Why Sotogrande is more than the sum of its understated parts

ETCHED gracefully into the crown of Spain’s southern coast, Sotogrande shines bright like a diamond without ever being flashy. The country’s largest privately-owned residential ‘super-state’

8 Aug, 2019 @ 19:04

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Stars and ensembles of crickets come complementary with the hand-made Mongolian yurts at Yurtas Pepita on the Costa Blanca

I was skeptical I would see any stars as I turned down the bumpy dirt tracks of Chella, just outside the 30,000-strong town of Xativa.

8 Aug, 2019 @ 18:43

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Girl, 14, leaps onto balcony clothesline screaming ‘my father wants to rape me’ before neighbours break down the door in Valencia

A TEENAGE girl has risked death by leaping onto a balcony clothesline from her fourth-floor apartment in Valencia. The teen, 14, reportedly screamed ‘my father

8 Aug, 2019 @ 17:44

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Guardia Civil’s neat trick to quickly cool down the oven-hot air in your car in summer

GUARDIA Civil have issued a useful tip to cool down the baking-hot air that accumulates in parked cars in summer. The advice, issued via the

8 Aug, 2019 @ 17:07

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MADRE MIA! Experts blame ‘job security’ as Spain sees highest proportion of over-40 first-time mothers in the EU

SPAIN has the highest proportion of over-40 first-time mothers in the EU as experts blame ‘job security’. Based on 2017 data from the EU’s statistics

8 Aug, 2019 @ 16:42

Health·Lead

Spain’s longest slide permanently removed from Costa del Sol after riders left bruised and burned

THE notorious longest slide in Spain has been removed from the Costa del Sol, following numerous accidents. The 38-metre chute, which closed after its riders

8 Aug, 2019 @ 16:33

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Babies among hundreds stranded on rescue ship as Amnesty International calls on Spain to intervene

A week after they were rescued from the Mediterranean, the 121 people, including 30 children and two babies remain aboard the overcrowded vessel

8 Aug, 2019 @ 15:26

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WATCH: Shocking moment street seller stabs police chief on beach in front of tourists in Spain’s Andalucia

Other officers and a holidaymaker then pounced on the man, before he was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

8 Aug, 2019 @ 13:59

Crime & Law·Huelva·Lead

Costa Blanca daredevil killed after parachute failed to open in 150ft fall from cement factory in Alicante

A DAREDEVIL who snuck into an Alicante cement factory in the dead of night to jump from a 150ft chimney died after his parachute partially-opened.

8 Aug, 2019 @ 13:10

Costa Blanca·Lead

WATCH: British Ambassador to Spain Simon Manley praises expats in farewell speech but warns ‘GET REGISTERED’ before Brexit

After taking up his post in 2013, Manley is set to be replaced by Hugh Elliott on Monday August 19

8 Aug, 2019 @ 12:21

Lead·National News·Politics

More than 50km of cycle lanes planned for Spain’s Costa del Sol SCRAPPED by Government

Meanwhile the regional budgets for this year have earmarked a further €8.7 million for cycling lanes in Cadiz

8 Aug, 2019 @ 11:37

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Who wouldn’t want to buy in Sotogrande when it’s half the price of Marbella?

FEW people know Sotogrande better. Consuelo Silva has been helping people find the right properties in Sotogrande for 20 years. And she still thinks it

8 Aug, 2019 @ 09:46

Cadiz·Lead·Property

Spain basks in lowest May jobless total for 19 years, boosted by hospitality sector

Marbella waiter so ‘disgusted’ by ‘slave-like’ treatment of workers on Spain’s Costa del Sol he moved to UK to be a lorry driver

Jesus Herencias, who moved to the UK in 2004, said he tried to return to his hometown in 2016 but could not find decent employment

7 Aug, 2019 @ 17:30

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga

British Airways computer glitch sparks travel chaos at London airports

The airline has blamed a 'system problem' for delays, cancellations and long queues affecting short-haul flights from Heathrow, Gatwick and London City airports

7 Aug, 2019 @ 12:48

Lead·Travel News

Marbella dog owners are warned of €750 fines for breaking this law

Spain’s Ronda to fine dog walkers up to €200 for not carrying bags and bottles to clean up mess

Also announced was the distribution of 500 bottles containing cleaning fluid, accompanied by instructions on how to clean up after pets

7 Aug, 2019 @ 11:58

Environment·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Passengers use evacuation slides after British Airways plane fills with smoke and lands in Valencia

