UPDATE: Shotgun-wielding man in Torre del Mar bar hands himself over to police
It is unconfirmed if there are any hostages
La Linea to create duty-free zone to compete with Gibraltar
Duty-free zone to be built in La Linea to compete with Gibraltar trade prices
Marbella gears up for tenth film festival
British films ‘Rise of the Krays,’ ‘North VS South’ and ‘Arthur & Merlin’ will premiere during the festival
Spanish flat shares for students are among Europe’s cheapest
While Spanish shared housing costs well below the European average, students in the UK pay almost four times as much
Spanish entrepreneur cracks historic WWII decryption
Didac Sanchez has used his decryption of the message as the basis for a new security software package
World-famous ‘jackal’ literary agent heads to Spain
The Wylie Agency will open an office in Spain in an attempt to reach the growing Spanish-speaking market
Teenage mayoral candidate attacked outside her home for ‘fascist’ views
Inmaculada Sequi suffered from contusions in her abdomen, a cut cheekbone and a hurt wrist after she lost consciousness
Come Dine With Me coming to the Costa del Sol… and recruiting!
Come Dine With Me is coming to Marbella and the Costa Del Sol
Gay couple attacked at Almeria feria
The couple were verbally and physically attacked
Marbella housing fraud scammers arrested across southern Spain
The Marbella-based group of seven ran a complex scam pretending to be intermediaries for property sales
Kate Moss pre-teen photo makes front page of Spanish magazine L’Officiel
Moss flashes a gap-tooth smile at the camera beneath frizzy bangs for a yearbook photo-op
El Mundo founder set to launch controversial news website
Pedro J. Ramirez hopes to use the site to hold the government accountable for its questionable actions
Spain number one for well-equipped holiday rentals
Spanish rentals commended for air conditioning, pool access and laundry machines
Spain’s top milk producers lobby to increase prices
Producers are uniting to fight against French brand Lactalis
Spanish man fakes own kidnapping and holds parents to ransom
The police launched a search for the man, after the 'kidnapper' told his parents that their son would have his 'legs chopped off'
Alicante scraps woman’s €800 fine for police car photo
The fine was issued under the controversial new “gag law”
Spanish rail workers set to strike in September
September 4 will be the first of four 24-hour strikes by train workers’ union SEMFE
Manchester man suffers horrific Benidorm waterslide accident
The victim has deep scars from a Benidorm waterslide accident
David Beckham cuts ties with Spain selling Madrid mansion for €5.8 million
The Beckhams sell Madrid mansion eight years after putting it up for sale… and make a tidy profit
My childhood in the old, magical Sotogrande
Ben Bateman of Holmes Property Sales, Sotogrande’s longest established agency, recalls his Sotogrande upbringing
Benaojan’s Molino del Santo named among 20 best for food lovers in Europe
Hotel Molino del Santo in Benaojan has made The Times’ list of Europe’s 20 best hotels for food lovers
Malaga diesel prices plunge to five-year low
A Ronda service station is selling diesel for under one euro per litre
Google Glass introduced into Valencia hospitals
Valencian hospitals reintroduce controversial Google Glass in the operating room
Seeing off sciatica
Sciatica sufferers have a very good chance of overcoming the pain quickly if properly diagnosed, writes consultant orthopaedic surgeon Andrew Clarke of Nuffield Health Exeter
Spain slaughters and abandons 100,000 hunting dogs every year
When they’re no longer useful to their owners, these dogs meet a tragic fate
Google doodle celebrates La Tomatina’s 70th birthday
Spanish Google has today transformed itself in honour of La Tomatina