Junta boss’ daughter gets scholarship
Junta culture boss Paulino Plata is not the obvious candidate for an educational grant
OPX writing competition runners-up
Elena Peel and Jasper Kettell's accounts of Cadiz and Via Verdes
Andalucia ‘Cocaine chauffeur’ in custody
Francisco Trujillo has been remanded in custody in the ongoing ERE case
City on Fire (I must be crackers!)
An unexpected phone call leads Olive Press columnist - Craig Scott, into one of his weirdest assignments yet!
Negative equity on rise in Spain
Spanish house prices are set to fall even further
Jet new
Budget airline Jet2.com has introduced a new route between Malaga and Glasgow, with another route between Malaga and the East Midlands planned for June.
In Boca: The Landings
Jon Clarke discovers one of the true dining secrets of Gibraltar with a Jamaican twist
Brotherhood bother in La Linea
Heated protests as Easter parades are cancelled in La Linea due to lack of police
Blog, fog and smog
The Fog Index (or Gunning Fog Index) is a measure of how readable a piece of text is
New reality show ‘Marbella Beach’ to rival TOWIE
The show is being launched by former BB star Brian Belo
Shocker for Spain
No April Fool as government introduces seven per cent rise in electricity in new austerity budget
Have parents gone soft?
One in five American parents has stopped reading their children the classics because they are 'too scary'
Botellon v. the blackout
Cities across the world turn the lights out for Earth Hour while Spanish students welcome in the spring with a macro botellon
Antonio Banderas’ pious return to Malaga
The actor immerses himself in Semana Santa
Cleaning strike wipes out classes in Jerez
Thousands of pupils affected after rubbish builds up in schools
OPX writing competition winner (11 and under)
Queenie Molly Argent compares two very different Andalucias in her winning piece
Expat pensioner drugs pusher arrested in Mijas
Police uncovered a 70 gram cocaine haul and five thousand pounds at his home
Under the covers – A Spanish Easter parade
As another rain-threatened Semana Santa gets under way across Andalucia, James Bryce goes behind the scenes with one local brotherhood
In the stink!
Nerja’s 40.5 million euro water treatment plant has finally been given the go-ahead after 12 years of political comings and goings, and should be completed
Drought destroys cereal crop
Dry weather has played havoc with cereal production in Malaga province
Beach football?
A new Real Madrid-themed resort is planned for the UAE
Murderer comes to sticky end in Spain
Woman sentenced for killing friend and impregnating body to mislead police
Roaring no more – Frank Bowles dies at 80
The La Cala Lion - who wrote biographies on Ruby Murray and Toni Dalli - dies after a long battle with cancer
Good news for choc scoffers this Easter
Regular eaters should stop feeling guilty, say researchers
Graceless ending for Marbella spa
Hotel that counted Grace Kelly, the King of Saudi Arabia and Osama Bin Laden as guests finally shuts
Weed them out in Sevilla
Staff are chief suspects in cocaine heist from toxicology lab