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British boy Alex Batty tells his grandmother ‘I want to come home’ some SIX years after vanishing during holiday to Spain’s Marbella – as UK police take over investigation

THE BRITISH teenager Alex Batty, who went missing in Spain in 2017 but was found this week near Toulouse in France, has told his grandmother “I want to come home”. The youngster

15 Dec, 2023 @ 12:45

Lead·Marbella·Must Read

Budget airline EasyJet announces new direct flight routes between Murcia and Manchester

Popular budget airline EasyJet announced it would operate the new flight route between Manchester Airport and Region of Murcia’s Corvera International Airport in 2023. Between May 2 and September 26 EasyJet will

30 Nov, 2022 @ 15:45

Lead·Murcia·National News·Premium·Travel News

EXCLUSIVE: A British mother who suffered a serious episode of anxiety at Madrid airport after she was told a vital possession in her luggage was lost has opened up about the ordeal in an exclusive interview with the Olive Press

A British family originally from Manchester had the “worst holiday of their life” after they were left without their luggage for more than eight days. Kathryn Tiller, 34, told the Olive Press

20 Sep, 2022 @ 16:07

Lead·Madrid·Premium·Travel News

Unsolved Benidorm Killing Of British Holidaymaker Visiting Spain Prompts Fresh Police Appeal

Unsolved Benidorm killing of British holidaymaker in Spain prompts fresh police appeal

GREATER Manchester Police have made a new appeal for information to find the killer of a British tourist who was brutally assaulted outside Benidorm bar in 2018. Mike Rydings, 47, was attacked

21 Feb, 2022 @ 15:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Drought Forces Earliest grape harvest in continental Europe to be brought forward

Grapes of wrath for Costa Blanca vineyard owner in Spain who was not paid for UK export deal

A Catalan businessman has been arrested for scamming an Alicante Province farmer out of 45 tons of grapes that ended up in Manchester. The farmer owns several vineyards in the Montforte del

30 Dec, 2021 @ 14:31

Alicante·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencia·Valencian Community

Il Divo's Carlos Marin, 53, dies after being taken ill during UK tour

Il Divo’s Spanish star, Carlos Marin, 53, dies after being taken ill during UK tour

CARLOS Marin, from the classical singing quartet Il Divo, died in a Manchester hospital on Sunday aged 53. Madrid-based Marin felt unwell after Il Divo started a UK tour on December 1

20 Dec, 2021 @ 12:00

Celebrity·Entertainment·Lead·Madrid

Ryanair blasts Spain's airport operator for scrapping five-year charge freeze

Ryanair resumes UK flights this week to Murcia area airport in Spain

RYANAIR is resuming UK flights to Murcia’s international airport from this Friday(May 21). The first service to Corvera will be from Manchester, followed by flights from Birmingham and Bournemouth in the first

18 May, 2021 @ 18:37

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia·Travel News

REVEALED: The contrasts between UK and Spanish rules for foreign travel and who has the final say

AMIDST dozens of Brits being flown back to the UK and others being refused journeys by UK airline staff, the Olive Press can report on essential differences between one country’s travel ruling

5 Apr, 2021 @ 16:30

Brexit·Coronavirus·Lead·Must Read·National News

EXCLUSIVE: Another Brit denied flight speaks of anguish at not seeing sons at Easter due to ‘rude and abrupt’ Ryanair staff

ANOTHER travelling Brit refused travel by Ryanair at Manchester Airport today has told the Olive Press of his anguish. With all the appropriate documentation, John Carey first showed boarding staff an old

5 Apr, 2021 @ 15:30

Coronavirus·Lead·National News·Travel News

EXCLUSIVE: Brit involved in “living nightmare” of mass deportation from Spain’s Alicante Airport speaks out

THE BRITISH expat told by Ryanair that he fulfilled “legitimate requirements” to enter Spain but was put on a plane back to the UK has spoken out. Stuart Miller revealed exclusively to

1 Apr, 2021 @ 16:55

Brexit·Lead·National News

Four Manchester drugs traffickers jailed over plot to import cannabis from Spain’s Costa Blanca

