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Passing police officer heroically bursts into Estepona apartment and stops woman from throwing herself off the balcony

AN off-duty police officer heroically saved a woman’s life on Costa del Sol as she threatened to jump from her balcony on Wednesday. The dramatic

25 Oct, 2025 @ 09:30

Costa del Sol·Estepona·Lead

Costa del Sol’s endless summer: Malaga hit highs of 35C this week – the hottest in Spain (but will it last?)

MALAGA recorded the highest temperatures in Spain this week, with the warm terral wind pushing afternoon highs towards 35C in parts of the Costa del

24 Oct, 2025 @ 14:02

Costa del Sol·Lead·Weather

EXCLUSIVE: ‘My sister syphoned off our family’s inheritance after our mother died – now she runs a big charity on the Costa del Sol’

A LEADING expat charity boss has been accused of syphoning off her family’s inheritance and then cutting off all contact after the death of their

23 Oct, 2025 @ 18:31

Costa del Sol·Estepona·Lead

From haunted dinner shows to Day of the Dead parties – Where to spend Halloween on the Costa del Sol

FROM spooky dinner shows to family-friendly frights, the Metro Group has your Halloween plans sorted. Whether you’re in Marbella, Benalmádena, or La Cala, here’s where

23 Oct, 2025 @ 10:38

Costa del Sol·Marbella

WATCH: Another drug gang operating in the Costa del Sol triangle is smashed in dawn raids across Malaga and La Linea

A MAJOR drug gang operating between Malaga, La Linea and Ceuta has been dismantled in a dawn operation that seized more than a tonne of

22 Oct, 2025 @ 15:45

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law

Man suffers brain damage after brutal assault by 'up to 20 mad men' outside Alicante nightclub

Tragedy on the Costa del Sol: German pensioner shoots himself in the head as eviction team gathers outside his home

A RETIRED German police officer in his eighties has died after shooting himself in the head moments before bailiffs arrived to evict him from his

22 Oct, 2025 @ 10:10

Costa del Sol·Lead

Police and neighbours in dramatic ‘race against gravity’ to save life of man dangling by his ankles on the Costa del Sol

TWO Policia Nacional officers have been hailed heroes after they clung to the ankles of a man who had hurled himself backwards off a second-floor

17 Oct, 2025 @ 18:00

Costa del Sol·Lead

Between Gibraltar and the Costa del Sol, Alcaidesa’s five star hotels and award-winning golf course make it more attractive than ever

Alcaidesa has quietly transformed, and investors are taking note. Over the past two years this coastal haven has matured from well-kept secret to a luxury

16 Oct, 2025 @ 17:41

Costa del Sol·Olive Press Travel·Property

Body of elderly Brit, 88, found on Spain's Costa del Sol

A whopping one in five homes on the Costa del Sol are sold within days as market moves at breakneck speeds

THE Costa del Sol’s red-hot property market shows no signs of cooling, with nearly one in five homes snapped up by buyers in less than

16 Oct, 2025 @ 12:30

Costa del Sol·Lead·Property

High-ranking Balkan cartel leader who ‘tortured rival for 24 hours before murdering him’ is arrested on Costa del Sol after Europe-wide manhunt

A BALKAN mafia leader on the run from European authorities has been arrested on Costa del Sol after allegedly “torturing a rival for 24 hours”

16 Oct, 2025 @ 10:42

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Horror in Malaga: 28-year-old loses kidney in vicious attack after ‘making eye contact with shirtless man’ as he dined with friends

A YOUNG man out for dinner with friends in Malaga was brutally ambushed and left fighting for his life after simply ‘making fleeting eye contact’

9 Oct, 2025 @ 12:00

Costa del Sol·Lead·Málaga

What’s going on on the Costa del Sol – Oct 7-9: Estepona bus clamp down, Marbella gearing up for bullfight, Fuengirola for feria and Malaga needs more police

FROM Estepona to Torremolinos, town halls and mayors have been busy pushing through new projects, safety crackdowns and cultural highlights. Here’s your inaugural round-up of