A BRITISH Airways plane has made an emergency landing in Valencia after smoke engulfed the entire cabin. Videos posted to social media show passengers using the evacuation slide

7 Aug, 2019 @ 11:11

Costa Blanca·Lead

WATCH: Anti-tourist thugs smash holidaymakers’ cars with hammers and slash tires in Spain tourist hotspot

The group has also been known to pelt holiday buses with eggs and violently storm restaurants and squares with smoke bombs

6 Aug, 2019 @ 17:55

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Andalucia’s million euro campaign against gender violence slammed for stock pics and smiling victims

Critics have said the new campaign puts the responsibility of abuse on women and avoids addressing gender violence directly

6 Aug, 2019 @ 17:39

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Taxi driver claimed he was kidnapped and ‘forced’ to spend day’s earnings on wild night of drugs and prostitutes on Spain’s Costa del Sol – police weren’t buying it

The VTC driver told police in Fuengirola that a customer stole his daily intake and held him at knife point

6 Aug, 2019 @ 17:22

Lead·Malaga

NOT TRUE: Costa Blanca councillor responds to accusations that Denia’s new dog shelter will be a ‘kill station’ for abandoned canines

DENIA’S councillor for public safety has responded to claims the new municipal dog shelter will become a ‘kill station’. Javier Scotto today told the Olive

6 Aug, 2019 @ 15:31

Costa Blanca·Lead

Outrage as ‘harmless’ fruit seller allegedly banned from plying trade on Gibraltar border in southern Spain while ‘scammers defraud tourists every day’ with ‘fake crossing charges’

Known only as Mario, the man has reportedly been selling treats - known as cocitos - on the frontier in La Linea for years

6 Aug, 2019 @ 14:51

Cadiz·Gibraltar·Lead

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

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Why Sotogrande is more than the sum of its understated parts

Stars and ensembles of crickets come complementary with the hand-made Mongolian yurts at Yurtas Pepita on the Costa Blanca

Girl, 14, leaps onto balcony clothesline screaming ‘my father wants to rape me’ before neighbours break down the door in Valencia

Guardia Civil’s neat trick to quickly cool down the oven-hot air in your car in summer

MADRE MIA! Experts blame ‘job security’ as Spain sees highest proportion of over-40 first-time mothers in the EU

Spain’s longest slide permanently removed from Costa del Sol after riders left bruised and burned

Babies among hundreds stranded on rescue ship as Amnesty International calls on Spain to intervene

WATCH: Shocking moment street seller stabs police chief on beach in front of tourists in Spain’s Andalucia

Costa Blanca daredevil killed after parachute failed to open in 150ft fall from cement factory in Alicante

WATCH: British Ambassador to Spain Simon Manley praises expats in farewell speech but warns ‘GET REGISTERED’ before Brexit

More than 50km of cycle lanes planned for Spain’s Costa del Sol SCRAPPED by Government

Who wouldn’t want to buy in Sotogrande when it’s half the price of Marbella?

Marbella waiter so ‘disgusted’ by ‘slave-like’ treatment of workers on Spain’s Costa del Sol he moved to UK to be a lorry driver

British Airways computer glitch sparks travel chaos at London airports

Spain’s Ronda to fine dog walkers up to €200 for not carrying bags and bottles to clean up mess

WATCH: Passengers use evacuation slides after British Airways plane fills with smoke and lands in Valencia

WATCH: Anti-tourist thugs smash holidaymakers’ cars with hammers and slash tires in Spain tourist hotspot

Andalucia’s million euro campaign against gender violence slammed for stock pics and smiling victims

Taxi driver claimed he was kidnapped and ‘forced’ to spend day’s earnings on wild night of drugs and prostitutes on Spain’s Costa del Sol – police weren’t buying it

NOT TRUE: Costa Blanca councillor responds to accusations that Denia’s new dog shelter will be a ‘kill station’ for abandoned canines

Outrage as ‘harmless’ fruit seller allegedly banned from plying trade on Gibraltar border in southern Spain while ‘scammers defraud tourists every day’ with ‘fake crossing charges’

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

Andalucia is suffocating from poverty: Three million people struggle to make their ends meet, new report shows

12 silly laws in Spain that will leave you baffled (and possibly fined)

One dead and four injured in head-on crash between two cars in Estepona

Zaragoza’s Goya Museum reopens after nearly two years with new and rare works by the Spanish master

Man gored in the chest by bull at Cadiz street festival dies in hospital after days in intensive care

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