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February 2010


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Miss World loves Gibraltar

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on February 28, 2010

EXCLUSIVE: In an exclusive interview Miss World tells the Olive Press why returning to southern Spain under a British flag is so special


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Yes, it’s the wettest winter ever – official

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on February 27, 2010

After floods, property damage and transport disruption Andalucia’s devastating wet weather measures as the worst on record


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Buried on the beach

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on February 26, 2010

EXCLUSIVE BY ANDREW PEARCE IN LA MAMOLA: The funeral of the English couple killed by freak roof collapse attended by hundreds of Spanish and British mourners on the coast


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Road safety MP in drunken crash

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on February 26, 2010

Popular Party spokesman on road safety has been arrested after being twice the legal limit


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Worst of the worst

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on February 25, 2010

Nominate your most hated business in a new poll


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We love you, really

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on February 25, 2010

Jerez tourist boss says Brits aren’t that bad after all


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I am the Med

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on February 25, 2010

Writer Bob Maddox imagines what it has been like to be the world’s greatest body of water


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Massacre

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on February 25, 2010

Horses were killed in floods in Alhaurin de la Torre last week but there was some good news as a daring rescue mission took place


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Killed for five euros

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on February 24, 2010

Teenager stabbed over the smallest of debts while Morrocan attacker fled and was later arrested


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British couple killed watching television in Spain

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on February 23, 2010

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES: Andalucia record rainfall causes catastrophic roof collapse


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Noisy neighbour kicked out

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on February 23, 2010

A man has been ordered to leave his house for being too loud


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Purr-fect

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on February 23, 2010

Woman bequeaths millions to protect endangered cat


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All go for Van Gogh

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on February 23, 2010

World’s most popular artist scheduled for Malaga as plans for new Thyssen museum take shape


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Bottom of the league

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on February 23, 2010

Andalucia finishes last in a list in Spanish reading rates


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Less waiting around

By Jon Clarke (Editor) on February 23, 2010

Healthy news for Spain’s hospitals as waiting lists fall


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Gibraltar rocks

March 12, 2010

Forget sunburned ex-pats and cheap booze, Jon Clarke discovers that the Med’s little Britain has had a makeover


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The ‘Special One’ backed for Madrid role

March 12, 2010

Portuguese boss Jose Mourinho favourite to replace under fire Madrid boss

Andalucia, Lead2 »

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Going Gaelic

March 12, 2010

Andalucia is being represented by a new Gaelic football team, Eire Og Seville, in a Costa del Sol tournament this Saturday

Andalucia, Lead2 »

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Holy guacamole

March 12, 2010

Police arrest two over record avocado thefts

Opinion »

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Do it for Rocky

March 12, 2010

After Rocky’s mother made a fresh appeal to catch the suspected killer of her son Olive Press readers can help catch Jimbles

Lead2 »

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Oscar glory for Spain

March 12, 2010

Spanish success in foreign language film but Penelope Cruz misses out on successive Oscars


The Olive Press is the English language newspaper for Andalucia. Local news from Costa del Sol and inland Andalucia plus national news from around Spain

From The Archives »

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Spain authorities seize British baby

March 5, 2010 | Andalucia, National News

Social services swoop on child after couple flee UK

In search of Sylvania

September 3, 2007 | Features

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of Groucho Marx’s death, Paul Read travels to Loja to find out why the town was chosen to feature in one of the comedian’s best-known films

VOTED the 60th Greatest Movie of All Time by the American Film Institute, Duck Soup remains one of the great political satires on the senselessness [...]

Runaway ham baron arrested in Caribbean hideaway

January 10, 2008 | Andalucia

El Jamonero begs judges not to grant him bail as mob waits outside court
A FORMER bank manager who allegedly conned millions of euros from the residents of a mountain town has been arrested at his Caribbean hideaway.
Antonio Herrero, who owned a ham company in Trevelez near Granada, was detained by Interpol officers in the Dominican [...]

Greens demand more expensive water for greater users

June 25, 2007 | Andalucia

Figures show levels in Granada reservoirs lower than in 2006
DROUGHT will continue to plague Andalucia while the demand for water will rise, according to the Los Verdes (Green) Party.
The political group has asked the Junta de Andalucia regional government to charge people for their water in direct relation with the amount used to counter the [...]

European Parliament slams “urban abuse” in Spain

June 26, 2007 | National News

MEPs want change in Spain’s Constitution to protect individual property rights
LOCAL authorities in Spain adopt a “Wild West” attitude towards construction while giving excess powers to property developers.
That is the position of Brussels after the EU reiterated its stance against construction abuse in the country.
In a sitting of European Parliament in Strasbourg, 327 MEPs voted [...]