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Fish attacks in Benidorm are injuring 15 people per DAY, experts warn: THIS is who they are targetting

Fish attacks in Benidorm are injuring 15 people per DAY, experts warn: THIS is who they are targeting

WARM sea temperatures have been encouraging certain types of fish to nibble on surprised Benidorm bathers on Spain’s Costa Blanca. Around 15 people a day

4 Sep, 2023 @ 17:36

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Valencian Community

Boy, 10, is rescued from a tree he clinged on for dear life during storms in Spain while his father remains missing

A KID whose family car was swept away by the current has been rescued after spending the whole night clinging to a tree branch near

4 Sep, 2023 @ 16:59

Lead·Madrid·Weather

Irish mobster John Milligan walks free from court with no jail time after plea bargain deal on drug and gun offences in Spain's Costa Blanca

Irish ‘mobster’ John Gilligan, 71, avoids jail for ‘smuggling cannabis in flip flop shipments’ after securing plea bargain deal on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Irish mobster John Gilligan avoided jail on Monday after agreeing a plea bargain with prosecutors over drug trafficking and gun possession charges. The same arrangement

4 Sep, 2023 @ 16:55

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

‘Cat killer’ who was ‘caught murdering a kitten on CCTV’ and accused of stealing three others from an animal shelter on Spain’s Costa Blanca is arrested

A MAN who killed cats and stole them from an animal shelter has been arrested by the Guardia Civil in El Verger. The 28-year-old Spaniard

4 Sep, 2023 @ 15:01

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Travel CHAOS as THOUSANDS of train passengers are left stranded after Renfe is forced to cancel journeys in the wake of the so-called DANA storm

THOUSANDS of desperate passengers travelling between Madrid and Andalucia have seen their trains cancelled as DANA’s torrential rains hit Spain. All trains departing from Madrid’s

4 Sep, 2023 @ 12:53

Andalucia·Lead·Madrid·Must Read·Travel News·Weather

Torrential rains, flooding, cars, En Recas (Toledo) Comarca de la Sagra

One man drowns in a car and another in an ELEVATOR in Spain while others are missing following ‘extreme’ rainfall

THE ‘historic’ DANA storm that has spread destruction throughout the Spanish heartland has claimed a further grisly toll with the tragic deaths of two men

4 Sep, 2023 @ 12:49

Lead·Madrid·Weather

Irish holidaymaker hunted after fleeing accident scene after his rental car smashes head-on into oncoming vehicle and kills driver on Spain's Costa Blanca

Irish holidaymaker hunted after fleeing accident scene when his rental car smashes head-on into oncoming vehicle and kills driver on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE are looking for an Irish motorist who collided head-on with another car- killing the other driver in the Torrevieja area. The smash happened at

4 Sep, 2023 @ 12:40

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Expat community rallies round family of missing paddle surfers: Thousands raised to fly out relatives of Maxi, 29, and Emmanuel, 34, a WEEK after they vanished off Spain’s Costa del Sol

AROUND 60 people came together on Sunday on Malaga’s Huelin beach to support the families of two Argentine men who vanished a week earlier as

4 Sep, 2023 @ 11:52

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Fierce fire rips through top-floor apartment in Benidorm tower block after night of storms

A BLAZE erupted on the 32nd-floor flat of one of Benidorm’s towering skyscrapers this morning ay 7.30am. Onlookers and dog-walkers stopped to look up and

4 Sep, 2023 @ 11:40

Alicante·Benidorm·Lead

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GRANADA SHOOTING: Man shot to death while sitting in car in Spain

A MAN in his forties has been shot and killed while sitting inside a parked car on a Granada avenue. According to official reports, emergency

4 Sep, 2023 @ 08:45

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

WATCH: Moment emergency texts are sent to phones in Spain as streets are turned into rapids amid ‘extreme’ rainfall: La Liga clash cancelled while flights are delayed

RESIDENTS suffering the worst of the ongoing extreme weather in Spain have revealed the moment they received emergency texts from their regional governments. Madrid and

3 Sep, 2023 @ 17:58

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Spain welcomes 47.6 million tourists in first seven months of year, spending nearly €60 billion

SPAIN welcomed 47.6 million tourists to its shores in the year from January to July, an increase of 21% compared to the same period the

3 Sep, 2023 @ 15:45

Business & Finance·Lead·Must Read·Travel News

Pedro Sanchez says apologies are 'insufficient' over Spanish FA chief kissing World Cup winning player Jenni Hermoso on lips

