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SESH IS BEST: It’s healthier to binge drink at the weekend than to sip a glass of wine with your tapas each day, study finds

A GLASS of red a day, I’m afraid, will not keep the doctors at bay. Scientists have long known that while the old vino does

22 Oct, 2019 @ 09:00

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Health·Lead·Mallorca

WATCH: All the footage of Policia Nacional officers during Barcelona protests Spain ‘DOES NOT want you to see’

https://twitter.com/AlbanoDante76/status/1185588967066001409 THESE are some of the scenes of alleged unprovoked police violence during protests over the Catalunya issue from the past week. In the widely

21 Oct, 2019 @ 11:14

Barcelona·Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Politics

REVEALED: When is Black Friday weekend in Spain this year?

YOU know what they say… there’s no rest for the wicked. And after Halloween celebrations (which seem to grow bigger every year…thanks good ‘ole USA),

21 Oct, 2019 @ 09:00

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

Olive Press TV report from Barcelona on sixth night of violent protests

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21 Oct, 2019 @ 01:51

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

WARNING: ORANGE and yellow alerts for heavy rainfall activated for Spain’s Valencia, Mallorca and Costa Blanca just weeks after devastating gota fria floods

SPAIN’S weather agency AEMET has issued several weather alerts for the east of the peninsula and Balearics. Mallorca, Ibiza and Menorca are all on yellow

20 Oct, 2019 @ 13:13

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Mallorca

Ultra violent Catalan separatists were ‘high on MDMA and ecstasy’ and like ‘enraged hyenas’ as they threw acid and shot police with lead balls in ‘unprecedented’ violence in Spain’s Barcelona

According to police sources, the Class A drugs were found in the backpacks, pockets and fanny packs of a significant portion of the 400 separatists

20 Oct, 2019 @ 12:36

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·National News

IT’S ‘WAR’: Barcelona erupts with violence as 400 ‘organised’ radical separatists injure 207 cops, one seriously

Un @policia herido de gravedad en la calle de Junqueres. Sus compañeros le sacan de la primera línea. No dejan de tirarles de todo https://t.co/jCjQEGxIPA

18 Oct, 2019 @ 22:28

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·National News

31 relatable facts about moving to Spain’s British expat hotspots

MAKE no mistake, we all love living in Spain. There’s sun, sea and sand a plenty and a thriving multi-cultural community waiting to welcome you.

18 Oct, 2019 @ 22:03

Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

Fundraiser for ‘Scotty T’s last party’ eclipses target after Leicestershire man killed by motorbike while walking in Calpe

A FUNDRAISER has eclipsed its target amount to give ‘Scotty T his last party’ after the Leicestershire man was tragically killed by a motorbike in

18 Oct, 2019 @ 19:24

Costa Blanca·Lead

Spain’s met office warns of another ‘torrential’ gota fría to hit the Costa Blanca from Monday

SPAIN’S met office (AEMET) has today warned against ‘torrential’ rains expected to hit the Costa Blanca from Monday next week. A gota fría episode is

18 Oct, 2019 @ 18:36

Costa Blanca·Lead

British fugitive David Grundy given 9 years jail time for jealously stabbing girlfriend after she asked for ‘time to think’ in Alicante

THE British man who plunged a knife into his girlfriend’s back before stealing the neighbour’s car and fleeing to Benidorm has accepted nine years jail

18 Oct, 2019 @ 17:35

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Chilean chef facing jail or deportation for cracking a plate over his waiter’s head in front of packed Alicante restaurant

A CHILEAN chef is facing either a three-year jail sentence or deportation after he cracked a plate over his waiter’s head in a Villajoyosa restaurant.

17 Oct, 2019 @ 18:36

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Illegal Albanian immigrant awaiting deportation arrested on suspicion of 84 burglaries in Alicante

AN ILLEGAL Albanian immigrant awaiting deportation has been arrested on suspicion of 84 burglaries in Alicante. Policía Nacional and the Guardia Civil swooped on the

17 Oct, 2019 @ 18:09

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Jealous British man sentenced to 9 years for stabbing girlfriend in the back while beautifying herself in her bathroom in Alicante

A JEALOUS lover who plunged a knife into his girlfriend’s back while she was beautifying herself in the bathroom has been sentenced to nine years

17 Oct, 2019 @ 17:14

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Minister demands ‘honesty’ from local government after Mar Menor ‘environmental emergency’

SPAIN’S Minister for Ecological Transition has demanded answers from the Government of Murcia over the ‘environmental emergency’ at the region’s Mar Menor. Teresa Ribera has

17 Oct, 2019 @ 15:57

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Alicante to outlaw circus animals in wide range of proposals against animal cruelty

ALICANTE is set to ban the use of circus animals in a raft of new measures combating animal cruelty in the Costa Blanca city. The

17 Oct, 2019 @ 14:23

Costa Blanca·Lead

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Electric scooter riders to face fines ‘up to €500’ for riding without helmets and on city pavements in Alicante

POLICE in Alicante will have powers to fine electric scooter riders up to €500 for riding without a helmet or using city pavements, according to

17 Oct, 2019 @ 12:53

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s Consorcio de Compensación de Seguros will take time to process gota fría claims, but here’s what you NEED to know, writes Jennifer Cunningham

I have always said the Spanish are streets ahead when it comes to natural disasters. A small percentage on your insurance policy goes to the

16 Oct, 2019 @ 20:43

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead

CASTING CALL: Hit Channel 4 show Sun, Sea and Selling Houses needs British expats on Spain’s Costa Blanca and in Andalucia for new series

“Whether their budget is €50,000 or €5 million, or the house is a holiday home or a permanent one, we would love to hear from

16 Oct, 2019 @ 19:19

Almeria·Costa Blanca·Entertainment·Lead

FEELING HOT: Expat installs Europe’s first solar-heated jacuzzi on Spain’s Costa Blanca

WHOEVER said luxury and eco-friendly couldn’t be used in the same sentence? Expat Peter Spahn has just installed what is believed to be Europe’s first

14 Oct, 2019 @ 13:29

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

SHOESHANK REDEMPTION: Valencia prisoner escapes jail using his shoelace to undo latch on cell door

A PRISON inmate has escaped from the City of Justice in Valencia by using nothing more than his shoelace. Pablo Antonio, 48, was already serving

14 Oct, 2019 @ 13:09

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

LONG RACE TO RECOVERY: Costa Blanca expat’s inspiring new book on how sport helped him overcome personal tragedy

LOSING a parent to suicide is one of life’s greatest tragedies – losing two before your 20th birthday is cataclysmic. Javea resident Eric Champon, 46,

14 Oct, 2019 @ 12:52

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead