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British expats in Spain struggling to renew residency as bots stealing appointments and staff shortages cause 14-week wait for vital TIE cards

BRITONS in Spain face anger and frustration as delays soar in securing vital residency paperwork needed to live legally in the country. Authorities have warned

21 May, 2026 @ 13:40

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Valencia

PICTURED: ‘Larger than life’ Brit swimming instructor, 20, who died falling from a balcony while on holiday in Tenerife

A 20-YEAR-OLD British swimming instructor died after falling from a balcony while on holiday in Tenerife, an inquest has heard. Harrison Hanley was staying at

18 May, 2026 @ 11:55

Canary Islands·Lead

Costa Blanca mobile phone dealer in Spain cons insurance company out of €500,000

Got a text from the ‘Hacienda’? Don’t click the link – here’s how to protect yourself from a scam targeting British expats across Spain

FEW words in Spain can ruin a perfectly good café con leche faster than this one: Hacienda. Your phone buzzes. You glance down. There it

25 Mar, 2026 @ 09:31

Business & Finance·Sponsored·Sponsored Article

Search is on for missing Brit who vanished just hours after landing on Tenerife while out for a stroll without his phone or passport

Michael has now been found, according to his friend’s post on social media. A SEARCH is underway for a British man who went missing in

17 Mar, 2026 @ 16:41

Lead·Tenerife

Search is underway after 25-year-old Brit mysteriously disappeared near Girona

A SEARCH is underway for a 25-year-old British man who has seemingly disappeared after no one heard from him again for over a month. On

23 May, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead

British tourist, 68, dies in Spain three months after being ‘sucker punched on a night out’

A BRITISH pensioner has passed away three months after he suffered a horrific assault while holidaying in Spain. Retired carpenter Marshall Latham, 68, was ‘just

21 May, 2025 @ 14:35

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

British expat in Spain begs for help after animal sanctuary is devastated by floods

A VIDEO has gone viral on TikTok of a British man who dedicates his life to rescuing abused donkeys and brings them to his sanctuary

16 May, 2025 @ 11:18

Lead·Murcia

WATCH: Brit rails against ‘disgraceful way Spain squeezes every penny out of entrepreneurs’

A BRIT living in Spain has talked on TikTok about how hard it is to register as a freelancer in Spain, among other issues. “You

13 May, 2025 @ 15:00

Lead·National News

Cruise ship diverts to Cadiz as Brit, 83, dies after choking on food at sea

A BRITISH pensioner has died in southern Spain after choking on food aboard a cruise ship that was sailing near the Cadiz coastline. Kenneth Edward

13 May, 2025 @ 11:05

Cadiz·Lead

Body of missing Brit is found in a village bell tower in Spain after neighbours noticed a stench

THE body of a missing Brit has been discovered in a bell tower in Spain. Steven Michael B, 48, disappeared from the small town of

22 Jul, 2024 @ 12:52

Lead·National News

British pensioner found dead on waste tip in southern Spain three weeks after he went missing

POLICE in Almeria are investigating the death of a British man whose body was found on a waste tip more than two weeks after he

13 Apr, 2022 @ 13:15

Almeria·Lead

Brit in Spain’s Marbella arrested after shooting at police in high speed chase

A BRITISH man who led police on a high speed motorbike chase pulled out a revolver and shot at cops. But after letting one round

23 Jun, 2021 @ 12:00

Lead

Girl, 10. falls to death from eighth-floor of Valencia apartment block in Spain

Brit cocaine dealing fugitive nabbed in Estepona on Spain’s Costa del Sol

SPANISH police say they have arrested a fugitive British cocaine dealer who is supposed to be serving a life sentence in the UK. The 37-year-old,

4 Apr, 2021 @ 11:57

Lead

ETA member acquitted of double attack in Spain’s Valencia in 2003, where Brit expat was injured

AN ETA member has been acquitted for his role in multiple attacks in the Valencian Community in 2003.

5 Apr, 2020 @ 15:43

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

PLEASE HELP: Volunteers needed in Manilva TOMORROW to help find missing Brit who vanished from Spain’s Costa del Sol

The Mayor of Manilva, Maria Jimenez has asked people to join Guardia Civil at 7.45 am tomorrow for a search starting at the entrance to

1 Jul, 2019 @ 17:31

Lead

OPINION: Amid Champions League final ecstasy and agony, Brit fans in Madrid did us proud

Thousands of rival fans full of booze showed that English hooliganism is hopefully a thing of the past

7 Jun, 2019 @ 14:48

Opinion

Brit dad left stranded in Spain with memory loss following horror Costa del Sol motorway fall

The carer from Caerphilly, south Wales,was jogging down a hill with teenage son Ashley when he fell in front of an oncoming car

4 Jun, 2019 @ 11:08

Health·Lead

Downing street slams claims no-deal Brexit could shatter Brits’ holiday plans

It is believed MPs had explored the idea of warning Brits not to book holidays after March 29

