Emails condemn ‘dodgy’ law firm
A SERIES of damning emails from a legal firm to its clients prove that its lawyers knew their house was illegal from the beginning
More legal vultures in for a killing
ANOTHER ‘tool shed’ owner has come forward to slam lawyers who left him with an illegal house and a 15,000 euro fine
My mobile home misery
A British woman who was told by lawyers that she could erect a mobile home on her land has been forced to move back to
Transsexual man pregnant with twins
The Jaen resident has interrupted hormone treatments and postponed plans for a sex change operation in order to have a baby
500 and out
Traders and hoteliers are up in arms after Andalucia’s oldest agricultural fair has been cancelled
Hunger strike over mortgage
Santiago Cortes, a construction worker by trade, has gone on hunger strike to renegotiate his mortgage
Lamborghini death plunge
A British businessman has been killed after his Lamborghini plunged off a cliff in Marbella
I’m sherry inspired
The world’s most influential wine critic is to come to Jerez for his first trip to Europe in over 20 years
Demolished homeowners can rebuild their lives
An order to demolish the home of an English couple in Spain last year has been overruled as illegal
Shrimp comes home
His funeral cortège stretched for seven miles and was attended by over 100,000 people. So it seems fitting that the childhood home of flamenco star
No help for Amy
The mother of missing Irish teenager Amy Fitzpatrick has criticised the Mijas mayor after he refused to help publicise her disappearance
Aliens and expats in Alexei’s latest book
Comedian Alexei Sayle has based his new book on British expatriates living in southern Spain
Death threats over pet dog
English businessman claims to have been threatened by his ex-partner over the ownership of a pedigree Shih-tzu called Chico
Recognise these trousers?
Police are appealing for anybody who might recognise a pair of trousers after they were found on the body of a man who has been
Edgar Allan Poe Street
Jerez is to name a street after cult US novelist Edgar Allan Poe. This year is the 200th anniversary of his birth
Bounder returns
James Hewitt is set to open a top class restaurant and club in Marbella, catering for an international crowd
HELP! Lennon statue defaced
Monument moved after glasses ripped off and Spanish colours daubed on Beatle idol
Robin on the menu
Britain's favourite bird, the robin, is still on the menu in some restaurants in Cadiz.
The costas he was not
At a memorial service to his life, dozens of environmentalists paid tribute – and even donated a poem to the man known as ‘Mister Boyd’
Police are helpless as mentally ill girl robs homes
Homeowners in the Guadalhorce valley are being terrorised by a mentally ill girl breaking into their properties
Job Done
Footpath reopened after fight from plucky pensioner and an Olive Press campaign
Mayor sued for protecting his town’s water supply from golf developers
Coin mayor Gabriel Clavijo is being taken to court for canceling a huge golf macroproject that could have damaged his town’s main aquifer.
Matador Row
A row has broken out after Spain's most popular bullfighter won an award from the Culture Ministry.
Dolores Vázquez in the clear
A woman sent to prison for the murder of a teenager has been completely absolved of the crime.
Massacre remembered
During the early days of the Spanish Civil War, a large group of women and children were rounded up and shot in a chapel near
An ill wind
Residents slam secretive campaign that will see 75 ‘ineffective’ wind turbines destroy tourist industry and endanger rare birds around Antequera.
