Highs of 25C on Spain’s Costa del Sol this week – but will there FINALLY be rain?
JANUARY is getting off to a warm start in southern Spain with highs of 25C predicted in Andalucia. The high temperatures will last until Thursday,
Crackdown on e-scooters: These are the new laws in effect across Spain’s Andalucia from TODAY
NEW e-scooter laws have come into effect today, January 1, in Spain’s Andalucia. The measures include a ban on bringing the devices on public transport.
Man, 38, is fatally hit by a car in Spain’s Estepona just hours before the start of the new year
A MAN was fatally hit by a car in Estepona last night just hours before the start of the new year, it has emerged. The
Spanish police seize over €117,000 in contraband tobacco smuggled from Gibraltar during raids in Spain’s Andalucia
SPANISH police have seized 26.000 cigarette packs smuggled from Gibraltar valued at €117,000 in two separate raids in Spain’s Andalucia. Guardia Civil agents arrested at
Blackmailers extort vast sums of money from men wanting sex in Spain
A GANG who blackmailed website users looking to meet young women for sex has been brought down by the Policia Nacional. 13 people have been
Electric scooters BANNED on all buses and metros in Spain’s Andalucia from start of new year after explosions
ELECTRIC scooters will be temporarily banned on buses and metro trains in Spain’s Andalucia from the new year, the regional government has decreed. The Junta
Brazilian kidnap gang snatch elderly man in Portugal and leave him tied to a tree in Barcelona robbed of €100,000: Arrests made in Torremolinos
A WEALTHY Portuguese businessman was kidnapped from his home and driven on a harrowing 1,200km journey across Spain before being left tied to a tree
BREAKING Christmas jailbreak update: Police issue wanted notice for escaped hitman, 20, as major manhunt gets underway
A MAJOR police manhunt is underway after a ‘highly dangerous’ Ceuta hitman slipped out of a Madrid jail the day before Christmas Eve. The Policia
Police arrest man who gagged, threatened, beat up and extorted his two Colombian housemates in Spain’s Costa del Sol
POLICE are searching for three suspects who gagged, extorted, threatened with a firearm and beat up two Colombian nationals in Spain’s Costa del Sol. Guardia
Malaga sets another grim weather record with 2023 officially being the driest year ever – with four days left
WITH four more days to go of the rainy season, Malaga has already recorded its driest year since records began in the 19th century. The
Christmas Eve jailbreak timeline: Guards guided double killer to exit of Madrid prison in staggering display of incompetence
A COMEDY of errors by prison staff – which included guiding the prisoner to the exit – led to the Christmas Eve escape of a
Property ‘scam’ in Spain’s Andalucia: HUNDREDS of buyers pay up to €55,000 each for homes that will NEVER be built
AROUND a thousand people have lost deposits of up to €55,000 for homes in Andalucia and Murcia that are unlikely to ever be built. The
Ceuta killer and gang member, 20, waltzes out of Madrid jail concealed among his family after they visited him on Christmas Eve
A YOUNG gang member and hitman escaped from jail on Christmas Eve after brazenly walking out of the prison gates hidden among his visiting family.
Two top healthcare officials quit in Spain’s Andalucia region in the midst of a waiting-list crisis
TWO of the most senior officials in Andalucia’s regional healthcare system have quit their roles, in the midst of a waiting-list crisis in the southern
Missing ‘vulnerable’ man, 22, who vanished from Spain’s Costa del Sol is FOUND in huge relief to his family
A YOUNG man who vanished from the Costa del Sol more than a month ago has finally been found by his family. Adrian Fernandez, 22,
WATCH: Huge fire tears through business in Marbella’s Puerto Banus after ‘becoming engulfed in flames at 4am’
THIS is the moment a business in Marbella was seen engulfed by flames in the early hours of Wednesday morning. In video footage shared online,
Donkeys in southern Spain could provide a cure to human hair loss: Scientists are testing the animal’s blood for potential treatments
A SWEDISH university team has been extracting blood from Spanish donkeys to see what can be learnt to help humans who are losing their hair.
REVIEW: The food offering in Spain’s Sierra Nevada ski resort keeps getting better and better – THIS is where to eat
A PIPING hot raclette, a burger and chips and a few stale tapas used to be the basic offering in the Sierra Nevada two decades
Army captain who ordered Cordoba soldiers to go into a near-frozen pool of mud is suspended after two died
THE CAPTAIN of a Cordoba-based army unit that saw two men die during an exercise on Thursday has been relieved of his command while a
British expat and son are dramatically arrested at a Marbella restaurant for ‘trafficking €100m worth of cocaine across the Atlantic’
THREE British nationals have been arrested as part of an international operation against drug trafficking across the Atlantic, which has seen around 1.2 tonnes of
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British gangster who ‘cut off young man’s fingers and subjected him to a lie detector test’ in a bid to recover a €3m cocaine debt is arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol
A BRITISH man has been arrested on suspicion of torturing an alleged drug trafficker over the loss of a €3million cocaine shipment. The 24-year-old victim
Attacker in Darth Vader mask stabs rent collector inside popular shopping mall on Spain’s Costa del Sol before making off with €80,000 cash
A DARTH Vader masked assailant has stabbed a shopping centre rent collector in broad daylight before making off with €80,000 on Spain’s Costa del Sol.
‘Illegal’ hunter who ‘beheaded majestic deer in the dead of night after slaying them with a gun and silencer’ is arrested in southern Spain
A MAN who hunted deer with a silencer and night-vision goggles in Spain’s Andalucia to use their heads as trophies was arrested in a police
Two soldiers die while performing a drill in a near-frozen reservoir in Spain’s Andalucia – just days before Christmas
TWO SOLDIERS were found dead on Thursday after an extensive search following an exercise by a near-frozen reservoir in Andalucia. The Guardia Civil, Policia Local,
‘Radioactive water’ scandal: Up to 70% of water consumed in this area of Spain’s Andalucia has been contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals, warns expert – but what is the cause?
Do you live in the affected areas? Contact tips@theolivepress.es UP to 70% of water consumed in this area of Andalucia is contaminated with potentially cancerous
