Extra virgin elixir of life
Not just fabulous on toast and salads, olive oil can help you live longer. As the olive picking season begins, Andrew Pearce and Jon Clarke
Snowed under
First the floods, now the snow arrives. Here conditions on the road between Grazalema and El Bosque, just 20 minutes from the Costa del Sol
Further flooding as Spanish rainfall reaches record books
Record rainfall in Andalucia leaves reservoirs up 20 per cent on last year. Here, heavy rain in Jerez caused the River Guadalete to flood thousands
Welcome to my prison office
Disgraced mayor is ‘running town hall’ from his jail cell. Here, Juan Enciso is seen leaving court.
‘Narco-sub’ that got blown out of the water
As dozen Algeciras dockers are nicked in drugs swoop - and UK and Spain work together on 375 million euro haul - court hears how
Record rainfall sees worst floods since 1940s
Some of heaviest rain on record leads to flood chaos in Andalucia. Here, a submerged house in Jimera de Libar, near Ronda. Picture Karl Smallman.
Brit developer in property scandal
Expat developer and shamed flamenco mayor implicated in Alcaucin housing scandal
Fishermen unite to protect tradition
Ancient technique endangered by new fishing quotas
Boneheads!
After years of speculation, months of investigations and weeks of digging, Spanish poet Lorca's remains are nowhere to be found. A big mistake, or did
Greenpeace warning
Hard-hitting campaign warns of future with decisive summit now underway
Junta stands its ground
Government stance threatens to further enflame Axarquia housing row
Three Kings come early
Award-winning tourism plan to restore King's Path to get funding this month
Enough is enough!
Andalucia ombudsman calls for immediate halt to all coastline construction
From bling to book
Marbella launches Andalucia's first English-speaking university
Lucky trousers
Winning lottery ticket put in the wash
Sustainable Spanish retreats
Are you concerned about the environment? Would you rather take the train than travel by aeroplane, or car? As the Copenhagen earth summit looms, Asha
Mass graves to be excavated in Ronda
Civil War victims will be exhumed in the Serrania
Brits Costa-bound again!
The British are investing in Spanish properties again
Wild goose chase to Extremadura
Andrew Pearce explains why these geese are by foie the happiest in the world... just ask President Barack Obama!
Four houses and a hotel!
How one Andalucian estate agent has sold four properties and become a part-owner of a Dream Hotel in just one week. It’s an excellent sign
Exclusive: Have you seen mein car?
German woman disappears owing thousands in rent and with her next door neighbour’s car
I was a fifth wheel
Matthew Pritchard reflects on his sense of uselessness becoming a father
Last of the frogmen
On Remembrance Day, the last surviving frogman tells of his courageous feats more than 60 years ago
Double tragedy needs averting
The PP backs plans to save historical site that inspired Garcia Lorca's masterpiece
They’ve bottled it!
EU ‘no vote’ saves Spain from loss of 185 million in benefits, while developed countries dig their heels in over proposed greenhouse gas cuts
Wild horses come to Algeciras
Galloping thoroughbreds cause mayhem