open before Easter as the ‘replacement’ for the never-used infamous La Paloma development-
Cyber scammer arrested over €1.3m con which cheated 12 people in Spain
A UKRAINIAN woman has been arrested in Orihuela(Alicante province) over a €1.3 million cyber scam involving a bogus investment company. International arrest warrants have been
John George: Suspect is released on bail over murder of Belfast father-of-two in Alicante
A TORREVIEJA judge bailed a 32-year-old Czech man on Friday over his connection to the murder of Belfast father-of-two John George, whose body was found
‘Wall of cars’ from deadly DANA in Valencia sparks outrage among locals and activists
HUNDREDS of cars destroyed in the Valencia floods have piled up on land owned by a scrap firm in Muro. Residents and ecologists have been
Super scammer made €2.7m from multiple cons in Spain by using 55 identities to open 364 bank accounts
A VALENCIA scammer made over €2.7 million in six years by running multiple cons and using 55 identities to open 364 bank accounts to launder
John George: Main suspect may have fled to Thailand after Belfast father’s murder in Alicante
THE Guardia Civil is investigating whether the alleged killer of 37-year-old Belfast man John George, whose body was found last Tuesday on a Costa Blanca
Police chief faces corruption quiz over tip-offs to drugs gang in Spain’s Valencia
A LOCAL police chief in Valencia province and a fellow officer are being investigated for allegedly supplying information to drug traffickers. The probe has been
Ukrainian refugees are biggest foreign group with double the number of British expats in Costa Blanca tourist city
AROUND 9% of Torrevieja’s registered population are Ukrainians according to the city’s municipal padron with numbers double that of British expats. Torrevieja council says that
Benidorm rental nightmare after live in landlord attacks female tenant and demands sexual favours as payment
A BENIDORM woman thought she got a bargain house share with a couple for just €300 per month but was ordered to have sex as
Horror in Alicante: Woman, 52, is killed by a train ‘while talking on mobile phone’
A WOMAN died on Monday after getting too close to an Alicante railway track as the slipstream generated by a passing train threw her onto
Vicious robbers attacked elderly victims who were ‘dragged’ by car along streets of Costa Blanca tourist spot
A SPANISH couple drove 200 kilometres to Torrevieja to rob elderly people in the street by snatching items as they passed by in their car.
Property prices hit the roof as housing stock dries up in Spain’s Valencia region
HOUSE prices have soared to a record high in the Valencian Community according to the property portal idealista due to supply being unable to match
Miraculous escape for motorist after car plunges 15 metres off motorway bridge in Spain
A 32-YEAR-OLD motorist cheated death on Thursday when his car plunged 15 metres off a bridge on the AP-7 motorway in the north of Alicante
Bogus gas inspectors scam €6,000 out of elderly woman after three visits for ‘repairs’ in Valencia home
THREE bogus gas inspectors conned €6,000 out of an elderly woman in the Valencia region. The trio, who pretended to work for a Valencia gas
Insurance companies pay out a third of Valencia DANA flood claims so far- totalling €741m
INSURANCE payouts to people affected by the Valencia flood disaster have so far reached €741 million. Payments under the umbrella of the Insurance Compensation Consortium
