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
Thieves steal total cache of guns from Costa Blanca police station that had NO security cameras or alarm system
BURGLARS broke into a Costa Blanca police station on New Year’s night and stole eight guns plus ammunition, helped by the building having no alarm
Watch: Spain’s Royal Family delivers New Year message as it pays tribute to DANA victims
SPAIN’S Royal Family have used their social media account to send a New Year message that remembers the victims of the Valencia flood disaster and
Spanish couple are arrested for animal abuse after ‘farm of horrors’ is discovered in Alicante
A SPANISH couple face animal abuse charges after dead horses were discovered on their Alicante province farm. Authorities were tipped off about a farm in
80,000 people demonstrate in Valencia during latest flood protest demanding resignation of president Carlos Mazon
AROUND 80,000 people staged the third mass protest in Valencia City on Sunday against president Carlos Mazon’s handling of October’s flood disaster which claimed at
Police bust luxury car import scam which cheated Spain’s Tax Agency out of €17m in VAT
SPAIN’S Policia Nacional has dismantled a luxury car importing scam that conned the country’s Tax Agency out of over €17 million. 30 people have been
Rare marmoset species babies are born and doing well at Benidorm’s Terra Natura park
TWO baby cotton-head marmosets, one of the world’s most endangered primate species, have been born at Terra Natura Benidorm. The births happened in October, but
Squatters are arrested after body of waiter is found buried in a well on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO squatters occupying a Villajoyosa finca have been arrested after the body of a 25-year-old man was discovered buried under rubble in a well on
Wife of missing DANA victim searches for local who took last known photo of her husband as he clung onto pole during deadly Valencia floods
A CATARROJA woman who lost her husband in the Valencia flood disaster is trying to find the person who took the last photo of her