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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

5 May, 2024 @ 08:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Court rejects appeal to reopen criminal probe into Valencia apartment fire that killed 10 people

Fridge gas leak is revealed as cause of deadly Valencia fire dubbed ‘Spain’s Grenfell’

FORENSIC experts believe a fridge gas leak was the most likely cause of February’s fire at an apartment block in Valencia’s Campanar district- claiming 10

3 May, 2024 @ 18:30

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Revealed: Forbes magazine's choice as the world's best retirement city is in Spain

Crackdown on tourist apartments in Spain: Valencia suspends 160 holiday lets for failing to have correct licences

VALENCIA City Council has closed down 160 unlicensed tourist apartments in a bid to curb their uncontrolled rise. The Valencia Residents Federation recently held a

1 May, 2024 @ 15:00

Lead·Valencia

Swimming pool ban in Spain: Holiday hotspot in Alicante brings in shock measure after suffering months of 'historic drought'

Wanted Russian oil tycoon is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca after ‘stealing €35m of public funds’ – according to his home country’s authorities

A RUSSIAN oil tycoon has been arrested at his Costa Blanca home over an alleged €35 million fraud in his native country. The unnamed 58-year-old

29 Apr, 2024 @ 15:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Motorcyclist killed after colliding with wild boar on Valencia area road

Cyclist, 59, is seriously injured after swerving to avoid a wild boar on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A COSTA Blanca cyclist was seriously injured on Saturday after veering out of the way of a wild boar and crashing to the ground. The

29 Apr, 2024 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

‘Sextortion’ crackdown in Valencia: Dozens are arrested after ‘targeting 100-plus victims online’

A VALENCIA gang extorted money from over 100 people across Spain who responded to bogus ads promoting meetings with sex workers. They made at least

29 Apr, 2024 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Europe’s biggest electric car battery recycling factory set to launch this year on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE is set to have Europe’s largest electric car battery recycling plant in operation by the end of the year. GDV Mobility has received backing

28 Apr, 2024 @ 08:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca

Investigation into ‘controversial’ children’s costumes at a carnival in Spain will be reopened: Costa Blanca event saw kids dressed in lingerie-style outfits

A TORREVIEJA court has reopened its inquiries into a carnival parade that included underage girls in provocative costumes including stockings, lingerie, and heels. A complaint

28 Apr, 2024 @ 07:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

First anniversary of Valencia fire disaster that killed 10 people with €30m reconstruction of 'Spain's Grenfell' starting this summer

Heartbroken families of Valencia fire victims demand a new investigation into cause of ‘Spain’s Grenfell’

PEOPLE displaced by February’s Valencia apartment block fire have demanded that inquiries be restarted into what caused the blaze and if anybody is criminally responsible.

26 Apr, 2024 @ 18:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

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

26 Apr, 2024 @ 16:15

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Buzzing! Bee keepers in Valencia will receive €1.8m in aid to help fight plagues and replenish population numbers

BEEKEEPERS in the Valencia region will get an €1.8 million boost to help increase the bee population and to fight off varroosis disease. Varroa mites

26 Apr, 2024 @ 14:19

Environment·Lead·Valencia

Foodie paradise: This Alicante town has the most Michelin Star restaurants per capita in Spain

Belgian man, 46, is critically injured after falling and hitting his head and chest during a hike on Spain’s Costa Blanca

CALPE’S municipal sports field was used as an emergency base for two helicopters on Thursday after a Belgian hiker suffered an accident on the Peñon

26 Apr, 2024 @ 11:16

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Benidorm bankruptcy fears remain after court rejects challenge to €330m compensation award

British drug trafficker on the run for four years is arrested at Benidorm hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BRITISH fugitive wanted for drug trafficking has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Benidorm after a four-year search to bring him to justice.

24 Apr, 2024 @ 18:04

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Italian ‘guru’ who ‘sold psychadelic drugs including ayahuasca and mushrooms’ at his ‘retreat’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca is arrested

Italian ‘guru’ who ‘sold psychedelic drugs including ayahuasca and mushrooms’ at his ‘retreat’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca is arrested

AN ITALIAN ‘guru’ has been arrested for selling psychotropic drugs from his spiritual retreat in El Campello on the Costa Blanca. The Guardia Civil were

24 Apr, 2024 @ 07:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

British expat is bludgeoned to death with a gardening hoe ‘for walking his dog near neighbour’s home’ in southern Spain

Two girls given refuge after suffering domestic abuse and threat of arranged marriage in Spain’s Valencia

FIVE people have been arrested by the Guardia Civil after two girls told their school counsellor they were scared to return to their Valencia area

23 Apr, 2024 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Valencia

This little-known town on Spain’s Costa Blanca is ‘Europe’s Best Hidden Gem’ – according to travel experts

A TOWN just a few kilometres south of bustling Benidorm has been given the title of ‘Best Hidden Gem in Europe 2024’ by the European

23 Apr, 2024 @ 07:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Man exploited 40 migrants by cramming them into his flat in Spain and charging €100 per month in rent

Woman steals identity of a dead baby before embarking on 10-year criminal career as head of a mafia gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A WOMAN from the Dominican Republic used the identity of a deceased two-month-old baby to gain Spanish nationality before setting up a Costa Blanca-based criminal

22 Apr, 2024 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

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

20 Apr, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Murcia

Airport expansions in Spain: Both Alicante and Valencia will increase their capacity following record-breaking passenger numbers this year

ALICANTE-ELCHE and Valencia airports will be ‘expanded’ in future investments by airport operator Aena. It’s chairman and CEO, Maurici Lucena, told a shareholders meeting in

