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Spain faces more extreme heat with highs of 44C forecast - these are the at-risk areas

Temperatures to plummet by up to 10C across Andalucia this weekend as FOURTH heatwave of the summer finally comes to an end

ANDALUCIA’S current heatwave will last until this Saturday, but temperatures could fall by 10 C on Sunday, according to the Spanish Weather Agency (Aemet). This

21 Aug, 2023 @ 17:35

Alicante·Environment·Lead·Must Read·Weather

‘Love Hug’ robber with eight year trail of crime is arrested yet again on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Callous ‘love hug’ robber targeting old people- and even offering sex- gets fifth arrest in recent months on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A PROFESSIONAL ‘love hug’ street robber has been arrested in Alicante for the fifth time in recent months. The 26-year-old woman travelled all round Spain

15 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

KING OF THE JELLYFISH: Monster 40kg behemoth photographed off Alicante coast

BEACH-GOERS in Alicante got a shock when they spotted a giant jellyfish floating just metres from the shore. The remarkable sight unfolded on Sunday at

15 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

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Ambulance calls will be dealt with once again on Spain's Costa Blanca after claims people died due to late-arriving vehicles

Local centre reopening for ambulance call outs after claims people died due to late arrivals on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A HEALTH emergency co-ordination centre(CICU) will be restored to Alicante province- just months after it was integrated into one Valencian region facility. Alicante’s CICU shut

15 Aug, 2023 @ 12:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Health·Valencia·Valencian Community

Tourists can't get enough of Spain with record July airport passenger numbers on Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca

Tourists return to Spain with a bang as passenger records for July are smashed at Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca airports

SPAIN’S airports saw the best-ever July for passenger numbers, as tourism continues to blossom following the Covid pandemic. Operator Aena said on Monday that 29.76

14 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Alicante·Andalucia·Barcelona·Costa Blanca·Madrid·Malaga·Mallorca·National News·Valencia·Valencian Community

RANKED: The place to be this summer season in Spain? It’s the Costa del Sol, baby

THE Costa del Sol dominates a new top 50 ranking of Spain’s hottest destinations for this summer – according to the Spanish themselves. The golden

12 Aug, 2023 @ 15:00

Alicante·Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

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Spain’s biggest-ever seizure of illegal vapes aimed at child smokers in Alicante province

SPAIN’S biggest-ever seizure of illegal vaping units has taken place on an Alicante province industrial estate with 8,615 vapes confiscated along with associated charging units.

10 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Health·Valencian Community

Transfer of trans prisoner into female wing sparks pregnancy scandal in Spain’s Alicante prison

ONE of Spain’s toughest prisons has been forced to implement ‘shower watch’ shifts due to a female prisoner falling pregnant after a trans inmate was

9 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

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Horror moment boy, 16, is savagely gored by bull at festival near Spain’s Benidorm, sparking calls for tougher controls

The horror incident took place at the annual ‘Bous al carrer’ event in Calpe, on the Costa Blanca, just a few miles north of Benidorm

9 Aug, 2023 @ 14:34

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Fears over new tourist tax 'driving away' British tourists from Spain's Costa Blanca, despite Alicante and Benidorm councils refusing to charge it

Alicante surpasses Sevilla to become Spain’s fourth most populated region

ALICANTE has become Spain’s fourth most populated city after gaining 44,180 new residents in the last year, according to Spain’s Institute of National Statistics (INE).

9 Aug, 2023 @ 14:15

Alicante·Lead·Valencian Community

Heatwave could reach 45 degrees in inland areas of Spain's Valencia region

New heatwave with temperatures of over 40 degrees to hit Spain’s Alicante Province this Thursday

ALICANTE province will experience extremely hot temperatures of up to 43 degrees tomorrow, Thursday August 10. The region will be hit by a new heatwave

9 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Alicante·Environment·Lead·Valencian Community·Weather

Home alone little girl shouts from balcony that mother was out partying all night on Spain's Costa Blanca

Home alone little girl shouts from balcony that mother is out partying all night on Spain’s Costa Blanca

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl shopped her mother for going out all night with her boyfriend by shouting for help

