Costa Blanca’s Javea area gets hot under the collar in five-day drought
RESIDENTS across parts of Javea on the northern Costa Blanca have spent most of the week without drinking water following breaks in a key pipeline
WATCH: Arenal beach in Javea destroyed as storm Gloria buffets Spain’s Costa Blanca overnight
STORM Gloria has last night broken through a sand barrer and wrought havoc on Javea’s popular Arenal beach. Photographs today show tiles ripped up, concrete
LONG RACE TO RECOVERY: Costa Blanca expat’s inspiring new book on how sport helped him overcome personal tragedy
LOSING a parent to suicide is one of life’s greatest tragedies – losing two before your 20th birthday is cataclysmic. Javea resident Eric Champon, 46,
100-year-old British woman mugged while riding mobility scooter in Javea on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A BRITISH woman aged 100 has been mugged while riding her mobility scooter in Javea on Spain’s Costa Blanca. Betty Guinness was riding home after
“He’s not in a good way” – British expat struck down by driver in Javea still awaiting brain surgery as brother pleads for public to ‘help fundraise’ for his recovery
THE brother of a British expat who was run down by a driver without a licence last Saturday has asked for help as his brother
Reckless driver who put British expat in coma while driving without a licence in Javea could face up to 3 years 6 months in prison
THE RECKLESS driver who crashed into a British expat while he was trimming his hedge in Javea could face up to three years and six
‘Largest organised crime group in eastern Spain’ brought down as 81 arrested, 4 tonnes of cocaine seized and 800 bank accounts frozen
THE ‘largest organised crime group in eastern Spain’ has been brought down following a seven-nation investigation that saw 81 arrests, the seizure of 4,000kg of
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
WATCH: British resident’s garden trashed by freak winds as ‘hurricane’ appears off Javea
A BRITISH resident in Javea has returned home to find her garden ‘trashed’ by freak winds that toppled plant pots and ripped a hole in
Fake charity worker steals expat’s phone in shock new tactic on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A THIEF posing as a charity worker has stolen a brand new iPhone X from a Brit expat while she was dining in a Costa
Dead turtle trapped in wooden pallet found off Spain’s Costa Blanca
A DEAD turtle has been found trapped inside a wooden pallet off the Costa Blanca. The creature was discovered off the coast of Granadella beach,
SALE: Up to 50% off at unique upholsterer and furniture supplier Harris Furnishings in Pedreguer
HARRIS Furnishings is celebrating its third anniversary with a sale, offering up to 50% off selected items in store until August. The family-run business relocated
Javea Park Car Park resurfaced following ’30 years’ of neglect following fundraisers by Digby’s, the English Barbers and Mr Punch
A ‘TERRIBLE’ car park in Javea has been resurfaced after ‘30 years’ of neglect. Just under €3,000 were raised by Digby’s Sports Bar and Restaurant,
Two-time killer Kenneth Noye may be on brink of Spain return after being freed from prison
The crook behind the infamous Brink’s MAT robbery-then the biggest in British history- fled to Spain to hide out
WASH OUT: Beloved English business Scallops still closed three weeks after Costa Blanca town’s worst flooding in 62 years
ONE of the Costa Blanca’s longest running expat businesses is still closed after the worst flooding hit the area for 62 years last month. British-run
Loraine in Spain
SO I sat myself down on Sunday evening and started to do my usual pondering on what I should write about in my column this
Seize the Day
I PONDER a lot. I waste time on musings and wondering about stuff, and try to look at things from different points of view, and
WATCH: Videos pour in as ‘gota fria’ drenches Javea and Denia on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A RED alert warning has been issued as torrential rains create flash floods on Spain’s Costa Blanca. Coastal towns in the Marina Alta comarca of
Marina Alta on RED ALERT as heavy rains cause flash floods along Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE Marina Alta and La Sofar comarca’s on Spain’s Costa Blanca have been put on RED ALERT as heavy rains risk flash floods. Spain’s state
‘Level 1 emergency’ declared as largest Easter storm in 73 years hits the Costa Blanca
WHAT was that saying about the rain in Spain? Since Thursday, the Costa Blanca has been hit by the largest April storm in 73 years
British expat fuming after town hall charges him for having ‘sports facility’ after he put up football goal in back garden on Spain’s Costa Blanca
The business owner, in his 40s, received a letter from Javea Town Hall saying he had an outstanding debt of €12 added to his local
IN PICS: Rainbows fill the skies after torrential rain on the Costa Blanca
EVERY cloud has a silver lining, as the saying goes. But in the Marina Alta comarca on the Costa Blanca, a brief torrent of rain
IN PICS: Olive Press launches new Costa Blanca edition to add to award-winning expat newspaper brand in Spain
IT has taken five years, but the Olive Press Costa Blanca has finally arrived. Half a decade of research and planning – and with something
Liverpool ‘face slasher’ whose victims needed hundreds of stitches arrested in southern Spain
The main victim needed more than 100 stitches following the attack
EXCLUSIVE: Southern Spain hospitals in British expat hotspot issue warning for ‘lethal’ painkiller Nolotil
After the drug claimed countless lives, a health network on the Costa Blanca has issued a recommendation to its medical staff to avoid prescribing Nolotil
Two teenagers arrested for fire in Javea that damaged 20 homes
Fire devastates Javea, near Benidorm