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King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain meet victims of the deadly Valencia fire

THE King and Queen of Spain have met families displaced by Thursday's fire in Valencia that killed 10 people. Felipe and Letizia attended a special...

German tourist ‘reborn’, as he recovers from severe cuts caused by a 3-metre fall into a glass panel in...

A GERMAN holidaymaker has miraculously survived from a horrendous 3-metre fall into a glass panel at a villa he had rented in Playas del...

Man performs Lazarus act to wake up on coroner’s autopsy table in Spain’s Valencia

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es A VALENCIA man literally rose from the dead on Friday as he lay on a coroner's table just...

Well-known drag queen Afrodiziack dies on stage in Torremolinos 

POPULAR drag queen Afrodiziack has died on stage after collapsing at Tiki Tiki Show Copas bar in Torremolinos.  The 41-year-old, a well-known artist in the...

Woman dies in jet ski incident in the Costa del Sol over the weekend

A WOMAN died after falling from a three-seater jet ski she was riding with two friends in the Costa del Sol. Her friends frantically...

British tourist, 37, dies of heart attack in hotel bedroom in Spain’s Menorca

A 37-YEAR-OLD British tourist died from a heart attack in his Arenal d'en Castell hotel bedroom in Menorca on Wednesday morning. The man started to...

Three construction workers seriously injured after falling from a third-floor height in Mallorca 

THREE construction workers have been seriously injured after the lift they were in collapsed in Calvia (Mallorca).  They are believed to have fallen from a...

Video: Five-story building containing 21 homes suddenly collapses in Spain’s Teruel

A FIVE-STORY residential building containing 21 homes collapsed on Tuesday in the city of Teruel. Fortunately, no one was hurt in the incident. The caretaker...

UPDATE: Mother arrested for allegedly attempting to murder her two children with rat poison in Mallorca 

A WOMAN allegedly tried to murder her two children, aged 4 and 14, by pouring rat poison in their food in Manacor on Sunday...

Hiker rescued by helicopter after falling from a 3-metre height in Mallorca 

A HIKER has been rescued by helicopter after falling from a height of 3 metres in Deia (Mallorca). The woman tripped and fell while walking...

Woman in Spain’s Granada has miraculous escape after pallet of cement falls onto car

A WOMAN in Granada had a miraculous escape on Tuesday after a pallet carrying bags of cement fell from a crane and crushed her...

Three-year-old girl dies after falling from a sixth-floor balcony in Spain’s Costa Blanca

A THREE-YEAR-OLD girl has died after falling from a sixth-floor balcony in Torrevieja on Tuesday evening. She is believed to have climbed over the railing...

Two women died after car crash in Coin (Malaga) 

TWO WOMEN have died after their cars crashed in the A-355 road in Coin (Malaga) today (Friday May 5) after midnight.  It is believed that...

Elderly British woman drowns at Costa Blanca beach in Spain

A BRITISH woman drowned at Javea's El Arenal beach on Thursday afternoon. The 76-year-old victim was having a day out with her family when tragedy...

Balearic emergency services line in Spain goes down leaving some residents unable to call for help for over nine...

Emergency services in the Balearic Islands were left in chaos last night after the 112 emergency line crashed for over nine hours.  The outage occurred...

Three workers killed as mine shaft collapses in Spain’s Catalunya

THREE men died on Thursday after a mine shaft collapsed at a Barcelona province potash mine. Emergency services were alerted about an incident at the...

Girl, 10, dies after collision involving speeding car on wrong side of road in Spain’s Valencia

A 10-YEAR-OLD girl died on Sunday morning following a head-on collision between two cars on the N-220 in Manises, Valencia province. The youngster was with...

IN PICS: Benidorm cliff drama after man falls into sea on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A man cheated death on Monday evening after falling off a cliff into the sea at Benidorm's Cala de Finestrat. The 34-year-old victim was saved...

New national suicide prevention hotline in Spain takes nearly 15,000 calls in first month

A new national suicide prevention hotline took almost 15,000 calls in its first month of operation in Spain. The government said the '024' hotline attracted...

Costa Blanca council in Spain continues battle to stop busy beach road being swamped with parked cars

JAVEA council has repeated a call for help in stopping the regular summer chaos of roadside parking along the CV-742 to Cala Portitxol. The authority...

Fresh tragedy strikes scenic Costa Blanca ravine in Spain after hiker falls down waterfall

A hiker, 24, died on Sunday after falling down a waterfall into an Alicante Province ravine at Bolulla. It's the third death in nine days...

Heavy rain causes flooding and dramatic rescues in Spain’s Valencia area

TORRENTIAL downpours and strong winds have caused flooding and other problems in the Valencia area. A yellow warning alert for bad weather has been put...

Dog owner in Spain’s Catalunya drowns during sea rescue at Costa Brava beach on Lloret de Mar

A man drowned after trying to save his dog at a Costa Brava beach in Catalunya. The owner, 46, responded fatally on Sunday while walking...

Family escape Boxing Day fire caused by electrical device on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A BENALMADENA family are lucky to be alive after an electrical device sparked a huge fire which burned down part of their house on Boxing...

Cadiz man dies in horror car crash in Spain’s Ronda

A DRIVER has died after a horror car accident in Ronda.  It happened around 4.45pm on Sunday on the A-374 road at kilometer 22.  Police say...

Woman chokes to death on a piece of octopus at a Murcia restaurant in Spain

A diner choked to death while eating octopus at a Murcia region restaurant. The tragedy happened on Sunday on a terrace in Santomera's Plaza de...

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