Natural ageing or maintenance culture? Inside the Costa del Sol’s aesthetic boom
EXPATS and locals of southern Spain take different approaches to staying youthful and healthy. Green juice in one hand and a Botox appointment in the
Padel vs Tennis: Why padel is winning over expats – and where to play in Marbella
FROM cheaper courts to a buzzing social scene, Spain’s fastest-growing sport is leaving tennis on the sidelines. If you’ve lived in Marbella for more than
UPDATE: Costa del Sol upgraded to orange as Andalucia braces for fresh pummelling from Storm Marta this weekend
MALAGA is facing yet another battering this weekend as the seventh named storm of the year prepares to sweep across the province. Just as the
Tragedy as rising fashion model, 21, is found dead in her room on the Costa del Sol
INTERNATIONAL fashion model, Cristina Perez Galcenco, 21, has been found dead at her Malaga province home. It’s been reported that her death was down to
Family tragedy as British dad, 37, plunges to his death from Costa del Sol hotel balcony
A BRITISH father has tragically plunged to his death from a sixth-floor hotel balcony while on holiday in Torremolinos. The 37-year-old victim was enjoying a
Home demolished ‘with cat still inside’ at the Costa del Sol’s controversial Plan Larios – 80 under threat families seek answers from Nerja town hall
A SPANISH landowner has started bulldozing homes on protected farmland to make way for a golf macroproject on the Costa del Sol. Sociedad Azucarera Larios
New rules for real estate agents in Andalucia come into force – glitzy event on Marbella’s Golden Mile explains how they work
A SPANISH real estate organisation gathered at a Costa del Sol university to discuss new laws and regulations in Andalucia. Real estate agents from across
Costa del Sol still under yellow weather warning for rain and 80km/h winds after day of storm carnage in Andalucia
RESIDENTS and tourists on the Costa del Sol are bracing for another day of rough weather this Thursday. Spain’s state weather agency Aemet has activated
WATCH: Safety works begin at Estepona’s notorious ‘ant roundabout’ after months of constant crashes
SAFETY works have begun at Estepona’s infamous ‘ant roundabout’ at Arroyo Vaquero — the same junction where residents complained of seeing crashes ‘almost daily’. A
MAPPED: Huge swathes of the already-waterlogged Costa del Sol and inland Malaga are at risk of flooding – is your home in a danger zone?
OFFICIAL flood maps have revealed the neighbourhoods most at risk of catastrophe today as Storm Leonardo dumps hundreds of litres of rain onto already-saturated ground.
Storm Leonardo hammers the Costa del Sol: Mijas coastal path swept away, Marbella firefighters pull driver from flooded car and supermarkets shelves stripped bare
THE much-feared Storm Leonardo has made landfall across large parts of the Costa del Sol this morning, already bringing widespread disruption. While the coast has
Mass evacuations underway in Andalucia: Over 3,000 flee homes as rivers swell past record-breaking levels
THOUSANDS are fleeing their homes across Andalucia as rivers surge past historic maximum levels under relentless torrential rain. At least 3,000 people have been evacuated
Red weather alert upgraded for Sotogrande luxury enclave as Storm Leonardo makes landfall on the Costa del Sol
STORM Leonardo is set to lash a large swathe of the Costa del Sol with ‘extraordinarily dangerous’ downpours in the coming hours, following upgraded weather
Home invasion crew nabbed after €200,000 loot bust on Costa del sol
A GANG behind a string of high-value home burglaries has been jailed after selling thousands of euros’ worth of stolen goods through a Malaga jewellery
More heavy rain on the way as new Atlantic storms roll in across Spain: These are the affected areas
THE Costa del Sol is bracing for torrential rain after Spain’s state weather agency issued a week-long weather alert on Monday. An orange warning from
Fears grow for missing British man, 57, last seen on Costa del Sol
CONCERNS have been raised for a British man who has disappeared in the Costa del Sol region. Kevin Walsh, 57, was reported missing after friends
How a shoot-out in the marshes of Spain’s cocaine superhighway led crack investigators to track down two narco hitmen living lives of luxury on the Costa del Sol
LIKE so many of their neighbours on the Costa del Sol, the two men lived lives of comfort and luxury from their expensive villas. The
Neighbours on the Costa del Sol find dead body hidden in utility room after ‘stink’ gives it away
COSTA del Sol residents were left horrified after discovering a man’s decomposing body hidden in the basement of their apartment block. Neighbours at a residential
Police arrest seven people and seize huge haul of weapons over spate of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ shootings on the Costa del Sol
POLICE on the Costa del Sol have arrested seven people and seized a haul of weapons and ammunition after two recent shootings between rival families.
Syria’s Rifaat al-Assad, the ‘butcher of Hama’ with a €700m Marbella property portfolio, dies at 88
ONE of southern Spain’s most infamous expats has died at the age of 88 in Dubai. The uncle of exiled Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad, was
Storm Joseph brings wet and wild week of weather alerts for Andalucia – watch out for flood risks and park closures on the Costa del Sol
ANDALUCIA is facing a week of stormy weather and relentless rains, intense winds and rough seas. The entire region is under yellow alerts as of
Stricken ‘zombie’ Russian shadow fleet tanker is drifting 60km off the Costa del Sol – with 400,000 barrels of oil on board
A STRICKEN ‘zombie’ ship from Russia’s shadowy dark fleet is currently drifting without power just 60 to 80 kilometres off the Costa del Sol, sparking
‘Dad has killed Mum’: Horror in Malaga’s Alhaurin el Grande as British woman, 33, is murdered in front of her children
A BRITISH mother of three has been stabbed to death in front of her young children in AlhaurÃn el Grande. Victoria, 33, was killed at
EXCLUSIVE: British expats among hundreds facing eviction to make way for ‘corporate greed’ mass-tourism complex on the Costa del Sol
HUNDREDS of Costa del Sol residents face losing their homes to make way for a luxury golf development that critics say is an outdated and
Yellow alert: Storm Ingrid to batter Spain’s southern coast with snow expected inland
A NASTY weather front is set to batter Andalucia and the Strait of Gibraltar as a ‘polar’ air mass sweeps across the peninsula. The State
Chilean burglary gang terrorised expat hotspots on the Costa del Sol – and had Estepona and Marbella in their sights
GANG members were busted after carrying out a string of robberies that targeted popular expat regions on the Costa del Sol. Police have arrested four