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Hacker in Murcia accesses details of millions of drivers in Spain

A CYBERHACKER has been arrested in Murcia City after stealing details of over 40 million cars and their owners. The Policia Nacional said the man...

Horror as teenager’s dead body is found sticking out of a clothes donation box in southern Spain

THE body of a young man has been found sticking out of a clothing donation box in southern Spain. The grisly discovery was made...

Property fraudsters who swindled dozens of British families in southern Spain LOSE appeals against their jail terms

MURCIA'S Supreme Court has thrown out an appeal by two men behind the Trampolin Hills housing development who were convicted of fraud in November...

Phones are now banned in schools across NINE regions in Spain – after two more join the crackdown

SPAIN'S Murcia region has banned schoolchildren from switching on their mobile phones in classrooms with other areas of the country only allowing them for...

Squatter removers are accused of strong-arm tactics after ‘assaulting tenants’ and ‘robbing homes’ in southern Spain

POLICE are investigating eight employees of an unnamed company that evicts squatters for assaulting tenants of a dozen homes in the Murcia district of...

The curious history of Spain’s free and ‘illegal’ raves: How thousands turn up to hippy-style festivals around the country...

HOW did free and 'illegal' raves begin? The Olive Press traces back the history of the curious parties to 1990s England. They swooped down...

Mystery surrounds the disappearance of an expat boy, 15, who vanished while canoeing in Spain’s Mar Menor lagoon two...

THE mother of a teenager who went missing on January 5 when he was out in a stolen canoe on the Mar Menor lagoon,...

Deadly nightclub fire that killed 13 in Spain’s Murcia was caused by negligent use of spark machine, say police

A DEADLY nightclub fire in Spain’s Murcia that killed 13 people on October 1, 2023 was caused ‘accidently’ due to ‘negligence’ in the use...

Serial fraudster Mark Acklom is living in Spain with his family following his early release from prison – as...

A UK court trying to recover some of the money swindled by British fraudster Mark Acklom has heard that he's living in Spain with...

Young woman dead and several injured in Spain’s Murcia after lorry crashes into bus and leaves 17 people trapped

A 21-YEAR-OLD woman died in the Murcia region on Monday when a lorry collided with a bus taking agricultural workers home after completing a...

Where do they speak the best English in Spain? The answer WILL surprise you

AN ANNUAL study by Swedish language learning company Education First found that the Galician city of Vigo had the highest English proficiency in Spain...

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz avoids two major rivals in Australian Open 2024 draw

MURCIA tennis star Carlos Alcaraz has avoided rivals Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner in the draw for the Australian Open- the first tennis Grand...

Party’s over: Illegal six-day mega-rave attended by scores of expats in southern Spain finally comes to an end after...

A MEGA-RAVE scheduled to last seven days shut down a day early, as its partygoers simply ran out of steam. It comes after laid back...

New projects aim to stop farm pollutants ending up in Spain’s Mar Menor lagoon

ELEVEN projects to improve farming techniques aimed at cutting pollution in the Mar Menor lagoon have been awarded grants totalling €16.2 million. The money comes...

Property ‘scam’ in Spain’s Andalucia: HUNDREDS of buyers pay up to €55,000 each for homes that will NEVER be...

AROUND a thousand people have lost deposits of up to €55,000 for homes in Andalucia and Murcia that are unlikely to ever be built. The...

Robber saved by police after clinging onto top floor window railing with one hand in Spain’s Murcia

A ROBBER needed police help after trying to escape their clutches in a Murcia region apartment block. The man got himself into a tangle at...

Emergency exits in nightclub where 13 died in Spain’s Murcia were closed with PADLOCKS 

THE EMERGENCY exits at the Teatre and Fonda Milagros nightclubs in the Spanish city of Murcia were closed with padlocks on the night that...

Father Christmas charged with driving illegal sleighs in Spain

THE CHRISTMAS spirit was abruptly stopped in Murcia City on Sunday as police pulled over Father Christmas and his elves for driving in illegally-converted...

Some 5,000 cars are given FAKE ITV certificates on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Leader of dodgy ‘MOT’ racket is arrested

THE POLICIA NACIONAL has busted what it described as a 'sophisticated' gang that issued an estimated 5,000 bogus ITV car test certificates in two...

UK government confirms compensation for victims of terror attack in Spain’s Murcia

THE victims of a terror attack where an islamist smashed his car onto a busy expat bar’s terrace, killing one and injuring several, are...

Warning: If you have bought THESE brands of olive oil in Spain’s Andalucia then they may be tampered with and need...

ANDALUCIA'S Ministry of Health has warned people not to use 12 branded olive oils that have been exposed as fake with nearly all of...

Car salesman cons customers out of €100,000 in southern Spain

A SECOND-HAND car salesman from Cartagena has been arrested for scamming seven victims out of €100,000. The 36-year-old Spaniard worked at an undisclosed dealership and...

How new tech will help an endangered lagoon in southern Spain control its nutrient levels from space

SCIENTISTS are creating a special algorithm for the Mar Menor lagoon in Murcia so that chlorophyll pollution can be better analysed through satellite images. Staff...

Infamous ‘ghost’ hotel in southern Spain will finally be destroyed – 50 YEARS after construction began

WORK is scheduled to begin this Thrusday to demolish an unfinished La Manga hotel dating back to 1974. Taking down the 12-storey Lagomar Hotel eyesore...

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

STATE rail operator Renfe will launch its low-cost high speed Avlo service between Madrid, Elche, Alicante and Murcia on December 10, with lowest fares...

Gang from Madrid which robbed safes at shopping centres on Spain’s Costa Blanca is brought down

A MADRID-BASED gang travelled to the Costa Blanca and Murcia areas to rob store safes in large shopping centres after hiding inside premises before...

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