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Bad hair day! French thief drops his wig during police chase after ‘stealing bank cards from elderly tourists’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FRENCHMAN has been arrested in Alicante for allegedly targeting elderly foreign tourists at ATM machines. The convicted fraudster is accused of watching his marks

7 Oct, 2024 @ 14:04

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Bargain! The British expat haven in Spain where two-bed seaside homes are selling for €65,000

WITH property prices on a steady rise in Spain, it’s becoming more and more difficult to find a cheap coastal home. In Alicante city, for

6 Oct, 2024 @ 13:41

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

Bollywood comes to Spain: Film crews and actors take over the streets of Valencia and Costa Blanca

IT HAS been ‘lights, camera, and action’ for a major Bollywood movie that has been shooting in the last few days in Valencia City and

4 Oct, 2024 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

British swimmer, 72, drowns off popular beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BRITISH man has become the seventh person to drown at a Guardamar del Segura beach this year. The 72-year-old was swimming on Thursday opposite

4 Oct, 2024 @ 11:20

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Tragic start to weekend in Spain: Driver, 20, dies after colliding with a truck on the Costa Blanca

A 20-YEAR-OLD woman has died after her car collided with a truck on the Costa Blanca. The horror crash occurred on the CV-930 road near

4 Oct, 2024 @ 10:07

Costa Blanca·Lead

No kid-ding! ‘Pet’ goat with a collar is ‘detained’ by police while exploring tourist hotspot on Spain’s Costa Blanca – as appeal is launched to find owner

POLICE in Spain have launched an appeal to reunite a lost goat with its owner after it wandered into a tourist town on the Costa

3 Oct, 2024 @ 15:03

Animals·Costa Blanca·Lead

Russian-Ukrainian gangsters who installed solar panels for their Alicante marijuana farm are arrested after neighbours reported ‘a strong smell’

A GANG operating a marijuana farm took complex measures to avoid being discovered in San Vicente del Raspeig, but could’nt stop neighbours smelling the drug’s

2 Oct, 2024 @ 15:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Carer in Alicante who stole €31,000 from a patient in her 80s is jailed

AN ALICANTE carer has been given a 21-month-jail sentence for stealing €31,000 from her elderly client. The convicted woman took her employer’s bank card to

1 Oct, 2024 @ 17:00

Alicante·Crime & Law

Outrage after 450kg of hazardous waste containing deadly asbestos is dumped next to British expat homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE in Altea are trying to find out who dumped 450 kilos of hazardous waste at the entrance to the Las Mimosas urbanisation. Altea council

1 Oct, 2024 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Airbnbs welcome! Holiday hotspot approves construction of 1,000 new tourist flats on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PILAR de La Horadada council has backed plans for 1,086 holiday homes to be built on 290,000 m2 of rural land at Lo Monte Playa.

30 Sep, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

Estate agent who shot British expat, 80, to death inside her Alicante villa is jailed

A WOMAN, 48, has been jailed for 15 years after an 80-year-old British widow was shot dead at the front door of her Elche area

30 Sep, 2024 @ 15:50

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Irish gangland figure linked to the notorious clan ‘The Family’ is arrested in Spain after major drugs bust

AN IRISH gang member with links to the Dublin-based ‘The Family’ crime organisation has been arrested during an Alicante Province drugs raid. Details about the

30 Sep, 2024 @ 13:26

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Watch: Golden retriever dog swims after shark on Spain’s Costa Blanca while terrified owners scream in panic

THIS is the hair-raising moment a pet dog playfully chased after a shark along the shores of Alicante. In a video shared online, the golden

24 Sep, 2024 @ 12:04

Animals·Costa Blanca·Lead·Video

‘We’re extremely worried’: Fears for missing Brit who disappeared from Spain’s Costa Blanca last week

FEARS are growing for a missing Briton who disappeared from the Costa Blanca last week. Described only as Phil, or PJ, the man was last

23 Sep, 2024 @ 07:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

‘Smiling’ pet labrador poses with firefighters who rescued him from a 30m cliff on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THIS is the adorable moment a rescued labrador posed with the firemen who saved him from atop a mountain on the Costa Blanca. The golden

18 Sep, 2024 @ 13:04

Costa Blanca·Lead

Spanish region to pay €300 to families of newborn babies from January 2025

THE parents of babies born in Valencia after January 1, 2025, will receive €300 from the city council, it has been revealed. Maria Jose Catala,

16 Sep, 2024 @ 16:21

Lead·Politics·Valencia·Valencian Community

Warning to boat owners on Spain’s Costa Blanca after ‘narcos’ are caught trying to steal a second vessel in a week

A SECOND attempt by drug traffickers in less than a week to steal a speedboat from the same Costa Blanca yacht club has again ended

6 Sep, 2024 @ 20:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Drug driver ploughs into crowd on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Two women are seriously injured

THREE women were injured- two seriously- after a motorist who had taken drugs ploughed into a wall in Denia. The incident happened at around 11am

6 Sep, 2024 @ 11:23

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Man is arrested following execution-style shooting on Spain's Costa Blanca

Two men arrested following execution-style shooting on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Policia Nacional have arrested two people after a man was gunned down on Tuesday night at a parking garage in the centre of Denia.

5 Sep, 2024 @ 13:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Costa Blanca entertainer and fundraising legend, Stevie Spit, loses cancer battle

British expat entertainer and fundraiser Stevie Spit loses battle to cancer: Tributes pour in for Costa Blanca legend

POPULAR Costa Blanca entertainer Stevie Spit, has died aged just 54. The prolific charity fundraiser lost his battle against cancer on Tuesday. Whether hosting shows

5 Sep, 2024 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Watch: Tornado lands in Alicante amid weather alerts for rain and storms across eastern Spain

THIS is the moment a tornado was spotted landing on the Costa Blanca on Monday. Video shared on X shows the weather phenomenon travelling through

3 Sep, 2024 @ 07:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Video·Weather

‘Cursed’ indoor swimming pool on Spain’s Costa Blanca is closed after ‘leaking 500 litres of water per week’

JAVEA’S ‘cursed’ new municipal swimming pool which started construction in 2021 has suffered a fresh set back- water leaks totalling 500 litres per week. Rising

2 Sep, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Benidorm to launch its Low Emission Zone next year as part of EU directive: Locals and tourists will face fines for breaking new rules after initial trial period

BENIDORM will launch its Low Emission Zone (ZBE) in January 2025 following changes to its local mobility laws made last Friday. There will be a

2 Sep, 2024 @ 17:00

Benidorm·Environment·Lead

‘Racism’ row erupts in Spain after mayor of tiny tourist town brands arrival of 200 migrants ‘excessive’

A SPANISH mayor has been branded as ‘far-right’ after criticising the decision to move hundreds of adult asylum seekers from the Canary Islands to his

2 Sep, 2024 @ 15:12

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Popular holiday hotspot on the Costa Blanca suspends new tourist flat licenses for two years

Tourist town on Spain’s Costa Blanca bans new licences for Airbnb-style flats for two years

L’ALFAS del Pi has joined neighbouring Costa Blanca towns like Altea and Polop in suspending new tourist accommodation licenses. The council agreed on a two-year

2 Sep, 2024 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Dutch narco boss accused of shipping cocaine worth €228 million is arrested on Costa Blanca

Ukrainian ‘fraudster’ wanted by Russia is arrested at a hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A UKRAINIAN man wanted by Russia over a fraud amounting to €850 has been arrested on an international arrest warrant at an Alicante hotel. Russian

30 Aug, 2024 @ 14:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

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