Walter Finch, is the Digital Editor of the Olive Press and occasional roaming photographer who started out at the Daily Mail.
Born in London but having lived in six countries, he is well-travelled and worldly. He studied Philosophy at the University of Birmingham and earned his NCTJ diploma in journalism from London's renowned News Associates during the Covid era.
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WATCH: Moment armed kidnappers are arrested in dramatic police chase after a man is snatched in Malaga seaside town

THIS is the moment Spanish Policia Nacional intercepted a car speeding down the motorway carrying a drug kidnap gang on the Costa del Sol. Police

28 Jan, 2025 @ 12:45

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

RGP slams ‘appalling’ attack on officers ‘doing their job’ after three police are assaulted in Gibraltar

THE Royal Gibraltar Police has launched a blistering broadside after three officers were assaulted and left requiring medical treatment by a bottle-wielding mob. A violent

27 Jan, 2025 @ 18:36

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

All you need to know about Gibraltar’s planned transport and infrastructure upgrade

A MAJOR new initiative has been announced to overhaul Gibraltar’s transport and infrastructure network. As part of a push towards sustainable mobility, the government has

27 Jan, 2025 @ 18:00

Gibraltar·Lead

Asian nationals ‘granted entry to Spain without correct visas’ after storms diverted Gibraltar-bound flight to Malaga

SPANISH sources have claimed Spain was forced to grant entry to passengers who did not have the correct visas to enter the EU after a

27 Jan, 2025 @ 15:25

Gibraltar·Lead·Malaga

Binge drinking and impromptu street parties targeted in clamp down on Malaga’s famous August feria

MALAGA city hall is aiming to crack down on the extreme street boozing that often takes place each year during the famous August feria. The

27 Jan, 2025 @ 14:34

Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Costa del Sol on yellow alert as Storm Herminia brings gale-force winds and heavy rains

The Costa del Sol has been placed under a yellow weather warning as Storm Herminia batters southern Spain with gale-force winds of up to 90

27 Jan, 2025 @ 11:24

Costa del Sol·Lead·Weather

WATCH: Early morning ‘arson attack’ causes evacuations in Gibraltar housing estate

A SUSPECTED arson attack in Gibraltar has triggered a housing block to be evacuated early this morning, police have confirmed. Multiple residents reported the blaze

27 Jan, 2025 @ 09:39

Gibraltar·Lead

Costa del Sol estate agents slam ‘ineffective and populist’ plans to tax non-EU property buyers and offer ‘real’ solutions for Spain’s housing crisis

A LEADING Costa del Sol property group has warned Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s proposed new tax measures targeting non-EU property buyers could damage one

26 Jan, 2025 @ 09:00

Costa del Sol·Lead·Property

Range of social services to be more easily accessible as Gibraltar continues its digitisation drive

A NEW website is being launched for the Ministry of Equality, Employment, Culture and Tourism as part of Gibraltar’s ongoing drive to digitise government services.

25 Jan, 2025 @ 16:00

Gibraltar·Lead

A beer economy: Heineken claims to have contributed €5 billion to Spain’s booming GDP figures

DUTCH beer giant Heineken claims to have pumped nearly €5 billion into the Spanish economy last year – equivalent to 0.3% of Spain’s entire GDP.

25 Jan, 2025 @ 14:00

Business & Finance·Lead

Mad Cool 2025: Olivia Rodrigo and Kings of Leon to headline Madrid music festival this summer

GRAMMY winner Olivia Rodrigo and rock veterans Kings of Leon will top the bill at Madrid’s Mad Cool Festival 2025. They will line up alongside

25 Jan, 2025 @ 12:15

Entertainment·Lead·Madrid

The UK mulls over joining tariff-free European trade zone in boost for Gibraltar

THE European Union has opened the door to the UK joining a pan-European trade agreement that could ease commercial restrictions between the two. EU trade

