Freak ‘heat dome’ and Saharan dust cloud to blast Andalucia and Costa Blanca as summer arrives early
SPAIN is heading for its first scorcher weekend of the year as a brutal front of hot air moves up over the peninsula from Africa.
Timeline of events as Jonathan Andic is charged with murder of his own father, billionaire Mango founder, in Barcelona mountains
THE son of billionaire Mango fashion empire founder Isak Andic has been arrested and charged with his father’s murder following a dramatic twist in an
Urgent appeal to find missing man, 58, last seen at popular Costa del Sol Irish bar
URGENT appeals have been launched to find a 58-year-old man who has gone missing on Spain’s Costa del Sol. Aodhan Langan was last seen on
Manhunt underway as drug gang opens fire on police before fleeing during Costa del Sol dawn raid
POLICE are hunting a gang of heavily armed drug traffickers who opened fire on officers during a dawn raid on the Costa del Sol early
Son of Mango founder arrested for suspected murder over billionaire father’s mountain fall in Barcelona
THE eldest son of Mango founder Isak Andic has been arrested for the suspected murder of his billionaire father in Catalunya. Jonathan Andic was detained
Guardia Civil vessel escorted away after approaching British nuclear submarine in Strait of Gibraltar – as Spanish navy runs its biggest annual war games nearby
SPAIN’S Guardia Civil breached the security cordon of a British nuclear submarine arriving at Gibraltar on Thursday as military activity in the Strait heats up.
Police in Marbella launch week-long crackdown on drink and drug driving
POLICE in Marbella have launched a week-long crackdown on drink and drug driving. The Policia Local are currently carrying out a special campaign of preventive
Man who brutally kicked ex-partner’s cat to death in a Torrevieja street to be deported from Spain
A MAN has been ordered to leave Spain after brutally kicking his ex-partners cat to death in the street in Torrevieja. The 29-year-old foreign national
Who is Paul Blanchard? The British pensioner and ‘secret spy for Spain’ who claims he infiltrated some of the world’s most terrifying mafias – and has just beaten extradition charges
AS a British pensioner’s battle against extradition ends victoriously, his claims of being a secret 007-style agent for Spain have once again come under the
Canary Islands president ridiculed for claim that ‘hantavirus-carrying rats will swim to shore while MV Hondius is anchored off Tenerife’
THE president of the Canary Islands has been mocked for sending Spain’s health minister a screenshot of a Google AI response claiming hantavirus rats can
‘Help me find my daughter’: Missing Ukrainian woman, 36, last seen in Murcia after ‘stressful’ traffic accident in Algeciras
AUTHORITIES are searching for a Ukrainian woman who vanished following a car crash in southern Spain. Ilona Hunkova, 36, has not been heard from since
Urgent search for South African hantavirus cruise ship passenger who made ‘several day’ layover in Barcelona
SPANISH health authorities are urgently searching for a South African tourist who may have been exposed to the deadly hantavirus before spending a week in
Madrid on yellow alert for storms, hail and strong winds
SPAIN’s national weather agency has issued a yellow storm warning for Madrid city and its wider metropolitan area, active from midday until 9pm on Thursday.
Catalan police launch knife crackdown at metro stations and parks after two die in seven attacks during deadly 72 hours in Barcelona
CATALAN police have launched an crackdown on bladed weapons at metro stations and parks following a bloody 72 hours that left two people dead and
Spain faces deficit of 730,000 homes as 2.3 million foreigners arrive in just two years
SPAIN is facing a housing shortage of more than 730,000 homes fuelled by a massive influx of new foreign arrivals New data reveals a ‘perfect
Barcelona ‘random knife attack’ victim was Chinese woman, 42, who had moved to Spain just one year ago
THE victim of a horrific daylight stabbing in an upmarket Barcelona suburb has been identified as a 42-year-old Chinese national who moved to Spain just
Balearic property paradox: Sellers are demanding a third more than buyers are willing to pay – and transactions are collapsing
STRANGE things are happening in the usually-frenetic Balearic property market. Asking prices reached a new record high in February, according to data from property portal
Alicante and Malaga’s congested roads gained over 100,000 vehicles last year – amounting to three for every four people in both provinces
MORE than 100,000 vehicles were added to the roads of Alicante and Malaga combined in a single year, with both provinces now more motorised than
Spain silent on EES as Greece, Portugal and Italy relax biometric entry rules for British travellers
BRITISH tourists are holding their breath to see if Spain will follow suit after Greece, Portugal and Italy all moved to ease new biometric border controls.Â
Young woman is stabbed to death in wealthy Barcelona suburb as attacker is arrested at gunpoint
A YOUNG woman has been stabbed to death in a wealthy Barcelona suburb just yards from three international schools. The horrific daylight knife attack took
Tragedy on the Costa del Sol as motorcyclist, 54, dies in late-night crash on the A-7 motorway in Mijas
A MOTORCYCLIST has died in a late-night crash on the A-7 motorway in Mijas. The fatal incident occurred at approximately 10.45pm on Saturday night when
Marbella police announce sudden crackdown on beach bars with a week of inspections just as summer party season kicks off
A CRACKDOWN on beach clubs and chiringuitos across Marbella kicks off tomorrow during the first week of the summer party season. The Policia Local has
Night of chaos in Barcelona as teenager is arrested for murder after knife-wielding attacker is stabbed to death
A TEENAGER has been arrested after a machete-wielding street mugger was stabbed to death following a chaotic street chase through central Barcelona. The violent incident
Why Spain celebrates May Day (and why Franco tried to quash it): The holiday that gave us the weekend – and helped save the Western world from communist revolution
HUNDREDS of thousands of people have taken to the streets across Spain this Friday to mark International Workers’ Day. The country’s two largest unions have
The surprise locations renters are flocking to in Spain – while only two ‘cheap’ towns remain for bargain hunters on the Mediterranean coast
SURPRISE property hotspots are emerging across Spain as renters flock to unexpected towns away from the big cities and coastal resorts in a bid to
Madrid placed under orange alert for severe storms and flash flooding: Avoid unnecessary travel; flights may face diversions
ANYONE in Madrid is being urged to avoid all unnecessary travel today as severe storms, hail and flash flooding threaten to batter the capital. State