Brexit·International Affairs·Lead·Politics UK could rejoin EU single market ‘within months’ under Switzerland deal that brings back free movement for Brits Under a Swiss-style model Britain would regain access to the single market and the free movement of people.
WATCH: Luxury watch thieves targeted wealthy expats in Marbella, Estepona, and Ibiza – even choking them out at the entrance to their own homes Six watches worth up to more than €450,000 each have been recovered after a summer-long operation with Italian police.
Pedro Sanchez to visit Valencia village left ‘upside down’ by deadly Storm Adam as 280 were rescued by helicopter and 2,100 evacuated The storm killed at least five people after triggering catastrophic flooding across south-eastern Spain over the weekend.
Drivers rescued from rising floodwaters in Costa Blanca motorway tunnel after deadly Storm Adam dumps 70mm of rain in less than an hour The Guardia Civil and Pilar de la Horadada Policia Local took the uninjured victims to a municipal shelter where they spent the night.
This ‘underrated’ northern Spanish city is enjoying a long-overdue revival, according to The Times The British newspaper says that Aviles has banished its traditional image of a steel-making city suffering from pollution.
Inside Spain’s ‘village of 100 relics’ – the Pyrenees gem with a 200-year-old silver chest containing a thorn from Christ’s crown
Mother of innocent Malaga 20-year-old shot dead by mistake demands action on tourist flats ‘sheltering drug mafia hitmen’
Four dead as Storm Adam wreaks havoc across Spain – with DANA alerts still in force along Mediterranean coast from Barcelona to Murcia
The Royal Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is heading to Gibraltar for rare public open day
Luxury gym instructor ‘broke in to Costa del Sol villa to tie up his wealthy businessman client, choke him out and steal his Aston Martin’
Frida Kahlo’s famous furrowed monobrow come to Madrid exhibition to explore the woman behind the portraits
The anatomy of Andalucia’s new hash triangle: How La Linea links Conil and Huelva in the narco’s drug-smuggling logistics network
Spain successfully blocks Denmark-led EU offensive against migrant amnesty plan – after winning backing from France and Portugal
Property investors in Spain’s top cities now earn barely more than state bonds as Sanchez pushes through housing decree
Ceuta roars into the spotlight again after Pedro Sanchez admits Moroccan warships entered Spanish waters during July’s mass migrant crossing
Forget Greece: The Spanish Parthenon with 40 Corinthian columns hidden in a sleepy village off the tourist trail IT looks like something lifted straight from the hills of Athens, but this Greek-style temple stands hidden in the green valleys of northern Spain. Read More
Planning an autumn escape? Lonely Planet names two Spanish cities among Europe’s best destinations for the season
The Spanish getaway Brits are flocking to this autumn hailed as an ‘affordable fairytale full of cobbled streets and golden Spanish sunsets’
Bizarre tale of a Spanish engineer who reforested an entire Murcia mountain range by firing pine nuts from a shotgun
Malaga province is home to 508 ‘mega landlords’ who each own 50 or more properties as prices surge 64% in six years
EXCLUSIVE: ‘We are being robbed’ – inside the Granada tent city where housing protesters inspired by Maricarmen vow to stay until rents fall
Spain’s rental market faces a 30% collapse as Pedro Sanchez’s new housing decree sees landlords pull 4,235 homes in just 10 days
Three quarters of Spaniards want the state to intervene in Spain’s housing market ‘as necessary’ to guarantee access to homes
What you need to know about Pedro Sanchez’s housing decree and how it can affect homeowners, buyers and renters in Spain
Want to live longer? Spanish cardiologist says coffee has ‘remarkable life-extending powers’ – but only at the right time of day
Shocking murder of Marbella’s butt-lift king linked ‘to refusal to refund €20,000 advance payment for work that was never done’
EXCLUSIVE: Murdered Marbella butt-lift doctor made British woman sign NDA and waiver after botched op left her ‘bum sewn together’
Six Spanish pizzerias named among world’s 100 best, as a Madrid favourite holds on to its top 10 spot
19 Oct, 2026 @ 12:24 ‘Not seen it since the flood of 89’: Storm Adam damages homes and traps Malaga residents in petrol stations after dumping 120mm of rain overnight
19 Oct, 2026 @ 08:50 Weather warnings in place across Andalucia and Valencia as final blow of Storm Adam brings more heavy rain and hail
18 Oct, 2026 @ 11:00 Torremolinos before the boom: Dutch pioneer who arrived in 1963 puts his 1960s aerial photos of the town on show
17 Oct, 2026 @ 17:11 Mijas unveils ‘El Burrito’ retirement park to give town’s notorious donkey taxis a place to rest
19 Oct, 2026 @ 13:17 WATCH: Catastrophic flooding forces confinement orders across dozens of Alicante and Valencia as helicopters rescue people trapped on rooftops
18 Oct, 2026 @ 08:57 Storm Adam latest: Javea drenched by more than 100 litres in 12 hours as Costa Blanca red alert kicks in, and a funnel cloud forms over Alicante
17 Oct, 2026 @ 18:54 Valencia braces for up to 700mm of ‘catastrophic’ rainfall as red alert issued for Storm Adam – two years on from horror DANA that killed 242
16 Oct, 2026 @ 13:29 Dutch cyclist collapses and dies while climbing demanding Sa Creueta mountain pass on Spain’s Costa Blanca