8 Aug, 2023 @ 12:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Women beaten up and exploited by prostitution gang in Spain's Valencia

Trafficking gang arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca for sexually exploiting women flown in from Columbia

POLICE have freed 11 sexually exploited women and arrested ten people for their part in the racket in Benidorm, Denia, and Gata de Gorgos. The

7 Aug, 2023 @ 14:30

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Plans to turn a former US military base in Spain into a refugee camp are abandoned following outcry

Former US military base will become migrant reception centre at highest point of Spain’s Alicante area

AN OLD American base at the highest point of Alicante province will be converted into a migrant reception centre. The facility at Aitana is over

5 Aug, 2023 @ 14:18

Alicante·Lead·Valencian Community

Police intercept thief boarding ferry on Spain's Costa Blanca with big stash of stolen loot

Thief caught boarding ferry on Spain’s Costa Blanca with big stash of stolen loot

AN ALGERIAN national was intercepted in Alicante as he was about to board a ferry for his home country with a big stash of stolen

4 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

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New summer heatwave with temperatures of 47? to hit Spain next week

A NEW heatwave with temperatures of up to 47? will hit Spain next week, according to the Spanish State Meteorological Agency (Aemet). Meteorologists have announced

4 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Alicante·Andalucia·Castellon·Cordoba·Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·Murcia·Sevilla·Valencia·Weather

New express car park opens in arrivals area of busy Costa Blanca airport in Spain

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es A NEW express car park has opened in the arrivals area of Alicante-Elche airport allowing passengers to be

3 Aug, 2023 @ 15:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Direct flights between New York and Spain’s Valencia could start in summer 2024

THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY’S new Tourist Minister Nuria Montes has said she is ‘sure’ that the region will get a direct air link between New York

1 Aug, 2023 @ 16:00

Alicante·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police catch serial robber who broke into dozens of cars on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 15-MONTH Guardia Civil operation to catch a serial car robber has culminated in the arrest of a San Vicente del Raspeig man. The 52-year-old

1 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Covid 19 Spain Tourism Crisis 3th Of August 2020

Two more beaches in Spain’s Alicante shut over toxic algae concerns as high summer hits

TWO popular Spanish beaches have been forced to close temporarily due at the height of summer to ‘abnormal’ levels of bacteria detected in the water.

1 Aug, 2023 @ 12:00

Alicante·Environment·Lead

Resident can’t sleep due to neighbours having noisy sex in Spain’s Alicante area

AN ALICANTE area resident has told an amorous couple to tone down their passionate sex sessions because they are keeping people awake in an apartment

31 Jul, 2023 @ 18:30

Alicante·Lead·Valencian Community

Gang stole tons of copper wire from phone installations across Spain's Murcia region

Gang steal tons of copper wire from phone installations across Spain’s Murcia region

THE GUARDIA CIVIL have busted a gang of Murcia-based telephone copper wire thieves and returned over three tons of wiring to their rightful owners. Stolen

31 Jul, 2023 @ 15:18

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Valencian Community

Metal company worker stole 185,000 parts worth €1 million from factory on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ALICANTE metal company employee stole 185,000 parts over nearly three years which he then sold off cheaply to a scrap metal firm. The Spaniard.

31 Jul, 2023 @ 13:22

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Major drug and robbery gang arrested in Spain's Alicante area

Major drugs and robbery gang arrested in Spain’s Alicante area

A JOINT Policia Nacional- Guardia Civil operation has brought down an Alicante province-based criminal gang with 14 Spaniards arrested. The group has been charged with

31 Jul, 2023 @ 11:29

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Valencian Community

This July could be the hottest ever on Earth in the last 120,000 years

THIS July could become the hottest ever on the planet in the last 120,000 years, according to a Leipzig University study. The research confirms that

27 Jul, 2023 @ 19:30

Alicante·Andalucia·Environment·Lead

Director of Globix crypto exchange who ensnared Gibraltar elite in Ponzi scheme facing criminal investigation

ROYAL Gibraltar Police have finally opened a criminal investigation into the activities of Globix director Damian Carreras after his company lost €40 million in a

27 Jul, 2023 @ 17:15

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