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Spanish tennis player gets 15-year ban for match-fixing and bribery despite not playing since 2018

A SPANISH tennis player has been banned until 2039 for match-fixing, despite hanging up his racket six years ago. Aaron Cortes Alcaraz, 29, has been

10 Apr, 2024 @ 15:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Sport·Valencian Community

Police force launches rapid response unit to deal with violent incidents on Spain’s Costa Blanca

JAVEA’S Policia Local has created a specialist unit called ERIS (Esquadra Rapida d’Intervencio i Suport) to deal with violent incidents that need an immediate response.

10 Apr, 2024 @ 05:00

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

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

Fireworks blown off target by strong winds ignite huge blaze, engulfing cars and killing racing pigeons on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A MUNICIPAL fireworks display in Teulada got out of control on Monday destroying 2.5 hectares of land and setting fire to racing pigeon cages where

9 Apr, 2024 @ 11:30

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

British man wanted in the US for providing pirate TV services is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BRITISH man has been arrested at Alicante-Elche airport for illegally providing subscription TV services in three US states. The 31-year-old Brit had flown in

8 Apr, 2024 @ 09:07

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Cost of rent in Alicante surges by 10% in a year: British tourist hotspots are the most affected

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

EasyJet opens new base on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Budget airline launches new routes between UK and Alicante

BUDGET airline EasyJet officially opened its new base at Alicante-Elche airport on Wednesday with the promise of 10 new routes. One of those services- to

3 Apr, 2024 @ 15:04

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Beach is forced to close for DAYS after MILLIONS of wet wipes clog up the local sewage system on Spain’s Costa Blanca

RESIDENTS throwing away wipes down the toilet have forced the closure of an El Campello beach until at least Friday. The wet wipes have clogged

3 Apr, 2024 @ 13:00

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

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

Fake activist in Alicante who took up to €15,000 from Muslim businesses ‘for the Palestinian cause’ before ‘pocketing the money’ is arrested

A PALESTINIAN man has been arrested in Alicante for extorting Muslim victims by demanding money to help his native country, but kept the cash for

3 Apr, 2024 @ 10:09

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

Egyptian crocodiles and African turtles among haul of animals seized on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A VARIETY of endangered exotic animals including Nile crocodiles, an African spurred tortoise and a Burmese python have been rescued over the last year by

1 Apr, 2024 @ 15:15

Alicante·Animals·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Vile attack sees Nazi swastika emblazoned outside office of left-wing PSOE party on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A SWASTIKA and anti-government graffiti has been daubed on the front of the Socialist Party headquarters in Alicante. The vandalism happened in the early hours

1 Apr, 2024 @ 12:15

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Fugitive wanted for killing his son-in-law is caught hiding in expat enclave on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A PAKISTANI fugitive wanted for the murder of his son-in-law has been arrested in the north of Alicante province. The man, 43, is alleged to

1 Apr, 2024 @ 10:45

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

Alicante town declares war on dog poo: Council warns of €3,000 fines after picking up 73 TONNES of mess left by owners

EL CAMPELLO council plans to set up police patrols to catch inconsiderate dog owners who are forcing cleaning services to sweep up 73 tonnes of

1 Apr, 2024 @ 10:00

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

EXCLUSIVE: British expat is facing JAIL for trimming a pine tree that was overhanging his swimming pool on Spain’s Costa Blanca – after aggressive cops turn up at his door and ‘throw a court summons’ at his wife

A BRITISH expat is facing jail and a €10,000 fine two years after trimming a tree overhanging his swimming pool, prompting aggression from local authorities.

30 Mar, 2024 @ 11:00

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Stretch of beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca CAN build chiringuitos, government rules – despite fears for threatened bird species

ONE of Torrevieja’s most popular beaches will get a full compliment of beach bars this summer after concerns that an endangered bird species might be

29 Mar, 2024 @ 16:58

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

Expat family chain themselves to a digger to halt new development being built next to their finca on Spain’s Costa Blanca – as Austrian ambassador lends his support

AUSTRIA’S ambassador to Spain has intervened in a long battle to stop a 200-year-old Orihuela Costa finca potentially being damaged by new properties being built

28 Mar, 2024 @ 17:23

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Costa Blanca Airport In Spain Welcomes New Look Tourist Information Desk

Chaos at major airport in Spain: Long queues and delays at security as staff go on strike

PASSENGERS starting their Easter getaway had to put up with long queues at Alicante-Elche airport on Thursday due to a strike by security staff. The

28 Mar, 2024 @ 12:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Chocolate crisis: Cost of raw cocoa is soaring and threatening artisans in Spain and the world – this is why

CHOCOLATE manufacturers in Spain are having to hike prices to customers due to the escalating cost of cocoa. Cocoa now fetches over 10,000 US dollars

27 Mar, 2024 @ 16:45

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead·Other News

'Historic' fine in Benidorm threatens to bankrupt the tourist mecca: City hall is ordered to pay €283million compensation to family who was blocked from building on protected land

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

Family clan who ‘sold drugs delivered by narco boats’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca is arrested

THREE brothers have been arrested in Teulada for drug trafficking and getting supplies from narco-boats landing supplies on the coast. Drugs totalling a retail value

27 Mar, 2024 @ 11:45

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

Burglar plunges from fifth floor balcony in Alicante after being surprised by homeowner

A BUNGLING burglar fell five floors into an Alicante street after he was spotted by a property owner. The 33-year-old Romanian thief is in a

26 Mar, 2024 @ 16:37

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

Have you bought a car on the Costa Blanca? How it might have been stolen from Europe and passed off as a Spanish vehicle

AUTHORITIES have arrested a Costa Blanca gang that stole and cloned details of European cars and changed them to look like Spanish vehicles for sale

26 Mar, 2024 @ 14:44

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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

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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·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Water supply restrictions ‘not ruled out’ for Spain’s Costa Blanca

VALENCIAN president, Carlos Mazon, has not ruled out introducing domestic water restrictions in the region as the drought continues. Mazon emphasised there are no immediate

22 Mar, 2024 @ 17:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Tourists can't get enough of Spain with record July airport passenger numbers on Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca

New UK routes from Ryanair and EasyJet boost ‘high season’ schedule for Costa Blanca airport

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport is gearing up for another record year for passengers by announcing its biggest-ever schedule of ‘high season’ flights. The season runs between April

22 Mar, 2024 @ 15:30

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