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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

6 Aug, 2019 @ 14:01

Crime & Law·Lead

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

6 Aug, 2019 @ 13:12

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

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

6 Aug, 2019 @ 12:47

Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga

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

6 Aug, 2019 @ 12:11

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

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

6 Aug, 2019 @ 11:27

Environment·Granada·Lead·Malaga

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

6 Aug, 2019 @ 10:30

Celebrity

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

6 Aug, 2019 @ 09:11

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

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

5 Aug, 2019 @ 16:34

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

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

5 Aug, 2019 @ 16:14

Health·Lead

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

5 Aug, 2019 @ 16:02

Food & Drink·Lead

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

5 Aug, 2019 @ 14:37

Crime & Law·Lead

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

5 Aug, 2019 @ 13:36

Food & Drink·Lead

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

5 Aug, 2019 @ 12:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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

5 Aug, 2019 @ 12:13

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

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,

5 Aug, 2019 @ 11:57

Crime & Law·Lead

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

5 Aug, 2019 @ 11:53

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

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

5 Aug, 2019 @ 11:24

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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

5 Aug, 2019 @ 10:57

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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

5 Aug, 2019 @ 09:13

Entertainment·Olive Press Travel·Travel Andalucia·What to do

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

4 Aug, 2019 @ 10:30

Amanda Butler: Keys to the Island·Columnists·Mallorca·Property

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

4 Aug, 2019 @ 10:01

Environment·Granada·Lead·Nature

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

4 Aug, 2019 @ 09:30

Belinda Beckett: Mistress of Sizzle·Columnists·Nature

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

3 Aug, 2019 @ 11:54

Granada·La Cultura·Lead

FULL STORY: How an innocent British man on a business trip ended up jailed for a YEAR with terrorists and murderers in southern Spain

Now safely back in the UK, Robert Mansfield-Hewitt became collateral damage in a drugs heist

3 Aug, 2019 @ 08:42

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Holidaymaker’s rental car trashed in Spain’s Mallorca as violent campaign against mass tourism continues

The vandals spray painted the side of vehicle with their motto, ‘neighbours vs tourists’ in large red letters

3 Aug, 2019 @ 02:43

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

WATCH: Tyson Fury spotted doing karaoke in Marbella with Towie’s Arg before zipping around Puerto Banus in Ferrari

Mancunian, Fury, was then seen zipping around the luxury Costa del Sol city in his new bright red €180,000 Ferrari Portofino

2 Aug, 2019 @ 17:20

Celebrity·Lead·Malaga

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