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Revealed: How a narco gang sent marijuana from Marbella to the UK in frozen broccoli and cauliflower shipments

ALMOST two tonnes of hashish destined for the United Kingdom have been seized in a raid on a sophisticated smuggling gang operating out of the

9 Feb, 2024 @ 21:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Other News·Sevilla

Revealed: How a wanted Dutch fugitive blended into the expat community in Spain by taking up dog walking, odd jobs and therapeutic massages – before his arrest for a €70m diamond heist almost 20 years ago

IT was one of the most audacious and daring heists of all time, with up to €70 million in diamonds and jewellery snatched from Amsterdam

9 Feb, 2024 @ 17:00

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Expat couple demand €500k back from British ‘property fraudster’ in Marbella as they appeal to his TikTok influencer daughter

EXPAT victims of a property fraud are appealing to the influencer daughter of the alleged scam artists to help them recover their stolen funds. Danish

9 Feb, 2024 @ 15:30

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

WATCH: Rain lashes southern Spain as Storm Karlotta rolls in – these areas are seeing the heaviest showers

STORM Karlotta, riding on a ‘sky river’ that stretches all the way from Venezuela to Spain, has finally brought long-awaited rains to the Costa del

9 Feb, 2024 @ 10:34

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga·Other News·Weather

Dutch fugitive mastermind, 59, who stole €70m worth of diamonds in the infamous Schiphol Airport heist is arrested in Spain almost 20 years later – but where’s the money?

A DUTCH fugitive wanted for the notorious 2005 Schiphol airport heist that made off with €70 million worth of diamonds has been arrested in Ibiza.

7 Feb, 2024 @ 14:31

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

PICTURED: Albanian ‘kingpin’, 48, who ‘tried to smuggle cocaine into Spain’s Costa del Sol by hiding three tonnes of the drug in BANANA shipments from Ecuador’ – as police make 30 arrests

YET another international drug trafficking cartel operating between the Costa del Sol and Ecuador has been smashed in a ‘mega operation’ that intercepted 3.2 tonnes

7 Feb, 2024 @ 13:30

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Other News

What a Caulker! Malaga City scores first victory since former England defender took the reins last month

JUST a month after a former England defender took the helm, Malaga City have secured their first win. They defeated Rincon 1-0 at their home

6 Feb, 2024 @ 17:16

Andalucia·Football·Lead·Malaga·Sport

‘Heaviest rains since 2022’ finally predicted to soak Spain’s Costa del Sol this week

WEATHER experts are finally predicting a drought-smashing torrential downpour will hit Malaga this week. After an alarmingly dry rainy season, it was beginning to look

6 Feb, 2024 @ 12:14

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Other News·Weather

Real Betis midfielder William Carvalho the latest La Liga footballer accused of rape: Portugal midfielder ‘grabbed her by the head and forced her to perform a sexual act’

REAL Betis star William Carvalho is the latest La Liga footballer to be accused of a sex crime after he allegedly forced a girl to

6 Feb, 2024 @ 10:30

Andalucia·Football·Lead·Sevilla·Sport

British Holidaymaker Dies After Plunging From Seventh Floor Magaluf Hotel Balcony On Spain's Mallorca

British tourist who confessed to raping his son’s friend in Spain’s Mallorca is jailed

A BRITISH man who raped a woman his son had chatted up at the hotel pool in his in Mallorca has been sent to jail

6 Feb, 2024 @ 07:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Top customs official arrested for ‘audacious cocaine smuggling scheme’ at a port on Spain’s Costa del Sol: Drug traffickers ‘controlled inspections for year and a half’

A MALAGA customs chief was the ‘inside man’ in an audacious scheme that saw cocaine traffickers manning the port’s container inspections. The head of the

5 Feb, 2024 @ 14:45

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

New footbridge in Spain’s Estepona marks latest step in completion of the Costa del Sol coastal walkway

THE Costa del Sol’s coastal walkway has been upgraded with the addition of a new wooden bridge near Estepona. The 22-metre, nine tonne construction has

3 Feb, 2024 @ 09:00

Estepona·Lead

Spain’s ‘bleak’ rental market: Malaga and the Costa del Sol eat up over HALF of household income as housing costs soar

MALAGA province holds the unenviable crown of eating up the largest chunk of the average renter’s household income. The Costa del Sol and surrounding areas

2 Feb, 2024 @ 08:30

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Other News·Property

Repeat Thief Facing 142 Robbery Charges Gets Bail Yet Again In Spain's Valencia City

