‘Kicking on in Coin’: Is this lifelong Liverpool fan Spain’s oldest expat? LIFELONG Liverpool fan, Edmund ‘Frank’ Francis Woodhouse turns 102 at the end of the month – and says the secret to a long and happy 9 Aug, 2020 @ 16:12 Lead·Malaga
200 Christian burials and Roman remains unearthed in Spain’s Malaga 200 bodies have been discovered in the ongoing excavation next to the Malaga metro. 8 Aug, 2020 @ 09:42 La Cultura·Lead·Malaga
Huge nightclub forced to close for 15 days after breaching COVID-19 rules on Spain’s Costa del Sol Boa, formerly known as Kiu, is also facing sanctions after allegedly flouting several of the rules applied to nightlife venues 7 Aug, 2020 @ 12:00 Coronavirus·Lead·Malaga
Religious leader gathers over 100 people in his home for private mass in Spain’s Malaga The young people had just arrived back from a Christian camp in Cadiz and were preparing to celebrate a mass ‘with musical instruments’, the owner 7 Aug, 2020 @ 11:21 Coronavirus·Lead·Malaga
Tourism won’t fully recover on Spain’s Costa del Sol until 2022 following UK quarantine, says report The report details how Greece and Turkey have seen a spike in bookings following the string of cancellations in Spain 7 Aug, 2020 @ 10:02 Coronavirus·Lead·Malaga
Young man shot in face in Spain’s Marbella Policia Nacional were alerted to the scene following several calls to the 091 number at 3.44am 7 Aug, 2020 @ 09:38 Lead·Malaga
Torremolinos bar where DJ spat drink over dancing revellers had no licence for music events The Junta is now investigating the event and is carrying out contact tracing on people who were at the beach club 7 Aug, 2020 @ 08:21 Coronavirus·Lead·Malaga
Costa del Sol firefighters travel to Beirut to join search for blast survivors Of the firefighters, three are from Malaga, one is from Sevilla and the other is from Almunecar 6 Aug, 2020 @ 16:52 Lead·Malaga·Sevilla
BREAKING: 14 new COVID-19 outbreaks detected in Spain’s Andalucia with the majority in Malaga In the past 24 hours, eight outbreaks have been detected in Malaga, three in Sevilla, two in Cadiz and one in Granada 6 Aug, 2020 @ 16:08 Coronavirus·Lead·Malaga
Two young women sexually groped while sleeping on bus on Spain’s Costa del Sol As they were about to disembark at their destination they awoke to find themselves being sexually groped by a Spanish man in his 50s 6 Aug, 2020 @ 11:53 Malaga
Black August for tourism on Spain’s Costa del Sol with less than 40% occupancy rate predicted due to UK quarantine July’s data and the fall of the British market due to the quarantine imposed on travellers arriving from Spain make the sector fear the worst 6 Aug, 2020 @ 11:48 Lead·Malaga·Travel News
Police hunting three migrants believed to have COVID-19 after they flee quarantine near Spain’s Costa del Sol The trio left the Temporary Attention Centre for Foreigners (CATE) in San Roque, Cadiz, on Tuesday 5 Aug, 2020 @ 14:39 Coronavirus·Lead·Malaga
WATCH: British comedian Jim Davidson says ‘Spain is for fat northern birds’ before telling Brits to get dinghy across the channel to avoid 14-day quarantine Davidson’s career has been met with controversy since his big break in the mid-seventies on the ITV talent show New Faces 5 Aug, 2020 @ 14:24 Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·National News
Marbella counts for almost half of Malaga’s COVID-19 cases as numbers continue to climb on Spain’s Costa del Sol In the past 24 hours there have been a further two outbreaks on the Costa del Sol, consisting of 11 and five cases 5 Aug, 2020 @ 13:46 Lead·Malaga
More than 3000 people fined for not wearing a mask in less than a month in Spain’s Malaga On average, policia local impose 145 sanctions a day in the capital 5 Aug, 2020 @ 11:43 Lead·Malaga
Scientists unable to track chicks at Andalucia’s largest flamingo settlement due to COVID-19 Due to coronavirus, the Ministry has determined that the bird banding will not take place this season. 4 Aug, 2020 @ 18:19 Environment·Malaga
Family of British expat who died after falling into uncovered manhole on Spain’s Costa del Sol vows to seek justice ‘even if it takes years’ The Brit had been living in Spain for over four years and had just finished training as a carer and was looking forward to a 4 Aug, 2020 @ 14:47 Lead·Malaga
BREAKING: Iconic Tivoli World on Spain’s Costa del Sol files for bankruptcy The Malaga courts will now carry out an economic report on the business to determine if it is viable, with the result expected in a 4 Aug, 2020 @ 14:18 Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga
British man exposes himself in front of young girls on beach before trying to take off on motorbike while stark naked on Spain’s Costa del Sol The suspect, in his 40s, was sunbathing naked on Santa Ana beach in Benalmadena when he began approaching several other beachgoers 4 Aug, 2020 @ 12:29 Lead·Malaga
Olivia Valere nightclub in Spain’s Marbella closes after staff test positive for COVID-19 The closure on Monday night came a week after it announced that 100% of its workers had undergone a PCR test and that all had 4 Aug, 2020 @ 11:59 Coronavirus·Lead·Malaga
Beach club where DJ spat out alcohol over boozed up club goers is shut down for 15 days on Spain’s Costa del Sol Police are currently investigating the DJ’s actions and the establishment’s lack of safety measures 4 Aug, 2020 @ 10:53 Lead·Malaga
Camouflaged traffic van in Spain’s Malaga detects dozens of traffic violations a day – including SHAVING and having one arm out the window The van doesn’t come equipped with speed cameras, but targets other serious driving offences instead 3 Aug, 2020 @ 13:29 Lead·Malaga
Costa del Sol hit with record temperatures as Spain suffers intense heatwave The searing temperatures caused AEMET to issue a red heat warning across large parts of Andalucia over the weekend, including much of the Costa del 3 Aug, 2020 @ 12:06 Lead·Malaga
Club DJ under investigation for spitting Jagermeister on revellers on Spain’s Costa del Sol Nightclubs have been an important factor in the increase of COVID-19 cases in Andalucia 3 Aug, 2020 @ 11:54 Lead·Malaga
World’s fifth richest man expands his property portfolio to Spain Worth a cool $73.9 billion, Warren Buffet is considered one of the most successful investors of all time. Fifth in the 2020 rich list, Buffett 2 Aug, 2020 @ 13:00 Malaga·Property
Nerja mayor being probed over illegal landfill which dumped toxic waste on protected land for 18 years For 18 years, the site dumped around 800,000 cubic metres of waste in the area, without any oversight or authorisation 1 Aug, 2020 @ 09:47 Lead·Malaga