October 2021

A four-year investigation has led to the arrest of five members of a Valencia area family gang for laundering over €45 million. They were detained on October 6, but information about the operation has only been made public this Tuesday(October 26). No further details about the arrested group have been released or where they were […]

HORSES, donkeys, ponies and many other animals are at risk if the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre in Rojales can’t replace it’s ageing transport. The hardy 25-year-old Nissan has done more than an incredible 350,000 kilometres (218,750 miles) whilst in the ownership of Rod and Sue Weeding, the proprietors. STALWART: Sue & Rod Weeding and

NINE EU states have scuppered a Spanish/French proposal to reform the bloc’s wholesale energy markets. Prompted by soaring bills, Spain and France wanted electricity prices to no longer be linked to the cost of gas. They view it as unfair that consumers are not benefiting from low-cost renewables and nuclear sources of electricity, but instead

DEVELOPERS Taylor Wimpey will spend €17 million on building an apartment complex on the southern Costa Blanca. The British firm will construct 48 homes overlooking Torrevieja’s Punta Prima beach. The two and three bedroom apartments in the new Posidonia complex will have sea-view terraces, as well as access to a storage room and garage facilities.

BENIDORM’S high COVID-19 infection rate of 286 cases per 100,000 people could lead to ‘special measures’ being introduced in the Costa Blanca resort. The warning came this Tuesday from Valencian Health Minister, Ana Barcelo, at a news conference to launch the region’s flu vaccination campaign. The coronavirus infection rate in Benidorm is almost seven times

THE grim task of exhuming, identifying and reburying dozens of victims of the Spanish Civil War has started after two mass graves were found. Archaeologists discovered the bodies at a cemetery in the town of Belchite in the province of Zaragoza. So far 15 bodies have been found in one of the graves, with diggers

FOUR officers from the Polica Local have been arrested in a dawn raid in Catalunya over suspected involvement in a cannabis trafficking operation. The operation to detain the officers took place at 5am on Tuesday as part of a larger operation against a cannabis trafficking network located in Barcelona. All the officers involved were based

A BAKERY in Ronda has been whipping up special sweet treats with a banana flavour in order to raise money for those affected by the eruption in La Palma. Banana palmiers from Confitería Daver The Confitería Daver will donate 50% of sales of its banana palmiers to those in need after lava from the volcano

A MAN has died after falling from an eighth floor window in a fire located in the Badalona area of Barcelona. According to authorities, they were alerted to a fire at 8.12am at 152 Avenida del Maresme, in the Sant Roc neighborhood of Badalona on Tuesday morning. ? Me informan de un incendio grave en

THE Asia Gardens Hotel & Thai Spa on Spain’s Costa Blanca has walked away with a major honour at the World Travel Awards. The south-east Asia themed hotel at Finestrat won the ‘Best Hotel in Spain 2021’ honour from the international body which are regarded as the ‘Oscars’ of the travel industry. The Asia Gardens