Price of a life: 5,000 people drown in Europe each year
Lifeguards on Spain's beaches are hard to be found outside of peak season
SPANISH HOLIDAY WARNING: The cost of guarding lives – how Spain’s Costa del Sol might be found lacking
With the Costa del Sol's 320-days-a-year of sun, are just 90 days of lifeguard duty on beaches enough? As Marbella mourns the tragic drowning of
EXCLUSIVE: British nurse who performed CPR in tourist beach drowning tragedy slams lack of safety warnings
Enquiry launched as British rescue hero questions lack of signs, flags and ambulance delay after drowning tragedy in Marbella
El Playazo beach in Nerja set for million euro improvement
The mayor of Nerja has announced an investment of €1,019,000 for improvements
Spain political candidate Teresa Rodriguez furious at ‘naked pic’ on national TV
Andalucia politician representing Podemos in next month's Junta elections has launched legal action
Caring at Christmas
The heart-warming tale of two generous expats who gave their flat to homeless men at Christmas
Sunshine makes you slimmer, according to UK university study
Just a stroll in the sun can help fight flab
Autumn leaves
Could someone please tell me why summer shuts down in Spain on September 15?
Myleene’s got Klass in Ibiza
The former singer shows off her new bikini designs
Part II: Once more unto the beach
Marbella ‘playa’-boy Giles Brown concludes his two-part series on how to navigate beach etiquette
‘Playa’-boy of the western world
In the first of a two-part series, columnist Giles Brown has the low-down on how to survive Marbella’s beach etiquette
Even sun cream can’t protect from cancer
According to shocking new study
Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex flaunt themselves in Ibiza
The royal couple prove it's not just a celebrity hotspot
Barcelona beaches closed to public after shark sightings
The six beaches have since been reopened, after authorities failed to find the three sharks
Nudist beach in Almeria under threat from new law
The beach in Vera has been a haven for naturists since it was legalised there in 1979
VIDEO: Pharrell Williams gets staff happy at Benalmadena’s Sunset Beach Club
The hotel is the latest to jump on the Happy video bandwagon
Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell strut their stuff in Ibiza
The bikini-clad models raise the heat on the holiday island
Summer festival San Juan lights up the Costa del Sol
These Olive Press photos captured the spectacular night from Playa Ancha on Casares costa
San Juan’s midsummer night’s fiesta
The 'festival of fire' is the hottest party of the year
Dancers descend on Benalmadena
Sunset Beach Club Hotel hosted an international dance competition
Shark spotted on Almeria beach
The 'living fossil' has hardly evolved for more than 150 million years
British women killed by wave on Spanish island of Tenerife
The two women tragically drowned after being dragged out to sea
British man found dead on Alicante beach
He was kidnapped by men posing as police officers in January
Squid’s in
Giant squid weighing 180kg washed up on Spanish beach
Costa del Sol beach briefly closed after sighting of shark
A two-metre long shark was spotted close to the shore
Mojacar’s dry beach
First it was dominoes, now Mayor Cano bans boozing on the beach