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Fifty-something writer, traveller, F1 enthusiast and radio presenter, working hard on the Costa Blanca South. Email me on simon@theolivepress.es
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Swedish expat returns to Spain’s Costa Blanca to find house turned into DRUGS DEN guarded by armed trafficker
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British expats walking together and saving lives on Spain’s Costa Blanca
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WATCH: Human trafficking gang that imported nearly 1,000 illegal immigrants arrested in Spain’s Alicante
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REVEALED: French drivers are worse than British for road crimes in Spain
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Costa Blanca mayor declares city is ‘planting the future’ as Day Of The Tree is celebrated
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GALLERY: Costa Blanca city hosts massive medieval market, thousands attend
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Costa Blanca city explodes in ‘riot of colour’ at annual medieval market
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AMAZING VIDEO: Spanish architect strips off to test Europe’s largest overhanging pool, in Murcia
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Deadline extended for plans to regulate illegal housing for up to 350,000 people in Spain’s Valenciana region
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Costa Calida cops chase fake fundraisers out of town in high-speed pursuit
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WATCH: Costa Blanca’s dildo desperado steals 40 sex toys before sharing them among neighbours
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SAFETY FIRST: Emergency staff to flood Costa Blanca streets for annual food festival
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First new cops in SEVEN years to patrol Costa Blanca beaches preventing illegal traders and more
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Free buses take food festival lovers to ‘magic’ medieval market this weekend in Spain’s Costa Blanca
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Costa Blanca towns away from the coast MUST work together to improve tourism potential, says Vega Baja councillor
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Costa Calida mayor slams €80m flood defence budget as being less than a third of what’s needed in Spanish...
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Flu epidemic admissions increase by 50% in Spain’s Murcia region, with 700 new cases reported daily.
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WATCH: Mother of four arrested for child abandonment after newborn baby girl left in Costa Blanca doorway
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WATCH: Hundreds of Chihuahua and Pomeranian puppies due for sale around Spain are rescued from illegal basement kennels in...
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Dramatic image captures ‘the power of nature’ with ‘The Leaning Tower of Guardamar’ in Spain’s Costa Blanca
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Olive Press reader captures dramatic pictures of van “exploding into flames” on motorway in Spain’s Murcia.
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Costa Calida mayor blasts president of Spain’s Murcia region over flood solutions, as residents brick up their own doorways
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Caught red-handed: Costa Blanca car thieves arrested while going equipped
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