17 Dec, 2018 @ 16:11

Lead

ONE PUNCH KILLER: British tourist arrested in Spain for killing pensioner on Costa del Sol

The 45-year-old Brit was arrested at Malaga Airport after killing a dad-of-three in August

29 Nov, 2018 @ 16:38

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

British mountaineer dies after abseiling down mountain in Spain’s Costa Blanca

The man, who has not yet been identified, was with a woman who was airlifted to hospital with a broken leg

28 Nov, 2018 @ 11:03

Lead·Other News

MISSING: British tourist with Alzheimer’s not seen for three days after disappearing in Benidorm

The Guardia Civil has issued an urgent plea on social media to find Norah Garret

27 Nov, 2018 @ 14:42

Lead·National News

Brits will NOT need a visa to travel between UK and EU countries in event of no-deal Brexit

Officials had discussed the option of introducing a €60 entry permit

14 Nov, 2018 @ 11:22

Lead·National News

Probe into partner of missing Scot expat Lisa Brown to be reopened in southern Spain

It comes after a Spanish judge chose to ‘freeze’ the two-and-a-half year investigation into Simon Corner in April

18 Oct, 2018 @ 19:24

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

EXCLUSIVE: Gang gas British expat pensioners before looting home and torching car after using it for more robberies in southern Spain

But their insurance company will not pay up

4 Sep, 2018 @ 14:50

Business & Finance·Crime & Law·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: MP steps into drug case after Brit was imprisoned two months ago for 1.5 tonnes of hashish found in holiday rental

Chichester MP Gillian Keegan has been in touch over the arrest of Robert Anthony Mansfield-Hewitt, who has yet to be charged since being arrested in

3 Sep, 2018 @ 15:14

Crime & Law·Lead

Brit tourist left in coma undergoes life changing surgery in Mallorca after being found with all bones broken in his face

His two friends still have no idea what happened after the tourist stayed out later one night

3 Sep, 2018 @ 14:23

Lead·Mallorca

British expats in Spain struggling to renew residency as bots stealing appointments and staff shortages cause 14-week wait for vital TIE cards

PICTURED: ‘Larger than life’ Brit swimming instructor, 20, who died falling from a balcony while on holiday in Tenerife

Got a text from the ‘Hacienda’? Don’t click the link – here’s how to protect yourself from a scam targeting British expats across Spain

Search is on for missing Brit who vanished just hours after landing on Tenerife while out for a stroll without his phone or passport

Search is underway after 25-year-old Brit mysteriously disappeared near Girona

British tourist, 68, dies in Spain three months after being ‘sucker punched on a night out’

British expat in Spain begs for help after animal sanctuary is devastated by floods

WATCH: Brit rails against ‘disgraceful way Spain squeezes every penny out of entrepreneurs’

Cruise ship diverts to Cadiz as Brit, 83, dies after choking on food at sea

Body of missing Brit is found in a village bell tower in Spain after neighbours noticed a stench

British pensioner found dead on waste tip in southern Spain three weeks after he went missing

Brit in Spain’s Marbella arrested after shooting at police in high speed chase

Brit cocaine dealing fugitive nabbed in Estepona on Spain’s Costa del Sol

ETA member acquitted of double attack in Spain’s Valencia in 2003, where Brit expat was injured

PLEASE HELP: Volunteers needed in Manilva TOMORROW to help find missing Brit who vanished from Spain’s Costa del Sol

OPINION: Amid Champions League final ecstasy and agony, Brit fans in Madrid did us proud

Brit dad left stranded in Spain with memory loss following horror Costa del Sol motorway fall

Downing street slams claims no-deal Brexit could shatter Brits’ holiday plans

ONE PUNCH KILLER: British tourist arrested in Spain for killing pensioner on Costa del Sol

British mountaineer dies after abseiling down mountain in Spain’s Costa Blanca

MISSING: British tourist with Alzheimer’s not seen for three days after disappearing in Benidorm

Brits will NOT need a visa to travel between UK and EU countries in event of no-deal Brexit

Probe into partner of missing Scot expat Lisa Brown to be reopened in southern Spain

EXCLUSIVE: Gang gas British expat pensioners before looting home and torching car after using it for more robberies in southern Spain

EXCLUSIVE: MP steps into drug case after Brit was imprisoned two months ago for 1.5 tonnes of hashish found in holiday rental

Brit tourist left in coma undergoes life changing surgery in Mallorca after being found with all bones broken in his face

British parents arrested for ‘abandoning three children in Costa del Sol hotel to go partying’ – baby tests positive for cocaine

Ryanair under investigation in the UK for charging parents to sit next to their children

Protected witness was kidnapped at Mijas hotel and shot in the arm in Manilva — and the only suspect just walked free

Benidorm introduces high-tech system to help locals and tourists find car park spaces

Hundreds of Costa del Sol patients wrongly told they may have colon cancer after Malaga hospital lab sends false positives

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