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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

Fresh calls for third lane on ‘unmanageable’ Costa del Sol A7 motorway as Malaga traffic chaos slammed once again

HOTEL bosses on the Costa del Sol have renewed calls for a third lane on the A7, warning that Malaga’s chronic traffic problems are now

18 Nov, 2025 @ 13:38

Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Alicante switches on one of Spain’s biggest Christmas light displays this Friday at a cost of €580k

ALICANTE switches on one of Spain’s biggest Christmas light displays this Friday with 2.6 million energy-saving LED bulbs. Installation work started in early September with

18 Nov, 2025 @ 13:17

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

‘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

Arctic blast will cause temperatures to plummet in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

A DRAMATIC fall in temperatures will hit the Valencia region later this week due to a ‘very cold’ air mass coming down from the Arctic.

18 Nov, 2025 @ 11:47

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Weather

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

Acting Valencia president Carlos Mazon ‘roasted’ by Spain’s parliamentarians over his response to 2024 flood disaster

THE outgoing Valencian president, Carlos Mazon, told a Congress committee investigation into the October 29 floods that authorities did not know that people were drowning.

17 Nov, 2025 @ 17:45

Lead·Madrid·Politics·Valencia

Wealthy Arab travellers to Marbella warned against ‘jumping the queue by visa shopping around the EU’

WEALTHY Gulf visitors heading to Spain have been warned not to ‘visa shop’ by applying through smaller Schengen countries to try to ‘jump the queue’

17 Nov, 2025 @ 17:35

Lead·Marbella·Travel News

The notorious ‘ant roundabout’ between Estepona and Sabinillas – where crashes now happen almost daily

THE notorious ‘ant roundabout’ between Estepona and Sabinillas is seeing almost daily crashes – and residents are outraged by the response from authorities. This roundabout

17 Nov, 2025 @ 16:15

Estepona·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

Illegal puppy farm with poodles and Yorkies is found inside urine and excrement-infested Valencia home

AN INDOOR puppy farm has been discovered in the Quatre Carreres district of Valencia City. The property owner did not have a breeding licence according

17 Nov, 2025 @ 14:00

Animals·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Trains from Nerja and Estepona to Coin, the Caminito del Rey and beyond – but will Malaga ‘conceptual map’ ever become reality?

A NEW map for Malaga province sketches out a dream rail network that would link almost every corner by train, from Nerja in the east

17 Nov, 2025 @ 13:00

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Motorist killed by falling palm tree smashing into his car on busy Costa Blanca road

Driver, 22, is killed by falling palm tree smashing into his car on busy Costa Blanca road

TORREVIEJA is urgently reviewing the state of over 5,500 municipal palm trees after one of them collapsed on a car- killing a young motorist. Martin

17 Nov, 2025 @ 11:58

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

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

‘Never seen it like this before’: Brits report travel chaos at Malaga airport – which sets new October passenger record

BRITS travelling through Malaga Airport say they faced ‘chaos’ at passport control over the weekend, with queues for UK flights stretching back into the public

17 Nov, 2025 @ 10:10

Lead·Málaga·Travel News

‘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·Málaga

British teenager fighting for life after nearly drowning during school trip to northern Spain

A BRITISH teenager is in a critical condition after getting into difficulty while swimming at sea during a school trip to northern Spain. The 14-year-old

16 Nov, 2025 @ 18:18

Catalunya·Lead

Affordable housing all but disappears in Malaga and Valencia as luxury homes increasingly dominate

SPAIN’S coastal property market has undergone one of its sharpest transformations in decades, with new data showing that affordable homes have almost vanished from the

16 Nov, 2025 @ 08:00

Lead·Malaga·Property·Valencia

The McGrail Report – Toward a modernised model of policing for Gibraltar, writes F Oliva

In his continuing column for the Olive Press, ex-Gibraltar Chronicle news editor Franciso Oliva muses on the future of policing on the Rock.

