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Wild boar injures farmer after his wife was hospitalised last year in similar attack on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ORANGE grower needed hospital treatment after he was attacked by a wild boar on his Denia area plantation on the northern Costa Blanca. It

19 Aug, 2020 @ 12:37

Costa Blanca

Beach lifeguard on Spain’s Costa Blanca admitted to hospital with suspected COVID-19

A 20-YEAR-OLD beach lifeguard working in the Dénia area has been admitted to Dénia Hospital’s ICU on suspicion of having contracted the coronavirus. Four other

14 Aug, 2020 @ 15:32

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Scuba Diver Finds Ancient Artefacts Going Back 24 Centuries On Spain S Costa Blanca

Scuba diver stumbles across ancient artefacts off Spain’s Costa Blanca

A DIVER had the find of his life when he stumbled across the remains of a pre-Roman era ship in the sea off Denia. Initial

13 Aug, 2020 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca

Baby poisoned by drugs during party at villa on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A nine-month-old baby was rushed to the Marina Salud Hospital in Dénia on Tuesday(July 28) after it was poisoned by drugs. The child is out

30 Jul, 2020 @ 11:19

Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca Street Hawker Hero Who Saved Man From Fire Becomes A Spanish Citizen

Costa Blanca street hawker hero who saved a man from his burning home becomes a Spanish citizen

A Senagalese street vendor who became a hero last December after leaping into action to save a man from a fire, is now a fully-fledged

24 Jul, 2020 @ 14:50

Costa Blanca

BUSTED: Drugs ‘gang leader’ with martial arts bodyguard arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca after being caught out by false passport

POLICE have dismantled an international drugs syndicate in Alicante and arrested its leader. The notoriously security-conscious drug kingpin had dangerous guard dogs, a complex CCTV

9 Jun, 2020 @ 12:06

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

From helping infirm expats with the shopping to receiving three MBEs and aiding over 50,000 – Help de Denia and the Marina Alta on its 35th anniversary at Condado Club Denia

ILL health is one of life’s most daunting challenges – navigating these upsets in a foreign land is fearsome still. This is why one of

14 Nov, 2019 @ 18:43

Costa Blanca·Lead

British man, 55, found dead in Montgó Natural Park after he went out hiking alone

A BRITISH man, 55, has been found dead by firefighters after he went out hiking alone on the Montgó massif last week. When the man

30 Sep, 2019 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Passenger tells of ‘massive jolt’ as Balearia ferry hits rock at Denia port with panicked Brit holidaymakers asked to leave ‘dogs, suitcases and cars behind’

A PASSENGER on the Balearia ferry that ran aground in Denia has told the Olive Press of the ‘massive jolt’ that rocked the ship at

17 Aug, 2019 @ 17:20

Costa Blanca·Lead

NOT TRUE: Costa Blanca councillor responds to accusations that Denia’s new dog shelter will be a ‘kill station’ for abandoned canines

DENIA’S councillor for public safety has responded to claims the new municipal dog shelter will become a ‘kill station’. Javier Scotto today told the Olive

6 Aug, 2019 @ 15:31

Costa Blanca·Lead

Vandals chuck white paint over municipal vehicle sent to control illegal dumping of waste on Spain’s Costa Blanca

IN a shocking twist of irony, vandals have thrown white paint over a government vehicle sent to control illegal dumping of waste in a Costa

29 Jul, 2019 @ 17:32

Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca residents furious as beaches are ‘closed off’ by piles of putrefying posidonia seagrass

RESIDENTS have taken to social media to express disgust over piles of posidonia seagrass so thick they ‘can’t get to the sea’. One resident in

26 Jul, 2019 @ 17:50

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

PLEASE FIND EINSTEIN!: Expat pleads for help after 60-year-old talking parrot STOLEN from Costa Blanca restaurant

AN expat is pleading for help after a 60-year-old talking parrot was stolen from his restaurant on the Costa Blanca. Thieves broke into the Tenere

22 Jul, 2019 @ 15:02

Costa Blanca·Lead

IN PICS: The winning dishes of Masterchef 7, filmed in UNESCO-honoured Denia on the Costa Blanca

THESE are the dishes that won 26-year-old fishmonger Aleix Puig Masterchef 2019. The seventh edition of the hit show was held in Denia and featured

29 Jun, 2019 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·La Cultura·Lead

British tea set recovered from 150-year-old shipwreck on show at unique Costa Blanca maritime exhibition

AN exhibition displaying British-made plates, bowls and a tea set from a steamship that sank off the Costa Blanca 150 years ago has opened in

24 Jun, 2019 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

‘Law is not functioning’ as more families flee urbanisation in Denia suffering ‘VIOLENT’ take over by ‘gypsies’ and squatters

ANOTHER two families have fled an urbanisation that descended into ‘hell’ after squatters began a ‘violent coup d’etat’ five years ago. A retired German couple

7 Jun, 2019 @ 13:37

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead