The Latest Breaking News from Costa Blanca

Dubbed a "motorway for cyclists" where avid amateurs can chase Tadej Pogacar up mountains teeming with the highest concentration of professional cyclists per square mile in the world, Spain's Costa Blanca has forged a new reputation for itself in recent years.

A number of fatal incidents have occured at the town’s beaches that are known for their currents

Benicon will take place in the Costa Blanca resort from November 18-20 with a series of events and celebrity appearances

Paul Lebihan, of Gateshead, died when he was swept under water when trying to save a drowning dog in a river near the Costa Blanca holiday resort

Friends have paid tribute to a “beautiful, vibrant” British woman who died after being stung by a wasp in a restaurant in Spain.

Local press are reporting she was a British national who lived in the area and was with family and friends at the time

The 67-year-old is said to have suffered anaphylactic shock in the incident in the municipality of Teulada-Moraira a short drive north of the holiday resort of Benidorm

The victim’s body was discovered just after 6.30pm on Wednesday after police were called to the property in Elche near Alicante - with detectives confirming she was a British pensioner aged 80 and said they are treating it as a murder

Louise Jones claimed disability benefits for almost a decade after moving to Alicante