Lead News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Heavy rain and gales forecast from Friday for parts of Spain

Storm Joseph brings wet and wild week of weather alerts for Andalucia – watch out for flood risks and park closures on the Costa del Sol

ANDALUCIA is facing a week of stormy weather and relentless rains, intense winds and rough seas. The entire region is under yellow alerts as of

27 Jan, 2026 @ 09:39

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Lead·Weather

Estepona sold the lifestyle but forgot the infrastructure: How the rush to build luxury apartments saw basic needs go unmet

ESTEPONA has become one of the Costa del Sol’s most frenetic property markets, with thousands of homes built or sold to local and foreign buyers

26 Jan, 2026 @ 18:40

Estepona·Lead·Property

Measles scare in Spain as cases doubled last year – and were virtually zero in 2023

MEASLES cases in Spain nearly doubled in 2025 according to the Carlos III Health Institute. It reported 397 registered cases compared to 217 in 2024,

26 Jan, 2026 @ 17:30

Health·Lead

Fear of new Brit gangland murder as ‘prominent’ Liverpool fugitive vanishes from Costa Blanca following string of shootings

A 28-YEAR-OLD British man has vanished in the southern Costa Blanca after a series of gang-related incidents involving expats. The missing fugitive with a UK

26 Jan, 2026 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Disgraced former Spanish football chief is coming to Marbella to flog his new book ‘To Kill Rubiales’

FORMER Spanish football chief is coming to Marbella, bringing with him renewed attention to one of the most turbulent chapters in Spanish sporting history. Luis

26 Jan, 2026 @ 16:15

Lead·Marbella·Sport

Irish dance is on the up in Spain as new national association launches – would you give it a whirl?

SPAIN’s Irish dance community are celebrating the official launch of the country’s first national organisation dedicated to promoting Irish dance next month. The Spanish Irish

26 Jan, 2026 @ 16:15

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Outcry in Spain as hunting federations ‘enter schools and encourage children as young as 14 to go out armed with guns’

NEW laws which encourage children as young as 14 to handle firearms have provoked an outcry among child protection groups. It comes after an initiative

26 Jan, 2026 @ 15:30

Animals·Green·Lead·Other News

Travel chaos in Catalonia as ‘suspected cyber attack’ hobbles train network leaving thousands stranded amid intermittent services

CATALONIA has been plunged into travel chaos after a suspected cyberattack disrupted rail services region-wide early on Monday. All Rodalies commuter trains and Regionales services

26 Jan, 2026 @ 13:49

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Four witnesses called to testify against Estepona mayor amid allegations he gave plush restaurant concession to his son’s wife

FOUR witnesses have been called to testify against Estepona’s mayor amid allegations that he gave a lavish restaurant concession to his son’s wife. The town’s

26 Jan, 2026 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

Batten down the hatches: Red weather alert issued in Spain as Atlantic storms roll in with heavy rainfall and strong winds

STORM Ingrid may well have passed but the wintry misery seen across much of Spain shows no sign of letting up. According to Aemet, the

26 Jan, 2026 @ 13:07

Lead·Weather

LIFE IN SPAIN: Lola Flores embodied the soul of Andalucia – but she was possessed by a demon

TO truly understand the fire of Andalucía, you first have to meet its demon. His name is the duende. He is not a friendly spirit.

26 Jan, 2026 @ 12:49

La Cultura·Lead

Spain deports five passengers to UK after storms divert Gibraltar flight to Malaga

FIVE passengers on a flight to Gibraltar were detained in Spain and sent back to the UK on Sunday after their plane was diverted due

26 Jan, 2026 @ 12:30

Gibraltar·Lead·Malaga

PICTURED: Fractured rail joint at fault for deadly high-speed Adamuz train disaster that killed 45 people

A PICTURE of the fractured rail joint believed to be at fault for Spain’s worst train crash in over a decade has been released. Eight

26 Jan, 2026 @ 11:30

Andalucia·Cordoba·Lead·Travel News

WATCH: Astonishing moment Spanish mayor rails against drug traffickers while standing just metres from idling narco boats

