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Cruise control

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Get a beauty diploma at the Marbella Beauty Academy and you could land yourself a job on a cruise liner

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Educating the expats

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Frances Leate talks to four sets of expat parents, each of whom have chosen a different education route for their children on moving to Spain

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No more coasting on the Costa

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Ashley Bolton and Wendy Williams take a look at the rise of private education in southern Spain and explore its advantages over local state schools

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Disapproving parents ‘deliberately’ try to split children up with boyfriends or girlfriends, finds study

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15% even admitted to posing as a friend on Facebook or Twitter

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Textbook trouble for pupils in Spain

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Half a million pupils to miss out on state aid due to government cuts

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Longer than a Leonard Cohen song

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Headmistress Sian Kirkham explains the long list of events going on at British School of Marbella this month

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Expat author creates interactive children’s stories

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Anita Pouroulis has released four books with interactive versions available


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Tech-savvy tots

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Increasing number of pre-schoolers becoming competent users of electronic gadgets, including iPads


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Competition hots up for international school places

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Local children now account for 80% of places in multilingual schools


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Violent video games harmful for teenagers

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Too much time spent on video games could lead to young people growing up to be agressive adults


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Nerja’s bid for bilingual schooling

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Bilingual education could be making its way to Nerja


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Overcautious parents raising a ‘generation of weaklings’

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A report by the National Trust says that parents are doing their children harm by mollycoddling children


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Half of Spanish children tired in mornings, new study finds

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A nocturnal lifestyle is causing children in Spain to underperform in the classroom


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Obese for life

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Children who are obese by the time they are eight find it harder to get slim when they are older


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GSCEs out, O-levels in

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New exams based O-levels are set to replace GCSEs


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Overcautious parents raising a ‘generation of weaklings’

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A report by the National Trust says that parents are doing their children harm by mollycoddling children

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Death of the bedtime story

The ritual of the bedtime story could become a thing of the past as one in four parents admit they never read to their child before bed

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Start of school year marred by crisis

Hundreds of children in Andalucia affected by lack of funds

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Classes for parents aim to combat fatigue in children

More and more pupils are struggling to stay awake during their lessons

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“The best English newspaper in southern Spain,” according to the Rough Guide. 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. 33,000 issues a fortnight are printed plus up to 100,000 downloaded online giving an estimated readership of around 300,000 people per month.

From The Archives »

Urban garden movement booms in southern Spain

July 9, 2012 | Andalucia, Lead, Malaga

Deepening recession leads to increase in public allotments

Malaga FC secures Champions League place

May 15, 2012 | Lead, Malaga, Sport

The move is expected to bring millions of euros to the Costa del Sol

Spanish chef is bigger than Obama

May 3, 2012 | Lead, National News

Jose Andres comes 41 places above US President in Time magazine poll of most influential people

Man wanted in connection with murder of British grandmother and daughter could be heading to Spain

December 6, 2011 | Lead, National News

Barry Morrow was last seen in Calais believed to be heading to Spain

Holiday rental property market trends

November 17, 2011 | Property

Make it desirable, make it affordable and market it properly and you have a good chance of making some money out of your holiday home investment

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