Tourists leave their young children behind on a bus in Spain
TWO foreign tourists left their children behind on a Valencia City bus when they got off to visit the National Museum of Ceramics. The parents
German plane makes emergency landing on motorway in Spain before being hit by a lorry
A LIGHT aircraft made an emergency landing on a Castellon de la Plana motorway on Friday and was hit by a lorry. The incident happened
Drowning crisis in Spain: Three-month death toll on the Costa Blanca is higher than whole of 2023
MORE people drowned on Alicante province beaches between May and July than in the whole of 2023 according to the Spanish Lifesaving Federation. 18 fatalities
Airbnb crackdown latest in Spain: Major holiday region warns illegal tourist flat owners of €600,000 fines
NEW tourist accommodation laws in the Valencian Community are set to be approved on Friday with penalties ranging between €100,000 and €600,000 for the most
Evacuated residents return to their homes following ‘severe’ forest fire in Alicante
OVER 150 residents evacuated from a small Alicante province town returned home on Thursday, almost 48 hours after the start of a forest fire. The
Valencia to splash €3.5million on Christmas and other festival lights
VALENCIA will spend €3.5 million on Christmas, Three Kings, and Fallas festival lights over the next three years. The City Council has awarded a new
‘Severe’ wildfire in Alicante sparks evacuation of residents amid crippling heatwave
A FOREST fire has destroyed around 320 hectares of land in Alicante province and caused the evacuation of residents. The blaze was reported on Tuesday
Brits and locals march against bio-waste plant on Spain’s Costa Blanca – but why are they against the project?
UP to a thousand residents marched in Los Montesinos on Tuesday to protest against the council deciding to house a regional biowaste recycling plant. Locals
Tourist, 52, drowns off popular beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca – just days after tragic deaths of husband and wife in their 80s in Alicante
A MAN drowned at El Campello’s Muchavista beach on Sunday, three days after a Madrid couple in their eighties died at Guardamar’s central beach. On
Double tragedy in Alicante: Husband, 87, has fatal heart attack while swimming in the sea before wife, 85, suffers identical fate while diving in to rescue him
A MARRIED couple in their eighties drowned at Guardamar del Segura’s central beach on Thursday. The man, 87, and woman, 85, from Madrid were on
Airbnb crackdown in Spain continues: Major tourist region will outlaw lockboxes for collecting and returning keys
TOUGH new regulations on tourist accommodation in the Valencian Community will include a ban on installing automatic boxes on outside walls and public areas for
Greenpeace warns beaches along Spain’s Andalucia are disappearing due to rising sea levels – these are the most at risk areas
A GREENPEACE report on beach erosion in Spain caused by rising sea levels says that Andalucia is one of the area’s worst affected by degeneration.
Plans to turn a former US military base in Spain into a refugee camp are abandoned following outcry
PLANS to convert an old American military base into a migrant reception centre have been scrapped due to the dilapidated state of the buildings and
Huge €350million shopping centre is coming to Spain’s Valencia – this is what we know
VALENCIA City Council has approved plans for a new shopping centre in Malilla next to the Neuva Fe which will cost over €350 million to
Protesters in Spain form human chains on beaches over controversial housing law
HUMAN chains were formed on beaches across the Valencia and Murcia regions on Saturday to demand action to stop sand erosion and potential evictions of
Dutch tourist, 45, dies while swimming off popular beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A 45-year-old man died on Sunday while swimming at El Campello’s Morro Blanca cove in Alicante province. The area is regarded as quiet sheltered spot
Group of 20 professional pickpockets who travelled to Spain’s Valencia to target tourists are arrested
THE POLICIA Nacional has arrested 20 members of a travelling pickpocket gang who set up pitch in the Valencia area after arriving from Madrid. The
Oil slick that forced three beaches to close in Spain’s Valencia sparks investigation
THE Public Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation into the oil slick that forced the closure of three beaches in the south of Valencia City.
French tourist stabbed to death inside her caravan in Spain was travelling alone, say police
A 60-year-old French woman found stabbed to death in her motorhome next to a Castellon province beach was travelling alone. Her body was discovered around
French tourist is found ‘stabbed to death’ inside her motorhome in Spain: Police work to find out if she was travelling alone
THE GUARDIA Civil is investigating the violent death of a French woman found inside her motorhome overlooking a Castellon province beach on Thursday. Her body
Benidorm bans smoking on two of its most popular beaches – and plans to create ‘smoke-free’ zones in other areas of the resort ‘soon’
TWO of Benidorm’s best-known beaches have banned tobacco smoking. The change covers the Levante and Poniente beaches thanks to an agreement signed between the the
Scrap the toll call for ’empty’ motorway in prime tourist area of Spain’s Costa Blanca
A NEW call has been made for tolls on the AP-7 motorway in the Vega Baja to be suspended after the government said the road
Sunbed wars crackdown in Spain: Beachgoers on the Costa Blanca will be fined for placing towels down too early – and if they abandon their spot for too long
BEACH hoggers will be fined for nipping out before breakfast to place sunbeds, towels and umbrellas to reserve spots on Calpe beaches in Alicante province.
Oil slick stretching for two kilometres pollutes three popular tourist beaches on Spain’s Valencia coast
THREE beaches south of Valencia City were closed to bathers on Tuesday after a two kilometre oil slick appeared with some of the spillage landing
Benidorm brothel exploited vulnerable women round-the-clock with four victims rescued by police
FOUR women have been rescued by the Policia Nacional in Benidorm after being forced to work as prostitutes in a city apartment converted into a
Hundreds protest against mass tourism in Costa Blanca which makes housing an ‘unattainable luxury for the majority’
ORGANISERS claim that over 700 people joined an Alicante protest on Saturday against mass tourism which is pushing up property prices. The event saw demonstrators