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Sevilla’s 45 minute car rule

February 18, 2010 | Andalucia Lead2 Sevilla

New fines target the time spent by drivers in the city centre

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Was Atlantis in Andalucia?

January 19, 2010 | Andalucia Cadiz Huelva Lead2 Sevilla

Latest archaeological breakthrough indicates Andalucia may have once been home to the mythical civilisation

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Record rainfall sees worst floods since 1940s

December 24, 2009 | Cadiz Lead2 Sevilla

Some of heaviest rain on record leads to flood chaos in Andalucia. Here, a submerged house in Jimera de Libar, near Ronda. Picture Karl Smallman.

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Best greenway in Europe

November 9, 2009 | Andalucia Lead2 Sevilla

Greenway scoops award

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La Liga follows Premier example

March 4, 2010

Spanish football chiefs hope to follow English foreign investment blueprint

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The Best of Andalucia

November 3, 2009 | Andalucia Cordoba Lead Sevilla

Two exciting new exhibitions are showing off the glorious history of the region, Moorish porcelain in Cordoba and the priceless Phoenician Treasure of Carambolo in Sevilla


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The world’s healthiest pork

November 2, 2009 | Features Food & Drink Huelva Sevilla

Thirsty, acorn-feeding black pigs produce Spain’s most famous gourmet product which is also good for your health, writes Anne Manson


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A towering furore

November 2, 2009 | Andalucia Lead2 Sevilla

UNESCO is joined by World Monuments Fund to oppose construction of controversial Torre Cajasol


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An electric car deal!

October 13, 2009 | Lead2 Sevilla

Electric car initiative sparked by government subsidies


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You’re taking the p***

August 22, 2009 | Andalucia Lead Sevilla

Ryanair passengers faced with the number one ultimatum


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The leaning tower of Sevilla

July 11, 2009 | Sevilla

Architects vote on skyscraper which could lead to Sevilla losing its World Heritage Status


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Snapshop of Real Life

May 23, 2009

Sevilla is converting itself into an enormous, open-air photography gallery

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Sexy Beast makes Andalucia return

November 9, 2009

British acting legend to visit Sevilla film festival

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World’s largest solar tower switches on

May 22, 2009

The World’s largest solar power tower went into use near Sevilla last week

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Becks Hams it up in Sevilla

March 3, 2009

HE certainly knows how to ham it up on the celebrity circuit. But now David Beckham has proved his total love of ham full stop. After the recent friendly in Sevilla – in which England’s second highest capped player was one of the few plus points for his team – he naturally went shopping.

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Missing Marta ‘killed’ by ex-lover

February 16, 2009

St Valentines day confession by 20-year-old boyfriend. Jealous former lover Miguel Carcaño, 20, admitted he had killed her in a fit of rage.

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Police search rivers for missing teen

February 9, 2009

Police also spent Monday and Tuesday combing the River Guadalquivir close to the home of 17-year-old Marta del Castillo Casanueva, who went missing two weeks ago

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