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Inside Spain’s ‘house of horrors’ where three children were kept prisoner since 2021

RESIDENTS of the quiet Asturian hamlet of Toleo remain in disbelief following the discovery of three children who had allegedly been kept in near-total isolation

2 May, 2025 @ 14:58

Asturias·Crime & Law·Lead

Brit mystery as tourist vanishes in Spain

THE family of a British man are very worried after he failed to catch his flight home from Alicante airport three days ago. An appeal

2 May, 2025 @ 14:50

Benidorm·Lead

British woman who lived in Gibraltar now the oldest in the world

A BRITISH woman who lived in Gibraltar has officially become the oldest person in the world at the age of 115, according to the Guinness

2 May, 2025 @ 14:11

Gibraltar·Lead

Judge refuses to deport Audrey Fang murder suspect from Spain to Singapore

Audrey Fang murder suspect faces deportation from Spain to be tried in Singapore

A MAN accused of murdering fellow-Singapore national Audrey Fang in Spain faces deportation and the death penalty, if convicted in his home country. The Policia

2 May, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Alan Carr and Amanda Holden’s gorgeous renovation project in Andalucia is up for sale - and Brits are stunned by the price

Amanda Holden and Alan Carr set for Spanish TV villa transformation pay day

OFFERS are already in for the once crumbling 100-year-old Granada townhouse renovated by Amanda Holden and Alan Carr for their BBC show Spanish Job. The

2 May, 2025 @ 13:57

Andalucia·Granada·Lead·Property

Spain still unsure as EU neighbours start to rearm

27 EUROPEAN nations have expressed interest in the European Rearmament Plan that seeks to expand the military capabilities of its member states with Spain still

2 May, 2025 @ 13:21

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

2 bedroom Flat for sale in Mojacar with pool – € 215,000

¡Great opportunity! Apartamento de 2 dormitorios y 2 cuartos de baño en Marina de la Torre, Mojácar, con trastero y amplia terraza, prácticamente a estrenar.

2 May, 2025 @ 13:05

Featured Property

WATCH: Russian tennis star is disqualified for telling Spanish judge to ‘blow me’

WATCH the shocking moment when Russian tennis player Svyatoslav Gulin was disqualified from an ITF World Tour match in Spain after a vulgar outburst in

2 May, 2025 @ 13:00

Lead·Sport·Video

Fresh bid for American flights to tourist area of Spain

VALENCIA president Carlos Mazon held talks in New York on Thursday to get back a direct air link to the United States that ended in

2 May, 2025 @ 13:00

Lead·Valencia

WATCH: Chinese tourist chokes out thief in Barcelona

THIS is the moment a Chinese tourist became an unlikely hero in Barcelona after subduing a would-be thief with a martial arts-style chokehold. The incident

2 May, 2025 @ 12:05

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·Video

Experts warned Spain of power grid risk in March

AN engineer warned weeks ago in the Spanish parliament that grid operator Red Electrica wasn’t prepared for the energy transition that was started by the

2 May, 2025 @ 11:52

Lead·National News

Lightning strikes Andalucia as fresh storm rolls in

THE Costa del Sol experienced a dramatic lightning display overnight as a powerful Atlantic storm swept across southern Spain, bringing heavy rain, gusty winds and

2 May, 2025 @ 11:11

Andalucia·Lead·Weather

WATCH: Drugged Brit in 'Kamikaze' high-speed car chase in Spain

WATCH: Drugged Brit in ‘Kamikaze’ car chase in Spain

A DRUGGED-UP British motorist led police on a high-speed chase for approximately 10 kilometres in Alicante province on Tuesday. At least 12 vehicles were damaged

2 May, 2025 @ 11:08

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Yellow alerts bring mud rain to Andalucia

PARTS of Andalucia saw mud rain last night, that’s a phenomenon where rainfall mixed with Saharan dust, resulting in muddy, reddish precipitation that left a

2 May, 2025 @ 11:06

Andalucia·Lead

Brits urged to skip Spain for ‘Maldives of Europe’

BRITISH holidaymakers are being urged to ditch Spain and discover Poland’s best-kept secret – the stunning Hel Peninsula, now being hyped as the ‘Maldives of

2 May, 2025 @ 10:49

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Marbella is the ‘Wall Street of crime’: Ex-cop blames new breed of ‘reckless’ gangster

Retired cop warns Marbella has become the ‘Wall Street of crime’ and blames the current wave of violence on a new breed of ‘reckless’ gangers

1 May, 2025 @ 18:05

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga

The untimely death of Pere Sampol – a Mallorca leader who took on the mighty electricity giant Endesa after the island’s worst blackout

PERE Sampol passed away last Friday at the age of 73. Affectionately known as the ‘Man of Montuïri,’ he was a skilled electronic engineer, though

1 May, 2025 @ 17:29

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Three children rescued from ‘house of horrors’ in Spain: Expat parents kept them ‘locked up and surrounded by piles of garbage’ since the pandemic

POLICE have rescued three young children from a ‘house of horrors’ in rural Oviedo, where they had allegedly been confined for four years by their

1 May, 2025 @ 17:14

Asturias·Crime & Law·Lead

SPAIN’S blackout is over – but are you ready for the NEXT one? Maybe it is time to stock up on some essentials…

THE price of some so-called ‘survival’ products has increased by almost 40%. The blackout is a reminder of the EU’s recommended survival kit: the basics

1 May, 2025 @ 16:55

Environment·Lead

HYDROGEN BOMBSHELL: Spain to build its first-ever offshore green fuel plant in Canary Islands

SPAIN is making waves as it gears up to build its first offshore green hydrogen plant off the coast of Gran Canaria, in a move

1 May, 2025 @ 16:34

Canary Islands·Environment·Lead·Other News

Military Parade For Hispanic Holiday In Madrid, Spain 12 Oct 2020

Army officer from Spain’s famous La Legion unit in Ronda ‘groped female soldier at party’

A SPANISH Legion officer is at the centre of a sex scandal after being accused of sexually assaulting a young female soldier during a wild

1 May, 2025 @ 16:11

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Police in Spain’s Marbella to wear live-streaming bodycams as ‘Costa del Crime’ image returns

MARBELLA’S local police department has launched a pilot project for body cameras capable of transmitting images in real time to the force’s Command and Control

1 May, 2025 @ 16:02

Lead·Marbella

Outrage in paradise as brazen squatters take over a luxury Tenerife hotel – and a Spanish court has told the rightful owners: ‘You’ll have to pay their bills!’

THE owners of the Callao Sport Hotel in sun-drenched Tenerife have been ‘slapped with a legal bombshell’ after their latest attempt to evict an out-of-control

1 May, 2025 @ 15:09

Lead·Other News·Property·Tenerife

Granada locals take matters into their own hands as they protest dangerous road conditions

FED-UP residents of the Alpujarras mountains in southern Spain have staged a dramatic roadside protest today over what they describe as years of government inaction

1 May, 2025 @ 14:50

EXCLUSIVE·Granada·Lead·Other News

Gibraltar Police open investigation into death of 79-year-old US tourist

THE Royal Gibraltar Police have confirmed that they are currently investigating the death of a 79-year-old US citizen. The American, whose identity has not been

1 May, 2025 @ 14:48

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Husband charged with kidnapping and murdering Ana Knezevich after she disappeared from her Madrid apartment in February

Mystery deepens: ‘Suicide’ shock as David Knezevich, charged with killing missing wife Ana in Spain, found dead in Florida jail cell

THE Florida tech boss accused of kidnapping and killing his estranged wife in Spain has been found dead behind bars, in what authorities are calling

1 May, 2025 @ 14:29

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

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