FOUR men have been jailed in the UK for their part in smuggling drugs from Alicante on the Costa Blanca. The men from Manchester were caught red handed with £800,000 worth of

23 Aug, 2020 @ 08:28

Costa Blanca·Lead

Brit fugitive arrested in Spain on conspiracy to murder charges remanded in custody by Manchester court

A BRITON extradited from Spain has appeared in court charged with conspiracy to murder. Jamie Rothwell, 33, was detained by Policia Nacional in Barcelona last month on a European Arrest Warrant and

17 Jun, 2020 @ 14:34

Lead·National News

Ryanair cancel ALL flights between Manchester and Spain until May, last ones are tomorrow

RYANAIR has cancelled all flights connecting Manchester to Spain until May.

19 Mar, 2020 @ 17:07

Lead·Travel News

Drunk British mum ‘high on cannabis’ arrested after screaming ‘you can’t f*****g stop me’ on Birthday flight to Spain

She was dragged off the plane by Portuguese police, before being summoned to court in the UK

14 Oct, 2019 @ 08:24

Crime & Law·Lead

THOMAS COOK: Refunds now open for Brits who booked holidays to Spain before travel giant went bust

Refunds are to be repaid within 60 days on the submission of a valid completed claim form

7 Oct, 2019 @ 09:57

Lead·National News·Travel News

‘Frightening’ moment on Thomas Cook flight to Spain as squishy cat toy explodes in British seven-year-old’s face

Flight attendants were quick to help the mother and son, and it was later suggested to Stephanie that increased air pressure had caused the rupture

24 Apr, 2019 @ 16:10

Lead·Travel News

HAVE YOU SEEN THEM? New police appeal for British boy missing from Spain, mum and grandad WANTED for his ‘abduction’

Alex is white, with blond hair, about 5ft, slim and has a northern accent

26 Feb, 2019 @ 14:39

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

REVEALED: Spain’s cities rank higher than London in world’s top 50 ‘most liveable’

Both Spanish cities had identical scores for the first three categories, but Barcelona edged ahead with better health and infrastructure rankings than Madrid

13 Nov, 2018 @ 11:48

Barcelona·Business & Finance·Education·Environment·Health·La Cultura·Lead·London·National News·Travel News

Why you need to visit Spain’s Bilbao this year

How to enjoy one one of Europe’s best gems in 72 hours

20 Oct, 2018 @ 10:00

Food & Drink·Lead·Travel News

PICTURED: British boy, 4, who tragically drowned in swimming pool in Spain

THIS is the tragic four-year-old boy who drowned in a swimming pool in Spain. Presley Stockton was holidaying with his family when he died at a four-star hotel yesterday afternoon. The family

20 Sep, 2018 @ 14:58

Lead·National News

FOUND: British woman missing on Costa del Sol for almost seven weeks safe after ‘sleeping rough’

But Marie McManus still needs your help to find a job and get back on her feet

3 Sep, 2018 @ 12:34

Lead·Malaga

Biting off more than you can chew: Growing up with one of Manchester’s first Spanish restaurants

I’ll never forget turning to see the sous chef stood in front of me with something long and, er, red, hanging out of the zip of his trousers

6 Aug, 2018 @ 18:00

Food & Drink·Lead

Criminals may soon be identified at airports by how they WALK thanks to British and Spanish researchers

This system could soon be in place at airports just like fingerprinting and eye-scanning technology

29 May, 2018 @ 15:51

Crime & Law·Lead

Brits order more than 1,000 of Spain’s ‘ugliest ever’ football shirt after it becomes icon at British museum

The shirt of the Granada team is sponsored by local fish company Mariscos Apolo

10 May, 2018 @ 14:47

Granada·La Cultura·Lead·Sport

New budget flights launching from Manchester to Malaga for €35

Flights will operate from October after airline official says Malaga has been their most demanded destination

22 Mar, 2018 @ 11:33

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Manhunt in Spain for mum and granddad who abducted 12-year-old and want to live ‘an alternative lifestyle’

POLICE in the UK have launched another appeal for a British boy who was abducted by his mother on the Costa del Sol four months ago. Alex Batty, who turns 12 today,

13 Feb, 2018 @ 10:25

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga