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GREEDY SAMARITANS: criminal gang who slashed tourists’ tyres at toll booths along Costa Blanca and then robbed them finally...

TYRE slashers who targeted tourists’ vehicles along the Costa Blanca and then robbed them while pretending to help have been arrested by Police in...

FISHY BUSINESS: Spain’s Guardia Civil seize illegally caught 180kg bluefin tuna in Marbella

It is a crime to catch, transport and market seafood without having documents and labels to trace the product

THE ITALIAN JOB: Italian arrested after selling ex-mother-in-law’s Fiat 500 and then lying it was stolen in Alicante

AN Italian man has been arrested in Alicante after selling his ex-mother-in-law’s car and then lying it had been stolen. The man, 44, gained a...

BRITISH pensioner tells court he ‘couldn’t remember’ bludgeoning sleeping stepson’s head with a HAMMER before attempting to suffocate...

A BRITISH pensioner on trial for attempted murder has told an Alicante court he ‘couldn't remember’ taking a hammer to his stepson’s head while...

WATCH: Dead cows wash up on Spain’s Canary Islands after being thrown overboard by ‘stink boats’

It is believed the dead cows came from freighters transporting live cattle from South America

DIDN’T SEE THAT COMING: clairvoyant jailed for conning disabled woman out of €13,000 on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A CLAIRVOYANT has been sentenced to a year and three months for conning a disabled woman out of €13,000 on Spain’s Costa Blanca. The...

Thousands march in Madrid as depopulation rocks rural Spain

MADRID has seen large protests by rural Spaniards who fear their communities are withering away. The movement, labelled the ‘revolt of an empty Spain,’ brought...

What’s it like to be the UK’s only dwarf drag queen? The Olive Press caught up with Miss DQ...

After parting with his agent, John has now gone solo, booking and managing his own gigs and tours

The Cabo de Santa Pola one step closer to becoming a municipal nature reserve on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Sierra and Cabo de Santa Pola has come a step closer to being designated a municipal nature reserve. The councillor for agriculture, environment,...

British expat on Costa del Sol launches ‘Sunday roast tapa’ because she ‘loves a Sunday roast’

The recipe sees a Yorkshire pudding topped with carrots, stuffing, mashed potato and a meat of your choice, served with peas and gravy

WATCH: SECOND dead dolphin in a week washes up on same 3km strip in Spain’s Costa Blanca

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGuKpmoltiA&feature=youtu.be A SECOND dead dolphin has been spotted washing up on the Costa Blanca in the space of just a week. The dolphin was videoed by...

Summers in Spain are now FIVE WEEKS longer than in the eighties

Research claims that around 32 million people are affected by a warming climate

WATCH: ‘Superhero’ promises to drive tobacco smugglers out of town in southern Spain

In the footage a man, disguised as a Power Ranger, addresses the camera and warns smugglers their trade will soon come to an end

WATCH: Spanish man breaks Guinness World Record for eating most hot dogs in three minutes

Originally from Malaga, the new record-holder revealed his achievement was intended to be a ‘practice’ attempt, but he ended up doing it first time

Gibraltar BANS BALLOONS in desperate bid to save wildlife

The ban comes after authorities cancelled the territory’s annual National Day celebration in which 30,000 red and white helium balloons are released

‘EVIL MONSTER’: British paedophile on run in southern Spain jailed for 23 years after hiding as English teacher with...

Judge Rhys Rowlands told Hayes that he wouldn’t automatically get parole after serving half of his sentence, saying it is possible he could serve it all

Secretive anti-North Korean group claims break-in at Spain embassy

The declaration - entitled ‘Facts About Madrid’ - came just hours after Spain’s High Court named suspects in the investigation into the break-in

British men among seven arrested in Marbella for smuggling three tonnes of hash to Costa del Sol marinas

Drugs were discovered in the hulls of pleasure yachts, which the gang would sail from Gibraltar and Morocco to Costa del Sol marinas

WATCH: Spain’s Guardia Civil drag ‘drunk’ woman and partner off Ryanair flight after they told passenger ‘let’s take it...

Other passengers tried to calm down the woman, who kept screaming, ‘I don’t need an ambulance’

Spain’s costas are still attracting wealthy overseas buyers as the second home market grows

Increasing numbers of international buyers are coming to Spain’s coasts, according to Lucas Fox

After Dani Garcia’s shocking decision to close his three Michelin-starred restaurant, he now reveals the ‘farewell menu’ inspired by...

Garcia’s new collection of food will see some of his most classic culinary creations brought together

BREXIT FOOD MAP: Which Spanish produce will be most affected when the UK leaves the EU?

Waiting times at borders, import tariffs and working restrictions could all see the inflow of Spanish food and drink into Britain dwindle to a trickle

British RAF pilot brings new – and MUCH cheaper – property listing concept to Spain

A BRITISH fighter pilot turned property entrepreneur is hoping to save you tens of thousands of euros in estate agency fees when you sell...

Spain’s Supreme Court bans historic bull hunting and spearing tradition in Castilla y Leon

THE Spanish Supreme Court has put animal rights over ancient rites to end the torture and killing of bulls at a historic tournament watched...

Malaga’s ‘Banksy’ attracts world attention replicating masterpieces on the streets of Spain and Europe

A MALAGA artist is proving just how beautiful street art can be with his jaw-dropping replicas of some of the world’s most iconic works....

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