15 Oct, 2026 @ 15:00 Cannabis clubs in upmarket Costa Blanca towns are shut down for illegally selling drugs to tourists
15 Oct, 2026 @ 13:02 Upmarket Costa Blanca hotspots buck the Alicante trend to see double-digit growth as home sales slump across rest of province
Red alert issued during peak Barcelona rush hour as another powerful storm traps commuters in their cars and floods coastal and inland areas
IN VIDS: Barcelona hit by sudden flash flood chaos as homes are breached and firefighters rescue woman and baby
WATCH: The secret gem just one hour from Madrid in the Spanish heartlands that you should visit because it’s ‘untouched by tourism’
17 Oct, 2026 @ 16:07 Spain rocked by spate of shootings after tattoo artist gunned down in Barcelona shop and man with gunshot wound found off Costa del Sol
17 Oct, 2026 @ 12:12 Storm Adam heads for Spain: First named DANA of the season brings threat of torrential rain and flooding – with red alerts in Barcelona and Valencia
15 Oct, 2026 @ 10:53 Near-two week search near Barcelona for missing autistic boy, 12, ends in tragedy after body is found floating in the sea near Sitges
14 Oct, 2026 @ 15:15 Mother of autistic boy, 12, who fled his home near Barcelona during violent storms 10 days ago insists he has been kidnapped
14 Oct, 2026 @ 09:21 Tragedy as 95-year-old man dies in Barcelona flat fire despite firefighters’ half-hour battle
9 Oct, 2026 @ 10:57 Hopes fade in search for missing autistic boy who was frightened out of his home near Barcelona by torrential thunder storm
13 Oct, 2026 @ 13:40 WATCH: Hundreds of passengers evacuated after high-speed train travelling from Madrid bursts into flames
8 Oct, 2026 @ 13:15 Spain’s long-term rental home listings plunge 44% since 2018 – and 83% in Barcelona
8 Oct, 2026 @ 09:30 ‘No more Maricarmens’: Tributes pour in after death of pensioner whose eviction sparked Spain housing protests
7 Oct, 2026 @ 16:49 WATCH: Huge explosion rips through Madrid flats – killing three dogs and forcing families from their homes
6 Oct, 2026 @ 15:45 ‘Not about ideology, but about humanity’: PM Sanchez revives rejected housing reforms just one day after calling snap election
Discover fresh perspectives on migration, identity and family at Malaga’s French Film Festival Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga 17 Oct, 2026 @ 11:00 The Malaga French Film Festival runs from October 16 to 23, with films on migration, identity and family, plus documentaries, photography and live music. Read More
Costa del Sol risks becoming ‘the next Acapulco or Naples’ – top judge is latest official to express mounting concerns Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead 16 Oct, 2026 @ 15:39 Former national court judge Manuel Garcia-Castellon slammed a 'significant neglect' by authorities in tackling organised crime in Andalucia. Read More
Spain and Italy agree to end border checks after dispute over Ceuta migrant crisis International Affairs·Lead·Politics 16 Oct, 2026 @ 12:24 Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez and his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, agreed to lift the restrictions during talks in Brussels on Thursday. Read More
Valencia’s flood risk zone expands by nearly two thirds as ban on underground car parks for new homes considered Environment·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community 16 Oct, 2026 @ 12:16 Flood risk zones in areas hit by the October 2024 Valencia DANA have been increased by 61% according to new projections. Read More
Malaga city centre hit by ‘pandemic of tourists, doctors and even police ordering cocaine via Whatsapp’ Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga 16 Oct, 2026 @ 11:30 The drug is now being ordered 'as easily as drinking a shot', with a simple text message and a dropped location pin enough to Read More
Mallorca cash machine technician is caught stashing wads of cash totalling nearly €150,000 in his tool box over 15 months Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca 16 Oct, 2026 @ 10:47 A man who serviced bank ATMs in Mallorca has been accused of stealing nearly €150,000 between May 2025 and September 2026. Read More
Ibiza party boss named new Scottish mafia lieutenant after ‘hanging around in Marbella and getting to know the criminal expats there’ Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella 15 Oct, 2026 @ 19:17 Thomas Bilsland, 39, is said to have abandoned the rival Daniel clan and worked his way into the upper ranks of the feared Lyons Read More
Spain jails Qatari sheikh’s son over collapse of Malaga CF – but father and two brothers remain on the run
Former Liverpool goalkeeper held at gunpoint as masked robbers storm luxury Valencia home with wife and child inside
Mallorca rally cancelled after German driver is killed in ravine horror plunge during a rally in Serra de Tramuntana
Barcelona legend Lionel Messi adds to growing football empire after snapping up 100% stake in second Spanish club
Jewel of Persia: A Persian-inspired luxury villa near Marbella blends ancient architecture with sweeping Costa del Sol views HAD Scheherazade lived on the Costa del Sol, she might well have told her tales to King Shahryar in this extraordinary villa. And had Read More
Brits moving to Spain beware of unexpected UK tax bills on rent, property sales and pensions if strict HMRC deadlines are missed
Thousands of British homeowners in Spain reclaim millions over abusive mortgage clauses – Find out who may qualify