After five years of free roaming, how can you avoid roaming fees returning in 2022? For those of us that use our UK mobile number for travel regularly, this is concerning. In 2017, the EU launched their ‘Roam Like at Home’ initiative, essentially banning EU mobile networks from being able to charge their users for […]
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THE first freeze of 2022 is predicted to hit Alicante and the wider Valencian Community this Thursday (January 13). Towns in the mountainous interior of Alicante, Valencia and Castellon will see temperatures as low –4°C during the small hours of Thursday morning. Coastal areas will also experience a chilly 4°C–5°C in certain areas, marking some
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IT is hard to describe Pradollano as an authentic mountain village. But, with a metre of snow on the ground and the sun finally out, it certainly has its charms. There are lots of places to stay but easily one of the most charming has got to be the authentic Hotel Kenia Nevada, which is
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AN African savannah serval, a protected feline, has been recently located in a house in Madrid. The Jungle cat was rescued by officers of the Environmental Unit of the Municipal Police of Madrid (UMA) and the Citizen’s Advice Office of the San Blas District Integral Unit at the start of the year. La UMA junto
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A BRITISH couple have appealed for the return of an engagement ring stolen from a rental car by thieves in Ibiza just an hour before a romantic proposal. Laith Amini, 34, had gone to great lengths to prepare for the moment he would ask for his girlfriend’s hand in marriage while they were on holiday
A San Juan de Alicante man, 43, has been arrested for blackmailing an Alicante Province woman on a dating website. The man forwarded private material featuring the teenager to his friends on the site. He then demanded money from the woman in return for the deletion of the files. Some of his online colleagues also
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AN impressive fireball was spotted streaking across the sky over Andalucia during Saturday night. It was pictured appearing in the sky above the province of Malaga before disintegrating over the town of Marchena (Sevilla). The asteroid was photographed from Almeria’s Calar Alto Observatory at 1.18am on Sunday morning. Picture: Calar Alto Observatory (Almeria) The small
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AN Alicante-based people-trafficking gang has been arrested in a joint Policia Nacional-Europol operation. The criminal crew ran a route between Spain and Algeria and also used it to export goods stolen from Costa Blanca beach goers. 22 people were detained in Alicante with two arrests in the Almeria and Jaen areas of Andalucia. The gang
MADRID’S regional premier has unveiled ambitious new plans to encourage more women to have children in a bid to reverse Spain’s falling birth rates. Isabel Ayuso, the regional president from the right wing Popular Party (PP) announced a €4.5billion fertility plan that would see the age limit for state-assisted IVF raised from 40 to 45
AN exceptional treasure trove of Roman coins buried for centuries in a cave in northern Spain has been unearthed thanks to a hungry badger. The hoard of coins dating from between the third and fifth centuries were discovered in a cave outside Grado in the northern region of Asturias last spring, just feet away from
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