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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Boy, 14, attacks his mother and grandmother and smashes TV at Costa Blanca home ‘because they refused to buy him a new phone’
A BOY, 14, who attacked his mother after she refused to buy him a mobile phone has been arrested by the Elche Policia Local. The
Crackdown on pirate TV across Spain: Arrests in Alicante and Andalucia reveal 18,300 customers were watching €366m worth of stolen content
EIGHT people have been arrested for providing pirate subscription television services to over 18,300 customers from two operational centres in Alicante and Sevilla provinces. The
Hundreds evacuated as forest fire rages in Spain’s Valencia: Strong winds from Storm Ciaran help flames tear through more than 2,000 hectares
A FOREST fire fanned by strong winds in the south of Valencia province has forced the evacuation of 850 residents. The blaze started on Thursday
Valencia in Spain gets international UNESCO recognition for its work with design
VALENCIA’S record in encouraging new designs has helped it become a UNESCO Creative City in an announcement made on Tuesday to coincide with World Cities
Teenage girl, 18, ‘is gang raped by four men’ just metres from a police station in Spain’s Valencia
POLICE are investigating a gang rape suffered by an 18-year-old woman in the Malvarrosa beach area of Valencia last Saturday morning. The teenager was assaulted
Doctor in Spain refused to treat a man at his home just 50m away because it ‘broke protocol’: Woman is struck off for 18 months after the heart surgery patient died
A VALENCIA doctor has been convicted of refusing to go to a patient’s home- just 50 metres from her medical centre- with the man dying
Drought-loving beetles that kill pine trees are being monitored on Spain’s Costa Blanca
DROUGHT conditions have fuelled concerns over the unwanted return of a beetle that can destroy masses of trees in the green spaces of the Vega
Elderly man cheats death after explosion rips through top floor of home on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A MAN, 82, escaped with just leg burns after an explosion ripped through the top floor of his Orihuela Costa home on Tuesday morning. Neighbours
More Brits than ever to visit Spain’s Costa Blanca this winter: Alicante airport braces for over 2 million UK arrivals
BRITISH travellers are set to make up a third of all passengers using Alicante-Elche airport during the winter season which runs until March 30. Airport
Beach revival project almost finished but without promised promenade on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A €15 million regeneration project to replace sand on Denia’s Les Deveses beach will finish earlier than scheduled because plans for wooden promenade have been
Burger from Spain which has DOUGHNUT buns is named the best in Europe – but could YOU stomach it?
A VALENCIA restaurant chain has been named as offering the best hamburger in Europe at the ‘Champions Burger’ event held in Barcelona. Jenkin’s has three
Javea’s annual Mar de Tapas gets a new date plus young cooks in Spain’s Costa Blanca
JAVEA is gearing up for a tasty start to November with the tenth staging of the Mar de Tapas organised by the Association of Merchants