Costa Blanca News

Armed troops could be seen on Benidorm's Poniente beach at the weekend – but it was all part of the Codex Belix D-Day Normandy...

THE HIGH temperatures and strong winds are creating a serious fire risk in the countryside, warned the Valencia regional government. The alert comes after a...

NEO-Nazis assaulted people taking part in Murcia city’s gay pride parade on Saturday. Opposition political parties have called on government sub-delegate Antonio Sánchez-Solís to resign...

The Briton accused of stabbing his partner in Orihuela Costa last Tuesday has been arrested by local police in Benidorm. David James Grundy, aged 53,...

Vessels cannot get in or out of Guardamar’s harbour By Alex Watkins MANY boat owners at the Marina de las Dunas in Guardamar del Segura have...

URGENT measures will be taken to improve road safety along the N-332 following the death this week of yet another cyclist along the main...

A FOUR-DAY 1,500 mile charity driving rally - ‘Benidorm or Bust’, which started in Blackpool arrived in Benidorm on Saturday afternoon. The annual event was...

THE RICO Pérez stadium in Alicante will host the Spain-Albania 2018 World Cup qualifier on October 6. Two years after the national squads' last match...

THREE fishermen whose boat sank off the Cabo de la Nao had to cling to the wreckage for 18 hours with only a vat...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS are digging up the past to reveal more about the fascinating civilisations which inhabited the south Costa Blanca area before the Romans arrived. Read...

A EUROPEAN Commission (EC) law to abolish roaming charges for residents using mobile phones when they travel to another European country has come into...

FORMER San Javier Socialist party (PSOE) councillor Manuel Leal was allegedly shot dead by an 80-year-old farmer last night. Full story in Friday’s Costa Blanca...

THE OWNER of an Elche brothel has been detained, along with three employees, for stealing the card of a client and charging him for...

SURVIVOR of the London Bridge terror attack - Alejandro Martínez from Murcia – arrived home on Monday after treatment for his injuries in the...

  THE REGIONAL government in Valencia is organising a conference which will look at ‘regularising’ illegal tourist apartments. President Ximo Puig said they will bring together...

ANOTHER cyclist has been killed on the N-332 in Oliva (La Safor, Valencia province) almost in the same place as three triathletes lost their...

REGIONAL president Ximo Puig has praised the work carried out by the members of ecologist pressure group Greenpeace to raise awareness of contamination and...

TWO youths had to be rescued at a rocky cove in Torrevieja by Guardia Civil after they went swimming in heavy seas. A spokesman for...

CONSTRUCTION work on hundreds of new properties in Orihuela Costa is being started without the compulsory building licence from the council, according to Cambiemos...

A TOTAL of €403,564 will be invested in revamping the abandoned bullring in Orihuela city. Full story in today’s Costa Blanca News (south edition).