Joshua Parfitt

Joshua James Parfitt is the Costa Blanca correspondent for the Olive Press. He holds a gold-standard NCTJ in multimedia journalism from the award-winning News Associates in Twickenham. His work has been published in the Sunday Times, Esquire, the Mail on Sunday, the Daily Mail, the Sun, the Sun on Sunday, the Mirror, among others. He has appeared on BBC Breakfast to discuss devastating flooding in Spain, as well as making appearances on BBC and LBC radio stations. Contact me now: joshua@theolivepress.es or call +44 07960046259. Twitter: @jjparfitt

Gang leader who trafficked more than 100 migrants into Britain last year in ‘deadly’ freezing-cold refrigerated lorries is JAILED in Spain

THE LEADER of a human trafficking gang that brought more than 100 migrants into the UK inside refrigerated lorries has been jailed for four years

26 Nov, 2019 @ 10:35

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

NOT SO SLICK: Eight months prison for government mechanic who filched €1,800 using unauthorised fuel card on weekends in Alicante

A GOVERNMENT mechanic has been sentenced to eight months prison for filling up his car using an unauthorised fuel card in Alicante. The man took

26 Nov, 2019 @ 09:37

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

¿QUE? New road marking reads SOTP instead of STOP at Costa Blanca T-junction

NEW road markings in a Costa Blanca town have come under fire after photographs surfaced of a T-junction reading ‘SOTP’ instead of ‘STOP’. The translation

26 Nov, 2019 @ 08:57

Costa Blanca·Lead

Alicante conquers eastern Spain with 16 STARS in the Michelin Guide Spain & Portugal 2020 – find a restaurant near you

ALICANTE has been crowned the gastronomy king of the Comunidad Valenciana with 16 Michelin stars. The province outshone Castellón and Valencia – which bagged two

25 Nov, 2019 @ 18:08

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·La Cultura·Lead

Chronic shortages see patients treated ‘through pictures’ and MRI scans done ‘in a lorry in the carpark’ as demands reignite for Denia hospital’s nationalisation

DEMANDS to re-nationalise one of north Costa Blanca’s biggest hospitals are growing after exposes have revealed bizarre outsourcing practices. Last month news broke that patients

19 Nov, 2019 @ 12:16

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead

Dozy Burglar In Denia Mayor Vicent Grimalt

Dozy burglar caught watching TV and sipping soft drink at mayor’s house in Denia

A DOZY burglar in Denia has been nabbed by police after he was caught watching television and drinking a soft drink at the mayor’s summer

19 Nov, 2019 @ 11:51

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Officials ‘hopeful’ China will not make imitation legs of jamón as country grants Spanish producers access for first time

SPANISH trade officials are hoping imitation Chinese legs of jamón will not scupper exports as China grants producers access to their 1.3 billion nation. Carlos

19 Nov, 2019 @ 10:26

Food & Drink·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

Denia composting plant on fire AGAIN as uncontrollable combustion releases very carbon procedure is supposed to recycle

EXASPERATION has returned to Denia as its municipal recycling plant is on fire AGAIN in what increasingly appears an annual tradition. Flames erupted on Sunday,

19 Nov, 2019 @ 09:39

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Valencian con artist lied his ‘brother was a policeman’ to win trust of unwary victims

A VALENCIAN con artist has been arrested after lying his ‘brother was a policeman’ to win the trust of unwary victims. Ricardo M. G., 43,

19 Nov, 2019 @ 08:39

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

“She sent a seductive picture to Franco, and it worked” – the incredible story of doomed US pilot Harold E. Dahl retold through never-before-seen letters

WHEN American pilot Harold E. Dahl was captured and sentenced to death by Francoist forces during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), his wife made a

19 Nov, 2019 @ 07:58

La Cultura·Lead·Other News

“F**king Nazi, no one will cry when they come for you.” Councillor’s fury as Vox in Denia refuse to stand during minute silence for expat murdered in her sleep

VOX’S leader in Denia has reacted to accusations of being a ‘f**king Nazi’ after he refused to stand during a minute’s silence for an expat

18 Nov, 2019 @ 22:47

Costa Blanca·Lead·Politics

Shoplifter hid leg of jamón in ‘baggy clothing’ before caught by undercover police in Calpe on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A SHOPLIFTER has been charged with theft after undercover police caught her stealing a leg of jamón from a supermarket in Calpe. The suspected criminal

18 Nov, 2019 @ 18:41

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Alicante airport named Spain’s most disruptive destination with boozy Brits blamed for 75% of airborne incidents

BOOZY Benidorm-bound Brits are back in the spotlight after figures revealed they have made Alicante airport Spain’s most disruptive destination. Alicante’s main El Altet airport

18 Nov, 2019 @ 17:52

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Just six of Alicante’s 81 municipalities have food waste bins despite January 2020 deadline

SIX of Alicante’s 81 municipalities are understood to have food waste bins despite government measures mandating their presence across the Valencian Community by January 2020.

