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Winter heatwave predicted for Costa Blanca and Murcia areas of Spain

A blast of Saharan air will bring unseasonably warm temperatures for the New Year's holiday in the Alicante Province and Murcia areas of Spain. Experts...

Stolen British-owned car from Spain’s Costa del Sol is found 400 kilometres away in Murcia with thieves ‘living’ in...

A stolen British-owned car from Malaga Province has ended up 400 kilometres north in the Murcia region with a man and woman 'living' inside...

Spain’s tennis star Carlos Alcaraz bounces back to business after injury lay-off

DESPITE being out with injury since October, Murcia's Carlos Alcaraz bounced straight back in his tournament return to win Sunday's Argentina Open final in...

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...

Environmentalists demand changes to electricity pylon plans linking new solar power station to Spain’s Costa Blanca

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners want changes to the proposed route of a 23 kilometre high-voltage line that will go across the Vega Baja area. They're worried about...

WATCH: Endangered sunken wreck from pre-biblical times to be rescued from seabed on Spain’s Costa Calida

A PHOENICIAN ship that sank off the Murcian coast will see the light of day again after some 2,700 years. The wreck of the Mazarrón...

Elderly couple killed by odourless toxic gas fumes in Spain’s Murcia region

An elderly couple died of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a butano gas cylinder in Rincon de Seca, Murcia. The odourless and colourless gas eliminates...

British consultant accused of defrauding UK expats in Costa Blanca and Murcia areas over Spanish residency cards

A 33-year-old British man has been arrested in the Murcia region for allegedly defrauding 25 fellow expats in Spain. The man arranged Spanish residency cards...

Sucked dry: How water theft to irrigate farmland is draining Spain’s precious wetlands and causing irreversible ecological damage

Environmentalists have sounded a harsh warning over illegal water extraction that is threatening to drain Spain’s wetland reserves and cause irreversible ecological damage.

‘SLIPPERY EELS’ caught as East European drugs boss is arrested in Spain’s Murcia region

THE head of an international drugs smuggling gang branded as 'The Eels', has been arrested in Los Alcazares in Spain's Murcia region. His detention by...

Travelling robbers used threads of glue stuck on front doors to work out if homes were empty across different...

A TRAVELLING gang of home robbers has been arrested after a joint operation between Policia Nacional units in Alicante and Antequera(Malaga). Three men- all of...

British woman accuses fellow Brit of workplace and sexual harassment in Spain’s Murcia

A BRITISH woman from the Mazarron area of Murcia has accused her former employer- also British- of sexual and work harassment. The 46-year-old filed a...

Dangerous and violent drugs gang brought down in Mar Menor area of Spain

THE GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested 19 people in Los Alcazares who belonged to a 'dangerous criminal group' selling drugs and who used knives and...

Hundreds fined for border breach attempts during first weekend of towns’ perimeter closures in Spain’s Murcia

DURING the first weekend of perimeter closures in the region of Murcia, 225 fines were issues for attempted breaches. National Police and Guardia Civil carried...

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...

The new edition of Olive Press for Costa Blanca South is out now – here’s where to get your...

THE 36th edition of The Olive Press for the Costa Blanca South and Murcia is out now. From the Mar Menor to Gran Alicant and...

Violent Costa Blanca and Murcia bank robbery gang arrested in Spain

A violent bank robbery gang has been arrested in Alicante Province and Murcia, with three men jailed. The Guardia Civil raided addresses in Fortuna and...

Partido Popular ousted from running Murcia City Council in Spain for first time since 1995

THE Partido Popular(PP) has been removed from running Murcia City Council after 26 years of control. A censure motion was passed by just one vote...

Greenpeace protest at Spain’s top meat producer over pollution caused by mass livestock farming

GREENPEACE protestors dressed in red jumpsuits staged a protest at the headquarters of the Murcia-based meat production company El Pozo on Tuesday. Around 20 environmentalists...

Ryanair flight from Luton to Spain’s Murcia gets diverted as Corvera airport was closed for the night

A Ryanair flight from Luton to Corvera in Murcia suffered a two-hour take-off delay on Sunday- meaning it was too late for it land...

Massive human chain formed around the Mar Menor lagoon in Spain to protest against environmental disaster

THOUSANDS of people formed a human chain around the Mar Menor on Saturday(August 28) in protest over tons of dead fish washing ashore. Residents and...

Could you be paying less for your investments and pensions in Spain?

Tracy Storer Senior Partner Chorus Financial I’ve just come out of a regular review with one of my clients, and top of the agenda was an analysis...

Italian bank robbers linked to bungling one-legged thief travelled to Spain for heists on the Costa Blanca and Murcia

AN Italian bank robbery gang wanted for a €344,355 stick-up at a Murcia bank in October has been arrested by the Policia Nacional. One of...

Honest recycling worker finds owner of €3,500 in cash which was ‘lost’ two years ago in Murcia area of...

A Murcia region couple got a pleasant surprise after they had €3,500 returned to them which they lost two years ago. The money popped up...

First public loo with 50 cent charge is erected in historic Murcia region city in Spain

CARTAGENA has installed its very first public pay toilet with another four set to be erected over the next few months. The City Council aims...

Thousands of dead fish and marine life wash onto beaches of the polluted Mar Menor lagoon in Spain

PROSECUTORS will investigate a new incident of dead fish washing onto Mar Menor beaches yesterday(August 16). In October 2019, swathes of oxygen-starved fish washed onto...

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