Spain’s Ronda to fine dog walkers up to €200 for not carrying bags and bottles to clean up mess
Also announced was the distribution of 500 bottles containing cleaning fluid, accompanied by instructions on how to clean up after pets
WATCH: Anti-tourist thugs smash holidaymakers’ cars with hammers and slash tires in Spain tourist hotspot
The group has also been known to pelt holiday buses with eggs and violently storm restaurants and squares with smoke bombs
Andalucia’s million euro campaign against gender violence slammed for stock pics and smiling victims
Critics have said the new campaign puts the responsibility of abuse on women and avoids addressing gender violence directly
Father arrested at Spanish airport for ‘snatching’ two-year-old daughter from Brit children’s home after he ‘lost custody’
A DAD has been arrested in Spain for allegedly abducting his two year old daughter after he ‘lost custody’. The 44-year-old is said to have
FELINE GOOD! Volunteers praise ‘huge step forward’ by Costa Blanca municipality to officially authorise street cat feeders
CONTROVERSIAL street cat feeders in Javea may soon be given special IDs to carry on giving food to abandoned felines. It comes after the town
GRAIN OF TRUTH? Marbella restaurant courts controversy AGAIN as new sign blames unemployment benefits and ‘lazy’ population for lack of rice cooker for summer
The printed rant comes after a sign in the restaurant reading 'this house is Spanish, catholic and right wing, sorry for the inconvenience', went viral
SAVE OUR SEAHORSES! A British metal detectors club battling to save seahorses on the Costa Blanca
A BRITISH metal detecting club is aiding a local environmental group to save endangered seahorses on the Costa Blanca. Two teams from the Asociacion de
Yellow and orange warnings issued for searing heat as temperatures hit 41°C in southern Spain
Temperatures are expected to exceed 41°C on Wednesday
Sotogrande is a playground for royals, footballers and politicians, Diana Tang gives her roundup of the high-class resort
SOTOGRANDE is about understated elegance and quiet, unshowy glamour. The polar opposite of Puerto Banus, it is the perfect destination for captains of industry, royals
Plainclothes police to patrol buses in Spain’s Marbella amid rising violence against drivers
In July the number of bus passengers doubled compared to the same month in 2018
Boozed-up British mum, whose kids taken into care after she collapsed in Gibraltar airport, returns to UK with £450 fine
Police officers had removed the children from the tanked-up couple and transferred them to social services
British boy, 5, collapses and dies in Spain after sudden illness at four-star hotel
The youngster had been on holiday with his family in Magaluf when he began vomiting before collapsing and suffering a cardiac arrest
Spanish restaurant offers ‘angry potatoes’ with ‘bleeding’ in translation blunder
A SPANISH restaurant has been ridiculed after a translation gaffe that saw traditional Iberian foods take a sinister turn in English. Barcelona-native Naru spotted the
WATCH: Policeman dives off Madrid fountain to tackle man wielding machete
In a video, shared by the Jupol police union, seven officers can be seen surrounding the man, who stood in a fountain waving the large
PORKY PIES: Spain’s biggest jamon iberico distributor caught labelling Polish pork as from the ‘Alpujarras mountains’ in Granada
CARREFOUR supplier and Spain’s biggest distributor of jamon iberico, Comapa, have been accused of labelling Polish pork as from ‘La Alpujarra’ in Granada. The alarm
Investigation launched into ‘rape’ of British girl, 18, while on night out in Magaluf on Spain’s Mallorca
Police face a difficult challenge given the sheer number of people who will have been at the popular resort over the weekend
Drop in British tourists heading to Spain due to Brexit can be replaced by Germans and French, new figures suggest
According to the National Institute of Statistics, June saw a 5.3% drop in British tourists year-on-year
Man who killed 90-year-old woman while looking at phone in Spain’s first e-scooter fatality to face FINE, not prison
A YOUNG man responsible for the first fatality involving an electric scooter in Spain is set to face a fine, not prison. The 19-year-old, named only Alexi,
Julen’s parents seek three and a half years in prison for Malaga landowner after their son plunged to death down his well
Serrano, who is cousin to Julen’s father Jose Rosello, is alleged to have committed ‘extremely serious’ negligence, according to court documents
Five Man U fans arrested in Alicante airport by Spanish cops chasing them for drunken rampage during Sevilla match last year
FIVE Man United football fans accused of a drunken rampage in Spain last year have been arrested after flying back to the country for a
British-run currency exchange hit by ‘professional’ thieves in broad daylight on a Sunday afternoon in Calpe on the Costa Blanca
A BRITISH-run post office and currency exchange has been left shocked after ‘professional’ thieves stole €9,000 in broad daylight. Postal Connections, in Calpe, suffered the
Arriving in Sotogrande style, take a trip down the Rio Guadiaro
IT is by far the most exciting way to arrive in Sotogrande. But you are likely to get wet so don’t bring your gladrags. One
The Pound may be low under Johnson, but for British property owners in Spain, it’s a great time to sell, writes Amanda Butler
One thing for sure is that travel for the Brits holidaying abroad is going to be quite a shock, with the pound decreasing below the
Electrical giant brings in diggers for megaproject in Spain’s Driving Over Lemons country despite town hall bans
It comes after the Defensor del Pueblo Andaluz - the official that deals with public complaints - this month called on the Junta to express
If you can’t stand the heat you can always take inspiration from the animal kingdom … or not, writes Belinda Beckett
Luckily we humans can cool off at the turn of a shower tap but storks and vultures have a yuckier way to stave off the
Revealing new book chronicles the founding of the Olive Press, ‘Spain’s most popular expat newspaper’
"A publisher wanted to cut out all the juicy bits so I said no and put it in a draw and only discovered it again