15 Nov, 2025 @ 17:13

Gibraltar·Lead

Sky high rents in Spain’s top cities are pushing people into popular hotspots in Alicante, Valencia and Andalucia

RISING rents are pushing tenants out of the major cities and into some of Spain’s most popular expat hubs, according to new figures from property

15 Nov, 2025 @ 08:00

Alicante·Lead·Property

Costa Blanca airport claims 10 successive months of passenger records- with a third of visitors coming from the UK

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport has almost beaten last year’s passenger total with two months to spare. The Costa Blanca facility recorded a tenth successive record month for

15 Nov, 2025 @ 07:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

WATCH: Shock as Donald Trump Jr makes flying visit to Gibraltar

DONALD Trump Jr, the eldest son of the US president, shocked onlookers in Gibraltar this afternoon when made a surprise visit to the Rock. Arriving

14 Nov, 2025 @ 18:39

Gibraltar·Lead

Renfe launches new high-speed rail route in Spain connecting Madrid with Alicante and Murcia|

Flash sale offers high-speed train tickets between Malaga and Madrid for just €7 — but you’ll have to move fast

RENFE has launched a flash sale on its Avlo high-speed trains, offering Malaga–Madrid tickets for just €7 — one of the cheapest prices ever seen

14 Nov, 2025 @ 18:25

Lead·Madrid·Málaga

Three arrests over murder of Swedish restaurant owner who was dragged to his death by phone thieves on the Costa Blanca

THREE men have been arrested in Alicante City after a restaurant owner was dragged to his death when his iPhone was stolen in Torrevieja. Inquiries

14 Nov, 2025 @ 17:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja

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

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

Fresh calls for third lane on ‘unmanageable’ Costa del Sol A7 motorway as Malaga traffic chaos slammed once again

Alicante switches on one of Spain’s biggest Christmas light displays this Friday at a cost of €580k

‘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

Arctic blast will cause temperatures to plummet in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

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

Acting Valencia president Carlos Mazon ‘roasted’ by Spain’s parliamentarians over his response to 2024 flood disaster

Wealthy Arab travellers to Marbella warned against ‘jumping the queue by visa shopping around the EU’

The notorious ‘ant roundabout’ between Estepona and Sabinillas – where crashes now happen almost daily

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

Illegal puppy farm with poodles and Yorkies is found inside urine and excrement-infested Valencia home

Trains from Nerja and Estepona to Coin, the Caminito del Rey and beyond – but will Malaga ‘conceptual map’ ever become reality?

Driver, 22, is killed by falling palm tree smashing into his car on busy Costa Blanca road

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

‘Never seen it like this before’: Brits report travel chaos at Malaga airport – which sets new October passenger record

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

British teenager fighting for life after nearly drowning during school trip to northern Spain

Affordable housing all but disappears in Malaga and Valencia as luxury homes increasingly dominate

The McGrail Report – Toward a modernised model of policing for Gibraltar, writes F Oliva

Sky high rents in Spain’s top cities are pushing people into popular hotspots in Alicante, Valencia and Andalucia

Costa Blanca airport claims 10 successive months of passenger records- with a third of visitors coming from the UK

WATCH: Shock as Donald Trump Jr makes flying visit to Gibraltar

Flash sale offers high-speed train tickets between Malaga and Madrid for just €7 — but you’ll have to move fast

Three arrests over murder of Swedish restaurant owner who was dragged to his death by phone thieves on the Costa Blanca

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

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Who is that crawling up my wall? What you should know about geckos in Spain

The ancient capitals of Spain – Ten cities that were once seats of Spanish power

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Prostitution soars in Marbella as pimps across Spain move to running operations out of apartments – thanks to legal loophole

Twelve days of Spanish Christmas: our pick of hidden holiday traditions to discover in Andalucia

YOU’RE COOKING THAT?: The Christmas dishes of half a dozen top Spanish chefs, some who won’t touch the festive favourite Jamon