Police dismantle sex exploitation gang that abused foreign women on Costa Blanca
A YEAR-LONG probe to bust a Costa Blanca gang that sexually exploited women has resulted in seven arrests and the freeing of 11 victims. Following
Costa Blanca’s top summer music festival ‘kicked out of Benidorm’ but finds new home in Torrevieja
A MAJOR summer music festival has quit Benidorm after 14 years and found a new home on the southern Costa Blanca in Torrevieja. The Low
WATCH: Police grab €7.8m of drugs as traffickers are caught ‘red-handed’ unloading hashish from narco boat on the Costa Blanca
DRUG traffickers were ‘caught in the act’ unloading a narco boat transporting hashish worth €7.8m. The vessel had sailed under the cover of darkness into
Costa Blanca Russian mafia money laundering gang faces €22m in fines and six-year jail terms
A BENIDORM court has green-lit the trial of a Russian mafia money laundering gang operating on the Costa Blanca- five years after they were arrested.
Drivers in Alicante beware: Three new ‘average speed check zones’ are being rolled out – all you need to know
NEW speed cameras that calculate how the average speed of a vehicle between two points will be activated soon in Alicante province. Many drivers familiar
Big night TONIGHT for ‘nougat’ town that’s one of Spain’s first to switch on its Christmas lights
AN ALICANTE province town is switching on its Christmas lights this Friday night- nearly seven weeks before December 25. Xixona will be the first to
Thief made special trips to Benidorm just to steal electric scooters parked outside supermarkets
A SERIAL electric scooter stealer has been arrested in Benidorm by the Policia Nacional. The man, 36, travelled regularly from Alicante to plunder at least
Sneaky domestic worker steals €100k of jewellery with her mother pawning it off in Valencia
A VALENCIA domestic worker broke her employer’s trust by stealing at least €100,000 of jewellery. She then got her mother involved in helping her pawn
EXPLAINER: How Carlos Mazon’s successor as Valencian president will be chosen
CARLOS Mazon’s Monday morning resignation came as no surprise, with the Valencian president looking a ‘spent’ figure following last Wednesday’s state memorial service in Valencia.
Body of British man found lying between two cars on Costa Blanca street
THE body of a British national was discovered lying between two cars in Javea on Sunday morning. Authorities confirmed he was a 50-year-old man. Emergency
Hollywood star Johnny Depp donates €56k to help rebuild Valencia music centre destroyed in floods
FILM star and musician Johnny Depp has donated 65,000 US dollars (€56,282) to the Massanassa Music Centre in Valencia which was destroyed in last year’s
Valencia president Carlos Mazon admits ‘things should have worked better’ in handling of deadly October 29 floods that killed 229
VALENCIAN president Carlos Mazon has acknowledged that ‘things should have worked better’ during a speech on the first anniversary of the October 29 floods. 229
50,000 protest in Valencia- demanding Carlos Mazon’s resignation over October 29 floods- as dramatic poll shows 75% of residents want him to quit
THOUSANDS took to Valencia City’s streets on Saturday to demand the resignation of president Carlos Mazon for his handling of the October 29 floods when
British tourist dies after choking on piece of meat at restaurant in Spain
A BRITISH woman died last Friday after choking on a piece of meat during a meal at a Valencia region restaurant. Ceri Ball, 74, from
Gusts of up to 111 km/hour recorded during yellow weather alert in Valencia region.
LARGE parts of the Valencian Community are on a yellow alert this Thursday for strong winds. Up to midday, the largest gust exceeded 110 km/hour,
Dozens of illegal homes built on protected land face demolition after police probe in Alicante
A MAJOR operation against illegal homes on protected rural land in Alicante province has resulted in 64 people being investigated and 70 inspections. Besides facing
Police say man who died in bin lorry compressor unit was still alive when he was thrown into waste container in Spain
A MAN who was beaten up and thrown unconscious into a waste disposal bin in Castellon died after going through a bin lorry’s compression unit.
Body of ex-mayor’s husband is found inside waste bin before being ‘compressed’ by rubbish truck in Spain
A WASTE collection team in Castellon got a shock when they discovered a man’s body inside a refuse bin that was being emptied into their
WATCH: Benidorm theme park opens its own solar farm to supply clean energy
BENIDORM’S Terra Natura park has opened a solar power plant capable of generating over 1,000 kW clean energy. The park says it is a major
House purchases led by ‘locals’ while non-EU property buyers fell last year in Valencia
THE main house buyers in the Valencian Community last year were local residents with the non-EU market decreasing. A study of 69 regional real estate
Every schoolkid will receive €500 to cover loss of books and supplies due to October 29 floods in Valencia
THE Valencian government has announced a further €108 million of aid to victims of the October 29 floods- the bulk of which will go to
Costa Blanca airport soars to new September passenger record with a third of travellers from the UK
ALICANTE-ELCHE airport continued to break monthly passenger records with just over 1.9 million people using the facility in September. Over a third of travellers came
WATCH: Valencia coastal town reports flooding after new red alert for extreme weather
TORRENTIAL rain fell on Gandia on Monday with weather forecaster Aemet upgrading its yellow alert to a maximum red- denoting extreme risk. The southern regions
Orange alert for heavy rain and storms for parts of Costa Blanca and Valencia
AN ORANGE alert for heavy rain is in force on Monday for parts of the Valencian Community. The warning from State Weather forecaster Aemet runs
RED ALERT for extreme weather kicks in for Costa Blanca and Murcia regions
A RED alert for extreme weather started on Friday at 10am for parts of Alicante province and the Murcia region. The warning from state weather
Small Costa Blanca town takes on mighty New York for top tourist innovation award
BENISSA on the Costa Blanca has made it to the final three battling it out to become the winner of the ‘Innovative Tourist Destination’ accolade
