Lead News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Foreign demand for Spanish homes is cooling off for the first time since the market’s 2010 recovery

FOREIGN demand is showing a marked slowdown for the first time since 2010, new statistics have suggested. As reported on Spanish Property Insight, after some

28 Jul, 2019 @ 10:04

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Property

Spain’s tapas favourites which double as cancer fighting superfoods

Recent studies by a team of researchers at Almeria University have even linked gazpacho and salmorejo, Andalucian tapa staples, to helping prevent the development of

28 Jul, 2019 @ 08:53

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

MUST TRY: Tanqueray’s new orange gin inspired by Spain’s Sevilla

The use of Sevilla oranges goes back to the distillers’ roots when founder Charles Tanqueray used these world-famous fruits in his original 1830s recipe

27 Jul, 2019 @ 16:48

Food & Drink·Lead·Sevilla

Brit suffered neck injury on Aqualandia’s Splash just a MONTH before David Briffaut, 23, was left paralysed

A BRITISH tourist has told the Olive Press how he suffered a neck injury just one month before David Briffaut was left paralysed on Aqualandia’s

27 Jul, 2019 @ 13:59

Costa Blanca·Lead

Infinity pools, romance and why DDG Retreat is the best secret escape on the Costa del Sol

WITH the shimmering hills of the protected Sierra Crestellina reflecting in the deep end and a glass of cold bubbly in hand in the shallow

27 Jul, 2019 @ 09:09

Entertainment·Lead·Travel News

SOUP-ER FOOD: Typical Spanish dish helps fight killer cancer cells, new study finds

Results showed that gazpacho not only stopped cell growth, but that it could induce so-called programmed cell death

27 Jul, 2019 @ 09:01

Health·Lead

SPEEDY GONZALEZ: Valencia’s 2018 marathon champ caught running off with stolen clothes and a robot vacuum

VALENCIA’S 2018 regional marathon champion has been implicated in a string of thefts for which he uses his prodigious legs to run from the law.

26 Jul, 2019 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Costa Blanca residents furious as beaches are ‘closed off’ by piles of putrefying posidonia seagrass

RESIDENTS have taken to social media to express disgust over piles of posidonia seagrass so thick they ‘can’t get to the sea’. One resident in

26 Jul, 2019 @ 17:50

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

RELIEF: Cool air to hit the Costa Blanca this Sunday with temperatures dropping to 30°C

THE heatwaves throughout July felt like they would never end. But relief is on the horizon as a ‘temperature drop’ is expected to hit Alicante

26 Jul, 2019 @ 16:51

Costa Blanca·Lead

Thermal drones and dozens of extra police sworn in to Marbella for summer madness as population to TRIPLE

Forces will intensify their surveillance in Puerto Banus and Marbella port, the most popular spots for rowdy tourists

26 Jul, 2019 @ 14:04

Crime & Law·Lead

Valencia to have ‘Miami’ temperatures by 2050

VALENCIA will experience temperatures similar to those currently enjoyed in Miami by 2050, according to a study on climate change. The median annual temperature will

26 Jul, 2019 @ 13:58

Environment·Lead

Ryanair refuse British nurse a flight home from Alicante after her ‘swollen face’ didn’t match passport picture

RYANAIR has refused boarding to a British nurse after her face swelled up and no longer matched her passport picture. Shannon Wotherspoon, 24, was stranded

26 Jul, 2019 @ 13:12

Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa del Sol town infuses cleaning water with PERFUME to make streets ‘smell fruity’

The expat and tourist favourite will be splashing its streets with citrus and fruit-laced water

26 Jul, 2019 @ 12:54

Lead·Malaga

Marbella just had its busiest June IN HISTORY as tourists continue to flock to Spain’s Costa del Sol – but no thanks to Brexit hit Brits

The number of rooms being booked by Spanish tourists in the seaside town enjoyed a 15.63% year-on-year boost

26 Jul, 2019 @ 12:32

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga

Channel 4’s A Place in the Sun to film in expat hotspot on Spain’s Costa del Sol next week

A Place in the Sun is landing on the Costa del Sol next week. The hit property show is helping a British family look for

26 Jul, 2019 @ 12:12

Entertainment·Lead

Interest in Spanish holidays FALL in favour of these unlikely destinations

INTEREST in Spanish holiday destinations has fallen this year in favour of other popular sites on the Med. The Costa del Sol, Costa Blanca, Costa

26 Jul, 2019 @ 12:11

Lead·Travel News

British expats arrested for drug trafficking on Spain’s Costa del Sol

TWO Brits have been arrested for alleged drug trafficking. The two men, aged 27 and 20, were busted with 12.36 kilogrammes of marijuana in the

26 Jul, 2019 @ 12:05

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Insects employed to protect crops in Spain’s ‘Sea of Plastic’

Many growers in Almeria's 'Sea of Plastic' have rejected chemical pesticides in favour of 'biological controls'

26 Jul, 2019 @ 09:58

Environment·Lead

Spain’s Sanchez fails in new PM bid, opens possibility of fresh election

Known as the 'comeback kid,' the 47-year-old has so far only managed to secure the backing of his own 123 PSOE lawmakers