9 Oct, 2025 @ 11:47

Costa del Sol·Lead

Estepona promises to crack down on buses to Marbella after passengers rage at no-shows and drivers who don’t even stop

ESTEPONA town hall has vowed to tighten controls on its local bus service following a barrage of complaints about operator Avanza from furious passengers across

9 Oct, 2025 @ 10:57

Costa del Sol·Estepona·Lead

Scottish mafia shootings: Alleged hitman claims Spanish prison sentence would ‘infringe his human rights’

A BRITISH man alleged to have carried out the brazen Mafia-style assassination of two notorious Scottish underworld figures has claimed his human rights would be

7 Oct, 2025 @ 16:10

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Just need him blind and face melted’: UK ‘Lord of War’ arms trafficker told thug to ‘double dose’ in horrific acid plot before Costa del Sol arrest

A BRITISH arms dealer living in a luxury villa on the Costa del Sol plotted to ‘melt’ a rival’s face with acid before his arrest

6 Oct, 2025 @ 18:15

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Horror on the Costa del Sol after ‘tourist boat explodes in Fuengirola marina’: Eight injured, three seriously

EIGHT people have been injured after a frightening explosion on board a boat in the popular Costa del Sol resort of Fuengirola. Three of the

5 Oct, 2025 @ 12:01

Costa del Sol·Lead

Costa del Sol property prices soar 17% as two-bed flat reaches an eyewatering €318,000

AN average two-bed flat on the Costa del Sol now costs an eyewatering €318,000. It makes Malaga province the most expensive place to buy in

2 Oct, 2025 @ 13:30

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Lead·Property

Estepona working to finally complete coastal footpath with a new stretch planned for the Bahia Dorada area

A NEW tender for works to build a wooden boardwalk connecting La Galera Beach with the dirt trail at Bahía Dorada has been put out.

1 Oct, 2025 @ 16:45

Costa del Sol·Estepona·Lead

Renting on the Costa del Sol gets more and more unaffordable – but don’t ‘criminalise landlords’

RENTERS on the Costa del Sol are facing the highest costs in Andalucia, with a typical two-bedroom apartment now setting tenants back €1,494 per month

1 Oct, 2025 @ 13:00

Costa del Sol·Lead·Property

Costa del Sol toll summer price hike ends today: Outrage as govt rakes in €30m from ‘most expensive highway in Spain’

THE controversial summer price surge on the Costa del Sol’s AP-7 toll road ends today (September 30). It will mark a four-month summer season in

30 Sep, 2025 @ 17:00

Costa del Sol·Lead

Arnie and Jared Leto draw 120,000 fans to the Costa del Sol for Malaga’s first Comic-Con spectacular

HOLLYWOOD heavyweights Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jared Leto helped Malaga’s debut Comic-Con smash all expectations. The four-day extravaganza at the Palacio de Ferias y Congresos, which

30 Sep, 2025 @ 09:36

Business & Finance·Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Hooligan football firm holds wild Nazi-themed stag party on the Costa del Sol

A NAZI-themed stag party on the Costa del Sol was one of the last moments of freedom for a notorious drug-trafficking football hooligan firm. The

25 Sep, 2025 @ 15:30

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Inside the Dutch ‘Mocro Maffia’ plot that handed a machine gun to a teenage Belgian hitman to kill a weed club worker on the Costa del Sol

A RUTHLESS mafia group’s plot to recruit a Belgian teenager for a hit on the Costa del Sol has been given the terrifying title ‘violence-as-a-service’.

24 Sep, 2025 @ 15:47

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Costa del Sol zoo transfers nine captive dolphins to China – but why does Spain still permit circus-style shows?

