Cat killer behind at least 100 feline poisonings is arrested in Spain
A MAN has been accused of killing at least 100 cats in the Toledo area town of Villaluenga de la Sagra. He has been brought
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
Lorry kills woman on Valencia pedestrian crossing with driver testing positive for drugs
A VALENCIA woman died on a pedestrian crossing on Friday after being mowed down by a DHL lorry. The driver tested positive for cannabis and
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
Fugitive politician on the run for 20 years over sprawling Marbella corruption case pays to avoid jail
THE ex-Marbella sports councillor, Carlos Fernandez, who fled Spain in 2006 to avoid corruption charges in the infamous Malay Case, will not serve any prison
British ‘kamikaze’ motorist, 76, lucky to be alive after driving for 17kms on wrong side of Costa Blanca motorway
A BRITISH motorist has been charged with reckless driving after travelling 17 kilometres on the wrong side of a Costa Blanca motorway. The 76-year-old man
African leopards- including three cubs- are removed by police from fenced enclosure on a farm in Spain
FIVE African leopards- including three newborns- have been seized by the Guardia Civil after they were found on a Gran Canaria farm. Three people are
Albanians operated Costa Blanca marijuana farms with drugs exported across Europe
POLICE have swooped on an Albanian drug trafficking gang- making six simultaneous arrests across the Costa Blanca. The crew grew marijuana to sell across Europe.
Mystery in Mallorca as naked body of British man, 64, is discovered in remote scrubland
THE naked body of a British expat has been found by workers on a farm in Mallorca. The Ok Diario news portal reports that he
Ground-breaking survey says obesity costs Spain’s economy over €130 billion per annum
A STUDY says the hidden costs of obesity will reach €130.7 billion this year in Spain- equivalent to 8% of GDP or half of the
REVEALED: The richest Spaniards in 2025 according to Forbes with just one entertainer making the top 100 list
THE founder of the Inditex fashion group, Amancio Ortega, has been named as the richest Spaniard for the 12th successive year by Forbes magazine. The
This ‘most underrated Spanish city’ boasts iconic 12th century houses perched atop a cliff face overlooking a river
WHEN tourist cities in Spain are mentioned, the names of Barcelona and Madrid are among the first to be mentioned, but there is a lot
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
Amazon sacks up to 1,200 people in Spain to ‘optimise’ resources as part of worldwide cutbacks
AMAZON is going to make up to 1,200 staff redundant at its corporate offices in Barcelona and Madrid. The worldwide giant employs 28,000 people within
Spain’s government launches formal action to scrap controversial foundation promoting legacy of dictator General Franco
SPAIN’S government started formal proceedings on Friday to dissolve an organisation promoting the legacy of the dictator, General Francisco Franco, who died in November 1975.
WATCH: Police seize 2.5 million cigarettes and 5,200 litres of laughing gas set for illegal export from Spain via lorries
AN EAST European and Spanish gang that used its own international transport firm to smuggle cigarettes and laughing gas within legal cargo has been busted
Amazing security breach as bogus police officer regularly visited military barracks to ‘recruit’ soldiers for fake spy jobs in Spain
A BOGUS Policia Nacional officer has been arrested in Madrid after trying to recruit soldiers to work for Spain’s intelligence service. The genuine Policia Nacional
Foreign tourist numbers in Spain rose by just 0.8% in September but UK visitors go up higher
FOREIGN tourist visitors to Spain went up in September, but only by 0.8% compared to year earlier. The National Statistics Institute said on Friday that
Drugged driver rescued but friend drowns after car plunges 20 metres into Port of Gandia in Spain
A MOTORIST has been arrested by the Guardia Civil after her car plunged into the water at the Port of Gandia on Thursday- with her
High-speed train link between Spain and Portugal’s capitals confirmed- but it could take up to nine years to launch
SPAIN, Portugal, and the European Commission (EC) have struck a deal for a high-speed train link between Madrid and Lisbon to launch by 2034 with a
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
IN PICS: Spain’s most expensive house for sale is priced at €29.5m with an indoor swimming pool, cinema, and its own vineyard
THE most expensive property listing in Spain has been revealed as a €29.5 million house on Mallorca. The rural home is in Puigpunyent and real
Man arrested in Spain for supplying payments to French tennis players to fix matches
A MAN has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Spain for being part of a Europe-wide gang that fixed tennis matches to benefit players
Crazy high-speed car chase sees pedestrian run over and vehicles hit before drug traffickers are arrested in Costa Blanca city
A PEDESTRIAN was knocked over and parked cars damaged in Torrevieja during a high-speed Guardia Civil pursuit of two drug traffickers. Two men, aged 25