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WATCH: Wanted British ‘drug trafficker’ is arrested in Benidorm after four YEARS on the run: ‘Violent’ Manchester thug faces LIFE in prison over ‘cocaine and ketamine empire’

A WANTED Brit accused of running a drug empire in the UK has been arrested in Benidorm. The suspect has been on the run since

9 May, 2024 @ 14:17

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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

7 May, 2024 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Designer for Beyoncé and Lady Gaga will create outfit for Spain’s Eurovision entry Nebulossa

FASHION designer Michael Costello- behind outfits for international pop stars Beyonce, Lady Gaga, and Jennifer Lopez- will be kitting out Spain’s Eurovision Song Contest representatives,

17 Apr, 2024 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Entertainment·Lead

Ambulance driver in Benidorm steals cash and jewellery worth €4,500 from an elderly couple en route to hospital

A BENIDORM ambulance driver has been arrested for stealing a bag containing jewellery worth €4,500 from an elderly couple he was taking to hospital. The

12 Apr, 2024 @ 14:00

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Ukrainian refugees bound and gagged in Benidorm house robbery on Spain's Costa Blanca

Benidorm population reaches a record high: Real figure may be much higher as many foreign residents fail to re-register

BENIDORM has logged its biggest registered population with 74,588 residents- surpassing its previous best in 2013. It is now within touching distance of reaching the

9 Apr, 2024 @ 15:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Body of woman ‘aged between 60 and 70’ is found floating in the waters off Spain’s Benidorm

Three man are jailed for raping and robbing a British tourist in Spain’s Benidorm

THREE men have been jailed for gang-raping a British tourist twice in Benidorm in October 2016. Two Moroccans and a Spaniard aged between 24 and

3 Apr, 2024 @ 15:48

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

Brits will continue flocking to Spain's Benidorm 'despite the negative press coverage in UK tabloids', say tourism experts

Benidorm approves huge construction plan: 20 hotels, 2,300 homes and three shopping malls will be built in the Costa Blanca city

BENIDORM council has approved its largest-ever urban plan which will see up to 20 hotels, over 2,300 homes, and three shopping centres built. The development

27 Mar, 2024 @ 14:05

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Warning for British tourists in Benidorm: Shops are raided after selling countless fake designer toys, clothes and devices to unsuspecting shoppers

FIVE Benidorm shop owners have been arrested for selling 2,802 fake items to unsuspecting buyers- mainly tourists. Those detained- four men and a woman- were

23 Mar, 2024 @ 08:00

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

Notorious British drug trafficker Brian Charrington is arrested AGAIN in new police probe on Spain’s Costa Blanca

INFAMOUS British drugs baron Brian Charrington has been arrested again in a Policia Nacional operation that swept up 30 people. Charrington, 67, was detained at

22 Mar, 2024 @ 17:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Expat Brits in Benidorm sold drugs to bar and hotel customers with express deliveries via an electric scooter

Expat fugitive is arrested in Benidorm after being caught with trunk filled with cannabis and cash

A MONTENEGRAN fugitive sentenced to four years in prison for drug trafficking led police on a high-speed chase around Benidorm’s streets. The 33-year-old man has

12 Mar, 2024 @ 12:22

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

Briton, 43, accused of raping his son's friend at a hotel in Spain's Mallorca faces up to nine years in jail if convicted

‘Wolf pack’ of French teens who gang raped a tourist in Benidorm are jailed

THREE French tourists have been given prison terms after pleading guilty to raping a woman in Benidorm five years ago- but they will not be

11 Mar, 2024 @ 15:25

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

Benidorm posts best February tourism figures for years: Resort in Spain continues to attract millions of Brits

FEBRUARY is often regarded as the final month of the off-peak tourist season but hotel occupancy figures of over 70% across the Valencian Community have

6 Mar, 2024 @ 12:19

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

British expat hotspot in Spain has seen the number of foreign residents soar by 800% since 1998

THE number of foreign residents in the Valencian Community has gone up eight-fold over 25 years. The National Institute of Statistics(INE) says there were 102,000

