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Tourists conned by Benidorm street market traders selling thousands of fake-branded clothes on Spain's Costa Blanca

Tourists conned by Benidorm market traders selling thousands of fake-branded clothes on Spain’s Costa Blanca

EIGHT street market stall holders in Benidorm have been arrested for selling counterfeit clothing claiming to be well-known prestigious brands. The Policia Nacional sprung into

14 Nov, 2023 @ 12:30

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

Apartment block hit five times by robbers taking art objects in Spain’s Valencia

TWO men targeted a Gandia apartment block in Valencia province five times to steal a variety of art-related objects valued at €150,000. The thieves, 35

14 Nov, 2023 @ 11:28

Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

Century-old derelict mansion with majestic gardens to be slowly restored to its former splendour on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN HISTORIC building bought by Jacarilla council in 2009 from a real estate entrepreneur may soon be restored to some of its former glory thanks

13 Nov, 2023 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Valencian Community

Low-cost chain of self-service petrol stations brought out by oil giant in Spain

Oil giant Cepsa to buy up HUNDREDS of ‘low-cost’ petrol stations across Spain

CEPSA, Spain’s second largest oil company, said on Monday that it had agreed to buy 220 automated low-cost petrol stations in Spain from Ballenoil for

13 Nov, 2023 @ 17:15

Andalucia·Business & Finance·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid·Málaga·Valencian Community

Brits are flocking to Spain’s Costa Blanca: October sees record number of flights to Alicante airport with UK arrivals leading the way

ALICANTE-ELCHE and Valencia airports have registered their best ever October for passenger numbers, according to airport operator Aena. 1.56 million people used the Costa Blanca

13 Nov, 2023 @ 15:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police arrest 121 users of same online platform distributing and uploading child pornography in Spain

Child pornography sting in Spain sees 121 arrests: Police describe mammoth operation as one of the biggest crackdowns in recent history

A MAJOR operation against child pornography distribution and production in Spain has seen 121 people arrested – all of whom used the same digital platform

13 Nov, 2023 @ 11:46

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Murcia·National News·Valencian Community

Devastating November fire was caused by power lines touching tree branches in Spain's Valencia

Farm labourers may have started forest fire that devastated 2,500 hectares of trees and land in Spain’s Valencia

A SMALL bonfire close to the Montitxelvo sports centre could have sparked a forest fire that destroyed 2,500 hectares of land in the Vall d’Albaida

11 Nov, 2023 @ 11:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Forgetful father faces homicide charge in Spain after 'his daughter, 2, dies in locked car in ordeal lasting for hours

Violent armed robbers who ‘stormed homes in broad daylight’ in Spain’s Valencia are arrested in major raids

TWO violent home robbery gangs operating in Valencia province have been brought down by the Policia Nacional. Four men and two women of Croatian and

11 Nov, 2023 @ 08:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

This much-visited region in eastern Spain will abolish the controversial tourist tax from next week

A DECREE to scrap the Valencian region’s controversial tourist tax was signed on Friday by president Carlos Mazon and Tourism Minister, Nuria Montes. The tax

10 Nov, 2023 @ 18:00

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Almost 40,000 ecstasy tablets are found stashed in car en route to Spain’s Murcia

TWO MEN transporting 37,950 ecstasy pills with a €433,000 retail value from France to the Murcia region have been arrested by the Policia Nacional in

10 Nov, 2023 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Multiple reservoirs in Spain’s Alicante reach lowest levels in a decade following record-breaking summer

ALICANTE PROVINCE reservoir levels are continuing to fall as the area has not enjoyed autumn rain levels seen in other parts of Spain. Some reservoirs

10 Nov, 2023 @ 12:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community·Weather

This November was one of the hottest and driest on record in Spain, stark figures show

Spain will see highest November temperatures since 1950 across Valencia from next week

FORECASTERS have predicted the warmest average November daytime temperatures since at least 1950 for the Valencian Community between this Sunday and Tuesday. The State Meteorological

10 Nov, 2023 @ 11:30

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

Birthday celebrations for first elephant born in Spain’s Valencia region

MAKENA, the first elephant born in the Valencian Community, celebrated her first birthday at BIOPARC Valencia on Thursday, as hundreds of schoolchildren sang to her

