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Key Health Services '100%' Guaranteed In Torrevieja During Busy Costa Blanca Summer In Spain

Key health services ‘100%’ guaranteed in Torrevieja area during busy Costa Blanca summer in Spain

TORREVIEJA Health Department has guaranteed ‘100%’ coverage in key patient services during the summer season with €2.8 million funding from its 2023 ‘Holiday Plan’. There

6 Jun, 2023 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Torrevieja wants tough police action against illegal street sellers on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TORREVIEJA council had made a new appeal for tough police action to clear pavements of illegal street sellers ahead of the summer season. The unlicensed

6 Jun, 2023 @ 12:45

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

‘Love Hug’ robber with eight year trail of crime is arrested yet again on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 30-YEAR-OLD Romanian woman who has arrest warrants dating back to 2015 for committing ‘love hug’ robberies has been arrested in the Alicante area. A

5 Jun, 2023 @ 13:30

Alicante·Almeria·Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

British drugs gang arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca for exporting marijuana to Ireland

A BRITISH drug trafficking gang operating out of southern Alicante province has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. Two properties in San Miguel de Salinas

5 Jun, 2023 @ 11:28

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Cocaine distributors moved supplies in hidden car compartments across Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE POLICIA NACIONAL has dismantled a cocaine trafficking gang in the Vega Baja region of Alicante Province. Investigators believe around a kilo of the substance

30 May, 2023 @ 15:58

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Partido Popular Make City Gains In Municipal Elections But Psoe Socialists Defy The Odds In Parts Of Spain's Southern Costa Blanca

Partido Popular make big municipal election gains but socialists see off challenge in parts of Spain’s southern Costa Blanca

NEW mayors are on the way for Elche and Orihuela following success for the Partido Popular(PP) in Sunday’s municipal elections. Elche produced one of the

29 May, 2023 @ 14:28

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Politics·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Police find dead pig in back of van travelling on Costa Blanca motorway in Spain

A GUARDIA CIVIL patrol pulled over a small van on the AP-7 motorway in Torrevieja after spotting a large suspicious package in the trunk that

25 May, 2023 @ 12:00

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

Demolition of expensive ‘white elephant’ building begins on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BULLDOZERS have started demolishing an infamous empty ‘white elephant’ building in Pilar de la Horadada that has been a drain on public money ever since

22 May, 2023 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Seven Cannabis Clubs That Sold Drugs To Minors And Foreign Tourists Are Closed Down In Spain's Costa Blanca

Cannabis clubs selling drugs to minors and foreign tourists are closed down in Spain’s Costa Blanca

SEVEN cannabis clubs have been closed down in Torrevieja and 19 people aged between 25 and 69 arrested in a major operation by the Guardia

19 May, 2023 @ 11:30

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

Declaration Process Started To Create Much Anticipated Natural Park In Spain's Costa Blanca

Declaration process begins to create much-anticipated natural park in Spain’s Costa Blanca

A PROCESS to formally declare a new natural park in the south of Alicante province started on Tuesday after an order was signed by Valencian

16 May, 2023 @ 12:54

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Valencian Community

Court stops father from banning daughter’s important ear operation on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FATHER has lost a two-year court battle over stopping his young daughter getting an important ear operation. The girl has now undergone the surgery

15 May, 2023 @ 19:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Murcia·Valencian Community

Public Health Campaigners Say Torrevieja Hospital On Spain's Costa Blanca Needs Another 166 Beds

Public health campaigners claim major bed shortage at Torrevieja Hospital on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A PUBLIC health campaign group has called for more beds at Torrevieja Hospital during a protest outside the facility on Thursday. ‘Platforma por la Sanidad

12 May, 2023 @ 13:53

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Cannabis Smoking Club Closed For Selling Drugs On Spain's Costa Blanca

Cannabis club closed over illegal drug sales on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has closed down a private cannabis club in Almoradi because it sold drugs. Registered cannabis clubs are permitted to allow the smoking

12 May, 2023 @ 12:57

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

Many British nationals in Spain’s Costa Blanca fail to register to vote in May council elections

COUNCIL elections on May 28 will see fewer British expats voting in the Vega Baja area of Alicante province because they failed to re-register by

9 May, 2023 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Politics·Valencian Community

Emergency alert texts to be sent to EVERY phone in areas most at risk from 'historic' Gota Fria across Spain's Valencia region

Mobile phones blare out emergency test alert in Costa Blanca area of Spain

MOBILE phone owners in parts of Alicante province got a Thursday surprise as the Valencian government tested out its emergency alert system. 27 municipalities in

4 May, 2023 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Robbers flee with just €500 after bank stick-up on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO bank robbers held up a Torrevieja bank on Tuesday morning and escaped with just €500. The hooded men entered a branch of the Sabadell

2 May, 2023 @ 15:54

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

Stabbing riddle as ‘good friend’ cleared of killing young Brit, Ben Nesbitt, on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A SOUTHPORT man has been found not guilty of homicide following the fatal stabbing of Ben Nesbitt, 22, who was found bleeding to death in

1 May, 2023 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Online scammer sells non-existent cut price cars to people around Spain

Gang sweeps through Costa Blanca shopping area car parks in Spain on robbery spree

SIX THIEVES who operated as a pack in Torrevieja shopping area car parks have been arrested by the Guardia Civil. Five men and a woman-

28 Apr, 2023 @ 15:00

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

New car park coming to popular tourist beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A CONTRACT has been advertised to build a new car park serving Guardamar del Segura’s Playa La Roqueta. The tender cost comes in at just

25 Apr, 2023 @ 10:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

‘Hugging robber’ jailed at last after multiple offences on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FEMALE thief who ‘hugged’ victims in a tight embrace was caught red-handed trying to steal from an elderly man in a Costa Blanca golf

24 Apr, 2023 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Official go-ahead within days for controversial urbanisation on unspoilt stretch of Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA council’s governing board this Tuesday will finally approve the controversial plans to build up to 2,200 homes at Cala Mosca. Work by the Gomendio

16 Apr, 2023 @ 08:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Private Car Park Set For Closure After Motorhomes Make Overnight Stays On Spain's Costa Blanca

Motorhomes staying illegally overnight causes car park closure on Spain’s Costa Blanca

RESIDENTS on a Torrevieja urbanisation appear to have won a long-running battle to close a private car park where motorhomes stayed overnight- in breach of

13 Apr, 2023 @ 09:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community