Costa Blanca News

THE POSSIBILITY that the government is toying with the idea of establishing a nominal toll rate for the motorways that are meant to be...

NATIONAL Police in Benidorm arrested five members of a gang that operated the pea game, fleecing holidaymakers out of hundreds of euros every day. The...

HUNDREDS of holidaymakers spent Friday night crammed into the ferry terminal waiting room in Dénia after their craft ran aground, leaving their cars and...

The provincial government is once again offering free online courses to learn Spanish. Provincial deputy Juan de Dios Navarro noted that they are for official...

If you knew my brother you’d guess this was going to be about him! He’s led a charmed life, has ‘our Al’, but no,...

Three men have been arrested in connection with an alleged gang rape in Murcia city in the early hours of Saturday morning. The victim is...

The respite from sweltering temperatures in the south of Alicante province and Murcia – that came with the arrival of a low pressure weather...

SPANISH Ryanair crew are poised to go on strike after the company announced their intention of closing three Spanish bases – Las Palmas on...

BENIDORM'S Plaza de Hispania (Triangular) is 80% complete and open according to public works councillor, José Ramón González de Zárate, with the pedestrian part...

THE British and Spanish governments are being urged to take action against an alleged travel insurance scam run by a group of unscrupulous companies. The...

A special operation has been launched by the national traffic department (DGT) for one of the busiest holiday weekends on the roads of the...

The town hall is carrying out ‘a series of improvements to tourism facilities’ around Torrevieja to ensure the municipality is ready for the thousands...

National Police are investigating the illegal sale of food which was handed to an Alicante charity for disadvantaged people. Two suspects have been arrested, one...

Orihuela Costa’s CLARO party has launched a collective action ‘to contest loss of voting rights’. Party president Helene Akerman presented formal letters of complaint requesting...

A total of five people have been arrested after a woman was held at knifepoint and robbed in her home in the Elche coastal...

With the threat of a no-deal Brexit increasing with the manoeuvrings of Boris Johnson’s Conservative government, president of the Valencia region Ximo Puig has...

President of the Valencia region Ximo Puig has called for a ‘great alliance’ between town halls, businesses and his coalition government in the fight...

Thousands of ravers eager to enjoy the famous Medusa electronic music festival have started to arrive in Cullera. The event begins today (Friday) and...

VALENCIA city hall and the region’s branch of disabled people’s association COCEMFE will jointly build 11 accessible homes. Vice-Mayoress and Urbanism councillor Sandra Gómez met...

A RIVER delta crossing a southern Oliva beach has been reopened for bathing after tests for raw sewage showed up negative. Floaters in the mouth...