Eight million tonnes of plastic ‘lost’ at sea each year
Most plastic dumped into the seas will never be recovered and may be hidden deep on the ocean floor
EXCLUSIVE: Estepona lawyer gets jail sentence after stealing €100,000 from client
The initial claim was filed in Estepona in May 2005 but did not arrive at court until March 2013
Former police boss arrested with 1,800 illegal packets of cigarettes in La Linea
The ex-chief of La Linea local police was picked up with the contraband, which had a street value of €7,931, stuffed inside suitcases in the
Female mayoral candidates outnumbered three-to-one in Andalucia’s town halls
In total, 430 candidates are standing for mayor in the province with an alarming 318 (74%) being men
Spain the seventh best country to be a mum
While 50% of expat mums never want to go back to their home country
PP spend more on local election campaigns than all other parties put together
PP party budget stretches to a huge €20.5 million
Reopening of controversial Los Frailes mine cancelled amid corruption scandal
A probe was launched in March after a rival bidder filed a denuncia, claiming negotiations were illegally carried out for the mine in Aznalcollar
Game back on for Spanish domestic football season after strike ends
Barcelona can now win La Liga on Sunday
La Venus beach in Marbella first in Spain to get brand new life-saving equipment
Marbella town hall has installed the SOS-Orange system on Playa La Venus to make life-guarding much safer
Dog toilets worth £20,000 planned for Gibraltar
Canine convenience comes to Gibraltar
Family who died in Gibraltar murder suicide finally cremated and laid to rest
The bodies of the mother and two young daughters who died in the Gibraltar ‘murder suicide’ have been cremated and flown to the Canary Islands
Spain’s unemployment level fell twice as fast as expected in April
The plunge of 118,923 far surpasses the predicted drop of 65,000
UPDATE: Young Gibraltarian man who died in motorbike crash identified
The man was in his twenties
Fabian Picardo’s favourite band Kings of Leon to headline Gibraltar Music Festival
Duran Duran, Tom Odell and Rae Morris are among the other acts playing
First major fire of the year hits Istan
And was a little too close for comfort for Olive Press columnist Giles Brown
VW Golf in Madrid is the ‘finest’ car in Spain with 266 fines worth €30,000
Spain’s outlaw vehicles racking up thousands in fines
British comedian Russell Brand backs Spain’s Podemos
The self-confessed member of the ‘don’t-vote party’, Brand talked up a ‘new type of politics’ in his latest rant on YouTube channel The Trews
The troglodyte minstrel
Sam Goodwin meets the Rev Richard John, a sexagenarian London busker-turned-blues artist who has found his ‘sweet home Andalucia’ in a Granada cave
Great Train Robber Gordon Goody set to cash in on new book from Almeria home
Surfacing from his home in Almeria, Gordon Goody, posed for photos and signed copies of his latest memories at a book launch in Antas
Major British businesses lobbying for the UK to remain in the EU
Chief executives of BT, WPP, Goldman Sachs International are among the companies warning of a 'Brexit'
EXCLUSIVE: Expats slam electrical store Worten after being left with faulty fridges and TVs
Two furious expats slammed the ‘non-existent’ customer services at Worten’s Marbella and Fuengirola stores after the ‘useless’ appliances arrived broken or quickly breaking down
Picasso painting smashes record for most expensive art ever sold at auction
Women of Algiers sold for 160 million euros
EVENT CANCELLED: Fuengirola bullring to host 12-hour DJ festival
‘Pandemonium at the Bullring’ will take place on May 30
Spain seventh best country in the world to be a mother
While 62% of mothers ranked quality of life better in their adoptive countries than where they came from
Gareth Bale becoming increasingly isolated at Real Madrid because he can’t speak Spanish
He has been vilified by fans for recent poor performances
Nerja footballer on trial for assaulting referee
Goalkeeper Ivan Cabello faces a 26-month prison sentence