24 Jan, 2025 @ 17:09

Gibraltar·Lead

Goodbye British products? Brexit deal will ‘force Gibraltar to slap EU tariffs on Bisto, Bovril and other imports from the UK’

THE likelihood that Gibraltar will need to align with EU regulations as part of a post-Brexit deal is sparking concerns that it could spell the

24 Jan, 2025 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar Health Authority defends ambulance dispatch after complaints over response to one-week-old baby call out

Gibraltar’s health authorities have defended their ambulance dispatch procedures after public criticism of their response to attending to a one-week-old baby. The Gibraltar Health Authority

24 Jan, 2025 @ 14:00

Gibraltar·Lead

Heavy rain and gales forecast from Friday for parts of Spain

Storm Eowyn threatens weather chaos across Spain with hurricane-force winds and heavy rain

AN Atlantic storm is on its way to Spain that could bring widespread disruption this weekend and into early next week. The Spanish State Meteorological

24 Jan, 2025 @ 12:45

Lead·Weather

AI in the US will soon use more energy than all of Italy or the UK: Will Spain’s power grid be able to cope with influx of new data centres?

THE explosive growth of Artificial Intelligence could devour electricity equivalent to an entire country’s annual consumption, according to a new US Department of Energy report.

23 Jan, 2025 @ 13:00

Environment·Lead·Technology

Germans and Dutch dominate Spain’s luxury property market – but which areas will be hit in Pedro Sanchez’s ban on non-EU buyers?

PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez’s plans to shut non-EU-non-resident buyers out of the Spanish property market could affect a number of areas popular with Brits and

22 Jan, 2025 @ 13:00

Costa del Sol·Lead·Property

Terror arrests on Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca as police smash jihadist ring

American tourist, 80, ‘murdered in Malaga tourist apartment’ after neighbours hear ‘screams of agony’

AN American tourist has been found dead with signs of violence in a holiday apartment in Malaga’s historic centre. He had reportedly just arrived in

22 Jan, 2025 @ 11:04

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spain-Morocco tunnel latest: Hopes dashed that it will be completed in time for 2030 World Cup amid reports of 'decade-long' delay

German tunnelling specialists ‘awarded contract to assess feasibility of Spain to Morocco underwater train’ – reports

AN underwater tunnel between Spain and Morocco is reported to be one step closer to fruition after a firm was selected to conduct a feasibility

21 Jan, 2025 @ 19:00

Cadiz·Gibraltar·Lead

Horror in Ronda: Man nearly has femoral artery severed in daylight knife attack while out walking his dog with his girlfriend in Spain

A MAN has been arrested in Ronda after allegedly stabbing a rival in the leg during a broad daylight attack, missing his femoral artery by

21 Jan, 2025 @ 16:00

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Trump confuses Spain with a BRICS nation and threatens 100% tariffs amid question about Spanish defence spending

NEW US President Donald Trump asked if NATO ally Spain was a BRICS nation when quizzed on the country’s low defence spending. The gaff was

21 Jan, 2025 @ 13:45

National News·Politics

Urgent appeal launched for missing 13-year-old girl in Gibraltar: Police ‘concerned for her safety’

Police have launched an urgent appeal to find a teenage girl who went missing from Gibraltar’s Laguna Estate yesterday afternoon. Sara Mae White, 13, was

21 Jan, 2025 @ 11:43

Gibraltar·Lead

WATCH: Red alert returns to Andalucia: Storm dumps over 130mm of rain across southern Spain as roads turn to rivers

STREETS have been turned into rivers and rail services disrupted as Storm Garoe batters western Andalucia amid a red alert weather warning. The province of

21 Jan, 2025 @ 08:10

Huelva·Lead·Sevilla·Weather

Notorious narco leader in the Strait of Gibraltar claims Netflix documentary violated his right to a fair trial

THE leader of one of Spain’s most notorious drug trafficking groups has claimed that a Netflix documentary about his activities violated his rights in an

