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British expats and locals furious at plans to build HUNDREDS of electric pylons across Andalucia’s iconic Driving Over Lemons territory, protests planned

Residents fear building the network of electricity masts will wreck the landscape and cause radiation

23 Feb, 2019 @ 10:45

An Ayurvedic detox diet can help you bounce back from winter bingeing, writes Andalucia-based chef Manna Teji

Although fasting is one of the best detox methods – and one that I use regularly – we can achieve similar results just by simplifying

23 Feb, 2019 @ 09:00

Food & Drink·Lead

What has 2019 got in store for Spain’s property market?

IT’S early February and I am beginning to see more half finished developments finished. There are finally curtains in the windows, cars in the garage

22 Feb, 2019 @ 13:05

Property

Woman in Spain dies and 18 others sick after eating mushrooms at Michelin-starred restaurant

Ingredients from the kitchen are now being tested by Spain’s National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Science

22 Feb, 2019 @ 11:48

Crime & Law·Food & Drink·Lead·National News

Woody Allen to film new project across Spain after securing financing from Spanish company despite sexual abuse allegations which saw him dumped by Amazon

The Spanish company previously financed Vicky Christina Barcelona and Midnight in Paris

22 Feb, 2019 @ 11:28

La Cultura·Lead

Spain-Morocco railway tunnel talks underway government says

If the first land link between Europe and Africa was made by tunnel, it would have to be 38km to stretch between the two countries

22 Feb, 2019 @ 11:01

Business & Finance·Lead

WATCH: Dead sheep mysteriously washes up on Gibraltar beach (WARNING: distressing images)

A post mortem was not carried out on the dead animal that was in a state of decomposition

21 Feb, 2019 @ 18:41

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead

WATCH: Two elderly women caught on camera stealing outdoor furniture from British expat’s bar in Mallorca as police drive by

Expats branded the pair as 'scumbags' on social media

21 Feb, 2019 @ 17:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

WATCH: Police in Spain ‘fire rubber bullets’ at Scottish football fans after Benidorm bar ‘torched’ and man arrested for crystal meth

It also emerged on Wednesday that there would not be a fan zone for the roughly 10,000 football fans journeying from Scotland to Spain

21 Feb, 2019 @ 17:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Heavily pregnant woman in Spain arrested for hiding 43 wraps of hash inside her

The woman told police she was 7 months pregnant and was carrying the hash inside her body

21 Feb, 2019 @ 15:12

Crime & Law·Lead

Spain reaches new migrant rescue deal with Morocco

New plan agreed as the Government of Pedro Sanchez looks to halve the number of illegal migrants, after 2018 saw a record 62,000 arrivals

21 Feb, 2019 @ 13:49

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Politics

Pope backs Spain plan to dig up General Franco grave

The Pope's right hand man has written to Spain´s deputy Prime Minister to lend support for moving former dictator´s remains

21 Feb, 2019 @ 12:54

La Cultura·Lead·National News·Politics

Vandalised Malaga cultural centre has CCTV installed in police crackdown on graffiti

Police training was put to use as officers in Rincon caught three graffiti artists red-handed

21 Feb, 2019 @ 11:41

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

FREAK FEBRUARY: ‘Anti-cyclone’ scorcher to see temperatures soar to 28C in Spain’s Andalucia this weekend

The warm temperatures could last until the end of next week

21 Feb, 2019 @ 11:06

Environment·Lead

Hard Rock Cafe confirm second Costa del Sol restaurant WILL open in March, featuring Cher’s trousers and Bon Jovi guitar

Pop memorabilia set to adorn the walls of the new venue, includes a Bon Jovi guitar, Cher's trousers, a Jimi Hendrix coat and a Beyonce

20 Feb, 2019 @ 18:27

Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga

LAST MAN: Premier League star confronts burglars at Marbella mansion while wife and three kids sleep

The gang fled with some cash and jewellery from the former Argentinian international’s multi-million euro mansion

20 Feb, 2019 @ 17:01

Celebrity·Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Stunning Sarmiento offers a lot more than the best view on the Costa del Sol

EVERY once in a while a new restaurant opens with real panache and style. Few also manage to provide good food. Sarmiento is one of

20 Feb, 2019 @ 16:05

Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga

Historic building awards from the Gibraltar Heritage Trust

FOUR buildings in Gibraltar have been awarded coveted awards from the Gibraltar Heritage Trust. The first Group Heritage Award went to The Arches, Gibraltar’s old

20 Feb, 2019 @ 11:16

Gibraltar·Lead·Property

Five Guardia Civil officers jailed in Spain for tobacco smuggling through Gibraltar

The arrest of these Guardia Civil agents marks the second from the Spanish institution in less than a month

19 Feb, 2019 @ 13:44

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

WANTED BRIT: Liverpudlian gangster who ‘dealt AK-47s and cocaine’ spotted roaming southern Spain in luxury Audi

The UK based Cullen gang was heavily armed, with access to a fully working AK47 assault rifle, a pump action shotgun and handguns

19 Feb, 2019 @ 12:22

Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Dad in Spain pulls live parasite from daughter’s ‘cooked’ Mercadona fish forcing supermarket to defend seafood

If the parasite is ingested by humans it can cause vomiting, nausea and violent abdominal pain

19 Feb, 2019 @ 11:20

Food & Drink·Health·Lead·National News

Caught live: Massive winner from UK’s most relevant band of the last few decades

DARK, sinister and brooding. And as subversive, as ever. The first Massive Attack shows in Spain for years found the British ‘trip hop’ collective in

18 Feb, 2019 @ 20:42

Entertainment·Lead

Costa del Sol police arrest young mum for trying to throw daughter, three, out of 10th floor apartment window

Police said the house was littered with feces and rubbish, and they found a dog locked in a cage with its own feces

18 Feb, 2019 @ 17:17

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

P**S TAKER: You can now pee in Donald Trump’s mouth thanks to expat bar owner in Spain

A RECENT upgrade at an expat’s bar in Spain will have certain heads shaking this year. Queenz bar, in Sitges, has installed open-mouth urinals, with

18 Feb, 2019 @ 14:17

Business & Finance·Lead

January sees surge of dolphin deaths on Spain’s Costa del Sol beaches

Irish dog walker stumbles upon dead dolphin washed up on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The dolphin is believed to have been taken away by experts early this morning

18 Feb, 2019 @ 13:33

Environment·Lead·Malaga

How British expat miners and a dozen chickens lead to Spain’s great love affair with football

Jack Gaioni uncovers the more absurd origins of the beautiful game

17 Feb, 2019 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead·Sport

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