Cheaper bill
Torrox Town Hall has managed to shave €140,000 off its annual electricity bill after adopting a number of energy-saving measures.
Red kites up by 50% in Spanish national park
The Junta de Andalucia has recorded sightings of 74 red kite pairs, compared to just 40 in 2011
Catalonia goes to the polls to decide its future in Spain
The region votes today in an election that could determine whether it eventually breaks away from the rest of the country
They are kicking us in the teeth, says expat businessman in Spain
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Irrational’ demands for breastfeeding and maternity information not helping small businesses, insists expat company owner
The End: Photography by Rodney Smith
The End is on at the Centro Andaluz de la Fotografia until 20 January 2013
Bragging flights
A promotional video about Gibraltar is to be shown on all British Airways long haul flights throughout December in an effort to attract business to the Rock.
Gibraltar introduces ASBOs as old laws are modernised
A change-up of laws attempts to bring the Rock's crime-fighters up to speed
Competa: Goat jams and politics
UK government advisor Ray Rowden finally moved to Competa to open a restaurant
Possible pickpocking plot linked to mobile phone shop in Spain
EXCLUSIVE: Holidaymakers claim phone shop is linked to pickpocketing gang
Sotogrande firm claims a piece of history
A Lloyds of London underwriting box is being displayed at Ibex Insurance's new offices in Sotomarket
100 Montaditos and its plan to conquer America
The popular Spanish chain hopes to open 500 more stores in the US by 2015
Gust power
Spanish wind farms produced the energy equivalent of 200,000 barrels of petrol on November 1 – which if laid out in a row would stretch from Malaga to Granada.
Pork sales plummet in Spain
Spaniards are chewing their way through more chicken than pork for the first time ever
Expat masseuse turns down One Direction in Marbella
27-year-old Michelle Honeker refused to give the world's biggest boyband a massage because 'they looked too young'
Sir Alan Sugar spotted in Puerto Banus
EXCLUSIVE: The businessman, said to be worth €950m, was seen having a coffee with friends in Puerto Banus
Brownie point loss
Peter Langdale from Garden La Palma offers some useful tips for gardening during the rainy season
Tech-savvy tots
Increasing number of pre-schoolers becoming competent users of electronic gadgets, including iPads
‘I knew Jimmy Savile was dodgy’, says Status Quo’s Rick Parfitt
Alhaurin-based guitarist admits he was not surprised by revelations about disgraced DJ
Royal Horticultural Society photo award by Spanish snap
The picture of an olive tree surrounded by tulips was taken by Josie Elias, who scoops up the €1,200 prize money
Axarquia: True vintage
Jon Clarke discovers that the Axarquia has a long and rich history of winemaking
Cig benefit
Spain is to become the first country in Europe to recycle cigarette butts, thanks to a joint project between British American Tobacco and TerraCycle.
Sabre-toothed tigers ate horses, discover Spanish scientists
The experts studied fossil sites in Cerro de los Batallones near Madrid
BBC football pundit Steve Claridge: My return as a market trader
The former Premiership footballer once made more money selling plants than playing, he tells Jon Clarke
Roman jug found behind Estepona high street
EXCLUSIVE: Ancient artifacts have been discovered behind the town's busy shopping street
Spanish fig farmers fear the worst after chemical banned
Environment ministers have refused to approve the use of hydrogen cinnamid, which aids production
Malaga airport has not turned aircon off, insists spokesman
EXCLUSIVE: Several passengers claim it has been getting unbearably hot waiting for flights