Happy New Year from the Olive Press!
Exciting year ahead for the newspaper and our websites
OAP… one amazing purchase
Successful care home up for sale on new property website
Turkish delight
It's hugely rewarding when a newspaper's story ends up with results
A gold shower?
With all the walls in place, Calliope was able to make interior design decisions at the new house
El Cable Inglés, mines and railways in AlmerÃa
John Woodhead takes look at mining and railways in the AlmerÃa province
Malaga port snubs French food giant Carrefour
French supermarket will not be allowed into the new high-profile port development
High speed train testing track goes off the rails
Mass opposition to ‘destructive’ scheme to bring world’s biggest train testing track to Antequera
Dance group La Fura del Baus cooks up a storm
An ingenious production of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus will see top dance company La Fura dels Baus cooking up a storm on stage in Malaga
Bale makes it to the Spanish dream team
Tottenham's Gareth Bale was the only Brit to have made it into La Marca’s annual dream team selection.
Georgian mafia henchman extradited to Spain
The main money launderer for the Georgian mob is being extradited to Spain
Andalucia postpones green tax on plastic bags
The Junta's green credentials are put in question following a delay in the long-awaited green tax
Nick Clegg’s mobile Christmas
El Clegg goes for gingerbread men in for his festive greeting
Great Esc-APE for orphaned orangutan
An orangutan born in Spain sails to England in a first class cabin
Turkish property scam exposed in Spain
Police are clamping down on a Turkish property scam that cost dozens of people across Europe their life savings
Search for Spain’s ‘lost babies of Franquismo’
Police have opened an investigation into the newborn babies who were lost in 1960s-70s across Spain
Spanish banks long way from health
More banking downgrades are on the way
Andalucia castles to get a facelift
Malaga province is restoring its castles
Murcia shepherd derails golf course
After years of legal battles a shepherd wins a right to keep his land from developers
Spanish salaries hold up
Spanish salaries are rising despite the downturn
Cats and dogs drown in Mijas rescue centre flood
Numerous animals are killed after a flood sweeps through animal shelter
Christmas 2010 – normal service has been resumed
The forecast is good as John Woodhead enjoys Christmas in AlmerÃa
Live Belén in Jimera de LÃbar
One symbol of Christmas that still maintains great importance throughout Spain is the belén - a Nativity scene. Photographs by Karl Smallman
Jamon bubble bursts
The price of Andalucian pork products is plummeting this festive season
Muslim ham complaint thrown out
A Muslim family who complained about the mention of ham in class will not get redress. Spanish judges are having none of it
Curtain falls on more British criminals
A most wanted drug trafficker is snatched in a bar in the latest Captura swoop
Merry Christmas from Spain’s No1 English newspaper
Season's greetings to all our readers, advertisers and contributors. We wish you a very merry Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous 2011