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Taxi driver in Fuengirola ‘drags tourist along road after trying to drive off with suitcase still in boot’

A TOURIST in Fuengirola was left with a serious head wound after a taxi driver allegedly tried to drive off with his suitcase still inside

24 Nov, 2025 @ 19:45

Costa del Sol·Lead

Polish cooperative of 40 families is set to buy up nearly all the homes in new high-end development on the Costa del Sol

A POLISH cooperative of 40 families is set to buy up nearly all of the homes in a new high-end Costa del Sol development. The

24 Nov, 2025 @ 13:15

Costa del Sol·Lead·Property

Motorcyclist killed after colliding with wild boar on Valencia area road

Heartbreak for owner as pack of wild boars eat pregnant horse alive on an Estepona finca

A HEARTBROKEN Costa del Sol resident has urged local authorities to help after his pregnant horse was mauled to death by a pack of wild

20 Nov, 2025 @ 19:50

Costa del Sol·Environment·Estepona·Lead

What is the mysterious ‘bridge ship’ creeping along the horizon from the Costa del Sol?

PUZZLED beachgoers in Estepona have spent the past few days squinting at an unusual shape sliding slowly across the horizon – a vast floating platform

18 Nov, 2025 @ 16:45

Costa del Sol·Lead·Other News

British 'narco' fugitive is arrested in Benidorm after getting life prison sentence

Child horror as ruthless Swedish mafia bosses treat teenagers as ‘disposable contract killers’ for hits on the Costa del Sol

SWEDISH mafia bosses are causing chaos by hiring teenagers as ‘disposable contract killers’ for hits on the Costa del Sol. Preying on adolescents, addicts, and

18 Nov, 2025 @ 15:15

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Kamikaze driver’ who caused head-on smash while driving the wrong way down the Costa del Sol motorway was FIVE TIMES over the drink-drive limit

THE wrong-way driver who caused a head-on collision on the AP-7 in Mijas was more than five times over the drink-drive limit when she slammed

18 Nov, 2025 @ 11:48

Costa del Sol·Lead

Foreign driver ‘high on drugs’ flees scene after killing 18-year-old motorcyclist on Costa del Sol road

MALAGA is in mourning after a foreign driver ‘high on drugs’ killed an 18-year-old motorcyclist on a Costa del Sol road and then fled the

17 Nov, 2025 @ 18:15

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Lead

Local train services with restored stations and 50kms of new track return to 'ground zero' of Valencia floods

One solution to building the impossible Costa del Sol train? Dig a tunnel under the A7 motorway

EXPERTS have offered a solution to building the impossible Costa del Sol by suggesting that a tunnel is dug under the A7 motorway. Only a

17 Nov, 2025 @ 15:15

Costa del Sol·Lead

Body of man, 57, is found floating in Costa del Sol marina

A GRIM discovery was made in Benalmadena as the corpse of a man was found floating around in one of Costa del Sol’s most lively

17 Nov, 2025 @ 11:57

Costa del Sol·Lead

WATCH: Shocking moment ‘drunk driver’ causes horror head-on crash driving on wrong side of Costa del Sol motorway

A DRIVER who careened down the wrong side of the AP-7 motorway near Mijas caused a head-on crash that left five people in hospital, including

17 Nov, 2025 @ 10:55

Costa del Sol·Lead·Video

‘Most wanted’ leader of notorious Latin American drug cartel who ‘faked own death’ is arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THE leader of Ecuador’s most notorious drug trafficking organisation has been arrested on the Costa del Sol following a joint operation with Spanish police Wilmer

17 Nov, 2025 @ 08:00

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Special alert zone declared near expat hotspots on the Costa del Sol as West Nile Virus detected in the Campo de Gibraltar

HEALTH authorities have issued a fresh West Nile Virus alert after the virus was detected in a dead wild bird in the Campo de Gibraltar.

14 Nov, 2025 @ 16:00

Costa del Sol·Gibraltar·Health·Lead

WATCH: Coastguards save man floating on blow-up mattress almost 40km off Spain’s Costa del Sol

THIS is the extraordinary moment Spanish coastguards rescued a man floating on a blow-up mattress over 20 miles off the Costa del Sol. Eagled-eyed crew

13 Nov, 2025 @ 15:39

Costa del Sol·Lead

PICTURED: ‘Bird poo scammer’ targeting expats snapped by vigilant resident in Costa del Sol town

A VIGILANT resident has snapped a picture of a so-called ‘bird poo scammer’ who has been targeting expats in Duquesa port. The man has reportedly

10 Nov, 2025 @ 18:45

Costa del Sol·Lead

Man, 39, beaten unconscious during homophobic attack in Spain’s ‘southern gay capital’

A MAN was beaten unconscious during a homophobic attack in Spain’s ‘southern gay capital’ last week. The 39-year-old was waiting for an Uber when the

10 Nov, 2025 @ 14:30

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Scottish mob war pulls in Europe’s cocaine cartels on the Costa del Sol as mafia boss ‘vows revenge’

SCOTLAND’S deadly gang war is drawing in some of the most dangerous cocaine mafias on the Costa del Sol. The long-running feud between the Lyons

7 Nov, 2025 @ 11:01

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

It's a family affair as Oasis Properties has grown from managing just a couple of homes to meeting 'all your property needs' in Spain's Nerja area

British holidaymaker dies on Spain’s Costa del Sol after ‘passing out while cycling with friends’

A BRITISH holidaymaker has died on the Costa del Sol after coming off his bike while cycling with friends. The unnamed 57-year-old tourist, so far

7 Nov, 2025 @ 10:24

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga

This is the most dangerous road on the Costa del Sol – which has claimed four casualties in four years

