Costa del Sol Spain

THE parents of a boy, 7, who nearly drowned at a communal swimming pool in San Juan de Alicante, have been arrested for child abandonment. The family from Almeria were staying at the Adra urbanisation. The youngster was playing with other children and went into the pool on Wednesday afternoon. He was pulled out of the water by a lifeguard …

IT’S been days since the trend of looking for love in Mercadona first began appearing online. It has now exploded into a social media craze, with scores of influencers and everyday people heading to Spain’s favourite supermarket for a chance to find romance. So how does it work? The time for the so-called ‘Hacendado Tinder’ is between 7pm and 8pm. …

A BELGIAN man has died while swimming off a popular beach on the Costa Blanca. The 74-year-old was pulled from the sea and onto Fossa beach in Calp at around 3pm on Thursday. The alarm was raised when lifeguards saw him floating face down in the water. They immediately began trying to revive him on the shore in front of …

A BRITISH pensioner has died while hiking in a popular beauty spot in Spain. The unnamed 70-year-old was walking the Cares Route in the northwestern province of Leon on Wednesday when he suddenly collapsed. He lost consciousness and went into cardiac arrest, reports Info Leon. Fellow hikers immediately began performing CPR in an attempt to revive him. The incident took …

A LACK of taxis in Torrevieja during the high season has prompted a call for temporary licenses to be issued for the busiest time of the year. The Costa Blanca city only has 86 licenses to serve a population that triples to over 300,000 during July and August. Tourists and residents are sometimes left waiting hours for a taxi- if …

ALICANTE City Council wants to close down YouTuber Nil Ojeda’s video channels after a viral challenge encouraging followers to stage fake beach drownings to win gifts from his clothing brand. The authority will file a series of complaints with the Public Prosecutor’s Office after the Spaniard’s challenge led to several incidents in July at the city’s Postiguet and San Juan …

A NEW Valencia region campaign is promoting a better understanding between tourists and residents in the wake of ‘anti-tourism’ protests in Spain this year. The initiative with the slogan “I am also you, I am also a tourist’ was created by Turisme Communitat Valenciana, the Costa Blanca Tourist Board, and the Hosbec hoteliers association. The aim is for visitors and …

A BRITISH immigrant living in Tenerife has ignited controversy by leading an anti-tourism campaign that calls for a tax on holidaymakers visiting the popular Spanish island.  Brian Harrison, the secretary general of Salvar La Tejita (Save La Tejita), a group formed in 2016 to protest a new hotel development, has become a prominent figure in the Spain-wide anti-tourism movement. The …

Everything is now set for work to start on the creation of a gable roof for Malaga’s cathedral in the coming weeks and throughout September. It will finally put an end to the constant problem of leaks that have plagued the building since it was constructed. Malaga city’s municipal urban planning department has just issued the last building permit for …

RESIDENTS in a pair of tower blocks in Malaga are up in arms over the proliferation of tourist apartments that they claim create a ‘living hell.’  With over 110 tourist apartments out of 252 units in the Martirico towers – almost half – a group of residents from the south tower recounted to SUR their despair and frustrations with the …