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Tourists evacuated from Almeria hotel after man ‘starts fire in his bathroom and gets engulfed in the flames’

A MAN remains in intensive care with severe burns after allegedly starting a deliberate fire in his hotel bathroom that forced the evacuation of nine

12 Sep, 2025 @ 12:30

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SUNDAY LONG READ: People smuggling from Algeria to Spain is on the rise – thanks to drug traffickers diversifying and murky international politics

ON many a sweltering afternoon this summer, speed boats have been spotted skimming across the Alboran Sea to Spanish shores. To the casual eye, they

7 Sep, 2025 @ 09:30

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Friendly’ youngster killed near isolated ‘hippy’ beach in southern Spain is named, as police search for ‘four mystery men’ in connection with his grisly murder

A YOUNG man found bashed to death near an isolated ‘hippy’ beach in Almeria has been named as 23-year-old Mario Belmonte, the Olive Press can

3 Sep, 2025 @ 18:30

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WATCH: Police bust gang who pocketed €560k by supplying high-speed boats to migrant smugglers in Spain

A GANG made €560,000 by supplying high-speed boats to traffickers transporting illegal migrants from Algeria to Spain. Six members of the crew have been arrested

3 Sep, 2025 @ 13:30

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Police investigate after bloodied body is found on beach near popular natural park in Spain’s Almeria

A YOUNG man has been found dead on a beach in Almeria province, sparking a police investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death. The body

29 Aug, 2025 @ 16:18

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Major fire forces evacuations in Spain’s Andalucia as 150 firefighters and 10 aircraft battle flames with smoke visible from popular seaside resorts

A LEVEL-1 emergency has been declared in Almeria after a forest fire broke out overnight at Paraje de las Cubillas in Lubrin. This means the

29 Aug, 2025 @ 12:50

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MISSING: Concerns grow for Brit woman, 41, last spotted in southern Spain on Monday

FEARS are growing for a British woman, 41, who disappeared from a tourist hotspot in Spain four days ago. Jennifer Frances Lacey was last spotted

1 Aug, 2025 @ 14:26

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EXCLUSIVE: Crying cop tipped off parents of Brit killed in Spain after police dismissed death as ‘blood clot’

A SOBBING female detective tipped off the parents of a British expat who had died under suspicious circumstances to look at their son’s body with

4 Jul, 2025 @ 18:30

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Dana brings yellow warning to eastern Spain for heavy showers and hail

UNSETTLED spring weather continues to grip much of Spain, with a dana (isolated high-level depression) triggering a yellow weather warning in parts of eastern Spain.

13 May, 2025 @ 11:44

Almeria·Granada·Lead·Weather

WATCH: Devastating fire that blazed through southern Spain was sparked by ‘lightning strike’

FOR three days, firefighters and people of the Guardia Civil have been fighting to put out a wildfire close to Huercal de Almeria. The fire

6 May, 2025 @ 12:05

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘It’s disgusting’: British mother accuses police in Spanish tourist town of ‘brushing her son’s murder under the carpet’

THE mother of a Brit who died in a Spanish resort has slammed the police for caring more about protecting the town’s reputation than catching

21 Apr, 2025 @ 18:35

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘They tried to make it as difficult as possible for us’: Family of ‘murdered’ Brit set to protest police inaction in Spanish holiday town

THE family of a Brit who died under mysterious circumstances in an Andalucian holiday town last summer is set to launch a protest against the

17 Apr, 2025 @ 13:06

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Young baby dies after illegal 'botched' circumcision with parents arrested in Spain

Baby dies in Spain after illegal ‘botched’ circumcision by man with ‘no medical background’

AN ALMERIA baby died on Sunday after a ‘botched’ home circumcision demanded by his parents. His mother and father- originally from Mali- and a third

15 Apr, 2025 @ 15:45

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WATCH: The once-peaceful cove in Spain’s Almeria that is now a people smuggling corridor channelling hundreds of illegal migrants from Algeria

IT’S been reported more than 700 migrants have arrived on the Spanish shores of Almeria this year, paying up to €10,000 to cross the Mediterranean

8 Apr, 2025 @ 17:07

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‘Urgent’ search for missing girl, 16, in Spain’s Almeria: Siodbh Caitlin Clifford Stirling vanished two days ago

Do you know more about this case? Email tips@theolivepress.es AN ‘urgent’ search is underway for a missing 16-year-old girl in Almeria, southern Spain. Siodbh Caitlin

20 Mar, 2025 @ 13:37

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Watch: Elderly expat couple and dogs are rescued from caravan during flash floods in southern Spain

THIS is the moment an elderly couple had to be rescued from their caravan amid flash floods in southern Spain. The French residents, aged 78

3 Mar, 2025 @ 11:46

Almeria·Andalucia·Lead·Video·Weather

British family demand answers over ‘murder’ of expat dad at his seaside home in Spain’s Andalucia

A BRITISH family are demanding answers following the mysterious death of a father-of-one in Andalucia last summer. Brett Dryden (pictured above), 35, from County Durham,

12 Feb, 2025 @ 15:54

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When nuclear bombs fell on southern Spain: Palomares remembers the day the Americans dropped four nukes on it

By Michael Coy PALOMARES doesn’t stand out in any way. It’s just a typical Andalucían village beside the sea. Halfway between the Cabo de Gata

17 Jan, 2025 @ 10:00

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‘Tinder date’ horror in Spain: Woman is strangled to death with a dog leash and set on fire

A MAN has been arrested in Almeria after confessing to strangling a woman with a dog leash before setting fire to her body. The 28-year-old

2 Jan, 2025 @ 14:00

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This overlooked gem in Spain’s Andalucia could be a hit with Brits next year as easyJet launches new flights

EASYJET has launched new flights to this hidden gem in Spain’s Andalucia- and it’s set to be a hit with Brits. Budget airline Easyjet has

21 Dec, 2024 @ 07:02

Almeria·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Pictured: Hunter poses with enormous wild boar in southern Spain after spending over a year tracking it down

A PATIENT hunter who spent ages trying to track down a wild boar has finally got his prey in Almeria’s Sierra de Gador. Francisco Rodriquez

9 Nov, 2024 @ 14:00

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End of ‘El Horrible’: The 411-room illegal Algarrobico hotel in Almeria that could be demolished within months after 20 years of campaigning

GREEN groups are coming closer to celebrating a two decade battle against one of the worst environmental abuses in Spanish history. Ecologistas en Accion and

3 Nov, 2024 @ 12:00

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