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BREAKING: British expat in isolation over possible coronavirus infection on Spain’s Costa Blanca

UPDATE: Doctors have told the patient they do not have coronavirus after carrying out chest x-ray A BRITISH expat has been placed in isolation ahead

21 Feb, 2020 @ 11:38

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead

The new Olive Press for Costa Blanca South is out now – and here’s where you can get your copy

THE EIGHTH edition of The Olive Press for the Costa Blanca South & Murcia is out now. From the Mar Menor to Gran Alicant and

20 Feb, 2020 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

TV contestant to face prison for starving dog on Costa Blanca

A former TV show contestant has been sentenced to nine months in prison for starving his dog on the Costa Blanca

19 Feb, 2020 @ 18:47

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

ALDI will hire 120 extra staff members in Alicante as part of its expansion programme in Spain

ALDI has announced it will hire an extra 120 people in Alicante.

19 Feb, 2020 @ 18:20

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead

A yellow weather alert is on the horizon for several provinces across Spain.

Storm Gloria beach damage raises questions as Costa Blanca resorts struggle to get ready for Easter Holidays

DAMAGE caused by the severe storm Gloria, which battered eastern Spain has sparked a debate about coastal management. Questions have been raised about the country’s

19 Feb, 2020 @ 15:14

Costa Blanca·Lead

URGENT: Costa Blanca council calls for volunteers to help clean local beach in second ‘Plastic Pick-Up’ TODAY

ORIHUELA City Council are calling on kind volunteers again to help clean one of their local beaches of plastic and rubbish washed up after Storm

18 Feb, 2020 @ 07:53

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Costa Blanca council seeks volunteers to help huge coastal clean-up of 15,000 plastic bottles

ORIHUELA COSTA is launching a huge clean-up campaign tomorrow to collect and recycle thousands of plastic bottles from their Playa Flamenca beaches. Following from last

10 Feb, 2020 @ 16:16

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Paul Hollywood brother-in-law killed in Spain’s fatal plane crash caused by poor planning

The pilot and his passenger David Hockings died instantly in the crash

31 Jan, 2020 @ 11:11

Costa Blanca·Lead·National News

WATCH: Did climate change cause Storm Gloria?

Homeowners who watched their houses crumble into the sea in Denia on Spain’s Costa Blanca say ‘if you can’t see it you’re blind’. Denia’s Maritime

25 Jan, 2020 @ 13:52

Costa Blanca·Lead

BREAKING: Death toll of Storm Gloria reaches two after woman killed in Spain’s Valencia

STORM Gloria has claimed another victim after a woman was found dead in Valencia this morning. The 54-year-old Romanian had died from hypothermia and was

20 Jan, 2020 @ 12:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Red alert warnings extend to Monday with 130km/h winds, 8m waves and 40cm snow predicted for Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE red alert weather warning has been extended into Monday with 130km/h winds, 8m-high waves and 40cm snowfall predicted for Spain’s Costa Blanca. The northern

19 Jan, 2020 @ 23:55

Costa Blanca·Lead

Alicante airport re-opens 24 hours after blaze on roof caused mass diversions and cancellations

ALICANTE airport has re-opened 24 hours after a fire on its roof caused a wave of flight cancellations and diversions. The fifth busiest airport in

16 Jan, 2020 @ 19:44

Costa Blanca·Lead

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Valencian government slices 20 days off waiting times for operations – but patients still wait an average of FOUR months to see the surgeon

WAITING times for operations in the Valencian Community are currently averaging 113 days – or four months – across all the region’s hospitals. Figures released

15 Jan, 2020 @ 13:49

Costa Blanca·Health

Benidorm's Intempo building has sold its most expensive homes for €2 million each on Spain's Costa Blanca

PICS: View inside a €500,000 apartment from Spain’s tallest residential building set for 2021 completion date

BELEAGUERED by elevator crashes, worker strikes and five years of paralysis, Spain’s tallest residential building finally has a completion date set for next year. The

14 Jan, 2020 @ 22:35

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

NO WAY JOSE: Most popular baby names ‘José’ and ‘Josefa’ replaced by what two newcomers on Spain’s Costa Blanca?

JOSE and Josefa continue to be the most common names for men and women in the Marina Alta region of Spain’s Costa Blanca. But changing

14 Jan, 2020 @ 12:01

Costa Blanca

EasyJet passenger dies on board flight from Spain’s Costa Blanca to UK on New Year’s Day

Cabin crew had also requested that emergency crews stand by upon landing, but the passenger was already dead when the plane touched down

2 Jan, 2020 @ 16:28

Costa Blanca·Lead

RANKED: Spain’s 10 WORST drivers and parking offenders for 2019

AS any expat will tell you, driving and parking in Spain can be a bit of a nightmare. Come summer time, it’s just full on

24 Dec, 2019 @ 18:01

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Sevilla

CHRISTMAS ROAST: Winter ‘heatwave’ hits much of Spain with highs of 27C from TODAY

YOU’VE heard the phrase ‘the calm before the storm.’ Well in Spain’s case this week it’s ‘after’. Following THREE consecutive batterings (from Daniel, Elsa and

24 Dec, 2019 @ 13:09

Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

SPEXIT: Twitter users urge far-right Vox to call for Spain style Brexit – but how popular is the idea?

SPEXIT has been trending on Twitter after the European Court of Justice ruled a jailed Catalan separatist leader should have parliamentary immunity. Far-right supporters are

23 Dec, 2019 @ 14:33

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·National News

British expats forced to patrol own streets on Spain’s Costa Blanca after spate of violent muggings

EXPATS are being forced to patrol their own streets after a series of violent muggings The group of Brits have set up Street Angels, an

21 Dec, 2019 @ 10:23

Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca mayor claims €530 million government aid will ‘fall far short’ of funds needed to rebuild the Vega Baja following September’s deadly gota fría

THE mayor of Orihuela has pleaded with Spain’s central government to release more relief funds following the devastating September floods. Whilst reviewing the Vega Baja

20 Dec, 2019 @ 09:37

Costa Blanca·Environment

CASTING CALL: ‘Blond-haired’ extras urgently needed for Benidorm TV series TOMORROW (Dec 17) with €70 pay

BLOND-HAIRED extras are urgently needed in Benidorm tomorrow (Tuesday, December 17) with a promise of €70 pay. Directors for a brand-new, Spanish-language production of Benidorm

16 Dec, 2019 @ 18:14

Celebrity·Costa Blanca·Entertainment·Lead