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Spanish arrest of Britain’s most wanted

One of Britain’s most wanted men has been arrested in Marbella in connection with a fatal drive-by shooting

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Allen gives thumbs-up to Asturias

Woody Allen has appeared in a video to promote Asturias

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Clegg loosens his belt

Vice-PM has been over-indulging on paella and churros while in Spain

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Holiday motorists will pay

Tourists targeted in speeding clampdown

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A lot of stress over what exactly?

Olive Press finance writer Ian Le Breton on how the vast majority of Spanish banks have passed the so-called “stress tests”

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Bull on the rampage in Spain

Spectators were forced to flee after a bull leapt into the stands at a bullring in Tafalla injuring 30 people


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Controllers Call Off Strike

Good news for holidaymakers as air traffic controllers postpone their walk out


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Bullfighting banned in Catalonia

A parliamentary vote makes Catalonia the first mainland autonomous region in Spain to ban the practice


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Crime free

Spain has only 44 offences per 1000 people


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Spain still top place to move

Searches for property in Spain have more than doubled in one year


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Mother of Ronaldo’s Baby Revealed

The football ace’s baby came from a one-night stand with a penniless Los Angeles waitress


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National News »

Take a bung, m’lud?

As judge is jailed for bribery, half of Spain believes money buys freedom

Lead2, National News »

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Shakira gets her skates on

Shakira took to the streets while recording in Barcelona

Lead2, National News »

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Bikini Ban

Catalan resort Salou wants tourists to show less skin

National News »

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Spain Reign Victorious with World Cup Win

‘La Furia Roja’ defeats the Netherlands 1-0 to lift the cup after almost 80 years of waiting

Andalucia, Malaga, National News »

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Andalucía to London in ten hours – by train

Taking a fast train from the Costa del Sol to London will cut out the ‘airport hassle factor’, not to mention 90 per cent of your CO2 emissions, writes Sara Wallace

Andalucia, National News »

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Costa del Dole

Expatriates in Spain panned for scrounging UK sick benefits

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. A campaigning, community newspaper, the Olive Press represents the huge and growing expatriate community in southern Spain - 29,000 copies printed monthly with an estimated readership, including the website, of more than 170,000 people a month.