No home, no compensation
Hundreds of demonstrators mobbed the offices of Almería's town planning chief in a protest against planned demolitions.
An Albatross? An Eagle? No, that’s an Ibis!
Golf not so bad for the environment after all, with one of world's rarest birds colonising its greens
England friendly against Spain is switched from Madrid to Sevilla
Will the fans and police in Sevilla be any better behaved than in Madrid? After all, Sevilla’s stadium was the scene of an ugly unprovocked
Banks threatened for not supporting local business
Angry at the reduction and withdrawal of investment for small businesses, Coin town hall has threatened to fight back
Illegal homes protest
Hundreds of British demonstrators demand an end to sleight of hand, trickery and fraud
Not Wanted, Wanted
Exclusive By Jon Clarke in SevillaThanks to the Olive Press a dangerous British criminal in Spain is today behind bars
Energy-conscious Granada and Córdoba launch Christmas illumination crackdown
The battle against light pollution in Andalucía has taken somewhat of a seasonal turn after council authorities in Granada delayed the switching on of the
Were banks linked to planning scandal?
A further 18 people have been arrested over the continuing investigation into the construction of 30,000 illegal homes in Chiclana.
Why paragliding is a truly electrifying sport
A paraglider is said to be to blame for a series of powercuts in a pair of villages in El Gastor and Algodonales in Cadiz.
‘Lack of humanity’
Three elderly sisters with a combined age of 283 have been denied home help by the regional government.
Stonehenge of Sevilla saved
A prehistoric burial site, dubbed the Stonehenge of Sevilla, is to be saved from becoming a supermarket.
To flood or not to flood
That is the question as dam saves ‘illegal’ homes but destroys areas of cultural importance
Hotel saga takes another twist
Directors from Azata del Sol claim to have accepted 100 million euros from central government for the Algarrobico hotel, built upon virgin sands inside the
The mad bell ringer who changed my life
In a competition earlier this year In the Write Light called for all Chris Stewarts. Along came Debora Garber who won the top prize with
Wild wolves born in Antequera
They were once common across most of the Iberian Peninsular. But wolves are now found in only a few small parts of Spain.
A tale of two gulls
Almería protects rare bird while Cádiz launches gull cull following invasion
Red card for celeb homes?
The Valle Romano development - where leading Premiership football stars Paul Robinson, Michael Brown and David Bentley have homes - is being investigated as part
Extorsion-air
Ryanair demands bigger kickbacks to prevent cancellation of Granada-London route
The Developer Vanishes
Developers disappear after court rules that they unlawfully pocketed 50,000 euro deposit from English man, whose home will never be built
‘Stonehenge of Sevilla’ to become a burial site
Copper Age burial site is ‘just a pile of stones’ and not worth saving, claims local mayor
Priceless war photos may come home
The remarkable story of how some of the world’s most famous war photographs have only recently emerged after a tortuous journey from Spain, via France,
“Reprehensible and intolerable”
The regional government has launched an investigation after a bulldozer was used during a bullfight at a local fiesta.
Beach bar ban for El Palmar
Long evenings spent lounging on the beach, mojito in hand, while watching the sun go down could be a thing of the past after one
Four lynx “starve to death” in National Park
EU ignored advice before three cubs and one adult die in Doñana National Park
Government reiterates coast battle
Cádiz coast first to benefit from construction crackdown
Is there soon to be no missing lynx?
Something in the air as two of the world's most endangered feline give birth while third is expecting