IT offers beautiful vistas of the Mediterranean Sea and is a favoured spot for thrill-seeking motorcyclists – but this road on the Costa del Sol

6 Nov, 2025 @ 16:27

Costa del Sol·Lead

The Costa del Sol’s out-of-control organised crime gangs takes HUGE hit as French ‘super-mafia’ smashed

SPANISH police have put the brakes on the Costa del Sol’s spiralling mafia activity with a huge operation targeting a number of interconnecting mafia gangs

5 Nov, 2025 @ 17:00

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Thunderstorms and tornados to hit Malaga and the Costa del Sol this evening as weather alert upgraded to orange

SPAIN’S met office has raised the weather alert to orange for Malaga province this evening, warning of torrential rain, violent thunderstorms and even possible tornados

5 Nov, 2025 @ 11:10

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga·Weather

Orange alert: Andalucia braces itself for a fresh battering as ex-hurricane Melissa brings more rainstorms to Sevilla and the Costa del Sol

ANDALUCIA is facing another night of heavy rain, high winds and thunder as ex-hurricane Melissa sweeps in from the Atlantic, triggering orange and yellow weather

4 Nov, 2025 @ 14:16

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Lead·Sevilla·Weather

Cost of renting in Malaga begins to converge with Spain’s other major cities — and the traditional autumn slowdown fails to materialise

THE cost of renting a home on the Costa del Sol continues to climb, with prices in Malaga province up 11.6% in the past year.

3 Nov, 2025 @ 10:59

Costa del Sol·Lead·Property

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

Outrage on Costa del Sol as Madrid admits coastal train is ‘decades away’ – then backtracks to ‘15 years’

A BEVY of Costa del Sol mayors and business leaders have expressed their outrage over the central government’s ‘lack of will’ to build a coastal

30 Oct, 2025 @ 10:10

Costa del Sol·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Exposed: Taxi drivers aTaxi driver sexually assaults British tourist and tells her 'that's how things are done in Spain'

Finnish man, 26, is arrested for ‘groping female taxi driver from behind, apologising – and then doing it again’ during car ride on the Costa del Sol

A FINNISH man has been arrested on the Costa del Sol after allegedly groping a female taxi driver twice during a late-night ride in Mijas.

29 Oct, 2025 @ 13:15

Costa del Sol·Lead

Swede moves to the Costa del Sol and immediately thinks about selling up because ‘there’s too many tourists’

TOO many tourists almost forced a Swedish expat on the Costa del Sol to sell up and return home. Eva made her admission on COPE

28 Oct, 2025 @ 16:45

Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga

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

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Taxi driver in Fuengirola ‘drags tourist along road after trying to drive off with suitcase still in boot’

Polish cooperative of 40 families is set to buy up nearly all the homes in new high-end development on the Costa del Sol

Heartbreak for owner as pack of wild boars eat pregnant horse alive on an Estepona finca

What is the mysterious ‘bridge ship’ creeping along the horizon from the Costa del Sol?

Child horror as ruthless Swedish mafia bosses treat teenagers as ‘disposable contract killers’ for hits on the Costa del Sol

‘Kamikaze driver’ who caused head-on smash while driving the wrong way down the Costa del Sol motorway was FIVE TIMES over the drink-drive limit

Foreign driver ‘high on drugs’ flees scene after killing 18-year-old motorcyclist on Costa del Sol road

One solution to building the impossible Costa del Sol train? Dig a tunnel under the A7 motorway

Body of man, 57, is found floating in Costa del Sol marina

WATCH: Shocking moment ‘drunk driver’ causes horror head-on crash driving on wrong side of Costa del Sol motorway

‘Most wanted’ leader of notorious Latin American drug cartel who ‘faked own death’ is arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Special alert zone declared near expat hotspots on the Costa del Sol as West Nile Virus detected in the Campo de Gibraltar

WATCH: Coastguards save man floating on blow-up mattress almost 40km off Spain’s Costa del Sol

PICTURED: ‘Bird poo scammer’ targeting expats snapped by vigilant resident in Costa del Sol town

Man, 39, beaten unconscious during homophobic attack in Spain’s ‘southern gay capital’

Scottish mob war pulls in Europe’s cocaine cartels on the Costa del Sol as mafia boss ‘vows revenge’

British holidaymaker dies on Spain’s Costa del Sol after ‘passing out while cycling with friends’

This is the most dangerous road on the Costa del Sol – which has claimed four casualties in four years

The Costa del Sol’s out-of-control organised crime gangs takes HUGE hit as French ‘super-mafia’ smashed

Thunderstorms and tornados to hit Malaga and the Costa del Sol this evening as weather alert upgraded to orange

Orange alert: Andalucia braces itself for a fresh battering as ex-hurricane Melissa brings more rainstorms to Sevilla and the Costa del Sol

Cost of renting in Malaga begins to converge with Spain’s other major cities — and the traditional autumn slowdown fails to materialise

Outrage on Costa del Sol as Madrid admits coastal train is ‘decades away’ – then backtracks to ‘15 years’

Finnish man, 26, is arrested for ‘groping female taxi driver from behind, apologising – and then doing it again’ during car ride on the Costa del Sol

Swede moves to the Costa del Sol and immediately thinks about selling up because ‘there’s too many tourists’

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

Inside Ibiza’s €47m Parador: A luxury hotel 3,000 years in the making

Belgian exhibition hall beats Spanish rival to scoop prestigious EU architecture award

Three-and-a-half million of the 9.5m registered foreigners living in Spain arrived in the last four years, according to latest data release

Spain’s alarming levels of contaminated water shown through interactive map – is your city being affected?

Revealed: Up to 3.5 million jobs at risk in Spain as AI revolution gathers pace — but there’s a silver lining