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Couple who ‘tricked auction houses around Spain to sell their fake designer bags for up to €10,000 a pop’ are finally arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A TORREVIEJA couple have been arrested for selling fake luxury high-end branded leather goods to auction houses across Spain. The Policia Nacional said the quality

17 Jan, 2024 @ 11:15

Barcelona·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Corrupt former mayor gets convicted and jailed for taking public cash on Spain's Costa Blanca

Corrupt ex-mayor is convicted yet again and jailed for stealing public money on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ONE of the most corrupt ex-mayors in Alicante province has been in court again to pick up a a four-and-a-half year jail term and an

9 Jan, 2024 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Politics·Valencian Community

Recorded earth tremors rose by over 70% in 2023 across Spain's Alicante area

Recorded earth tremors leapt up by 70% in 2023 across Spain’s Alicante area

SEISMIC activity increased by 70.3% in Alicante province last year according to the National Geographic Institute. There were 91 tremors ranging between 1.5 and 3.8

5 Jan, 2024 @ 16:05

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

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

Violent and dangerous fugitive with links to Italian mafia is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FUGITIVE with links to the Italian mafia who was wanted by Belgian and Dutch authorities has been arrested on a Costa Blanca urbanisation. The

28 Dec, 2023 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Emergency call centre nurse helps save life of choking young baby on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE PARENTS of a two-month-old baby saved her life on Sunday night after following instructions from an emergency call centre nurse. The youngster was taken

26 Dec, 2023 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Earthquake shakes popular tourist areas on Spain's Costa Blanca

Earth tremor felt in expat area of Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE National Geographic Institute reported a Monday morning earthquake measuring 2.4 on the Richter scale in the southern Costa Blanca. It happened at 10.27am with

18 Dec, 2023 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

British fugitive who murdered his wife is found hiding on Spain's Costa Blanca

British killer is found hiding on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BRITISH fugitive convicted of murdering his wife in 1999 has been arrested in Torrevieja, after being paroled in 2015 and breaching his bail conditions.

18 Dec, 2023 @ 12:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Why Christmas lights are not twinkling yet in one major area of Spain’s Costa Blanca

CHRISTMAS lights have been switched on across the Costa Blanca but Orihuela council has been left on the starting line as politicians blame each other

5 Dec, 2023 @ 09:15

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Popular iconic beach restaurant is getting torn down on orders of Costas authority after 80 years of trading on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A RESTAURANT that has been a landmark on Torrevieja’s Playa del Cura for 80 years is being torn down on the orders of the provincial

24 Nov, 2023 @ 13:24

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

Five teenage boys accused of raping girl, 15, in Spain’s Alicante

FIVE teenage boys have been interned in juvenile centres after being arrested for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl in Dolores. The Guardia Civil arrested the

23 Nov, 2023 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Infamous traffic black spot on Spain’s Costa Blanca inches forward to getting a major overhaul

A LONG-STANDING pledge to turn the N-332 into a dual carriageway as it passes through Torrevieja appears to be moving one step closer to reality.

21 Nov, 2023 @ 18:45

Costa Blanca·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Popular tourist beach bars closed all during 2023 to reopen at Easter on Spain's Costa Blanca

Popular tourist beach bars closed all throughout 2023 WILL reopen for Easter holidays on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA council has promised that Orihuela Costa beach bars will reopen at Easter after they were shut all year after an old contract held by

21 Nov, 2023 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Drug driver travels 28km on the wrong side of the motorway with three young friends in the car on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A YOUNG motorist was pulled over in the early hours of Thursday morning after driving for 28 kilometres of the wrong carriageway of the A-7

16 Nov, 2023 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Century-old derelict mansion with majestic gardens to be slowly restored to its former splendour on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN HISTORIC building bought by Jacarilla council in 2009 from a real estate entrepreneur may soon be restored to some of its former glory thanks

13 Nov, 2023 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·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

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

Brazilian 'cleaners' tricked into becoming sex workers at Costa Blanca brothel in Spain

Brazilian ‘cleaners’ conned and forced to become sex workers at Costa Blanca brothel in Spain

FIVE WOMEN forced to work as prostitutes in Spain’s Alicante province have been freed by the Policia Nacional following collaboration with the Brazilian Federal police.

18 Oct, 2023 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

British motorcyclist killed in head-on crash with fellow expat on Spain's Costa Blanca

British expat, 62, dies in head-on motorcycle crash on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BRITISH motorcyclist died in a head-on collision with another car- also driven by a British national- in the San Miguel de Salinas area of

17 Oct, 2023 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Thieves rob homes as part of their summer holiday on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FOUR GEORGIAN men rented Torrevieja area holiday homes over the summer to use them as bases to rob properties across the Vega Baja and Medio

17 Oct, 2023 @ 12:42

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Woman gets €450,000 pay out after shoulder surgery causes arm amputation at Costa Blanca hospital in Spain

Woman wins €450,000 pay out after shoulder surgery causes arm amputation at Costa Blanca hospital in Spain

AN ELDERLY woman has got a €450,000 pay-out after a shoulder operation went wrong at Torrevieja Hospital resulting in the amputation of her left arm.

3 Oct, 2023 @ 14:07

Costa Blanca·Health·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

After years of campaigning, British expat areas of Spain’s Costa Blanca will finally get home postal deliveries

COMMUNITY postal boxes are to be scrapped over large parts of the Orihuela Costa with the state postal service Correos ordered to introduce ‘door to

3 Oct, 2023 @ 13:11

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Health centre expansion reversed for busy British expat area of Spain’s Costa Blanca

PLANS to expand a health centre serving 30,000 patients on the Orihuela Costa have been shelved in favour of seeking a site to build a

2 Oct, 2023 @ 15:57

Costa Blanca·Health·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Two men stealing from holiday homes and beach car parks are caught red-handed after hotel robbery on Spain's Costa Blanca

Two Algerian ‘robbers’ are arrested for ‘targeting tourists in hotel rooms and Airbnb apartments’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO ROBBERS were caught red-handed after plundering a Costa Blanca beach-front hotel with the men having a busy summer stealing from holiday homes, apartments and

10 Sep, 2023 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Plans for three solar farms on ‘protected’ land in Spain’s Alicante are shut down by the regional government

PLANS for three solar farms in the south of Alicante province next to the protected Sierra Escalona area have been rejected by the Ministry for

10 Sep, 2023 @ 11:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Valencian Community

Irishman, 29, is arrested after ‘fleeing the scene of a fatal car crash’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested a 29-year-old Irish national over a hit and run car crash in Torrevieja that killed a motorist. The man is

8 Sep, 2023 @ 12:34

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Warning over holiday rental scams in southern Spain: Three are arrested for ‘defrauding unsuspecting tourists out of tens of thousands of euros’

A TORREVIEJA holiday rental scam has been busted by the Guardia Civil with three Spaniards arrested- some of whom had previously committed similar frauds. 30

6 Sep, 2023 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

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