This region in Spain wants to turn graveyards into solar farm
VALENCIA is using city graveyards to help it reach climate neutrality by 2030. Finding suitable sites for solar farms in urban areas isn’t easy, so
Airbnb crackdown in Valencia: Tourist flats will not keep their licences when they are sold
THE Valencian government will tighten controls on holiday accommodation lets in the region with changes coming into force ‘probably before the summer season. The measures
Woman gives birth on a bus in Spain’s Valencia: Driver and other passengers helped deliver healthy baby boy
PASSENGERS on a Valencia bus got a shock detour to hospital on Thursday after a woman gave birth to a baby boy- helped by her
Year-long tourist apartment ban set to be imposed in parts of Spain’s Valencia as debate continues over ‘visitor saturation’
VALENCIA’S mayor, Maria Jose Catala has announced a year-long moratorium on tourist apartment licences covering private buildings administered by owner communities and ground floors of
Hit and run suspect with extensive criminal record surrenders- four days after young boy is seriously injured on pedestrian crossing in Spain’s Valencia
A MOTORIST sought after a boy was run over on a Valencia pedestrian crossing, has handed himself into the police four days after the incident.
Anti-tourism tactics escalate in Spain: Bicycle wheels in a holiday hotspot are punctured with pins carrying ‘tourist go home’ message
BIKE tour companies in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia have denounced the fact that their two-wheeled transports are being targeted by anti-tourism protesters. The
Farmer is arrested after police unearth 229 protected turtles on his land in Spain’s Valencia
THE Guardia Civil has removed 229 of Moorish turtles being kept illegally on a Valencia area farm- the largest seizure of its kind in Spain.
‘Serial predator’ and evangelist is arrested in Spain’s Valencia for ‘sexually abusing eight young girls’Â
A CHOIRMASTER at a Valencia area evangelical church has been jailed by a Mislata court as investigations continue into allegations concerning eight sexual assaults on
Far-right Vox councillor in Valencia is investigated for ‘racist’ comments
PROSECUTORS have launched a hate crime probe into a Vox councillor in Valencia over social media postings about a black Podemos politician. Cecilia Herrero- a
Huge haul of counterfeit art including 15 Salvador Dali fakes is discovered in Spain’s Valencia
THE Policia Nacional’s Heritage Group based in the Valencia region has seized 22 fake works of art including 15 paintings attributed to Salvador Dali. They
War on birds in Spain: Valencia to use air cannons and nets to control starling and pigeon populations
VALENCIA city council will spend €450,000 on a war against pigeons and starlings. A contract has been advertised for a company to use air cannons
Legendary singing star Sir Tom Jones to perform in Valencia this Summer
SINGING legend Sir Tom Jones will be performing at the Valencia Bullring on Sunday June 23, starting at 10.00pm. Sir Tom, 83, has wowed fans
Madrid students join a growing number of protest camps across Spain calling for an end to the conflict in Gaza
STUDENTS in Madrid have become the latest to set up a protest camp to call for an end to the conflict in Gaza. The tents
Chimpanzee carries her dead baby around for months in heartbreaking scenes at a wildlife park in Spain
A FEMALE chimpanzee at the Valencia Bioparc is still grieving over the death of her baby three months on, by carrying its body in her
This region in Spain has the highest number of prestigious Blue Flag beaches – after adding three new winners
THE Valencian Community once again has the highest number of blue flag beaches in Spain- six more than in last year- totalling 159, three ahead
Mobile phones will banned at schools across Valencia from TOMORROW – all you need to know about new rules
CHILDREN will be banned from using mobile phones in all Valencian Community schools from Monday. Devices will have to be turned off inside school areas
Driver caught with a fake UK licence on Spain’s Costa Blanca faces jail
A DRIVER is facing jail after he gave police a fake UK licence during a routine stop in Elche. The 29-year-old’s card immediately ID the
Fridge gas leak is revealed as cause of deadly Valencia fire dubbed ‘Spain’s Grenfell’
FORENSIC experts believe a fridge gas leak was the most likely cause of February’s fire at an apartment block in Valencia’s Campanar district- claiming 10
Crackdown on tourist apartments in Spain: Valencia suspends 160 holiday lets for failing to have correct licences
VALENCIA City Council has closed down 160 unlicensed tourist apartments in a bid to curb their uncontrolled rise. The Valencia Residents Federation recently held a
‘Sextortion’ crackdown in Valencia: Dozens are arrested after ‘targeting 100-plus victims online’
A VALENCIA gang extorted money from over 100 people across Spain who responded to bogus ads promoting meetings with sex workers. They made at least
Heartbroken families of Valencia fire victims demand a new investigation into cause of ‘Spain’s Grenfell’
PEOPLE displaced by February’s Valencia apartment block fire have demanded that inquiries be restarted into what caused the blaze and if anybody is criminally responsible.
Where is Mark Palmer? Family of missing British expat restart search after he vanished from Spain five years ago
THE family of a British man who went missing in Spain five years ago have made a fresh appeal for information about his whereabouts. Mark
Buzzing! Bee keepers in Valencia will receive €1.8m in aid to help fight plagues and replenish population numbers
BEEKEEPERS in the Valencia region will get an €1.8 million boost to help increase the bee population and to fight off varroosis disease. Varroa mites
Instituto Bernabeu’s unit specialising in low ovarian reserve, a world leader in the field
The assisted reproduction clinic has almost 40 years of experience and 9 locations in Spain and Italy. One in ten women of reproductive age may
Two girls given refuge after suffering domestic abuse and threat of arranged marriage in Spain’s Valencia
FIVE people have been arrested by the Guardia Civil after two girls told their school counsellor they were scared to return to their Valencia area
WATCH: Moment British drug lord dubbed the ‘Wikipedia Narco’ was arrested in Spain: Police brought down ‘€10m empire’ after seizing a tonne of cocaine – plus 44 cars, 40 Rolexes and 60 works of art
THIS is the moment a notorious British drug lord infamous for editing his own Wikipedia page was arrested in a huge multinational police operation. Middlesbrough