20 Jan, 2025 @ 19:00

Lead·National News

Security guard on Barcelona metro ‘loses an eye after being punched with brass knuckles’ as crime rate continues to soar

A SECURITY guard has lost an eye while intervening in a brawl at a Barcelona metro station. The horrific attack occurred at the Poblenou station

20 Jan, 2025 @ 15:30

Barcelona·Lead

Worries in Spain: Trump could ‘harm treaty negotiations with Gibraltar and take dim view of Spanish defence spending’

THE imminent arrival of Donald Trump in the White House is sending tremors of apprehension through Spain even as he is inaugurated today. A new

20 Jan, 2025 @ 15:00

Gibraltar·Lead

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WATCH: Moment armed kidnappers are arrested in dramatic police chase after a man is snatched in Malaga seaside town

RGP slams ‘appalling’ attack on officers ‘doing their job’ after three police are assaulted in Gibraltar

All you need to know about Gibraltar’s planned transport and infrastructure upgrade

Asian nationals ‘granted entry to Spain without correct visas’ after storms diverted Gibraltar-bound flight to Malaga

Binge drinking and impromptu street parties targeted in clamp down on Malaga’s famous August feria

WATCH: Costa del Sol on yellow alert as Storm Herminia brings gale-force winds and heavy rains

WATCH: Early morning ‘arson attack’ causes evacuations in Gibraltar housing estate

Costa del Sol estate agents slam ‘ineffective and populist’ plans to tax non-EU property buyers and offer ‘real’ solutions for Spain’s housing crisis

Range of social services to be more easily accessible as Gibraltar continues its digitisation drive

A beer economy: Heineken claims to have contributed €5 billion to Spain’s booming GDP figures

Mad Cool 2025: Olivia Rodrigo and Kings of Leon to headline Madrid music festival this summer

The UK mulls over joining tariff-free European trade zone in boost for Gibraltar

Goodbye British products? Brexit deal will ‘force Gibraltar to slap EU tariffs on Bisto, Bovril and other imports from the UK’

Gibraltar Health Authority defends ambulance dispatch after complaints over response to one-week-old baby call out

Storm Eowyn threatens weather chaos across Spain with hurricane-force winds and heavy rain

AI in the US will soon use more energy than all of Italy or the UK: Will Spain’s power grid be able to cope with influx of new data centres?

Germans and Dutch dominate Spain’s luxury property market – but which areas will be hit in Pedro Sanchez’s ban on non-EU buyers?

American tourist, 80, ‘murdered in Malaga tourist apartment’ after neighbours hear ‘screams of agony’

German tunnelling specialists ‘awarded contract to assess feasibility of Spain to Morocco underwater train’ – reports

Horror in Ronda: Man nearly has femoral artery severed in daylight knife attack while out walking his dog with his girlfriend in Spain

WATCH: Trump confuses Spain with a BRICS nation and threatens 100% tariffs amid question about Spanish defence spending

Urgent appeal launched for missing 13-year-old girl in Gibraltar: Police ‘concerned for her safety’

WATCH: Red alert returns to Andalucia: Storm dumps over 130mm of rain across southern Spain as roads turn to rivers

Notorious narco leader in the Strait of Gibraltar claims Netflix documentary violated his right to a fair trial

Security guard on Barcelona metro ‘loses an eye after being punched with brass knuckles’ as crime rate continues to soar

Worries in Spain: Trump could ‘harm treaty negotiations with Gibraltar and take dim view of Spanish defence spending’

Albanian shot dead at Costa Blanca padel club was target in ‘family feud’ and was jailed in Italy for drug trafficking

Housing shortage is now so severe in Valencia that estate agents are paying ordinary people to tip them off about homes to sell

Andalucian left-wing party wants rents capped by law at a fifth of local family income

Estepona mayor to stand trial over ‘plant pot job for lover’ as calls grow for PP to suspend him

WATCH: Taxi driver survives horrifying crash after lorry overturns and flattens his cab inside Malaga tunnel

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