Tag Archives: Costa Blanca

POPULAR Costa Blanca entertainer Stevie Spit, has died aged just 54. The prolific charity fundraiser lost his battle against cancer on Tuesday. Whether hosting shows in his famous drag persona at the Benidorm Palace or simply in his normal attire, he was always out to help others. “After a very short illness, he slipped away peacefully surrounded by his loved …

THIS is the moment a tornado was spotted landing on the Costa Blanca on Monday. Video shared on X shows the weather phenomenon travelling through the town of Benilloba in Alicante. It came as much of the area was on a weather alert for storms and rain, with dozens of warnings still in place today. Hui està sent el dia …

JAVEA’S ‘cursed’ new municipal swimming pool which started construction in 2021 has suffered a fresh set back- water leaks totalling 500 litres per week. Rising costs plagued and delayed the project with the council having to pay an extra €922,000 as the lay-out reached around €6 million. The authority was handed over the pool by contractor Contratas Vilor on April …

A SPANISH mayor has been branded as ‘far-right’ after criticising the decision to move hundreds of adult asylum seekers from the Canary Islands to his small seaside town this week. Marti Pujal, the mayor for Tossa de Mar, a coastal settlement of 6,000 residents on the Costa Brava popular with Brits, slammed the planned movement of migrants as ‘excessive’ and …

L’ALFAS del Pi has joined neighbouring Costa Blanca towns like Altea and Polop in suspending new tourist accommodation licenses. The council agreed on a two-year suspension at a plenary meeting and to prepare measures to regularise unlicensed properties through a new local law. Government spokesperson, Toni Such, said: ”We will prosecute those owners of undeclared homes or those who do …

A UKRAINIAN man wanted by Russia over a fraud amounting to €850 has been arrested on an international arrest warrant at an Alicante hotel. Russian authorities said the crime was committed at the end of 2021- before the invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022. It’s not been revealed when the warrant was issued. The 31-year-old detainee allegedly collaborated with …

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 …

THE most expensive street to buy a house in the Valencian Community has been revealed to be in the luxury Altea Hills urbanisation on the Costa Blanca. Calle Las Ramblas also boasts- at €10 million- the most expensive property on the market in the region. With panoramic views of the sea, the road has an average €4 million asking price …

A LA RIOJA father and son have been arrested for stealing an electric scooter while on holiday 600 kms away in Benidorm after its GPS unit tracked them home. The Policia Nacional found the scooter in the boot of their car which was being serviced at a workshop. The €2,500 two-wheeler was part of fleet belonging to a Benidorm rental …

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 …