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Father arrested at Spanish airport for ‘snatching’ two-year-old daughter from Brit children’s home after he ‘lost custody’

A DAD has been arrested in Spain for allegedly abducting his two year old daughter after he ‘lost custody’. The 44-year-old is said to have

6 Aug, 2019 @ 14:01

Crime & Law·Lead

WHERE’S WILLY? British expat describes horror at finding ‘dead body’ by Costa Blanca bin before realising it was a sex toy

A BRITISH expat has described her ‘shock’ at finding a bizarre ‘sex toy’ dumped by a Costa Blanca bin. Lesley-Ann Hutchinson approached the refuse area

6 Aug, 2019 @ 13:36

Costa Blanca·Lead

FELINE GOOD! Volunteers praise ‘huge step forward’ by Costa Blanca municipality to officially authorise street cat feeders

CONTROVERSIAL street cat feeders in Javea may soon be given special IDs to carry on giving food to abandoned felines. It comes after the town

6 Aug, 2019 @ 13:12

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

GRAIN OF TRUTH? Marbella restaurant courts controversy AGAIN as new sign blames unemployment benefits and ‘lazy’ population for lack of rice cooker for summer

The printed rant comes after a sign in the restaurant reading 'this house is Spanish, catholic and right wing, sorry for the inconvenience', went viral

6 Aug, 2019 @ 12:47

Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga

SAVE OUR SEAHORSES! A British metal detectors club battling to save seahorses on the Costa Blanca

A BRITISH metal detecting club is aiding a local environmental group to save endangered seahorses on the Costa Blanca. Two teams from the Asociacion de

6 Aug, 2019 @ 12:11

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Woman flies to Spain from UK on daughter’s passport after series of blunders by airport security

On arrival, Susan was not stopped at Spanish border control as officials failed to notice the discrepancy with her documents

6 Aug, 2019 @ 11:31

Lead·Travel News

Yellow and orange warnings issued for searing heat as temperatures hit 41°C in southern Spain

Temperatures are expected to exceed 41°C on Wednesday

6 Aug, 2019 @ 11:27

Environment·Granada·Lead·Malaga

TONGUE TIED: Less than a third of young British adults can read and write in a foreign language as UK comes last in EU poll

BRITAIN is the EU country with the lowest percentage of 15 to 30-year-olds proficient in a foreign language. A study by the EU’s Erasmus education

6 Aug, 2019 @ 11:25

Lead

WATCH: Man forced to haul fridge back up cliff after tossing it over and filming himself laughing in Almeria

GUARDIA Civil have caught a man who videoed himself tossing a fridge off a cliff in Almeria and laughing ‘let’s recycle!’. The man was identified

6 Aug, 2019 @ 10:31

Lead

Plainclothes police to patrol buses in Spain’s Marbella amid rising violence against drivers

In July the number of bus passengers doubled compared to the same month in 2018

6 Aug, 2019 @ 09:11

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Fatalities from drowning double as Spain sees three deaths a DAY in July

FATALITIES due to drowning have doubled in Spain as its shores saw three deaths a day in July. A total of 94 people drowned in

5 Aug, 2019 @ 19:16

Costa Blanca·Lead

Boozed-up British mum, whose kids taken into care after she collapsed in Gibraltar airport, returns to UK with £450 fine

Police officers had removed the children from the tanked-up couple and transferred them to social services

5 Aug, 2019 @ 16:34

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

LOAD OF CRAP? Town Hall tells Olive Press it ‘can’t confirm’ viral trend to poo in Spanish swimming pools despite widespread UK coverage

A TOWN Hall has told the Olive Press it ‘can’t confirm’ a viral trend to poo in Spanish swimming pools despite widespread coverage in UK

5 Aug, 2019 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

British boy, 5, collapses and dies in Spain after sudden illness at four-star hotel

The youngster had been on holiday with his family in Magaluf when he began vomiting before collapsing and suffering a cardiac arrest

5 Aug, 2019 @ 16:14

Health·Lead

Spanish restaurant offers ‘angry potatoes’ with ‘bleeding’ in translation blunder

A SPANISH restaurant has been ridiculed after a translation gaffe that saw traditional Iberian foods take a sinister turn in English. Barcelona-native Naru spotted the

5 Aug, 2019 @ 16:02

Food & Drink·Lead

WATCH: Policeman dives off Madrid fountain to tackle man wielding machete

In a video, shared by the Jupol police union, seven officers can be seen surrounding the man, who stood in a fountain waving the large

5 Aug, 2019 @ 14:37

Crime & Law·Lead

PORKY PIES: Spain’s biggest jamon iberico distributor caught labelling Polish pork as from the ‘Alpujarras mountains’ in Granada

CARREFOUR supplier and Spain’s biggest distributor of jamon iberico, Comapa, have been accused of labelling Polish pork as from ‘La Alpujarra’ in Granada. The alarm

5 Aug, 2019 @ 13:36

Food & Drink·Lead

Take away horror as British expat ‘FINDS RAT’ in rotisserie chicken he bought on Spain’s Costa del Sol

"I’m 42 years old and eat roast chicken every Sunday, that was not chicken"

5 Aug, 2019 @ 12:29

Lead·Malaga

Investigation launched into ‘rape’ of British girl, 18, while on night out in Magaluf on Spain’s Mallorca

