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Unruffled by pit-stop competition from the likes of Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger, the F1 star’s glamorous wife is happy to stay on the hard shoulder

Wood you believe it?!

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 4 Apr, 2010 @ 09:00

Catalan prisoners now using “wasted energy” to clear up storm-ravaged forests

It’s a fair cop!

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 3 Apr, 2010 @ 09:00

Bumbling Guardia Civil officer caught after armed bank raid

Red tuna reaches crisis point

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 2 Apr, 2010 @ 16:16

World conference set to debate the future of a species now in grave danger of extinction

Nature

Bird route nestles in the Genal valley

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 2 Apr, 2010 @ 16:03

A multi-million euro tourist project unveils a new bird route

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Drumming up a storm

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 1 Apr, 2010 @ 18:04

Baena is a town famous for its olive oil, but during Semana Santa its quiet streets take on an altogether different aspect as thousands of drummers pick up their sticks. By Helen Hartstein

The peacocks that keep me up all night!

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 1 Apr, 2010 @ 14:06

EXCLUSIVE: Pensioner reveals 24-hour noise torture by squawking birds

Demolition delay

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 1 Apr, 2010 @ 13:47

An appeal against the Albox demolitions has been accepted, delaying demoliton dates

Marbella corpse found in car boot

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 30 Mar, 2010 @ 18:02

Police are trying to find the identity of the pensioner and why he died

Bring him to book

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 30 Mar, 2010 @ 16:59

War on publisher rages as Chris Stewart and other leading expat authors launch action over unpaid royalties

Chiclana protest success

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 30 Mar, 2010 @ 14:10

At least 5000 protesters marched through Chiclana to protest against legalisation charges

Kicked in the teeth

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 29 Mar, 2010 @ 18:42

EXCLUSIVE: Ripped off by builders, stitched up by lawyers, fined 100,000 euros by the Junta and now their homes wrecked by the weather. Welcome to another sorry saga in Spain

Gibraltar

Capital link threat

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 29 Mar, 2010 @ 18:08

Airline uncertainty has cast a shadow on Gibraltar's direct flight to Madrid

Malaga

Costa del Sol cuts

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 29 Mar, 2010 @ 16:53

Hotels on the costa have cut jobs by almost one-fifth in the past year

Entertainment

The return of Zorro

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 29 Mar, 2010 @ 12:21

Antonio Banderas is coming home to Malaga for his annual role in the Easter celebrations

Hit and run attack on Belgian diplomat

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 29 Mar, 2010 @ 11:41

British man injures politician after driving his car into the ambassador

The great insurance fiddle

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 24 Mar, 2010 @ 14:29

EXCLUSIVE: Scores of flood victims in Andalucia are set to receive nothing from companies

Other News

All in the same boat

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 24 Mar, 2010 @ 14:26

It is the great insurance swindle... After the heaviest rains on record in southern Spain, the majority of flood sufferers are apparently not covered. How can this be? Andrew Pearce discovered half a dozen Olive Press readers in the same boat

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Disgraced former monarch Juan Carlos I leaves Spain after making fourth visit to Galician municipality Sanxenxo

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King Felipe VI and Sumar leader Yolanda Diaz

Spain’s King Felipe starts new round of talks with political leaders to find next prime ministerial candidate

2 Oct, 2023 @ 12:11

British expat arsonist sets fire to bins and parked cars on Spain’s Costa Blanca

2 Oct, 2023 @ 11:58

Investigations could last 'for weeks' into deadly Murcia nightclub inferno that claimed at least 13 lives

Investigations could last ‘for weeks’ to find cause of Murcia nightclub inferno that killed 13 people

2 Oct, 2023 @ 11:08

Spain Stops Women Being Hassled By Protestors When Going For An Abortion

Number of abortions carried out in Spain rises 9% in 2022 from year before

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Foreign tourist facing fine after crashing drone into Spain’s world-famous Mosque-Cathedral in Cordoba

1 Oct, 2023 @ 16:30

British HGV driver, 30, is ‘lucky to be alive’ after being scalped in horror car crash on Spain’s Ibiza

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More bad news for Luis Rubiales as home town of Motril moots stripping him of gold medal honour

1 Oct, 2023 @ 12:45

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