Arsonist’s dog helps to uncover identity of major fire-starter on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A man’s pet dog was his undoing after it led to his owner’s arrest over two arson incidents that caused €600,000 of damage on the
FALLAS SNOWED OFF?: Parts of Spain’s Valencia covered in white as region registers extremely unusual low temperatures for time of year
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One of the Costa Blanca’s top summer attractions is postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
ALICANTE’S biggest outdoor event of the year, the Hogueras(Bonfires) celebrations, have been called off for the second successive year due to the pandemic. There is
Violent home robbery gang struck across Spain’s Costa Blanca and Costa del Sol
A home robbery gang that operated across the Costa Blanca and Costa del Sol has been dismantled in a major operation by the Policia Nacional.
Bouncing back: The fastest growing regions in Spain for property sales
SPAIN’S tourism hotspots and quiet inland areas are leading a recovery from a COVID-19 plunge in property sales. While the real estate market was paralysed
British man arrested on Costa Blanca after stealing a jet ski from North Wales in 2016 and taking it to Spain
A jet ski stolen from North Wales in 2016 popped up in a dry dock in Alicante after police got a tip-off about its dubious
Ryanair puts on extra 200 flights from Germany to Spain’s Mallorca and Alicante this Easter
SPAIN’S regions may have agreed to keep their borders closed within the country for Easter, but it seems that international travel is about to take
‘NO HIDING PLACE’ as illegal birthday party guests cower behind bar on Spain’s Costa Blanca to avoid police sanctions
GUESTS at a birthday party that broke COVID-19 safety rules in Alicante hid behind the bar to avoid police fines last night(March 14). The Policia
‘EXPRESS DELIVERY’ as Alicante man poses as home goods rider to sell drugs on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN Alicante man has been arrested for pretending to do home deliveries as a front for selling drugs. The 33-year-old Venezuelan travelled around the city
A CLOSE SHAVE as motorist gets his car sandwiched between a wall and a tram on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A motorist escaped serious injury yesterday(March 9) after his car hit a tram in San Vicente del Raspeig. Eyewitnesses said the vehicle jumped a red
Police nab sneaky thief who targeted cars parked up in shopping areas on Spain’s Costa Blanca
POLICE have arrested a man who based himself in Alicante City shopping centre car parks to steal from vehicles as shoppers stacked their purchases in
SURF’S UP: Valencian health experts issue guidelines to avoid a ‘fourth wave’ of COVID infections
The consensus is that the best option is to keep everything on hold for as long as possible to allow the vaccination campaign to take
Non-professional carers in the Valencian Community receive COVID vaccination with teachers next in line
THE COVID vaccination campaign has now entered a new phase in the Valencian Community. Non-professional carers of dependant people are now receiving the jab, with
SCHOOL IS FINALLY OUT: U-turn on plans to cancel school holidays for this year’s Fallas in Valencia
The decision taken by the education authorities in the Valencian capital is expected to be replicated by most local school boards throughout the region.
Costa Blanca used clothes dealer goes on trial in Spain for running ISIS terrorist supply operation
A Syrian-born Dutch national has gone on trial in Madrid for running an Alicante clothing company as a front to distribute supplies to ISIS terrorists
Violent robbers caught red-handed going equipped are jailed for thefts at over 100 properties on Spain’s Costa Blanca
SIX members of an East European gang who staged 130 robberies on industrial buildings have been arrested in Los Montesinos. The Policia Nacional and Guardia
Alicante ‘mafia gang’ squatted in homes and then rented them out on Spain’s Costa Blanca
POLICE have broken up an Alicante home-squatting gang that illegally rented out properties to vulnerable people who were forced into high monthly payments. A portfolio
Man refuses to let historic sexual abuse by Jesuit priests at Alicante school in Spain go unpunished over 63 years later
A man who says he was abused by priests at a Jesuit-run boarding school in Alicante believes that there have been many similar cases that
Executed victims of General Franco to be exhumed from mass grave on Spain’s Costa Blanca
WORK will start at Alicante cemetery next week to exhume the bodies of 11 people murdered between 1939 and 1945 during the fascist regime of
Woman issues ‘Liam Neeson-style’ threat to person who shot her cat in the leg on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN angry cat owner, whose pet was shot in an Alicante area street, has quoted Liam Neeson’s famous line from the ‘Taken’ movies in a
Police discover body of British man in his Alicante City flat on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A 45-year-old British man has been found dead in an Alicante city centre apartment. Initial Policia Nacional investigations show that there were no suspicious circumstances
Bogus Interpol officer threatened women if they did not meet him in woodland tourist spot on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN Alicante man pretended to be an Interpol officer in an elaborate ruse to threaten women if they refused to meet him. Meetings were arranged
IT’S OFFICIAL: Valencia hospitality closures extended until March
Regional president Ximo Puig finally confirmed the measure this morning after a week full of negotiations, speculation and protests
WHAT A LOAD OF RUBBISH: Surge in COVID-related hospital refuse triggers storage chaos in Valencia
THE huge increase in disposable hospital refuse due to the COVID pandemic is causing severe storage and disposal problems. In Valencia city, six refrigerated lorries
Man claims sex is a ‘basic need’ in breaking Alicante border closure on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A man said that ‘sex was a basic need’ as an excuse to try to break Alicante City’s weekend closed border rules last Sunday(February 7).
RED MIST: African sand blankets Spain’s Mediterranean coast
Experts report that there are very few documented cases of this type.