https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/28/spain-train-crash-urda-toledo/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-28T21:42:23+01:00EXCLUSIVE: On the ground in Urda, the rural town at the centre of a senseless tragedy https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/28/toledo-train-crash-costa-del-sol/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-28T19:22:56+01:00Costa del Sol faces weeks cut off from Madrid again after Toledo train disaster – months after Adamuz crash and landslide shut line https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/28/rail-traffic-controller-gave-wrong-order-before-deadly-toledo-crash/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-28T17:11:29+01:00Madrid rail controllers gave ‘wrong’ orders before deadly Toledo crash, transport minister says https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/28/valencia-mayor-demands-extra-police-halloween/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-28T17:10:44+01:00Fears Valencia will be hit by ‘Blocus’-style rioting and looting this Halloween 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‘abusive’ minimum services https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/28/belgian-princes-stolen-money-was-spent-in-marbella-nightclub/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-28T11:08:05+01:00Thousands of euros stolen from Belgian Prince Laurent and wife Claire ended up ‘being spent in a Marbella nightclub’ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/28/estepona-property-fraud-brit-land-sold/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-28T09:15:00+01:00British expat claims impostor sold his two Estepona plots for €500,000 at a Malaga notary while he was in Dallas https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/28/benidorm-mobility-scooters-ban-rules/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-28T08:30:00+01:00End of the line for two-seater mobility scooters in Benidorm as council bans vehicle involved in ‘quarter of all accidents’ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/28/alicante-murcia-water-supply-threatened/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-28T08:16:54+01:00Alicante and Murcia drinking water under threat as crucial Tajo-Segura pipeline repairs drag on https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/27/moroccans-overtake-british-property-buyers-spain/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-27T20:00:00+01:00Moroccans overtake Brits as biggest foreign home buyers in Spain – snapping up homes in Murcia and north east https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/27/pablo-picasso-artist-style-ages-birthday/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-27T19:14:04+01:00The eight ages of Picasso – how Malaga’s most famous son reinvented himself again and again over a 70-year career https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/27/london-property-exodus-buyers-moving-to-spain/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-27T18:30:00+01:00EXCLUSIVE: Why Brits are fleeing London’s falling house prices and ‘socialist’ taxes for Spain’s Costa del Sol https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/27/gunman-shouting-speak-spanish-fires-on-moroccan-in-alicante/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-27T17:00:00+01:00Four arrests made in Alicante after North African man drinking coffee is shot at by gunman shouting ‘speak Spanish!’ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/27/andy-burnham-eu-freedom-of-movement/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-27T16:30:00+01:00UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham calls for ‘honest discussion’ on returning to EU freedom of movement https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/27/benidorm-english-zone-drug-traffickers-busted-by-police/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-27T16:00:00+01:00Drug traffickers peddling close to Benidorm’s ‘English Zone’ are busted with gang boss jailed https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/27/costa-angels-carers-client-matching/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-27T15:07:03+01:00The people behind the care: How Costa Angels finds the right carer for you https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/27/narco-hash-kingpin-is-arrested-in-tangiers-after-fleeing-madrid/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-27T15:00:00+01:00Narco kingpin is arrested in Tangier after fleeing Madrid as Spanish police net 86 and seize nearly 11 tonnes of hash https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/27/woody-allen-madrid-film-funding/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-27T14:00:00+01:00Outrage in Madrid as Woody Allen receives €3m in public money for new film with city in grip of housing crisis https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/27/camposol-murder-killing-trial-begins/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-27T13:31:35+01:00Trial begins for Brit, 72, accused of killing his wife in southern Spain as neighbour says she ‘said she’d fallen and hit her head’ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/27/algodones-paragliding-cadiz-paragliders-crash/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-27T13:18:00+01:00Tragedy in Cadiz as two paragliders including US national die after ‘crashing into each other mid-air’ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/27/malaga-missing-tourist-savage-robbery/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-27T13:15:00+01:00Wife’s horror as husband who vanished during Malaga holiday is found in hospital following savage street robbery https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/27/autumn-travel-in-spain-trend/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-27T12:43:55+01:00Autumn is becoming the new summer in Spain as more expats opt to travel later in the year https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/27/dutch-mocro-mafia-drug-war/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-27T12:24:16+01:00Dutch narco war spills over into Marbella as September shooting was teenage hitmen’s second attempt to kill ‘mocromafia’ crime boss https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/27/what-is-blocus-barcelona-protests/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-27T12:00:00+01:00What is Blocus, the mysterious TikTok craze sparking French-style riots in Barcelona – with huge demonstrations planned for Halloween? https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/27/merida-guide-extremadura-ancient-city/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-27T11:00:00+01:00The world’s best-preserved Roman bridge and a theatre still putting on plays after 2,000 years await visitors to this ancient Roman capital https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/27/monastery-spain-galicia-parador-hotel/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-27T09:25:00+01:00Must-visit: The sixth-century monastery in Spain converted into a stunning Parador hotel surrounded by picture-perfect forest https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/27/violent-protests-in-bilbao-lead-to-19-arrests/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-27T09:14:42+01:00Bilbao erupts into chaos as masked rioters torch cars and clash with police, leaving 19 arrested https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/27/malaga-towns-real-spain-ronda/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-27T08:40:00+01:00Visit the two Malaga province towns where you can still find ‘the real Spain’, according to The Times https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/27/spanish-history-princess-leonor-tobacco/Olive Press News Spainen2026-10-27T08:00:00+01:00THIS WEEK IN SPANISH HISTORY: Tobacco is discovered, Luiz Fernandez Lopez dies and Princess Leonor is born