18 Nov, 2019 @ 16:56

Environment·Lead

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Deadline for UK expats to change driving licence extended to January 31 – what you need to know

The special measures put in place by the Spanish Department of Transport for UK nationals to exchange their driving licence have been extended to January

15 Nov, 2019 @ 15:51

Lead·Politics

“Finally someone’s paying attention” – Costa Blanca animal protector praises Teulada-Moraira councillor for government-funded cat sterilisation programme

A COSTA Blanca animal protector has praised Teulada-Moraira’s council following a government-funded ‘catch and release’ programme to sterilise stray cats. Grace Boas, who volunteers with

15 Nov, 2019 @ 13:53

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

90% of Costa Blanca expats choose cremation over burial to allow mobile families to ‘keep remains with them’

NINE out of ten expats in the northern Costa Blanca choose cremations over burials, according to recent figures. A study from the Alicante funerary sector

15 Nov, 2019 @ 11:58

Costa Blanca·Lead

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First SNOW in the Valencian Community as Spanish met office predicts temperatures will drop to 4 degrees on the Costa Blanca this weekend

THE first snows of the season have hit the Valencian Community during a cold blast of polar air predicted to last until Sunday. The icy

15 Nov, 2019 @ 09:56

Costa Blanca·Lead

From helping infirm expats with the shopping to receiving three MBEs and aiding over 50,000 – Help de Denia and the Marina Alta on its 35th anniversary at Condado Club Denia

ILL health is one of life’s most daunting challenges – navigating these upsets in a foreign land is fearsome still. This is why one of

14 Nov, 2019 @ 18:43

Costa Blanca·Lead

Policía Local accidentally shoots daughter in the neck while removing his pistol after work on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A POLICIA Local agent accidentally shot his own daughter in the neck while removing his pistol at home near Valencia city last Tuesday night. The

14 Nov, 2019 @ 16:46

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

ROCK N’ ROLL OVER: Valencian classical guitarist beats Metallica to become fastest musician to play in all seven continents

A VALENCIAN classical guitarist has beaten heavy metal band Metallica to become the fastest musician to play in all seven continents. Rafael Serrallet, from Valencia

14 Nov, 2019 @ 15:58

Environment·La Cultura·Lead

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Murcia fresh food suppliers fear European buyers will seek Italian or Greek business after 3,000 lorries blockaded by Catalan separatists on French border

FRESH fruit and vegetable suppliers in Murcia fear a grave loss of earnings after 3,000 lorries from the region have been stuck at the French

13 Nov, 2019 @ 16:21

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead

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British expat visiting family in Spanish-plated car told to ‘f**k off back to Europe’ by road rage driver in Dorset

A BRITISH man visiting family in his Spanish-plated car has been told to ‘f**k off back to Europe’ by a road rage driver in Dorset.

11 Nov, 2019 @ 17:52

Costa Blanca·Lead·Politics

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“Their parents pimp them out from age 10 to buy drugs” – the shocking stories of 98 children in Alicante safehouses aided by British-run charity Make a Smile

NINE homes for abused and neglected children exist in northern region of Alicante province and you won’t have heard of them. That is except for

11 Nov, 2019 @ 13:49

Costa Blanca·Lead

British expats abroad can vote in the December general election – here’s how

BRITISH citizens residing outside the UK can vote in the upcoming general election scheduled for December 12. However, there is one caveat: you must have

11 Nov, 2019 @ 12:27

Lead·Politics

Benidorm police slammed after emails reveal they let British grandfather Philip Pearce – missing since September – leave station at 3am in ‘confused and disoriented’ state

BENIDORM police have been slammed after emails reveal they allowed missing British man Philip Pearce walk out of a police station into the dead of

10 Nov, 2019 @ 18:40

Costa Blanca·Lead

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