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IN A PICKLE: Lorry flips on AP-7 motorway spilling 13,000 litres of petrol on artichoke field in Alicante

A LORRY carrying 27,000 litres of petrol and diesel flipped on the AP-7 motorway outside Alicante, spilling half of its contents on a nearby artichoke

2 Apr, 2019 @ 13:51

Costa Blanca·Lead

GREEDY SAMARITANS: criminal gang who slashed tourists’ tyres at toll booths along Costa Blanca and then robbed them finally arrested

TYRE slashers who targeted tourists’ vehicles along the Costa Blanca and then robbed them while pretending to help have been arrested by Police in Catalonia.

2 Apr, 2019 @ 12:59

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

British MEP forced from key role after row with Spain over Gibraltar

A BRITISH MEP has been stripped of a key EU role after he accused opponents of ‘dirty tricks’ in the dispute over Gibraltar’s status. Claude

2 Apr, 2019 @ 12:02

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

FISHY BUSINESS: Spain’s Guardia Civil seize illegally caught 180kg bluefin tuna in Marbella

It is a crime to catch, transport and market seafood without having documents and labels to trace the product

2 Apr, 2019 @ 11:28

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Poll finds emigration bigger concern than immigration in Spain

SPAIN is more concerned about emigration than immigration, a new poll by a European think tank has found. The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

2 Apr, 2019 @ 10:54

Lead·Politics

‘SHE’S A FIGHTER’: Family of Irish teen appeal for help after Costa del Sol balcony fall shatters her spine leaving her paralysed

Originally from Warrenpoint in County Down, Niamh is an A-level student at Benalmadena International College

1 Apr, 2019 @ 17:26

Lead

THE ITALIAN JOB: Italian arrested after selling ex-mother-in-law’s Fiat 500 and then lying it was stolen in Alicante

AN Italian man has been arrested in Alicante after selling his ex-mother-in-law’s car and then lying it had been stolen. The man, 44, gained a

1 Apr, 2019 @ 16:34

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

BRITISH pensioner tells court he ‘couldn’t remember’ bludgeoning sleeping stepson’s head with a HAMMER before attempting to suffocate wife on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BRITISH pensioner on trial for attempted murder has told an Alicante court he ‘couldn’t remember’ taking a hammer to his stepson’s head while he

1 Apr, 2019 @ 15:56

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Dead cows wash up on Spain’s Canary Islands after being thrown overboard by ‘stink boats’

It is believed the dead cows came from freighters transporting live cattle from South America

1 Apr, 2019 @ 15:43

Environment·Lead

DIDN’T SEE THAT COMING: clairvoyant jailed for conning disabled woman out of €13,000 on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A CLAIRVOYANT has been sentenced to a year and three months for conning a disabled woman out of €13,000 on Spain’s Costa Blanca. The victim,

1 Apr, 2019 @ 15:05

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

YELLOW ALERT: Storms set to hit Spain’s Andalucia ahead of mid-week sunshine

Wednesday will see highs of 22° but with more rain expected later in the week

1 Apr, 2019 @ 14:11

Lead

Thousands march in Madrid as depopulation rocks rural Spain

MADRID has seen large protests by rural Spaniards who fear their communities are withering away. The movement, labelled the ‘revolt of an empty Spain,’ brought

1 Apr, 2019 @ 13:22

Environment·Lead·Politics

What’s it like to be the UK’s only dwarf drag queen? The Olive Press caught up with Miss DQ on the Costa del Sol to find out

After parting with his agent, John has now gone solo, booking and managing his own gigs and tours

1 Apr, 2019 @ 13:15

Celebrity·La Cultura·Lead

The Cabo de Santa Pola one step closer to becoming a municipal nature reserve on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Sierra and Cabo de Santa Pola has come a step closer to being designated a municipal nature reserve. The councillor for agriculture, environment, climate

1 Apr, 2019 @ 12:11

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

British expat on Costa del Sol launches ‘Sunday roast tapa’ because she ‘loves a Sunday roast’

The recipe sees a Yorkshire pudding topped with carrots, stuffing, mashed potato and a meat of your choice, served with peas and gravy

1 Apr, 2019 @ 12:07

Food & Drink·Lead

WATCH: SECOND dead dolphin in a week washes up on same 3km strip in Spain’s Costa Blanca

A SECOND dead dolphin has been spotted washing up on the Costa Blanca in the space of just a week. The dolphin was videoed by

31 Mar, 2019 @ 13:54

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

€2 million boost for tourist projects in Calpe on Spain's Costa Blanca

Town hall blasted for spending €90,000 on campaign to attract more British tourists to Spain’s Costa Blanca

A TOWN hall has been blasted for spending €90,000 on a campaign to attract more British tourists – to just four hotels! Calpe’s PP mayor

31 Mar, 2019 @ 13:29

Costa Blanca·Lead

British expats warn that farms with millions of pigs are ‘poisoning’ their communities in Spain’s Andalucia

BRITISH expats have slammed the ‘horrendous’ growth of intensive pig farms in Andalucia, claiming they ‘pollute’ the water supply. Agrifood giant Grupo Fuertes has been

31 Mar, 2019 @ 13:00

Granada·Lead

Benidorm introduces bans on mobility scooters in new crackdown on ‘uncivil tourism’

THEY have famously been dubbed ‘Madge-mobiles’ after one of hit TV show Benidorm’s most popular characters. So it is with great irony that the tourist

31 Mar, 2019 @ 12:12

Costa Blanca·Lead

Expat and local nudists fuming as five-storey tower block begins construction behind favourite beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca

The beach has been a safe haven for naturists for more than 40 years

31 Mar, 2019 @ 10:56

Costa Blanca·Lead

The Original LOL

NOW most of you reading this will have been ‘lolling’ for years – firstly, back when it became cool to abbreviate every possible word to

30 Mar, 2019 @ 20:47

Costa Blanca·Loraine Gostling: Getting Connected

Summers in Spain are now FIVE WEEKS longer than in the eighties

Research claims that around 32 million people are affected by a warming climate

30 Mar, 2019 @ 16:58

Environment·Lead·Travel News

Young backpacker vanishes from Malaga as sister fears ‘something bad’ has happened

Police in Sweden confirmed to the Olive Press that the case is being investigated by the Swedish Police Authority

30 Mar, 2019 @ 13:00

Lead·Malaga

British expat reverend thanks God and wife four years after doctors sent him home to die on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Vergel-based expat Clive Read, 79, was suffering from pneumonia and an undiagnosed heart condition when he stopped responding to treatment at Denia Hospital in April

30 Mar, 2019 @ 09:52

Costa Blanca·Lead