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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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Police cars to get ‘free passes’ through Spain’s toll booths in move to improve efficiency
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21 Jan, 2020 @ 11:03
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Newborn baby found with bags of clothes in busy Costa Blanca street
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20 Jan, 2020 @ 14:45
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‘Illegal houses’ action group expands into Murcia to help duped expats gain essential AFO status for their Spanish homes
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20 Jan, 2020 @ 11:00
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Costa Blanca kicks off 2020 with month-long carnival in coastal city
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19 Jan, 2020 @ 07:40
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Orihuela reopens sports centre only four months after it was “completely flooded” by DANA
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19 Jan, 2020 @ 07:11
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Costa Blanca town ‘choked’ by roadworks given temporary solution by council to ‘desperately-needed’ parking problem
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18 Jan, 2020 @ 11:05
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Murcia’s flu epidemic now raging through Spain
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18 Jan, 2020 @ 07:19
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Costa Blanca town celebrates citizens’ ‘titanic’ struggle against marching sands
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17 Jan, 2020 @ 10:54
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Spanish MEP tells Brits: “the European Union will always be your home’
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17 Jan, 2020 @ 09:52
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WATCH: Tonne of narcotics found hidden in furniture leaving Costa Blanca’s Alicante for France – 18 arrested
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16 Jan, 2020 @ 14:00
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Reopening at fire-ravaged Costa Blanca airport is postponed even further
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16 Jan, 2020 @ 10:49
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Campaigners slam ‘squandering of public money’ as Murcia’s trouble-ridden Corvera Airport celebrates its first anniversary
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16 Jan, 2020 @ 10:03
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Costa Blanca holiday home registration doubles in four years, after owners threatened with sanctions
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15 Jan, 2020 @ 08:45
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Flu epidemic in Spain’s Murcia region sees 150 extra medics drafted in to cope with ten-fold increase in cases
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14 Jan, 2020 @ 13:44
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Crafty Costa Calida criminals arrested after run of holiday home robberies going back to 2018
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14 Jan, 2020 @ 08:26
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Children and elderly warned as air pollution reaches record levels in Spain’s Murcia
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13 Jan, 2020 @ 09:24
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Spain’s Murcia region enjoys it’s warmest December this millennium
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12 Jan, 2020 @ 17:23
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Costa Calida shows continued growth in house prices, but Spain averages are still a THIRD less than 2007
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12 Jan, 2020 @ 10:06
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‘Titanic’ prize in special raffle for exhibition visitors to Spain’s Murcia
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11 Jan, 2020 @ 18:00
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Overdue roadworks to cause four months of disruption in Costa Blanca town
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11 Jan, 2020 @ 12:30
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The new Olive Press for Costa Blanca South is out now – and here’s where you can get your...
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10 Jan, 2020 @ 20:14
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Conman accused of stealing expat’s BMW claims his transport company left it in northern Spain due to ‘paperwork problems’
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10 Jan, 2020 @ 10:09
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Patisserie Porn – Sex toys baked into festive dishes at Costa Blanca baker in celebration of Reyes.
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8 Jan, 2020 @ 11:42
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WATCH: Police catch drug smugglers at gun-point in dramatic Costa Calida raid
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30 Dec, 2019 @ 13:37
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Costa Blanca airport soars high with a record 15 million passengers passing through
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30 Dec, 2019 @ 08:36
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WATCH: ‘Dangerous’ drugs smugglers with Costa Blanca links caught with tonne of cocaine and €550,000 in cash
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29 Dec, 2019 @ 14:57
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