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‘I was a spy!’ Spain dramatically drops extradition charges against British accountant who claims Madrid ignored his tip off about 2004 train bombings

A RETIRED British accountant has declared his claims of being a spy are vindicated after Spanish prosecutors abruptly dropped extradition proceedings against him this week.

13 May, 2026 @ 12:36

Crime & Law·International Affairs·Lead·Madrid

Desperate appeal to find homeless British expat missing from Spain’s Costa del Sol – as brother is attacked by cruel trolls for ‘letting him live on streets’

FEARS are growing for a homeless British expat who has not been seen since leaving a hospital on the Costa del Sol three weeks ago.

2 Mar, 2025 @ 14:17

Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga

Exclusive: British expat’s desperate appeal after daughter, 34, suffers life-changing stroke during trip to southern Spain

A BRITISH expat couple have launched a desperate appeal to get their daughter back to the UK after she suffered a life-changing stroke. Robyn (pictured

14 Dec, 2024 @ 17:32

Health·Lead·Murcia

Parents get €1.2 million after baby’s birth was mishandled in Spain’s Mar Menor

A SAN JAVIER couple will get €1.2 million in compensation after the birth of their baby boy left him with a permanent disability. The award

15 Feb, 2023 @ 16:02

Health·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Ibiza’s volunteer snake catcher puts out call for help after vehicle gives up the ghost

DEAN Gallagher is something of a guardian angel on the Balearic Island of Ibiza. Not content with lending a hand to tourists who have broken

20 Dec, 2022 @ 12:00

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

Spain's Valencian government cleared of negligence over low PPE supplies to medics during early days of pandemic

Spain’s Valencian government cleared of negligence over low PPE supplies to medics during Covid pandemic early stages

THE Valencian government has been cleared of negligence over the lack of PPE gear for medics during the first months of the Covid-19 pandemic. The

31 Oct, 2022 @ 11:43

Castellon·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Man gets ten years in jail after WhatsApp threats to teenage boy leads to his suicide in Spain's Valencia area|

Man jailed after teenage boy commits suicide following hundreds of WhatsApp threats in Spain’s Castellon area

A Castellon Province man has been given a ten-year jail sentence after a teenage boy committed suicide due to constant harassment via the WhatsApp messaging

7 Sep, 2022 @ 14:34

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Brit Loses Appeal Over Attempted Murder Conviction For Stabbing Ex Girlfriend In The Back At Her Costa Blanca Home In Spain

British man loses attempted murder appeal after brutally stabbing ex-girlfriend at her Costa Blanca home in Spain

A British man has lost a Valencian Supreme Court appeal over an attempted murder conviction that saw him jailed last year for 15 years. William

10 Aug, 2022 @ 19:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain lodges appeal against Rugby World Cup removal for fielding ineligible player

Spain lodges appeal against Rugby World Cup expulsion for fielding ineligible player

SPAIN has lodged a formal appeal against the country being thrown out of the 2023 Rugby World Cup for fielding an ineligible player in two

27 May, 2022 @ 17:15

Lead·Sport

La Liga player Santi Mina gets four-year prison term for raping woman inside camper van in Spain’s Almeria

LA LIGA footballer Santi Mina has been given four years in prison after raping a woman in 2017. The Celta Vigo player, 26, has also

4 May, 2022 @ 15:09

Almeria·Celebrity·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·National News·Valencia

Spy chief extradition from Spain to United States paused due to Human Rights court appeal

SPAIN’S National Court has suspended the extradition of former Venezuelan spy chief, General Hugo Carvajal, to the United States on drug-trafficking charges. The delay comes

25 Mar, 2022 @ 19:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

Developers Who Conned British Home Buyers At Murcia's Trampolin Hills In Spain Appeal Against Prison Sentences

Swindlers who conned British home buyers at Murcia’s Trampolin Hills in Spain try to overturn guilty verdicts

TWO men convicted of defrauding British home buyers at Murcia’s Trampolin Hills development are challenging the verdicts and prison sentences. Antonio Martinez and his ex-business