Lock up your homes! Robbers in Spain’s Benalmadena are targeting empty apartments to steal money and jewellery

RESIDENTS of Benalmadena, near Malaga, are on high alert following a spate of burglaries that have seen thieves targeting unoccupied homes to pillage money and

31 Jan, 2024 @ 11:40

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

‘Corruption remains a serious problem’: Spain’s latest report card shows no improvement in ongoing efforts to battle graft

SPAIN has failed to improve its mediocre ranking of shady countries, according to the latest edition of Transparency Internationals’ Corruption Perception Index. The NGO put

30 Jan, 2024 @ 18:00

Lead

Doug Barrowman, 58, husband of scandal-embroiled Tory baroness Michelle Mone, appears in court in Spain on €6 million tax evasion charge

THE husband of disgraced Tory peer Michelle Mone appeared in a Spanish court today as part of a €6 million tax evasion case. Doug Barrowman,

30 Jan, 2024 @ 16:34

Lead·Other News

Doug Barrowman, 58, husband of scandal-embroiled Tory baroness Michelle Mone, appears in court in Spain on €6 million tax evasion charge

THE husband of disgraced Tory peer Michelle Mone appeared in a Spanish court today as part of a €6 million tax evasion case. Doug Barrowman,

30 Jan, 2024 @ 16:34

Lead·Other News

Spain's leading supermarket Mercadona continues to win more customers leaving its rivals floundering|

Woman, 73, is reunited with €13,000 CASH after she left it in a supermarket shopping basket in Spain’s Estepona

NOT everyone who loses a five-figure sum of money on the Costa del Sol is so lucky as to have it returned to them. However,

30 Jan, 2024 @ 13:33

Estepona·Lead

‘Shagaluf’ no more: Planned demolition of iconic Magaluf hotel part of €4 million scheme to rebrand the Mallorca resort for upmarket tourists and families

AN iconic Magaluf hotel is set to be demolished as part of the local council’s efforts to revamp the holiday resort away from its notorious

30 Jan, 2024 @ 13:01

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

New Malaga photo exhibition of American avant-garde pioneer Man Ray set to wow audiences with captures of surrealism – and Spanish artists

MALAGA welcomes a new photo exhibition showcasing the weird and wonderful work of legendary American photographer and avant-garde artist Man Ray. Born Emmanuel Radnitzky in

30 Jan, 2024 @ 12:00

Andalucia·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga·Other News

MISSING: Mother’s desperate plea to help find ‘vulnerable’ son thought to be travelling down Spain’s Costa del Sol

A DESPERATE mother has travelled to Spain from Germany searching for her missing son. Irena Paszek arrived in Malaga on January 19 to track down

29 Jan, 2024 @ 13:35

Lead·Travel: Costa del Sol

Andalucia’s health districts are set to be given the green light to transition into Alert Level 0.

Revealed: The cities where workers earn the most in Spain’s Andalucia – and a scandalous gender pay gap

IF you want to earn top dollar in Andalucia, you want to head to the big cities. A new report has, unsurprisingly, identified Sevilla and

29 Jan, 2024 @ 11:30

Andalucia·Lead

Guardia Civil is looking for adoptive homes in Spain for its adorable police dog puppies to help them become ‘socialised’ – but there is a catch

FEEL like raising an adorable and super smart puppy in your home on behalf of the Guardia Civil? The police force is looking for households

28 Jan, 2024 @ 11:00

Lead·Madrid·Other News

hotel complex Los Alamos in Torremolinos set to be transformed into co working space

Abandoned Los Alamos hotel in Torremolinos will FINALLY be renovated: Developer to build 180 apartments for ‘digital nomads’ who want to move to Spain’s Costa del Sol

AN eyesore hotel which has been left to crumble on the Costa del Sol is finally due to undergo regeneration. The long-abandoned Los Alamos Hotel

27 Jan, 2024 @ 13:00

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Other News·Property

ChefsForChildren returns: Staggering 55 Michelin-starred chefs across Spain will team up with children with autism to teach them the joys of cooking and healthy eating

IF there’s one thing Spain can be proud of, it is the astonishing number of restaurants with Michelin stars scattered around the country – 226

27 Jan, 2024 @ 09:00

Food & Drink·Lead·Other News

REVEALED: The Dutch cocaine kingpin who connected South American cartels with Balkan mafia: String of luxury Marbella villas seized

A COMPLEX narco money laundering operation on the Costa del Sol has been smashed with the arrest of a Dutch cartel boss in Marbella. Police

25 Jan, 2024 @ 16:15

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Other News·Travel: Costa del Sol