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Brits are flocking to Spain’s Costa Blanca: October sees record number of flights to Alicante airport with UK arrivals leading the way

ALICANTE-ELCHE and Valencia airports have registered their best ever October for passenger numbers, according to airport operator Aena. 1.56 million people used the Costa Blanca

13 Nov, 2023 @ 15:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Devastating November fire was caused by power lines touching tree branches in Spain's Valencia

Farm labourers may have started forest fire that devastated 2,500 hectares of trees and land in Spain’s Valencia

A SMALL bonfire close to the Montitxelvo sports centre could have sparked a forest fire that destroyed 2,500 hectares of land in the Vall d’Albaida

11 Nov, 2023 @ 11:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

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

Violent armed robbers who ‘stormed homes in broad daylight’ in Spain’s Valencia are arrested in major raids

TWO violent home robbery gangs operating in Valencia province have been brought down by the Policia Nacional. Four men and two women of Croatian and

11 Nov, 2023 @ 08:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

This much-visited region in eastern Spain will abolish the controversial tourist tax from next week

A DECREE to scrap the Valencian region’s controversial tourist tax was signed on Friday by president Carlos Mazon and Tourism Minister, Nuria Montes. The tax

10 Nov, 2023 @ 18:00

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Almost 40,000 ecstasy tablets are found stashed in car en route to Spain’s Murcia

TWO MEN transporting 37,950 ecstasy pills with a €433,000 retail value from France to the Murcia region have been arrested by the Policia Nacional in

10 Nov, 2023 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Multiple reservoirs in Spain’s Alicante reach lowest levels in a decade following record-breaking summer

ALICANTE PROVINCE reservoir levels are continuing to fall as the area has not enjoyed autumn rain levels seen in other parts of Spain. Some reservoirs

10 Nov, 2023 @ 12:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community·Weather

Birthday celebrations for first elephant born in Spain’s Valencia region

MAKENA, the first elephant born in the Valencian Community, celebrated her first birthday at BIOPARC Valencia on Thursday, as hundreds of schoolchildren sang to her

9 Nov, 2023 @ 17:45

Animals·Valencia·Valencian Community

Lest we forget: Royal British Legion Armistice and Remembrance Day commemorations this weekend on Spain’s Costa Blanca

CEREMONIES to honour members of the UK armed forces who gave their lives fighting for their country will be held by the Royal British Legion

9 Nov, 2023 @ 15:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Murcia·Torrevieja·Valencia·Valencian Community

Renfe strike is called off: Railway company agrees deal with 15,000 workers after threat of walkouts across Spain saw 1,500 trains cancelled

Renfe trains in Spain’s Valencia region suffer too many disruptions, says consumer rights group

THE FACUA consumer association has called on the Ministry of Transport to stop ‘constant’ disruption to Cercanias train services in the Valencian Community. The group

9 Nov, 2023 @ 14:15

Alicante·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Chiringuito owner ‘secretly drugged workers as young as 17’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca ‘so they would perform better’: At least one was hospitalised

A COSTA BLANCA beach bar employee suffered a perforated stomach after being tricked into taking performance enhancing vitamins which were actually anabolic steroids. The owner

9 Nov, 2023 @ 12:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

New direct flights from Alicante: Easyjet to connect Spain’s Costa Blanca with Southampton, Newcastle and 7 other European cities next year

LOW COST airline Easyjet will be launching nine routes next summer from Alicante-Elche airport to coincide with the company opening a new base there. Three of

8 Nov, 2023 @ 17:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News·Valencian Community

Migrants fill up empty four-star Guardamar hotel

Hundreds of boat migrants are put up in four-star hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AROUND 230 migrants- mainly from Senegal- who landed in the Canary Islands are being accommodated in a Guardamar del Segura hotel on the southern Costa

8 Nov, 2023 @ 13:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

British tourist recovery continues with tourist tax to be scrapped 'soon' on Spain's Costa Blanca

British tourist recovery continues as tourist tax set to be scrapped ‘soon’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BRITISH tourist numbers to the Valencian Community are continuing to recover to pre-pandemic levels, said Valencian president Carlos Mazon on the first day of London’s

