https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed If you're going to be staying in Spain's Costa Blanca this summer and you're looking to spend time relaxing at a secluded beach or cove, here are ten spectacular spots where tourists and sometimes even locals don't go in Alicante province. https://www.thelocal.es/20210705/beat-the-crowds-10-hidden-beaches-and-coves-along-spains-costa-blanca Mon, 05 Jul 2021 16:22:40 +0200 beat-the-crowds-10-hidden-beaches-and-coves-along-spains-costa-blanca An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Ritcher scale was registered in the early hours of Tuesday morning just inland that could be felt across the Costa Blanca. https://www.thelocal.es/20201103/earthquakes-rattle-spains-costa-blanca Tue, 03 Nov 2020 11:49:16 +0100 earthquakes-rattle-spains-costa-blanca A migrant from Senegal who saved a disabled man from a burning building in Denia has been granted Spanish residency for his heroic act. https://www.thelocal.es/20200107/costa-blanca-street-seller-wins-residency-in-spain-for-heroic-act Tue, 07 Jan 2020 10:17:32 +0100 costa-blanca-street-seller-wins-residency-in-spain-for-heroic-act Residents in Denia on Spain’s Costa Blanca are keen to track down the unknown hero who scaled a wall and climbed into a burning house to carry out a man trapped by flames. https://www.thelocal.es/20191209/thank-you-for-saving-my-life-disabled-man-message-to-hero-mi Mon, 09 Dec 2019 14:43:30 +0100 thank-you-for-saving-my-life-disabled-man-message-to-hero-mi A second British tourist has died of his injuries after he and his friend plunged 10metres while taking a snap of themselves overlooking the beach in Torrevieja. https://www.thelocal.es/20190704/british-tourist-plunged-to-death-taking-selfie-costa-blanca Thu, 04 Jul 2019 13:08:38 +0200 british-tourist-plunged-to-death-taking-selfie-costa-blanca Hundreds of small jellyfish-like creatures have washed up on Costa Blanca beaches leaving a blue carpet of slime at the shoreline… but they are totally harmless. https://www.thelocal.es/20190503/strange-blue-creatures-wash-up-on-costa-blanca-beach Fri, 03 May 2019 12:41:10 +0200 strange-blue-creatures-wash-up-on-costa-blanca-beach Two Brits were rescued by fighters when they became trapped by falling masonry after part of their villa collapsed in Orihuela Costa, on Spain’s south eastern coast. https://www.thelocal.es/20180926/15-homes-evacuated-after-villa-collapse-in-orihuela Wed, 26 Sep 2018 18:44:55 +0200 15-homes-evacuated-after-villa-collapse-in-orihuela The local government of a Costa Blanca beach town said the use of the umbrella to make a 'reservation' was obstructing public access to the sandy shores. https://www.thelocal.es/20160527/spain-beach-hogger-tourist-fined-for-saving-spot-with-umbrella Fri, 27 May 2016 13:38:46 +0200 spain-beach-hogger-tourist-fined-for-saving-spot-with-umbrella