28 Jan, 2022 @ 12:33

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

WATCH: Police appeal for witnesses after dramatic car blaze in Gibraltar

POLICE on the Rock are appealing for anyone who witnessed a blaze that damaged cars parked on Witham’s Road to come forward. One car was

24 Jan, 2022 @ 17:45

Gibraltar·Lead

COVID-19 passports scrapped in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain except for nursing homes

Appeal will try to overturn compensation win for unprotected COVID-19 health staff in Costa Blanca area of Spain

THE Valencian government will appeal against a landmark court ruling that awarded up to €49,180 each to 154 Alicante health workers who were short of

12 Jan, 2022 @ 16:27

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

Ibiza Couple Laith Amini and Anita Kaushik

British couple offer reward for engagement ring stolen from car in Ibiza ahead of romantic proposal

A BRITISH couple have appealed for the return of an engagement ring stolen from a rental car by thieves in Ibiza just an hour before

10 Jan, 2022 @ 19:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

Chef Jose Andres tells rival politicians to join forces to stop pollution in the Mar Menor in Spain

INTERNATIONAL chef and philanthropist, Jose Andres, has told rival Spanish political leaders to come together to stop pollution in the Mar Menor. Asturias-born Andres won

9 Nov, 2021 @ 18:17

Environment·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Expat family’s desperate plea for specialist surgery after young son diagnosed with cruel spinal cancer over Christmas on Spain’s Costa del Sol (APPEAL)

Doctors found a tumour in his cervical spine before further tests revealed the cancer had spread to up to seven vertebrae

5 Jan, 2021 @ 14:28

Lead·Malaga

Expats donate and distribute furniture to flood victims in Costa Blanca

A KIND-HEARTED British couple has launched an appeal for unwanted furniture to help flood victims in Costa Blanca hit by catastrophic flooding. Darren and Kelly

14 Sep, 2019 @ 17:06

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

APPEAL: Expat-run animal shelter near Costa del Sol needs help to save 800 animals from being culled

The public can help the Animal In Need Foundation by donating just €15 a time, which pays for 1m² of land

8 Jul, 2019 @ 10:35

Cadiz·Lead·Nature

‘Missing’ Liverpool fan among those ‘arrested’ in Madrid, according to Spanish press after family launch fresh appeal

The young Reds fan had gone to Madrid to soak up the party atmosphere, before vanishing from the area near Liverpool’s fan zone

3 Jun, 2019 @ 11:58

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Expat killer Dave Mahon loses Supreme Court appeal over sentence for slaying brother of Amy Fitzpatrick, who vanished in Spain

Mahon was found guilty of manslaughter and was sentenced to seven years in prison in June 2016

11 Apr, 2019 @ 13:40

Crime & Law·Lead

‘SHE’S A FIGHTER’: Family of Irish teen appeal for help after Costa del Sol balcony fall shatters her spine leaving her paralysed

Originally from Warrenpoint in County Down, Niamh is an A-level student at Benalmadena International College

1 Apr, 2019 @ 17:26

Lead

HAVE YOU SEEN THEM? New police appeal for British boy missing from Spain, mum and grandad WANTED for his ‘abduction’

Alex is white, with blond hair, about 5ft, slim and has a northern accent

26 Feb, 2019 @ 14:39

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

HELP IRENE WALK: Expat parents in Spain appeal for help so daughter Irene, 5, with cerebral palsy can walk

Spanish doctors have warned it will take years before she can receive treatment in Spain, in which time Irene’s condition would get severely worse

3 Feb, 2019 @ 09:00

Gibraltar·Health·Lead·Other News

GET MURPH HOME: Desperate search for British expat’s dog who disappeared during walk after ambush from pack of stray dogs in Malaga

A 'Get Murph Home' search begins in Rio Grande on Sunday (tomorrow) at 10:00am

12 Jan, 2019 @ 16:16

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Desperate wife of British expat who mysteriously vanished from Costa del Sol FOUR days ago reveals more details as search continues

Donald Wright, who has not been seen since Monday, has been ‘under a lot of stress at the moment’ and left his mobile phone behind

7 Dec, 2018 @ 12:41