6 Nov, 2023 @ 19:50

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Marijuana farmers clamber onto to roof in failed attempt to escape police raid at luxury villa on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO MEN running an indoor marijuana farm tried to escape their luxury Costa Blanca rental villa by going onto the roof when the Policia Nacional

6 Nov, 2023 @ 17:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Man, 22, is arrested a year after ‘raping a young British tourist’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE have arrested a man for the rape of a young British woman who was on holiday with her family in Pilar de la Horadada

6 Nov, 2023 @ 16:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Benidorm area luxury car thieves changed number plates and VIN details for quick resale in Spain.

Luxury cars stolen from Spain’s Benidorm area to be resold with false plates and changed VIN numbers

A BENIDORM area gang has been arrested for stealing five high-end cars which they planned to resell after changing vehicle VIN numbers. The Policia Nacional

6 Nov, 2023 @ 12:59

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Strong winds cause injuries in Spain’s Valencia: Woman is struck in the face by a falling sign while another is hit by a restaurant’s parasol

STRONG winds caused by Storm Ciaran have kept police and fire crews busy in Valencia and the Valencian Community with over 700 reported incidents in

3 Nov, 2023 @ 15:25

Alicante·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community·Weather

French fugitive wanted for drive-by shooting is surrounded by gun-wielding police in Spain’s Alicante province

A FUGITIVE wanted for attempted murder in Strasbourg, France, has been arrested by gun-wielding Guardia Civil officers in Alicante province. The man, 31, has dual

3 Nov, 2023 @ 14:12

Alicante·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Boy, 14, attacks his mother and grandmother and smashes TV at Costa Blanca home ‘because they refused to buy him a new phone’

A BOY, 14, who attacked his mother after she refused to buy him a mobile phone has been arrested by the Elche Policia Local. The

3 Nov, 2023 @ 13:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Hundreds evacuated as forest fire rages in Spain’s Valencia: Strong winds from Storm Ciaran help flames tear through more than 2,000 hectares

A FOREST fire fanned by strong winds in the south of Valencia province has forced the evacuation of 850 residents. The blaze started on Thursday

3 Nov, 2023 @ 11:40

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Valencia in Spain gets international UNESCO recognition for its work with design

VALENCIA’S record in encouraging new designs has helped it become a UNESCO Creative City in an announcement made on Tuesday to coincide with World Cities

1 Nov, 2023 @ 14:30

Valencia·Valencian Community

Teenage girl, 18, ‘gang raped by four men’ just metres from a police station in Spain’s Valencia

Teenage girl, 18, ‘is gang raped by four men’ just metres from a police station in Spain’s Valencia

POLICE are investigating a gang rape suffered by an 18-year-old woman in the Malvarrosa beach area of Valencia last Saturday morning. The teenager was assaulted

1 Nov, 2023 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Doctor in Spain refused to treat a man at his home just 50m away because it ‘broke protocol’: Woman is struck off for 18 months after the heart surgery patient died

A VALENCIA doctor has been convicted of refusing to go to a patient’s home- just 50 metres from her medical centre- with the man dying

1 Nov, 2023 @ 12:21

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Drought-loving beetles that kill pine trees are being monitored on Spain’s Costa Blanca

DROUGHT conditions have fuelled concerns over the unwanted return of a beetle that can destroy masses of trees in the green spaces of the Vega

31 Oct, 2023 @ 17:18

Costa Blanca·Environment·Nature·Valencian Community

Elderly man cheats death after explosion rips through top floor of home on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A MAN, 82, escaped with just leg burns after an explosion ripped through the top floor of his Orihuela Costa home on Tuesday morning. Neighbours

31 Oct, 2023 @ 12:49

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Airport expansions in Spain: Both Alicante and Valencia will increase their capacity following record-breaking passenger numbers this year

More Brits than ever to visit Spain’s Costa Blanca this winter: Alicante airport braces for over 2 million UK arrivals

BRITISH travellers are set to make up a third of all passengers using Alicante-Elche airport during the winter season which runs until March 30. Airport

31 Oct, 2023 @ 11:51

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

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