NINE bottlenose dolphins from Selwo Marina in Benalmadena have been shipped to China, raising fears they will continue to be used in circus-style shows. The

24 Sep, 2025 @ 11:04

Costa del Sol·Green·Lead

Major Scottish gangland figures linked to horror double shooting in Fuengirola arrested in Dubai

A BAND of notorious Scottish gangland figures with links to mafia activity on the Costa del Sol have been arrested in Dubai. Steven Lyons, Ross

23 Sep, 2025 @ 17:46

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Possible foul play’: Missing Brit found dead in Estepona had just scooped half a million euros on a villa sale

A MISSING expat whose body was found on the Costa del Sol at the weekend had recently landed a giant lump sum from a property

23 Sep, 2025 @ 17:05

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

Costa del Sol

Passing police officer heroically bursts into Estepona apartment and stops woman from throwing herself off the balcony

Costa del Sol’s endless summer: Malaga hit highs of 35C this week – the hottest in Spain (but will it last?)

EXCLUSIVE: ‘My sister syphoned off our family’s inheritance after our mother died – now she runs a big charity on the Costa del Sol’

From haunted dinner shows to Day of the Dead parties – Where to spend Halloween on the Costa del Sol

WATCH: Another drug gang operating in the Costa del Sol triangle is smashed in dawn raids across Malaga and La Linea

Tragedy on the Costa del Sol: German pensioner shoots himself in the head as eviction team gathers outside his home

Police and neighbours in dramatic ‘race against gravity’ to save life of man dangling by his ankles on the Costa del Sol

Between Gibraltar and the Costa del Sol, Alcaidesa’s five star hotels and award-winning golf course make it more attractive than ever

A whopping one in five homes on the Costa del Sol are sold within days as market moves at breakneck speeds

High-ranking Balkan cartel leader who ‘tortured rival for 24 hours before murdering him’ is arrested on Costa del Sol after Europe-wide manhunt

Horror in Malaga: 28-year-old loses kidney in vicious attack after ‘making eye contact with shirtless man’ as he dined with friends

What’s going on on the Costa del Sol – Oct 7-9: Estepona bus clamp down, Marbella gearing up for bullfight, Fuengirola for feria and Malaga needs more police

Estepona promises to crack down on buses to Marbella after passengers rage at no-shows and drivers who don’t even stop

Scottish mafia shootings: Alleged hitman claims Spanish prison sentence would ‘infringe his human rights’

‘Just need him blind and face melted’: UK ‘Lord of War’ arms trafficker told thug to ‘double dose’ in horrific acid plot before Costa del Sol arrest

Horror on the Costa del Sol after ‘tourist boat explodes in Fuengirola marina’: Eight injured, three seriously

Costa del Sol property prices soar 17% as two-bed flat reaches an eyewatering €318,000

Estepona working to finally complete coastal footpath with a new stretch planned for the Bahia Dorada area

Renting on the Costa del Sol gets more and more unaffordable – but don’t ‘criminalise landlords’

Costa del Sol toll summer price hike ends today: Outrage as govt rakes in €30m from ‘most expensive highway in Spain’

Arnie and Jared Leto draw 120,000 fans to the Costa del Sol for Malaga’s first Comic-Con spectacular

Hooligan football firm holds wild Nazi-themed stag party on the Costa del Sol

Inside the Dutch ‘Mocro Maffia’ plot that handed a machine gun to a teenage Belgian hitman to kill a weed club worker on the Costa del Sol

Costa del Sol zoo transfers nine captive dolphins to China – but why does Spain still permit circus-style shows?

Major Scottish gangland figures linked to horror double shooting in Fuengirola arrested in Dubai

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Possible foul play’: Missing Brit found dead in Estepona had just scooped half a million euros on a villa sale

Archaeological gems and a historic sugar cane rum-making link make El Ingenio in Marbella province well worth a visit

How Spain’s priciest barber rose from poverty, hustle and heartache to the heady heights of the Golden Mile of Marbella

LIFE IN SPAIN: A work of art that offers a glimpse into some ancient Spanish traditions.

Andalucia has the highest rate of deaths from cardiovascular diseases – Spain’s biggest killer

MULLINS IT OVER: Learning to tango with Spanish bureaucrats… and when that fails, get back to work