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60-year-old jailed for raping a 16-year-old girl in Villajoyosa
A 60-year-old man has been sentenced to five years in jail by the Alicante Court of Appeals for raping a 16-year-old girl in Villajoyosa while she was drunk....
Six companies apply for the contract for the ice cream parlour on the Alicante Esplanade
Alicante City Council’s contracting committee has announced the six solutions that were chosen for the public tender for the famous kiosk that used to be...
How Expats are Blending Halloween Fun with Spanish Autumn Traditions
The Costa Blanca is undergoing a beautiful transition as the hot summer sun gradually gives way to the softer, more golden autumnal hues. Even though the...
Urbanova, the seaside campsite that’s making a comeback in Alicante
The signage, warnings, and patrols have not been adequate. Urbanova, the Alicante neighbourhood that seemed to have calmed down last April, is once again home...
Police seek witnesses to the brutal beating of an 18-year-old man by twenty people
Family and friends of an 18-year-old man who was brutally beaten by about twenty people near the Magma nightclub in Alicante last weekend and taken to the...
Raúl is 26 years old, has a degree, two postgraduate degrees, and wants to be Mr. Alicante
Raúl Castaño is one of the finalists for Mr. RNB (National Beauty Pageant). He is from Elche and is competing in Alicante. He is 26 years old and has a...
Pensioner strangled in Benidorm was Irish and had invited her killer to her home
The 66-year-old granny who was strangled with a vacuum cleaner cable on September 17th was Irish and allegedly invited her assailant to her Benidorm house....
18-year-old drowns while swimming near La Cantera in Alicante
Yesterday, Wednesday September 24th, an 18-year-old male drowned off Alicante’s La Cantera beach, near the Punta Piedra restaurant. The victim had gone...
Callosa de Segura adds 15 new officers to its Local Police force
The Callosa de Segura City Council’s year-long selection process finished last week with the swearing-in of 15 new police officers—12 males and three...
One died when a drug boat collides with a Guardia Civil boat of Algeciras (Cádiz)
In a terrible tragedy in Algeciras (Cádiz), one person died after the drug boat they were on collided with a Guardia Civil vessel. The catastrophe occurred off...