THIS is the moment an Andalucian mayor pleaded for government help as brazen ‘nacro-boats’ were caught on camera idling off Spanish shores in broad daylight

26 Jan, 2026 @ 11:27

Almeria·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Assassins waited until 'Brit finished playing football' before gunning him down and then torching the getaway car on Spain's Costa del Sol

Father ‘confesses’ to killing boy, 13, who was playing video games with his son as police keep ‘open mind’ in Spain

A 48-YEAR-OLD man has confessed to the murder of a boy, 13, who was playing video games with his son in Sueca(Valencia province). The incident

26 Jan, 2026 @ 10:51

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

PICTURED: British mum-of-three, 33, ‘stabbed to death by ex in front of her children’ in horror Malaga attack

A BRITISH mother stabbed to death in front of her young children in Alhaurín el Grande has been named. Victoria Hart, 33, was killed at

26 Jan, 2026 @ 10:25

Andalucia·Lead

Storm Ingrid blankets Andalucia in snow and closes Sierra Nevada ski resort – while severe rains cause huge sink hole in Sevilla

STORM Ingrid has blanketed much of Andalucia in snow and forced the total closure of the Sierra Nevada ski resort as a ‘savage’ winter weather

26 Jan, 2026 @ 10:20

Andalucia·Lead·Sevilla·Weather

Spain joins forces with the UK and snubs invite to Trump’s Board of Peace

SPAIN’S prime minister has said his government will not participate in President Trump’s Board of Peace, citing concerns that the invite-only council could usurp the

26 Jan, 2026 @ 09:49

International Affairs·Lead

Stricken ‘zombie’ Russian shadow fleet tanker is drifting 60km off the Costa del Sol – with 400,000 barrels of oil on board

A STRICKEN ‘zombie’ ship from Russia’s shadowy dark fleet is currently drifting without power just 60 to 80 kilometres off the Costa del Sol, sparking

25 Jan, 2026 @ 19:45

Costa del Sol·Gibraltar·International Affairs·Lead

Spain Investigates Side Effects Of Weight Loss Drugs Ozempic And Saxenda

Spanish home-grown Ozempic knock-off aims to make weight-loss drug affordable for the masses

A SPANISH drug company aims to lower prices and cash in on the Ozempic boom by manufacturing the key ingredient. Galenicum, a Barcelona pharmaceutical company,

25 Jan, 2026 @ 11:31

Health·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Expats left devastated after Costa del Sol removal man vanishes with their belongings en route to Spain

AN expat couple have been left with nothing after a removal man disappeared with over €25,000 worth of belongings. It was their dream move to

25 Jan, 2026 @ 09:15

EXCLUSIVE·Lead

‘Dad has killed Mum’: Horror in Malaga’s Alhaurin el Grande as British woman, 33, is murdered in front of her children

A BRITISH mother of three has been stabbed to death in front of her young children in Alhaurín el Grande. Victoria, 33, was killed at

24 Jan, 2026 @ 17:11

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Secret ‘superfood’ boosts protein intake, combats anaemia and projects your heart – and its cheap and native to Spain

FROM supermarket shelves to fancy restaurants, metal tins to paella dishes, mussels are everywhere in Spain and now, according to experts they’re a superfood. Renowned

24 Jan, 2026 @ 16:00

Food & Drink·Health·Lead

Spain's Julio Iglesias says 'truth would come out' over sex abuse allegations involving workers at his Caribbean mansions

Sex abuse complaints against legendary singer Julio Iglesias dropped by Spanish prosecutors over a technicality

SPANISH prosecutors have shelved a high-profile sex abuse allegation involving Julio Iglesias after determining it could not proceed under the country’s legal framework. In a

24 Jan, 2026 @ 10:58

Celebrity·Crime & Law·Lead

Train sensors had previously detected ‘anomalies’ at the point of the Adamuz disaster – as final death toll reaches 45

INVESTIGATORS probing the cause of Spain’s worst train disaster in over a decade say trains running along the site of the Adamuz crash in the

24 Jan, 2026 @ 10:30