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Narco shootout leads to discovery of cocaine bunker holding a tonne of drugs buried in woods near Marbella

THE Policia Nacional have discovered a bunker holding a tonne of drugs and firearms after being shot at by suspects in woods near Marbella. The

4 Mar, 2026 @ 16:47

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Pensioner, 74, jumps from second-floor window in Marbella to escape woman who chopped off his fingertip over €200 drug debt

A DRAMATIC escape unfolded when a pensioner hurled himself from an apartment window where he was being tortured over a drug debt. The man, 74,

3 Mar, 2026 @ 18:10

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella·National News

Relief for cancer patients as Marbella hospital receives €100m upgrade – all you need to know

THE Costa del Sol’s flagship hospital has finally completed its expansion after 16 years in the making. The new and improved University Hospital in Marbella

3 Mar, 2026 @ 18:00

Costa del Sol·Health·Marbella

Falstaff would approve – From tapas to tasting menus Spain’s 2026 Gastronomy Capital of Jerez de la Frontera has it all

IT has been well known for its local wines since the days of Shakespeare, and indeed well before, but now Jerez de la Frontera’s celebrated

3 Mar, 2026 @ 14:11

Food & Drink·For Foodies·Lead·Malaga

Why the skies above Malaga and Marbella will turn orange as ‘blood rain’ hits

RESIDENTS across the Costa del Sol are being warned to leave their freshly washed cars in the garage and cover their terrace furniture as a

3 Mar, 2026 @ 13:42

Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Weather

Top tips to avoid poisonous processionary caterpillars as the season starts on the Costa del Sol

PARENTS and dog owners should take extra care when out in the wilderness on the Costa del Sol, scientists have warned, as scores of poisonous

2 Mar, 2026 @ 17:15

Costa del Sol·Environment·Green·Lead·Malaga

Costa del Sol taxi driver punches drunk Irish customer who he threw out of cab for burping

Costa del Sol taxi driver punches drunk Irish passenger who he threw out of cab for burping

A FUENGIROLA taxi driver has been arrested for punching a drunk 65-year-old Irish customer after throwing him out of his cab. The incident happened on

2 Mar, 2026 @ 14:51

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spain unfurls 33 new speed cameras across the country – including one on Malaga’s ‘death road’ and three more in Alicante

A NATIONWIDE speeding crackdown is under way, with 33 new speed cameras now watching drivers across Spain as authorities step up efforts to cut road

2 Mar, 2026 @ 14:40

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Marbella is betting big on a new wave of five-star hotels – but is the Costa del Sol jewel really ready to go cold turkey on illegal Airbnbs?

WERE it not for for the forest of cranes springing up on the horizon around Marbella, you would hardly know that a quiet struggle is

1 Mar, 2026 @ 10:00

Lead·Marbella·Olive Press Travel·Property·Travel News

Cockroaches are taking over Malaga’s troubled C1 commuter line to Fuengirola

CHAOS hit Malaga’s commuter trains this week after cockroaches were discovered on two Cercanias trains. Just before the morning rush, two trains were pulled from

27 Feb, 2026 @ 16:45

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

The world’s largest floating library is coming to Malaga – and you can explore its 5,000 books from around the world for just two euros

A FLOATING book fair will dock in Malaga next month, giving visitors the chance to step aboard one of the most unusual cultural attractions to

27 Feb, 2026 @ 14:05

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Buses from Estepona to Malaga airport via Marbella get boost with new service for early flights

EARLY morning dashes to the airport have just become much easier for residents and tourists on the western Costa del Sol. Transport company Avanza has

27 Feb, 2026 @ 12:30

Estepona·Lead·Marbella·Travel News

Marbella villa robberies: Spanish police bust Albanian gang

WATCH: Inside the takedown of a brutal Albanian gang who tortured Marbella expats in their luxury villas

AN ALBANIAN gang that executed 11 violent home robberies in Spain has been busted by the Policia Nacional. The crew acquired over €1.5 million in

27 Feb, 2026 @ 11:57

Andalucia·Barcelona·Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Malaga will be cut off from high-speed trains to Madrid and beyond for at least another month

MALAGA is set to be cut off from high-speed trains to Madrid and beyond for at least another month. It has been warned that high-speed

25 Feb, 2026 @ 17:25

Lead·Madrid·Malaga·Travel News

Marbella begins €400,000 clean-up operation to repair the region’s storm-battered beaches as tourism begins to ramp up

MARBELLA has begun a costly beach clean-up operation to repair the region’s storm-battered beaches before peak tourist season. At a price of over €400,000, Marbella

24 Feb, 2026 @ 12:45

Lead·Marbella

Flights are diverted from Malaga airport due to foggy conditions

Tourist, 30, visiting the Costa del Sol on holiday is run over outside Malaga airport just minutes after landing

IF Carling did holidays, they probably wouldn’t begin like this. A 30-year-old tourist landed on the Costa del Sol on Monday ahead of a well-earned

24 Feb, 2026 @ 12:34

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Horror in Malaga: Young man savagely beaten outside nightclub by two thugs who screamed ‘antifascist’ as they threw punches

A BRUTAL attack outside a Malaga nightclub has left a young man hospitalised after two assaulters allegedly choked and beat him while shouting political slurs.

24 Feb, 2026 @ 11:48

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Malaga ‘set to lose one-fifth of its GDP by 2050 thanks to extreme weather driven by climate change’, alarming study finds

CLIMATE change is set to hamstring Malaga’s economy within the next three decades unless global temperatures are brought under control, a new study has warned.

