Brits evacuated from Benidorm hotel inferno
A group of 21 Brits staying at the Hotel Victoria - in the Old Town - had an unexpected wake up call on Saturday...
Summer holiday gang busted
A PROLIFIC gang of criminals that has been preying on foreign tourists holidaying along the east coast of Spain has been arrested by National...
AENA will run new Murcia airport – and close San Javier
THE MANAGEMENT of Corvera airport will be handed to state airport company AENA, Murcia regional president Fernando López Miras announced on Wednesday.
The state company...
Budget high-speed trains coming to Orihuela and Murcia
The first low cost, high-speed train (AVE) between Madrid and Murcia will start on December 10 with fares from as little as €7.
The ‘Avlo’...
Large shark caught in Calpe
An eight-metre young basking shark was caught in a local fishing boat's net in Calpe on Wednesday afternoon. The shark was injured and was...
Over 2,000 cases of Covid-19 in Valencia city
The new breakdown of figures per muncipality in the Valencia region shows 2,088 people in Valencia city have contracted the coronavirus since the first...
Russian mafia swoop
National Police have taken down a large Russian speaking, high risk, organised crime network involved in corruption and money laundering
Full report in today’s Costa...
All Valencia Region gets phase one status from Monday
The areas of the Valencia Region that were left out of phase one on Monday (including the three provincial capitals of Valencia, Alicante and...
Spain to declare State of Alarm
PM Pedro Sánchez has just announced that the Cabinet will declare the State of Alarm in the whole of Spain over the Covid-19 coronavirus...
Downpour alert
METEOROLOGISTS are forecasting 'gota fría' (cut-off low) torrential downpours along the Costa Blanca this weekend and at the beginning of next week - with...
Torrential downpours cause chaos
With more rain falling in just 48 hours than throughout the whole of 2016 along the Costa Blanca, the River Segura overflowed around Orihuela...
Cheap AVE to start in May
Anyone keen to visit Madrid on the first low-fare, high-speed trains (AVE) from Alicante will be able to do so from May, when the...
Tourism tax bombshell
AS PART of the fiscal reforms being contemplated by the regional government in Valencia, experts are revising plans that could see the 'tasa turística'...
Airport strike threat
TWO DIFFERENT strikes are set to hit Alicante-Elche airport as unions take on the government over pay and working conditions.
Three trade unions - CCOO,...