WATCH: Major wildfire erupts in Benahavis – emergency alert sent as residents urged to stay indoors
A DANGEROUS wildfire has broken out in the hills above Marbella neear Benahavis, prompting local authorities to issue an emergency alert.
Is La Vuelta coming near you? Full Costa del Sol route and timings revealed for Friday’s stage
SPAIN’S premier cycling race will pass through several expat hotspots on the Costa del Sol this afternoon, culminating in a helter-skelter uphill finale in Estepona.
Guardia Civil catch smugglers red-handed unloading more than one tonne of hashish on Marbella beach from narco boat
THE Guardia Civil have seized more than one tonne of hashish after a high-speed narco boat was caught transferring a huge haul of drugs to
Marbella’s €200m mega-yacht and cruise ship marina finally gets green light after years of false starts
THE project to revamp Puerto de la Bajadilla marina in Marbella was first put out to tender 16 years ago.
Panic grips Bristol-to-Malaga flight as smoke fills cabin – pilots put oxygen masks on
PILOTS declared an emergency as they alerted air traffic controllers, with the plane eventually landing safely at around 9.30am on Monday.
The mind-boggling science behind next August’s total solar eclipse over southern Spain – including three minutes of darkness in Cadiz
CADIZ will experience nearly three minutes of totality on August 2, 2027, as a rare total solar eclipse passes directly over the province.
Warning of huge delays at Malaga Airport as severe fog blankets runway
TRAVELLERS flying in and out of the Costa del Sol this Friday should expect severe delays after a thick band of fog blanketed the runway
Malaga records first case of West Nile virus as 69-year-old enters critical care – the 62nd in Andalucia this summer
MALAGA province has recorded its first human case of West Nile virus this year after a 69-year-old man was admitted to hospital in serious condition.
West Nile Virus alert deactivated in Fuengirola and Mijas as cases across Andalucia climb to 52
ANDALUCIA's health ministry made the decision on Monday after the towns were initially placed on alert on July 26.
Man, 33, shot dead in Marbella in latest Costa del Sol killing – early hours attack not believed linked to organised crime
THE BODY of a 33-year-old man with two bullet wounds was discovered on a Marbella road on Monday morning. The Policia Nacional are leading an
THIS WEEK IN SPANISH HISTORY: The birth of Lope de Vega, a 70s film star and a Liverpool football legend
IN the latest edition of 'This Week in Spanish History', Michael Coy covers film stars, footballers, cartoonists and vicious criminals.
Leader of German narco empire supplying drugs across Europe is arrested in Marbella
THE leader of a German narco empire accused of supplying huge quantities of drugs across Europe has been arrested in Marbella.
Man stabbed ‘near the heart’ by his flatmate in upmarket Estepona golf urbanisation dies in hospital
A MAN who was stabbed by his flatmate inside a swanky golf urbanisation in Estepona died in hospital.
Costa del Sol sea temperature nears 29C – the hottest on record since 2015
SEA temperatures off the Costa del Sol have soared to their highest level in more than a decade, scientists warn, as climate change drives unprecedented
Costa del Sol remains on alert for West Nile Virus as cases in Andalucia climb to 43
THE Costa del Sol remains on high alert for West Nile Virus, after five new cases in Sevilla and Huelva pushed the total up to
Malaga rents hit record high as families forced to spend 58% of income on housing
THE figure, from property portal Idealista, is nearly double the 30% that households should ideally spend on rent, according to financial experts.
WATCH: Granada earthquake leaves three injured and forces evacuation of iconic Alhambra palace
TUESDAY'S 4.8-magnitude earthquake was the second powerful tremor to hit Granada in just three days.
Solar eclipse fever grips Spain again as Costa del Sol hotel prices skyrocket ahead of 2027 spectacle
SPAIN may have only just experienced its first total solar eclipse for more than a century – but millions are already looking ahead to the
German child abuse fugitive arrested living in shack and ‘working odd jobs’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol
A GERMAN fugitive has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Velez-Malaga for sexually exploiting children and producing child pornography. The 39-year-old man was detained
Exclusive: Eyewitness says Nikoline ‘clearly disoriented’ just hours before tragic Costa del Sol hit-and-run death
A NORWEGIAN teenager who was killed in a mystery hit-and-run incident was ‘barely able to speak’ and appeared heavily under the influence, it can be
What to do if you encounter a disease-carrying wild boar on the Costa del Sol, according to medical professionals
AFTER a new study revealed that more than 86% of wild boars wandering into Malaga’s urban areas carry germs that can infect humans, leading medical
Brit tourist’s life is saved by his quick-thinking wife and Costa del Sol property owner after heart attack shock in rural Frigiliana
A BRITISH tourist was saved from the brink of death after his wife and a Costa del Sol property owner stepped in when he suffered
Clouds threaten Costa del Sol view of Spain’s once-in-a-century solar eclipse, forecasts warn
STARGAZERS along the Costa del Sol could miss Spain’s first total solar eclipse in more than a century as cloudy skies threaten to obscure the
Gruesome discovery of a skull in an Alhaurin de la Torre manhole leads to arrest for 2020 Coin murder
A MAN has been arrested over a murder that took place six years ago in Coin, Malaga, after a skull was found hidden in a
Heat warning for the Costa del Sol as infamous ‘terral winds’ to send temperatures soaring back towards 40C
TEMPERATURES are set to climb again on the Costa del Sol this Sunday as dreaded ‘terral’ winds push the mercury back towards 40C. State meteorological
Estepona’s new 300-space underground car park to open this summer for just one euro a day after €3.5m in cost overruns
A NEW 300-space underground car park in the heart of Estepona is set to open later this summer, offering drivers parking for just €1 a