9 Nov, 2023 @ 17:45

Animals·Valencia·Valencian Community

Lest we forget: Royal British Legion Armistice and Remembrance Day commemorations this weekend on Spain’s Costa Blanca

CEREMONIES to honour members of the UK armed forces who gave their lives fighting for their country will be held by the Royal British Legion

9 Nov, 2023 @ 15:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Murcia·Torrevieja·Valencia·Valencian Community

Renfe strike is called off: Railway company agrees deal with 15,000 workers after threat of walkouts across Spain saw 1,500 trains cancelled

Renfe trains in Spain’s Valencia region suffer too many disruptions, says consumer rights group

THE FACUA consumer association has called on the Ministry of Transport to stop ‘constant’ disruption to Cercanias train services in the Valencian Community. The group

9 Nov, 2023 @ 14:15

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

Chiringuito owner ‘secretly drugged workers as young as 17’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca ‘so they would perform better’: At least one was hospitalised

A COSTA BLANCA beach bar employee suffered a perforated stomach after being tricked into taking performance enhancing vitamins which were actually anabolic steroids. The owner

9 Nov, 2023 @ 12:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

New direct flights from Alicante: Easyjet to connect Spain’s Costa Blanca with Southampton, Newcastle and 7 other European cities next year

LOW COST airline Easyjet will be launching nine routes next summer from Alicante-Elche airport to coincide with the company opening a new base there. Three of

8 Nov, 2023 @ 17:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News·Valencian Community

Migrants fill up empty four-star Guardamar hotel

Hundreds of boat migrants are put up in four-star hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AROUND 230 migrants- mainly from Senegal- who landed in the Canary Islands are being accommodated in a Guardamar del Segura hotel on the southern Costa

8 Nov, 2023 @ 13:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

British tourist recovery continues with tourist tax to be scrapped 'soon' on Spain's Costa Blanca

British tourist recovery continues as tourist tax set to be scrapped ‘soon’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BRITISH tourist numbers to the Valencian Community are continuing to recover to pre-pandemic levels, said Valencian president Carlos Mazon on the first day of London’s

6 Nov, 2023 @ 19:50

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Marijuana farmers clamber onto to roof in failed attempt to escape police raid at luxury villa on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO MEN running an indoor marijuana farm tried to escape their luxury Costa Blanca rental villa by going onto the roof when the Policia Nacional

6 Nov, 2023 @ 17:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Man, 22, is arrested a year after ‘raping a young British tourist’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE have arrested a man for the rape of a young British woman who was on holiday with her family in Pilar de la Horadada

6 Nov, 2023 @ 16:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Benidorm area luxury car thieves changed number plates and VIN details for quick resale in Spain.

Luxury cars stolen from Spain’s Benidorm area to be resold with false plates and changed VIN numbers

A BENIDORM area gang has been arrested for stealing five high-end cars which they planned to resell after changing vehicle VIN numbers. The Policia Nacional

6 Nov, 2023 @ 12:59

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Extreme weather warnings in the south open up Spain’s north to summer tourism: Visitor numbers jump by half

NORTHERN Spain has seen a massive increase in tourism this year as scorching temperatures in the south put off visitors. In August, the regions of

4 Nov, 2023 @ 12:00

Andalucia·Basque Country·Lead·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Benidorm refuses to host illegal migrants in its hotels as a part of Spain-wide proposal following a surge in boat arrivals

HOTELS on the Spanish mainland have been approached to provide rooms for the wave of migrants arriving in the Canary Islands. Human rights organisations are

3 Nov, 2023 @ 18:30

Benidorm·Canary Islands·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Strong winds cause injuries in Spain’s Valencia: Woman is struck in the face by a falling sign while another is hit by a restaurant’s parasol

STRONG winds caused by Storm Ciaran have kept police and fire crews busy in Valencia and the Valencian Community with over 700 reported incidents in

3 Nov, 2023 @ 15:25

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

French fugitive wanted for drive-by shooting is surrounded by gun-wielding police in Spain’s Alicante province

A FUGITIVE wanted for attempted murder in Strasbourg, France, has been arrested by gun-wielding Guardia Civil officers in Alicante province. The man, 31, has dual

3 Nov, 2023 @ 14:12

Alicante·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

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