19 Apr, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Dangerous ‘devil hitman’ from Colombia ‘who excelled in kidnap, torture and making people disappear’ is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A COLOMBIAN hitman- nicknamed Juan Diablo- has been arrested on the Costa Blanca. The fugitive is a key figure in the Los Lobos criminal gang

17 Apr, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Horror killing in Alicante: Body of missing Singapore tourist Audrey Fang is found dumped 150km away with 30 stab wounds – as police quiz prime suspect

A MAN has been arrested for the murder of Singapore tourist Audrey Fang, who was reported missing from her Javea hotel on April 9. The

17 Apr, 2024 @ 16:32

Costa Blanca·Lead·Murcia

BREAKING: Missing Singapore tourist is found dead after vanishing from Alicante: Police arrest alleged killer

Missing: Mystery over Singapore tourist, 39, who vanished from her hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca a week ago

A SINGAPORE tourist has been reported missing after she was last sighted leaving a Costa Blanca hotel on April 9. Audrey Fang, 39, had travelled

17 Apr, 2024 @ 10:31

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Abandoned pets are on the rise in Alicante, warn activists – while fewer people are adopting

ALICANTE’S Municipal Animal Shelter has recorded a 40% increase in animals in its care each month over the last year. Abandonments have risen while adoption

15 Apr, 2024 @ 17:19

Alicante·Animals·Lead

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Alicante fire latest: Three firefighters are injured as forest blaze tears through more than 500 hectares and forces the evacuation of 180 people – including dozens of hippies who tried to stay behind

MORE than 500 hectares of forest land have been destroyed by a fire in the Marina Alta area of Alicante province. The blaze – most

15 Apr, 2024 @ 14:18

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

Frenchman kills neighbour and then turns gun on himself at luxury Costa Blanca urbanisation in Spain

THE BODIES of two men who were neighbours on a Calpe urbanisation have been discovered by the Guardia Civil on Monday. Both had gunshot wounds

15 Apr, 2024 @ 13:18

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Thieves steal from foreign tourists visiting popular sight-seeing area in Spain's Valencia

Female gang of pickpockets are arrested after targeting tourists in Spain’s Valencia

A GANG of street thieves have been arrested in Valencia City after robbing a group of Chinese tourists. The four women operated in a popular

15 Apr, 2024 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

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Mobile phones will banned at schools across Valencia from TOMORROW – all you need to know about new rules

Fridge gas leak is revealed as cause of deadly Valencia fire dubbed ‘Spain’s Grenfell’

Crackdown on tourist apartments in Spain: Valencia suspends 160 holiday lets for failing to have correct licences

Wanted Russian oil tycoon is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca after ‘stealing €35m of public funds’ – according to his home country’s authorities

Cyclist, 59, is seriously injured after swerving to avoid a wild boar on Spain’s Costa Blanca

‘Sextortion’ crackdown in Valencia: Dozens are arrested after ‘targeting 100-plus victims online’

Europe’s biggest electric car battery recycling factory set to launch this year on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Investigation into ‘controversial’ children’s costumes at a carnival in Spain will be reopened: Costa Blanca event saw kids dressed in lingerie-style outfits

Heartbroken families of Valencia fire victims demand a new investigation into cause of ‘Spain’s Grenfell’

Where is Mark Palmer? Family of missing British expat restart search after he vanished from Spain five years ago

Buzzing! Bee keepers in Valencia will receive €1.8m in aid to help fight plagues and replenish population numbers

Belgian man, 46, is critically injured after falling and hitting his head and chest during a hike on Spain’s Costa Blanca

British drug trafficker on the run for four years is arrested at Benidorm hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Italian ‘guru’ who ‘sold psychedelic drugs including ayahuasca and mushrooms’ at his ‘retreat’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca is arrested

Two girls given refuge after suffering domestic abuse and threat of arranged marriage in Spain’s Valencia

This little-known town on Spain’s Costa Blanca is ‘Europe’s Best Hidden Gem’ – according to travel experts

Ferrari driving ‘narco boss’ is among 35 arrested in huge crackdown on drug trafficking on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Airport expansions in Spain: Both Alicante and Valencia will increase their capacity following record-breaking passenger numbers this year

Dangerous ‘devil hitman’ from Colombia ‘who excelled in kidnap, torture and making people disappear’ is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Horror killing in Alicante: Body of missing Singapore tourist Audrey Fang is found dumped 150km away with 30 stab wounds – as police quiz prime suspect

Missing: Mystery over Singapore tourist, 39, who vanished from her hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca a week ago

Abandoned pets are on the rise in Alicante, warn activists – while fewer people are adopting

Alicante fire latest: Three firefighters are injured as forest blaze tears through more than 500 hectares and forces the evacuation of 180 people – including dozens of hippies who tried to stay behind

Frenchman kills neighbour and then turns gun on himself at luxury Costa Blanca urbanisation in Spain

Female gang of pickpockets are arrested after targeting tourists in Spain’s Valencia

Heavy snowfall brings Madrid to a halt as AEMET issues city-wide alerts

ON THIS DAY IN SPAIN: Death by clothes, a novelist is born, as is the Spanish legion – and two pivotal figures resigned

WATCH: Flying furniture, collapsing signs and rivers bursting banks – the trail of destruction Storm Joseph left across southern Spain

Red alert in Spain as Storm Kristin brings 200km/h hurricane force winds from rare ‘sting jet’ phenomenon that has knocked radar systems offline in Portugal

Syria’s Rifaat al-Assad, the ‘butcher of Hama’ with a €700m Marbella property portfolio, dies at 88