24 Feb, 2026 @ 10:31

Environment·Green·Lead·Malaga·Weather

A mysterious joker calling himself the ‘Son of Cervantes’ is leaving bizarre anti-foreigner poems on statues around Malaga’s Ronda

EXPATS and locals alike have been left stunned after a mysterious poet launched a bizarre campaign demanding that foreigners leave the Malaga town of Ronda.

23 Feb, 2026 @ 18:15

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Homebuyers in Malaga need to find nearly €100k just to get a mortgage – and it’s no where near the worst in Spain

GETTING on the high-demand property ladder in Malaga has become a Herculean task for locals, with buyers now needing nearly €100,000 in cash just to

22 Feb, 2026 @ 12:30

Lead·Malaga·Property

Svenska Skolan Marbella – a Swedish education under the sun

SVENSKA Skolan Marbella offers something many families dream of: a secure Swedish school education combined with life in a Mediterranean environment. The school is approved

22 Feb, 2026 @ 11:00

Andalucia·Education·Marbella·Sponsored

Malaga hospitals in chaos as doctors’ strike cancels 200,000 appointments – what happens now?

MORE than 200,000 doctor’s appointments have been cancelled in Malaga following a nationwide strike over medical staff working conditions, official data shows. Roughly 4,000 surgeries

21 Feb, 2026 @ 11:00

Health·Lead·Malaga

Marbella’s San Pedro is finally to get its own bus station located on the exit to the Ronda road later this year

SAN Pedro de Alcantara is finally set to get its own dedicated bus station after years of complaints about scattered stops and poor connections in

21 Feb, 2026 @ 08:30

Lead·Marbella·Travel News

‘Don’t even think about coming to rob us’: Chaos in Malaga as over 40 machete-wielding masked youths gather to shoot fireworks and film rap video

A MALAGA rapper is facing public disorder charges after more than 40 masked youths armed with machetes and bats descended on the historic centre to

19 Feb, 2026 @ 19:28

crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Lining up the legends – the world’s golfing stars are descending on Spain three times this year

DO you fancy your chances against the golfing royalty? Well now’s the chance to test your clubs against Colin Montgomerie, Miguel Angel Jimenez or Paul

19 Feb, 2026 @ 17:13

Andalucia·Entertainment·Lead·Malaga·Sport

Malaga Airport will double in size: €1.5 billion upgrade includes new wing specially for British and other non-Schengen arrivals

BIG changes are coming for Costa del Sol travellers as Malaga Airport prepares for more UK flights, faster passport control and a much larger terminal.

19 Feb, 2026 @ 15:00

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

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Narco shootout leads to discovery of cocaine bunker holding a tonne of drugs buried in woods near Marbella

Pensioner, 74, jumps from second-floor window in Marbella to escape woman who chopped off his fingertip over €200 drug debt

Relief for cancer patients as Marbella hospital receives €100m upgrade – all you need to know

Falstaff would approve – From tapas to tasting menus Spain’s 2026 Gastronomy Capital of Jerez de la Frontera has it all

Why the skies above Malaga and Marbella will turn orange as ‘blood rain’ hits

Top tips to avoid poisonous processionary caterpillars as the season starts on the Costa del Sol

Costa del Sol taxi driver punches drunk Irish passenger who he threw out of cab for burping

Spain unfurls 33 new speed cameras across the country – including one on Malaga’s ‘death road’ and three more in Alicante

Marbella is betting big on a new wave of five-star hotels – but is the Costa del Sol jewel really ready to go cold turkey on illegal Airbnbs?

Cockroaches are taking over Malaga’s troubled C1 commuter line to Fuengirola

The world’s largest floating library is coming to Malaga – and you can explore its 5,000 books from around the world for just two euros

Buses from Estepona to Malaga airport via Marbella get boost with new service for early flights

WATCH: Inside the takedown of a brutal Albanian gang who tortured Marbella expats in their luxury villas

Malaga will be cut off from high-speed trains to Madrid and beyond for at least another month

Marbella begins €400,000 clean-up operation to repair the region’s storm-battered beaches as tourism begins to ramp up

Tourist, 30, visiting the Costa del Sol on holiday is run over outside Malaga airport just minutes after landing

Horror in Malaga: Young man savagely beaten outside nightclub by two thugs who screamed ‘antifascist’ as they threw punches

Malaga ‘set to lose one-fifth of its GDP by 2050 thanks to extreme weather driven by climate change’, alarming study finds

A mysterious joker calling himself the ‘Son of Cervantes’ is leaving bizarre anti-foreigner poems on statues around Malaga’s Ronda

Homebuyers in Malaga need to find nearly €100k just to get a mortgage – and it’s no where near the worst in Spain

Svenska Skolan Marbella – a Swedish education under the sun

Malaga hospitals in chaos as doctors’ strike cancels 200,000 appointments – what happens now?

Marbella’s San Pedro is finally to get its own bus station located on the exit to the Ronda road later this year

‘Don’t even think about coming to rob us’: Chaos in Malaga as over 40 machete-wielding masked youths gather to shoot fireworks and film rap video

Lining up the legends – the world’s golfing stars are descending on Spain three times this year

Malaga Airport will double in size: €1.5 billion upgrade includes new wing specially for British and other non-Schengen arrivals

Algeciras rampage killer is cleared of terrorism charges after court rules he suffered ‘psychotic break’

BREAKING: One dead and dozens injured after bus carrying British tourists crashes into ravine in Canary Islands

Divers scouring the sea off the coast of southern Spain discover 34 underwater wreckages – including remains of boat from 5th century BC

PICTURED: Dozens evacuated from Costa del Sol tourist hotspot as fire torches shops and cars

VIDEO: ‘It’s like the Middle Ages’: Horrifying scenes in Jerez as young horse collapses three times from pulling carriages