4 Mar, 2024 @ 15:45

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

Revealed: The most expensive areas to buy a property on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE costliest area for properties on the Costa Blanca has been revealed to be on the Calpe coast. Buyers looking to purchase a home by

26 Feb, 2024 @ 09:52

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News·Property·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Angry Benidorm residents to stage protest this weekend over big local tax rises

Polish fugitive, 34, is dramatically arrested in Spain’s Benidorm resort for ‘kidnapping, sexual assault, fraud’ and a list of other serious charges

A POLISH fugitive has been arrested in Benidorm after fleeing his home country where he had been serving a seven year jail term. The man,

19 Feb, 2024 @ 10:16

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

Benidorm will FINALLY have a funeral home and crematorium after almost 20 years of waiting

BENIDORM is set to get its first funeral home/crematorium after plans have been mired in red tape since 2005. Families have been going to Villajoyosa

17 Feb, 2024 @ 07:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Sewage ‘is being dumped in the sea off Benidorm’: Ecologists in Spain demand action

COMPLAINTS about untreated wastewater being pumped into the sea off Benidorm have prompted two councils to demand urgent action. The El Xoriguer environmentalist group says

16 Feb, 2024 @ 16:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Benidorm to open a huge new resort called ‘Magic Pirates Island’ – here’s everything we know

BENIDORM will get a new themed tourist resort in 2025 called ‘Magic Pirates Island’ which will include 270 cabins. Work has started in the Marina

14 Feb, 2024 @ 13:04

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Scam warning: Benidorm man loses €35k to new girlfriend who tricked him into paying legal fees for fake €3m inheritance

A BENIDORM man was conned out of €35,000 by a woman who started a relationship with him via social media. She claimed she needed the

10 Feb, 2024 @ 08:00

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

Property ‘scam’ in Spain’s Andalucia: HUNDREDS of buyers pay up to €55,000 each for homes that will NEVER be built

This province in eastern Spain has just had its biggest year for building homes since 2007

ALICANTE province has clocked the highest number of new houses built in a year since the property boom of 2007. The number of new properties

5 Feb, 2024 @ 16:59

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News·Property·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Hospital in Spain’s Benidorm area will get extra beds in change to €47m project that started construction last year

CHANGES will be made in the current expansion project at Villajoyosa’s Marina Baixa Hospital to create more spaces for beds. Work started last year to

1 Feb, 2024 @ 16:42

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Health·Other News·Valencian Community

Revealed: The costliest and cheapest winter holiday rentals on Spain's Costa Blanca

Revealed: Where you will earn the most and the least renting out your holiday home on Spain’s Costa Blanca

IF you are looking for a bargain holiday home rental for the rest of winter on the Costa Blanca, then you should focus on the

23 Jan, 2024 @ 11:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News·Property·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Luxury €135m development is coming to Benidorm: New homes hope to attract British buyers with estimated prices of up to €1.5m

A DEVELOPER has unveiled a €135 million plan to build 250 bungalows and villas close to Benidorm’s Terra Mitica theme park and the Hotel Melia

19 Jan, 2024 @ 10:43

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News·Property

RIP: Legendary Benidorm bar owner who appeared on Bargain Loving Brits In The Sun dies

ONE of Benidorm’s larger than life British characters, Graham Boland, who became a well-known face on a UK television show has died. Graham appeared for

18 Jan, 2024 @ 14:23

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Benidorm launches cleaning blitz to remove chewing gum from city pavements

Benidorm cleaning blitz is removing chewing gum from its pavements

BENIDORM’S Street Cleaning department has started the onerous task of removing discarded chewing gum that has firmly stuck on city pavements. The work is being

17 Jan, 2024 @ 15:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

German expat, 65, dies in horror blaze at illegal camping site on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ONE PERSON died and two others have been treated after a fire at a wooden cabin on an illegal campsite in Benidoleig, Alicante province. The

15 Jan, 2024 @ 11:31

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community