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‘BREXIT ZONE’: Airport boss denies claims it is preparing separate area for Brits in southern Spain hotspot

It comes after staff at Alicante Elche Airport claimed new passport control barriers were being installed to separate Brits alongside Algerians, Russians and Ukrainians

1 Aug, 2018 @ 17:11

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

Interior design – Mixed up VS Minimalist

To kick off a new series on the varied interior styles of the Europeans, style writer Lotti Ander takes a wry look at the British

24 Jul, 2018 @ 19:58

Property

COUNTDOWN IS ON: More victims of painkiller Nolotil come forward ahead of Spain probe

It comes weeks before a health campaigner is set to take her findings to a meeting with Spain’s top medication governing body in Madrid next

22 Jun, 2018 @ 13:22

Health·Lead

British brothers arrested after causing €2,000 damage to hotel

TWO British brother have been arrested in Playa de Palma after trashing their hotel room. Security were alerted after alarming noises were coming from the

30 Apr, 2018 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Magaluf pub crawl banned after flouting new city law

A PUB crawl route has been dismantled in Magaluf, and two establishments have been fined for organising the tour without the proper paperwork. The sanctions

27 Apr, 2018 @ 16:00

Entertainment·Food & Drink·Lead·Mallorca

EXCLUSIVE: Southern Spain hospitals in British expat hotspot issue warning for ‘lethal’ painkiller Nolotil

After the drug claimed countless lives, a health network on the Costa Blanca has issued a recommendation to its medical staff to avoid prescribing Nolotil

23 Apr, 2018 @ 13:09

Health·Lead·Other News

ISIS calls for truck and knife attacks in Spain in chilling new campaign

SICK death cult ISIS has called on its followers to carry out attacks in Spain. Propaganda group Muharir al-Ansar shared a poster online calling for

8 Mar, 2018 @ 10:54

Crime & Law·Lead

Three Brits arrested for alleged gay bashing on flight to Spain

THREE British tourists have been arrested after alleged homophobic abuse of two other British holiday makers on a flight to Spain. Police arrested the Brits

22 Feb, 2018 @ 11:12

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

REVEALED: The best and worst drinks to order on a first date to guarantee a second

BRITS have revealed what drink they find most unattractive to order on a first date. More than one in ten judge their date by what

16 Jan, 2018 @ 14:38

Food & Drink·Lead

Remainers in Spain respond to Nigel Farage’s call for second referendum on Brexit

A GROUP campaigning for the UK to remain in the EU has responded to Nigel Farage’s suggestion of holding a second referendum. Bremain in Spain,

16 Jan, 2018 @ 11:00

Lead·National News

Pre-flight pints at UK airports could be banned by British government

BRITS love a pre-flight pint or gin and tonic before jetting off on their jollies. But this tradition could soon be a thing of the

11 Jan, 2018 @ 10:18

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga·Politics·Travel News

Malaga officially the fastest growing tourist destination in Spain thanks to surge in British visitors

MALAGA is officially the fastest growing urban tourist destination in Spain, new figures have shown. According to the town hall, the city hosted more than

5 Jan, 2018 @ 13:44

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga·National News

EXCLUSIVE: Brits desperately tried to save lorry driver in horror crash on Costa del Sol

A PAIR of brave expats have told of their dramatic attempt to save a lorry driver who had crashed onto a Costa del Sol beach.

21 Dec, 2017 @ 13:57

Lead

WATCH: Brits arrested after €13 million cash, 18 cars and 3.7 tonnes of coke seized in HUGE anti-drug operation across Spain

GUARDIA Civil have arrested 40 suspects in an anti-drug and money laundering operation covering Girona, Pontevedra, Madrid, Melilla, Malaga and Morocco. Footage released shows cops

17 Nov, 2017 @ 14:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

Number of British pensioners taking five pills a day has risen by 300% as Spanish study warns it increases chances of premature death by 50%

THE number of English pensioners taking at least five medicines per day has boomed by 300% since 1997, a new study has shown. Almost half

15 Nov, 2017 @ 15:41

Health·Lead·Mallorca·National News

SUMMER DRIVERS: Hundreds of thousands of visiting Brits to Spain risk lives by driving on wrong side of road each year, research shows

AN estimated 200,000 drivers from the UK a year are putting lives at risk by accidentally using the wrong side of the road in Spain.

14 Nov, 2017 @ 14:04

Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·National News

BREAKING: Three Brits busted near Costa del Sol in biggest EVER cocaine bust on Spanish soil

THREE Brits have been in arrested in what police have described as one of the largest cocaine busts ever on Spanish soil. The trio were

10 Nov, 2017 @ 12:06

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·National News

Marbella looks to rebrand at world’s largest tourism fair in London

MARBELLA is preparing its own stand for London’s World Travel Market this week. The huge event, from November 6 to 8, will see the Costa

31 Oct, 2017 @ 11:13

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga

UK Junior Padel tennis team going for gold at world championships on Costa del Sol

GREAT Britain’s Junior Padel team have arrived for the world championships in Malaga. The XI World Junior Padel Championships began with an opening ceremony on

11 Oct, 2017 @ 14:59

Lead·Malaga·Sport

Marbella Airbnb nightmare for British girls who lost €1000 on ‘filthy’ apartment

Costa holiday begins with bust-up and robbery, leaving English couple 1000 euros out of pocket

7 Sep, 2017 @ 13:56

Business & Finance·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

EXCLUSIVE: British expats arrested in massive drug swoop in Spanish resort worked for local clubs and a hairdressing salon

THE majority of British expats arrested in a massive drugs swoop in Magaluf worked as ‘on street PRs’ for local clubs and at a hairdressing

5 Sep, 2017 @ 15:13

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·National News

Brits frantically search for Costa del Sol homes after returning to UK from holidays

BRITONS searching for a home on the Costa del Sol increased by 44% in the last five weeks as many returned home from summer holidays.

27 Aug, 2017 @ 10:23

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga

Brits lead the way as budget airline numbers to Spain soar by almost 20%

SOME 49.2 million foreign visitors have flown to Spain in the first seven months of this year. According to figures from the tourism ministry, the

26 Aug, 2017 @ 10:07

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·National News·Travel News

PILL PUSHERS: Brits being told to take ‘deadly’ Nolotil or suffer without by Spanish GPs

A BRITISH expat has thanked the Olive Press for ‘saving his life’ after he was prescribed the lethal painkiller Nolotil. Trevor Naylor, a 77-year-old retired

17 Aug, 2017 @ 11:38

Health·Lead·Malaga·National News

DOUBLE BUBBLE: Number of Brit tourists visiting Spain almost doubles as France sees decline

The UAE has seen the largest increase in the number of trips by British tourists in the past two decades

8 Aug, 2017 @ 11:20

Lead·Malaga·National News

‘BRITS ARE SAVAGES’: Marbella officials threaten to revoke licences in new party tourism crackdown

MARBELLA tourism chiefs are cracking down on ‘savage’ brit tourists. Under new rules, revellers who exhibit drunk and disorderly behaviour could could be slapped

6 Aug, 2017 @ 11:33

Lead·Malaga

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