Police face a difficult challenge given the sheer number of people who will have been at the popular resort over the weekend

5 Aug, 2019 @ 12:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Drop in British tourists heading to Spain due to Brexit can be replaced by Germans and French, new figures suggest

According to the National Institute of Statistics, June saw a 5.3% drop in British tourists year-on-year

5 Aug, 2019 @ 12:13

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Man who killed 90-year-old woman while looking at phone in Spain’s first e-scooter fatality to face FINE, not prison

A YOUNG man responsible for the first fatality involving an electric scooter in Spain is set to face a fine, not prison. The 19-year-old, named only Alexi,

5 Aug, 2019 @ 11:57

Crime & Law·Lead

Julen’s parents seek three and a half years in prison for Malaga landowner after their son plunged to death down his well

Serrano, who is cousin to Julen’s father Jose Rosello, is alleged to have committed ‘extremely serious’ negligence, according to court documents

5 Aug, 2019 @ 11:53

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Five Man U fans arrested in Alicante airport by Spanish cops chasing them for drunken rampage during Sevilla match last year

FIVE Man United football fans accused of a drunken rampage in Spain last year have been arrested after flying back to the country for a

5 Aug, 2019 @ 11:24

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

British-run currency exchange hit by ‘professional’ thieves in broad daylight on a Sunday afternoon in Calpe on the Costa Blanca

A BRITISH-run post office and currency exchange has been left shocked after ‘professional’ thieves stole €9,000 in broad daylight. Postal Connections, in Calpe, suffered the

5 Aug, 2019 @ 10:57

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

UPDATE: Two seriously injured after collision between coach and three cars on AP-7 motorway outside Alicante

GUARDIA have confirmed two people are seriously injured after a coach collided with three cars on the AP-7 motorway outside Alicante. The bus, reportedly ‘full

4 Aug, 2019 @ 18:09

Costa Blanca·Lead

Man gored to death by bull at Alicante festival

A man has died at a Spanish festival after being knocked to the ground and gored by a young bull. The unnamed 26-year-old was standing

4 Aug, 2019 @ 10:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

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Father arrested at Spanish airport for ‘snatching’ two-year-old daughter from Brit children’s home after he ‘lost custody’

WHERE’S WILLY? British expat describes horror at finding ‘dead body’ by Costa Blanca bin before realising it was a sex toy

FELINE GOOD! Volunteers praise ‘huge step forward’ by Costa Blanca municipality to officially authorise street cat feeders

GRAIN OF TRUTH? Marbella restaurant courts controversy AGAIN as new sign blames unemployment benefits and ‘lazy’ population for lack of rice cooker for summer

SAVE OUR SEAHORSES! A British metal detectors club battling to save seahorses on the Costa Blanca

Woman flies to Spain from UK on daughter’s passport after series of blunders by airport security

Yellow and orange warnings issued for searing heat as temperatures hit 41°C in southern Spain

TONGUE TIED: Less than a third of young British adults can read and write in a foreign language as UK comes last in EU poll

WATCH: Man forced to haul fridge back up cliff after tossing it over and filming himself laughing in Almeria

Plainclothes police to patrol buses in Spain’s Marbella amid rising violence against drivers

Fatalities from drowning double as Spain sees three deaths a DAY in July

LOAD OF CRAP? Town Hall tells Olive Press it ‘can’t confirm’ viral trend to poo in Spanish swimming pools despite widespread UK coverage

British boy, 5, collapses and dies in Spain after sudden illness at four-star hotel

Spanish restaurant offers ‘angry potatoes’ with ‘bleeding’ in translation blunder

WATCH: Policeman dives off Madrid fountain to tackle man wielding machete

PORKY PIES: Spain’s biggest jamon iberico distributor caught labelling Polish pork as from the ‘Alpujarras mountains’ in Granada

Take away horror as British expat ‘FINDS RAT’ in rotisserie chicken he bought on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Investigation launched into ‘rape’ of British girl, 18, while on night out in Magaluf on Spain’s Mallorca

Drop in British tourists heading to Spain due to Brexit can be replaced by Germans and French, new figures suggest

Man who killed 90-year-old woman while looking at phone in Spain’s first e-scooter fatality to face FINE, not prison

Julen’s parents seek three and a half years in prison for Malaga landowner after their son plunged to death down his well

Five Man U fans arrested in Alicante airport by Spanish cops chasing them for drunken rampage during Sevilla match last year

British-run currency exchange hit by ‘professional’ thieves in broad daylight on a Sunday afternoon in Calpe on the Costa Blanca

UPDATE: Two seriously injured after collision between coach and three cars on AP-7 motorway outside Alicante

Man gored to death by bull at Alicante festival

Spain paves the way for 310 square-km offshore wind farm as close as 25km from the Costa del Sol shore

Spain’s TENTH named storm arrives: Pedro will bring winds of up to 110km/h – and more insurance claims

Spain’s La Liga is offering a €50 reward to anyone who reports bars streaming football without a licence

Foreigners bought up nearly half of all properties sold in this Costa Blanca province in late 2025 – but Brits are falling

Leaked police report claims Spanish government is ‘massively underestimating’ scale of new migrant amnesty plan with up to 1.35 million applying