TRAGEDY: Police search suspect after hit-and-run death leaves Spain’s Cartama in state of shock
POLICE are searching for the driver of a BMW who fatally ran over a 28-year-old at the entrance to Cartama and then fled the scene.
DGT’s festive drugs and alcohol campaign in Spain’s Andalucia sees 47 drivers a day caught under influence of alcohol or drugs
THE DGT’s (General Directorate of Traffic) six-day festive drugs and alcohol campaign, carried out at the start of the month between December 5-11, has seen
IN PICS: Top 10 smallest villages in Spain’s Malaga
AROUND the province of Malaga there are villages with less residents than in a block of flats in a big city.
Key figure in multi-billion euro cryptocurrency scam arrested at Spain’s Barcelona airport
THE Guardia Civil and Mossos d’Esquadra have arrested a key player in a multi-billion euro cryptocurrency scam that swindled hundreds of thousands of investors. 33-year-old
A 3.5 magnitude earthquake rumbles Spain’s Sevilla
SPAIN’s National Geographic Institute (IGN) has registered an earthquake with a magnitude 3.5 yesterday morning, December 13, with its epicentre in the Sevilla town of
Landslides cause part of Caminito del Rey to collapse as storms lash Costa del Sol
Landslides have forced the closure of the popular tourist Caminito del Rey walkway in Malaga. The tourist attraction’s official website announced the site would be
Two women freeze to death at Sierra Nevada ski resort in Spain’s Andalucia
THE bodies of two women in their mid-fifties were found on Monday afternoon in a Sierra Nevada ski resort with no apparent sign of violence.
Calls for ‘urgent’ blood donations needed amid shortage of all blood types in Spain’s Andalucia following week of public holidays
THE Andalucian Network of Transfusion Medicine (ANTM ) has launched an urgent appeal for blood donors to step forward amid ‘shortages’ following last week’s public
Police officer jailed and sacked after issuing bogus fines against disliked neighbour in Spain’s Almeria
A Guardia Civil officer has been stripped of his job and jailed for four years, after issuing unfair fines against a neighbour he did not
Heavy rain forecast in Spain’s Andalucia during ´Puente de Diciembre´ with up to 200 litres per square metre expected
ANDALUCIA faces the two festive days this week, ‘The Constitution’ today Tuesday, December 6 and ‘The Immaculate Conception’ Thursday, December 8, with persistent and widespread
Andalucia’s Sevilla victorious in becoming home to Spain’s new Space Agency
SEVILLA has been announced as the headquarters of the new Spanish Space Agency. It beat off 20 rivals to get the government nod which was
Dozens arrested on Costa del Sol for trafficking weed inside ‘humanitarian aid’ packages for Ukraine
Dozens of people in Andalucia have been arrested for pretending to deliver ‘humanitarian aid’ to Ukraine as a way to sell cannabis across Europe. Guardia
Plan to relocate outdoor-only school from Ireland to sunny southern Spain
The pandemic has brought into sharp focus the importance of clean, fresh air. Yet our children continue to spend seven hours a day indoors at
Spain’s November jobless total is lowest for the month since 2007
SPAIN’S unemployment total of 2.88 million for November is the lowest seen for the month since 2007. Figures from the Labour Ministry showed it was
Murder inquiry opened into British father and son who vanished from Spain’s Costa del Sol in 2019 after ‘botched’ drug deal
SUSSEX police have launched a double murder investigation surrounding a British father and son who disappeared from Estepona in April 2019. Their family have always
What Spain needs to solve worrying shortage of nurses
Spain is battling a concerning shortage of nurses and experts in the field have pointed out what is needed to solve the crisis. Spain is
Hospital operation and consultation waiting times fall in Spain but pandemic impact continues
THE average waiting time for a public hospital operation in Spain is 113 days according to latest figures from the Ministry of Health. Their twice-yearly
Man in Spain’s Andalucia posts videos of himself driving through Malaga without seatbelt
POLICE caught up with a man who allegedly posted videos on social media of himself driving different cars without a seatbelt through Malaga city roads.
Man reports fake break-in but forgets police on Spain’s Costa del Sol had visited him that night
A FUENGIROLA man who claimed thieves broke into his home and stole a €450 watch later admitted to police it was a home insurance fraud.
On top of the world: Granada’s Sierra Nevada is the perfect active tourism destination in Spain
JUST south of Granada, Mulhacen is the Iberian Peninsula’s highest peak. Part of the Sierra Nevada range, nestling between the Vega de Granada, Lecrin Valley
Police discover alleged burglar hiding in the closet of a countryside home in Spain’s Malaga
POLICE found a man hiding in the closet of the Malaga house he was allegedly burgling after he triggered a home alarm. Witnesses first alerted
WATCH: Police rescue eight birds bred for cockfighting from building in Spain’s Malaga
LOCAL police have rescued eight mutilated birds used for cockfighting in the city of Malaga from the terrace of an abandoned building. The police’s Nature
Polar jet stream brings change in weather with colder temperatures for Spain’s Andalaucia
A POLAR jet stream is forecast to hit Spain in the next few days, bringing extremely cold weather conditions. According to Spain’s Met office, AEMET,
Malaga forest fire lights up night sky, 45 firefighters rush to the scene
Long-awaited rains have finally fallen in the drought-stricken Andalucia, and just at the right time to help extinguish a raging forest fire in Malaga. More
Why this woman and her two dogs are sleeping out of a car at Costa del Sol petrol station
If you fill up regularly at this Costa del Sol petrol station you might often see a woman and her two dogs living there, and
Marbella father in Spain arrested for child neglect after his baby taken to hospital high on weed
A MARBELLA father whose baby daughter nearly died after getting high on his cannabis smoke has been arrested for child neglect. The father, 42, rushed