UK gets wind of Spain’s top turbine maker
Gamesa has announced they are to set up shop in Britain
Illegal homeowners unite to fight
Illegal homeowners in Chiclana de la Frontera have launched their own political party
Homes from Hell
ITV1 are currently looking for British people in Spain who are willing to share their stories with viewers
Treasure hunt
Spanish navy is searching for shipwrecks in a bid to protect the country’s historical heritage from private salvagers
The Anniversary Gift
It’s our 26th wedding anniversary. “What would you like: flowers, chocolates, jewellery?” “How about we buy a house in Spain,” he said.
Calliope/Carolyn comparison
Calliope, the eldest and most distinguished of the nine Muses. Carolyn, the second eldest and only slightly distinguished of the six Hill offspring, is constantly
Ben and Joan, Monty Jack and Big Ron
Three of the loveliest pueblos blancos of the Guadiaro valley in our part of Secret Andalucía are Montejaque, its neighbour Benaoján and the stunning jewel
Busted over bingo
Police have raided a group of pensioners playing 20 cents bingo
M&S plans to expand
While Zara and co are creaming it in the UK, British retail giant plans to make big moves back in Spain
Virgin beach gets ‘urbanised’
Plans to develop the stretch of virgin coastline around El Palmar have come a step closer
The land that time forgot
Spain is littered with traces of ancient man, remains of dinosaurs and proof that Neanderthal man held his last stand in Gibraltar just 24,000 years
A growing collection
The Picasso Museum in Malaga has revealed 43 new works to coincide with the 129th anniversary of the birth of the famous Spanish artist
Bars galore in Andalucía!
Andalucía has more bars than any other region of Spain. But did you know that there are 53,046 of them down here in the south
Jazzing up Granada city
Granada’s International Jazz Festival brings the finest international musicians to the city this month
Let he who is without sin…
Bartie ponders the death penalty
Second homes in third world
An Andalucian based architects has launched a campaign to offer free homes to some of the world’s poorest people
British OAPs’ agony over bulldozed home continues
Helen and Len Prior have faced another setback in their ongoing fight for justice
Pope’s queer kissathon
Thousands of gay people set to welcome the Pope with a kiss
It’s a right royal carry on!
The courtship of the Spanish Crown Prince Felipe and former anchorwoman Princess Letizia has been made into a TV series by Telecinco
MP broke planning rules to expand luxury villa
Tory MP faces bulldozing after falling foul of Spain’s strict building regs
DNA breakthrough cracks brutal rape after nine years
Almost a decade after the horrific attack, a rape case involving a British woman is being reopened, thanks to new DNA evidence
Date with the ladies
Ladies bare all in a ‘Calendar Girls’ style shoot to raise funds for their village feria
Tale of the century
The Olive Press talks to Andalucia’s oldest ex-pat about decades of change
Clock stops in timeshare clean up
Four Brits – including Interpol-sought Chris Hannington – arrested as nine costa timeshare companies are closed down
Views of Pasion
Famous singer Pasion Vega has picked Nerja as her favourite view in Spain
Brits in money laundering probe
Couple linked to Estepona’s Astapa corruption investigation