Cruel ‘tyre scam’ warning for Costa del Sol: Expat has handbag, cash and documents snatched from her car
EXPATS are warned to be on the alert after a resident in Calahonda fell victim to an elaborate ‘flat tyre’ scam. What appeared to be
Estepona’s notorious ‘ant roundabout’ gets safety upgrade after string of crashes
ESTEPONA’S ‘ant’ roundabout should be a lot safer after a series of safety improvements at the busy Las Hormigas junction on the A-7. The works,
Mystery poet ‘Son of Cervantes’ strikes Malaga’s Ronda again – this time rebelling against live music ban
THE mysterious phantom poet terrorising the Malaga town of Ronda has struck again, this time with the local mayor firmly in sights. Calling himself the
Narco shootout leads to discovery of cocaine bunker holding a tonne of drugs buried in woods near Marbella
THE Policia Nacional have discovered a bunker holding a tonne of drugs and firearms after being shot at by suspects in woods near Marbella. The
Pensioner, 74, jumps from second-floor window in Marbella to escape woman who chopped off his fingertip over €200 drug debt
A DRAMATIC escape unfolded when a pensioner hurled himself from an apartment window where he was being tortured over a drug debt. The man, 74,
Relief for cancer patients as Marbella hospital receives €100m upgrade – all you need to know
THE Costa del Sol’s flagship hospital has finally completed its expansion after 16 years in the making. The new and improved University Hospital in Marbella
Falstaff would approve – From tapas to tasting menus Spain’s 2026 Gastronomy Capital of Jerez de la Frontera has it all
IT has been well known for its local wines since the days of Shakespeare, and indeed well before, but now Jerez de la Frontera’s celebrated
Why the skies above Malaga and Marbella will turn orange as ‘blood rain’ hits
RESIDENTS across the Costa del Sol are being warned to leave their freshly washed cars in the garage and cover their terrace furniture as a
Top tips to avoid poisonous processionary caterpillars as the season starts on the Costa del Sol
PARENTS and dog owners should take extra care when out in the wilderness on the Costa del Sol, scientists have warned, as scores of poisonous
Costa del Sol taxi driver punches drunk Irish passenger who he threw out of cab for burping
A FUENGIROLA taxi driver has been arrested for punching a drunk 65-year-old Irish customer after throwing him out of his cab. The incident happened on
Spain unfurls 33 new speed cameras across the country – including one on Malaga’s ‘death road’ and three more in Alicante
A NATIONWIDE speeding crackdown is under way, with 33 new speed cameras now watching drivers across Spain as authorities step up efforts to cut road
Marbella is betting big on a new wave of five-star hotels – but is the Costa del Sol jewel really ready to go cold turkey on illegal Airbnbs?
WERE it not for for the forest of cranes springing up on the horizon around Marbella, you would hardly know that a quiet struggle is
Cockroaches are taking over Malaga’s troubled C1 commuter line to Fuengirola
CHAOS hit Malaga’s commuter trains this week after cockroaches were discovered on two Cercanias trains. Just before the morning rush, two trains were pulled from
The world’s largest floating library is coming to Malaga – and you can explore its 5,000 books from around the world for just two euros
A FLOATING book fair will dock in Malaga next month, giving visitors the chance to step aboard one of the most unusual cultural attractions to
Buses from Estepona to Malaga airport via Marbella get boost with new service for early flights
EARLY morning dashes to the airport have just become much easier for residents and tourists on the western Costa del Sol. Transport company Avanza has
WATCH: Inside the takedown of a brutal Albanian gang who tortured Marbella expats in their luxury villas
AN ALBANIAN gang that executed 11 violent home robberies in Spain has been busted by the Policia Nacional. The crew acquired over €1.5 million in
Malaga will be cut off from high-speed trains to Madrid and beyond for at least another month
MALAGA is set to be cut off from high-speed trains to Madrid and beyond for at least another month. It has been warned that high-speed
Marbella begins €400,000 clean-up operation to repair the region’s storm-battered beaches as tourism begins to ramp up
MARBELLA has begun a costly beach clean-up operation to repair the region’s storm-battered beaches before peak tourist season. At a price of over €400,000, Marbella
Tourist, 30, visiting the Costa del Sol on holiday is run over outside Malaga airport just minutes after landing
IF Carling did holidays, they probably wouldn’t begin like this. A 30-year-old tourist landed on the Costa del Sol on Monday ahead of a well-earned
Horror in Malaga: Young man savagely beaten outside nightclub by two thugs who screamed ‘antifascist’ as they threw punches
A BRUTAL attack outside a Malaga nightclub has left a young man hospitalised after two assaulters allegedly choked and beat him while shouting political slurs.
Malaga ‘set to lose one-fifth of its GDP by 2050 thanks to extreme weather driven by climate change’, alarming study finds
CLIMATE change is set to hamstring Malaga’s economy within the next three decades unless global temperatures are brought under control, a new study has warned.
A mysterious joker calling himself the ‘Son of Cervantes’ is leaving bizarre anti-foreigner poems on statues around Malaga’s Ronda
EXPATS and locals alike have been left stunned after a mysterious poet launched a bizarre campaign demanding that foreigners leave the Malaga town of Ronda.
Drought-busting new park and sports complex with water-saving soil planned on Estepona’s eastern outskirts
PLANS have been unveiled for a sprawling 20,000 square metre green space on the eastern edge of Estepona municipality. The project, in the La Boladilla
Homebuyers in Malaga need to find nearly €100k just to get a mortgage – and it’s no where near the worst in Spain
GETTING on the high-demand property ladder in Malaga has become a Herculean task for locals, with buyers now needing nearly €100,000 in cash just to
Svenska Skolan Marbella – a Swedish education under the sun
SVENSKA Skolan Marbella offers something many families dream of: a secure Swedish school education combined with life in a Mediterranean environment. The school is approved
Malaga hospitals in chaos as doctors’ strike cancels 200,000 appointments – what happens now?
MORE than 200,000 doctor’s appointments have been cancelled in Malaga following a nationwide strike over medical staff working conditions, official data shows. Roughly 4,000 surgeries