26 Jul, 2019 @ 09:08

Lead·Politics

British teen raped in bathroom in Marbella, suspect released

The rapist took advantage of the victim who was in a 'heavily intoxicated' state

25 Jul, 2019 @ 10:56

Crime & Law·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Huge British-funded sports resort proposed for failed Hippodrome site in Mijas receives backing from international stars

Maria Sharapova, Rio Ferdinand and Ian Woosnam are all said to be involved in the huge British-funded project to revolutionise Mijas’ long-neglected hippodrome racecourse site

24 Jul, 2019 @ 14:53

Lead·Malaga·Sport

Ecstasy warning as woman, 19, killed by pill ‘laced with rat poison’ on Spain’s Mallorca

British revellers have been warned by an anti-drugs group in Ibiza to watch out for the distinctive pill

24 Jul, 2019 @ 11:30

Lead·Mallorca

RURAL RETURN: Music, dance and theatre festival run by Brit in rural inland town celebrates fifth anniversary

Me Vuelves Lorca is held in a beautiful, handcrafted stone amphitheatre which was built by the local community in 2013 around an ancient corn-threshing circle

23 Jul, 2019 @ 21:00

La Cultura·Lead

Manhunt underway after young woman ‘held down and raped in the street’ by ex-boyfriend and pals in Spain’s Sevilla

A YOUNG woman has been pinned down and raped by her ex-boyfriend and his friends in Sevilla. The sickening attack reportedly took place on Friday

23 Jul, 2019 @ 16:49

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Another swimmer dies off beach on Spain’s Costa del Sol

ANOTHER man has drowned off a beach on the Costa del Sol. The 63-year-old died on the shores of Carvajal beach in Fuengirola at around

23 Jul, 2019 @ 15:22

Lead·Malaga

British expat pensioner brutally murdered near Spain’s Costa del Sol wanted to move closer to pals in Estepona following husband’s death

The pensioner, who was ‘much-loved’ and who had lost her husband two years ago, was planning a move to the Costa del Sol before she

23 Jul, 2019 @ 14:10

Cadiz·Lead·Malaga

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Foreign demand for Spanish homes is cooling off for the first time since the market’s 2010 recovery

Spain’s tapas favourites which double as cancer fighting superfoods

MUST TRY: Tanqueray’s new orange gin inspired by Spain’s Sevilla

Brit suffered neck injury on Aqualandia’s Splash just a MONTH before David Briffaut, 23, was left paralysed

Infinity pools, romance and why DDG Retreat is the best secret escape on the Costa del Sol

SOUP-ER FOOD: Typical Spanish dish helps fight killer cancer cells, new study finds

SPEEDY GONZALEZ: Valencia’s 2018 marathon champ caught running off with stolen clothes and a robot vacuum

Costa Blanca residents furious as beaches are ‘closed off’ by piles of putrefying posidonia seagrass

RELIEF: Cool air to hit the Costa Blanca this Sunday with temperatures dropping to 30°C

Thermal drones and dozens of extra police sworn in to Marbella for summer madness as population to TRIPLE

Valencia to have ‘Miami’ temperatures by 2050

Ryanair refuse British nurse a flight home from Alicante after her ‘swollen face’ didn’t match passport picture

Costa del Sol town infuses cleaning water with PERFUME to make streets ‘smell fruity’

Marbella just had its busiest June IN HISTORY as tourists continue to flock to Spain’s Costa del Sol – but no thanks to Brexit hit Brits

Channel 4’s A Place in the Sun to film in expat hotspot on Spain’s Costa del Sol next week

Interest in Spanish holidays FALL in favour of these unlikely destinations

British expats arrested for drug trafficking on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Insects employed to protect crops in Spain’s ‘Sea of Plastic’

Spain’s Sanchez fails in new PM bid, opens possibility of fresh election

British teen raped in bathroom in Marbella, suspect released

EXCLUSIVE: Huge British-funded sports resort proposed for failed Hippodrome site in Mijas receives backing from international stars

Ecstasy warning as woman, 19, killed by pill ‘laced with rat poison’ on Spain’s Mallorca

RURAL RETURN: Music, dance and theatre festival run by Brit in rural inland town celebrates fifth anniversary

Manhunt underway after young woman ‘held down and raped in the street’ by ex-boyfriend and pals in Spain’s Sevilla

Another swimmer dies off beach on Spain’s Costa del Sol

British expat pensioner brutally murdered near Spain’s Costa del Sol wanted to move closer to pals in Estepona following husband’s death

Spain’s new sovereign wealth fund will pay for up to 15,000 new affordable rental homes each year

More teenage tragedy in the Costa del Sol as 14-year-old girl ‘takes her own life’ after taking part in Carnaval festivities

Revealed: Madrid–Malaga high-speed rail shutdown after Adamuz disaster has cost the Costa del Sol €109 million in lost tourism

‘Empty Spain’ in focus: Crazy stat reveals that 90% of the population lives in just 2% of the land – and it’s getting worse

Motorcyclist dies after falling from his bike in Marbella – the second in three months