Spain’s caretaker prime minister takes aim at football chief Luis Rubiales once more

SPAIN’S caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has once again voiced criticism of the embattled head of the Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, who is still refusing

3 Sep, 2023 @ 14:15

Lead·Sport

British expat, 70, is killed in head-on collision after his motorbike ‘is knocked by van into wrong lane’ following ‘traffic row’ in Marbella

TRIBUTES have poured in for a much-loved British expat who died after being knocked off his motorbike on the Costa del Sol. Ray Wyer, 70,

3 Sep, 2023 @ 13:47

Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Two hikers ‘are killed by extreme weather in Spain’: Roads and parks are closed and trains cancelled as deadly DANA wreaks havoc nationwide

TWO hikers are feared to have been killed as a result of the ‘historic’ DANA weather front currently wreaking havoc across Spain. A 34-year-old and

3 Sep, 2023 @ 13:06

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Showers with hail coming to parts of Spain from Friday as sunny weather ends- for now!

Weather agency issues red alert as much of Spain battered by rain and storms

MUCH OF Spain was being battered by heavy rainfall and storms on Sunday, as well as the Balearic Islands. The country’s state weather agency, Aemet,

3 Sep, 2023 @ 12:43

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Got a dog in Spain? Comply with new laws coming into effect THIS MONTH to avoid fines of up to €10,000

OVER NINE MILLION dog owners in Spain will have to take out liability insurance from September 29 when the country’s new animal welfare law comes

3 Sep, 2023 @ 11:15

Animals·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Public transport by BOAT could help ease traffic on the Costa del Sol’s deadly A-7 road, say town hall bosses – as hospitality leaders renew demands for a train

PUBLIC TRANSPORT by boat could be used to cut congestion on the deadly A-7 road in Malaga province. The idea has come from the new

3 Sep, 2023 @ 10:00

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

WATCH: Streets turned into rivers in Spain as ‘extraordinary’ Gota Fria brings ‘extreme’ rainfall – with the worst yet to come

STREETS were turned into rivers in central Spain on Saturday as the dreaded Gota Fria brought the first installment of heavy rain. Video footage shared

3 Sep, 2023 @ 01:55

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Madrid is placed on RED alert for severe rain: Weather warnings are also upgraded along the Costa del Sol and Alicante as ‘historic’ Gota Fria wreaks havoc over Spain

SPAIN upgraded its weather warnings across the country overnight as the dreaded Gota Fria began to unleash torrential rain and strong winds. The regions of

3 Sep, 2023 @ 01:38

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Forest fire in Benahavis: Planes and helicopter are roped in to tackle inferno as smoke is seen from Marbella

A FOREST fire in the hills of Benahavis is said to have been stabilised. Firefighters were in a race against time to extinguish the flames

2 Sep, 2023 @ 16:56

Lead·Malaga

Hidden thoughts: How Old Etonian journalist and author Paul Richardson came to run a farm in Spain’s Extremadura

IT was on a long drive back from Portugal to Denia to catch the ferry to Ibiza that Paul Richardson stumbled across the little known

2 Sep, 2023 @ 14:07

Celebrity·La Cultura·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Pedro Sanchez visits the Costa del Sol: Spain’s PM enjoys The Strokes at the Cala Mijas music festival

SPAIN’S prime minister Pedro Sanchez enjoyed a night of music at an international festival on the Costa del Sol on Friday. The socialist leader, 51,

2 Sep, 2023 @ 12:41

Lead·Malaga

Petrol costs in Spain this August were the highest on record as motorists suffer eight consecutive weeks of price increases

PETROL prices are at their highest since over a year ago after the ongoing increases over the month of August. The new hikes came as

2 Sep, 2023 @ 12:00

Andalucia·Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga

REVEALED: The most expensive house in Spain that will set you back €35 million

SPAIN’S most expensive home for sale is a €35 million villa in an up-market area of the Costa del Sol. The property, which was built

2 Sep, 2023 @ 10:00

Andalucia·Lead·Marbella·Property

EXC: Paralysed British expat, 30, celebrates ‘miracle’ baby with the local Spanish beautician who helped him recover from horror car crash

A BRITISH paraplegic has had a ‘miracle’ baby with the local Spanish beauty who helped nurse him back to health. Expat Aaron Salter, 30, was paralysed

2 Sep, 2023 @ 09:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Must Read

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