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This city in Spain welcomes British tourists ‘with open arms’ thanks to its ‘sustainable model’ – according to The Independent

VALENCIA has been given a big thumbs-up as a sustainable tourism city that is welcoming to UK tourists according to a British travel writer. The

16 Aug, 2024 @ 11:37

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Ornamental bronze sculptures worth €300,000 stolen from fountain and sold to scrapyards in Valencia area

THREE people have been arrested for stealing bronze statues worth nearly €300,000 from a fountain in the Valencian town of Albalat de la Ribera. The

14 Aug, 2024 @ 11:47

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Fake Picasso and Palencia works are rumbled in Spain: Fraudsters were selling pieces for €13.5 million

THE Policia Nacional have seized three fake paintings by Pablo Picasso and one by Benjamin Palencia that were going to be sold for €13.5 million.

12 Aug, 2024 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Tap water bans extended on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Second town is told its supply is not fit for human consumption

BENITATXELL has become the second Costa Blanca town to impose a ban on drinking tap water. It follows parts of neighbouring Teulada that introduced a

12 Aug, 2024 @ 10:50

Costa Blanca·Lead

Nursing home resident, 87, is robbed of €80,000 life savings by care worker on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A TORREVIEJA nursing home worker has been arrested along with a man for clearing out over €80,000 from an 87-year-old female resident. The woman was

10 Aug, 2024 @ 08:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Biggest fireworks night of the year will light up the sky on Spain’s Costa Blanca this weekend

ALTEA hosts its massive Castell de l’Olla firework display this Saturday evening in the biggest summer night of lights and colours on the Alicante province

9 Aug, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Cheeky thief steals from bathers and then demands money for return of items at popular Costa Blanca beach in Spain

Alert in Alicante: Man is arrested for ‘attacking and robbing tourists’ on popular beach – before ‘demanding money to return the stolen goods’

A MAN has been arrested in Denia for allegedly robbing and attacking bathers at a local beach. The 30-year-old Moroccan national was remanded into custody

8 Aug, 2024 @ 13:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Man is gored by bull during traditional festival in eastern Spain: 32-year-old is hospitalised with serious injuries

A 32-YEAR-OLD man was seriously injured after being gored on the first night of Calpe’s ‘Bous al Carrer’ bull runs in Alicante province. The incident

7 Aug, 2024 @ 16:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

One of Spain’s most wanted fraudsters is arrested on the Costa Blanca

ONE of Spain’s most-wanted fraudsters has been arrested at an Alicante hotel after conning a victim out of a luxury watch. He specialised in making

6 Aug, 2024 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Wine grape disaster in Spain’s Valencia: Drought brings worst harvest for 30 years

THE Valencian Community is expected to produce its lowest wine grape harvest for 30 years, due to the ongoing drought. La Unio Llaurador which represents

6 Aug, 2024 @ 09:00

Alicante·Lead·Valencia

Revealed: The wide and unusual range of items lost by bus passengers in Valencia including a wheelchair and a drone

Tourists leave their young children behind on a bus in Spain

TWO foreign tourists left their children behind on a Valencia City bus when they got off to visit the National Museum of Ceramics. The parents

5 Aug, 2024 @ 14:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

German plane makes emergency landing on motorway in Spain before being hit by a lorry

A LIGHT aircraft made an emergency landing on a Castellon de la Plana motorway on Friday and was hit by a lorry. The incident happened

2 Aug, 2024 @ 19:00

Castellon·Lead·Valencian Community

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

Drowning crisis in Spain: Three-month death toll on the Costa Blanca is higher than whole of 2023

MORE people drowned on Alicante province beaches between May and July than in the whole of 2023 according to the Spanish Lifesaving Federation. 18 fatalities

2 Aug, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Airbnb crackdown latest in Spain: Major holiday region warns illegal tourist flat owners of €600,000 fines

NEW tourist accommodation laws in the Valencian Community are set to be approved on Friday with penalties ranging between €100,000 and €600,000 for the most

2 Aug, 2024 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Evacuated residents return to their homes following ‘severe’ forest fire in Alicante

OVER 150 residents evacuated from a small Alicante province town returned home on Thursday, almost 48 hours after the start of a forest fire. The

1 Aug, 2024 @ 15:00

Alicante·Lead·Valencian Community

Valencia to splash €3.5million on Christmas and other festival lights

VALENCIA will spend €3.5 million on Christmas, Three Kings, and Fallas festival lights over the next three years. The City Council has awarded a new

1 Aug, 2024 @ 14:00

Lead·Valencia

‘Severe’ wildfire in Alicante sparks evacuation of residents amid crippling heatwave

A FOREST fire has destroyed around 320 hectares of land in Alicante province and caused the evacuation of residents. The blaze was reported on Tuesday

31 Jul, 2024 @ 16:26

Alicante·Lead·Valencian Community

Victory for expats and locals on Spain’s Costa Blanca after plans for controversial biowaste plant are pulled

Brits and locals march against bio-waste plant on Spain’s Costa Blanca – but why are they against the project?

UP to a thousand residents marched in Los Montesinos on Tuesday to protest against the council deciding to house a regional biowaste recycling plant. Locals

31 Jul, 2024 @ 15:32

Costa Blanca·Lead

Tourist, 52, drowns off popular beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca – just days after tragic deaths of husband and wife in their 80s in Alicante

A MAN drowned at El Campello’s Muchavista beach on Sunday, three days after a Madrid couple in their eighties died at Guardamar’s central beach. On

29 Jul, 2024 @ 15:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Double tragedy in Alicante: Husband, 87, has fatal heart attack while swimming in the sea before wife, 85, suffers identical fate while diving in to rescue him

A MARRIED couple in their eighties drowned at Guardamar del Segura’s central beach on Thursday. The man, 87, and woman, 85, from Madrid were on

25 Jul, 2024 @ 19:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

How locals in Spain can block Airbnb-style flats according to new Supreme Court ruling

Airbnb crackdown in Spain continues: Major tourist region will outlaw lockboxes for collecting and returning keys

TOUGH new regulations on tourist accommodation in the Valencian Community will include a ban on installing automatic boxes on outside walls and public areas for

24 Jul, 2024 @ 16:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Greenpeace warns beaches along Spain’s Andalucia are disappearing due to rising sea levels – these are the most at risk areas

A GREENPEACE report on beach erosion in Spain caused by rising sea levels says that Andalucia is one of the area’s worst affected by degeneration.

23 Jul, 2024 @ 16:00

Andalucia·Environment·Lead

Plans to turn a former US military base in Spain into a refugee camp are abandoned following outcry

PLANS to convert an old American military base into a migrant reception centre have been scrapped due to the dilapidated state of the buildings and

23 Jul, 2024 @ 14:00

Alicante·Lead·Valencian Community

Massive new shopping centre gets greenlight in Spain's Valencia

Huge €350million shopping centre is coming to Spain’s Valencia – this is what we know

VALENCIA City Council has approved plans for a new shopping centre in Malilla next to the Neuva Fe which will cost over €350 million to

22 Jul, 2024 @ 20:30

Valencia·Valencian Community

Protesters in Spain form human chains on beaches over controversial housing law

HUMAN chains were formed on beaches across the Valencia and Murcia regions on Saturday to demand action to stop sand erosion and potential evictions of

22 Jul, 2024 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia