€300 for a jetski ride from Africa to Spain – how illegal immigrants built a €50 million industry in the Western Mediterranean

ILLEGAL immigrants crossing the Straits of Gibraltar can buy a ticket on a jetski for as little as €300 a pop, new figures have revealed.

2 Dec, 2019 @ 17:54

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

‘Hero’ taxi driver from Belfast travels 2,522 miles to pick up injured friend in Benidorm whom doctors said ‘could not fly home’

Phil Hamilton was once an ordinary taxi driver in a suburb of Belfast – now people press him for selfies, stop his wife in the

2 Dec, 2019 @ 13:54

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Woman falls down burst sewer drain, roads closed and drivers rescued from vehicles as Spain’s Costa Blanca put on ORANGE alert following new gota fría

THE FOURTH gota fría weather event this year has struck eastern Spain today, already causing freak flooding and road closures. The worst rainfall has been

2 Dec, 2019 @ 13:33

Costa Blanca·Lead

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Inbreeding between ‘uncle and niece’ caused facial deformity of Spain’s 17th century King Carlos II, new study says

INBREEDING between ‘uncle and niece’ caused the striking facial deformity of Spain’s 17th century King Carlos II, a new study has revealed. The parents of

2 Dec, 2019 @ 12:50

La Cultura·Lead·Other News

Mass brawl at bar in Spain’s Sevilla forces petrified revellers to lock themselves in toilets

Ten people were involved in the mass brawl during which glasses, hookah pipes and tables were thrown across the establishment

2 Dec, 2019 @ 11:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Slender Health Nutrition is the Costa del Sol company specialising in diabetes management, menopause management and weight loss

Slender Health Nutrition also offers help with digestive issues, hormonal problems, skin problems, fatigue, sleep problems and much more

2 Dec, 2019 @ 11:22

Health·Malaga

Woman gets €37,000 payout after slipping on soapy pavement being cleaned by town hall workers in Spain’s Andalucia

The areas being cleaned ‘were not signposted’

2 Dec, 2019 @ 10:36

Almeria·Lead

Homelessness

Karen Rhodes takes a look at homelessness

2 Dec, 2019 @ 10:30

Psychotherapist

Man suspected of stealing 1,200 kilos of avocados arrested in Spain’s Granada

The farm’s owner was alerted by a neighbour during the theft, who spotted the youngest of three suspects

2 Dec, 2019 @ 10:25

Granada·Lead

UN secretary general demands countries TRIPLE efforts to halt global warming as COP25 begins today in Madrid

THE international community’s forum to fight climate change, COP25, has begun today in Madrid. The summit aims to complete the implementation of the Paris Accord,

2 Dec, 2019 @ 10:04

Environment·Lead

Spanish Big Brother star from Costa del Sol ‘forced to watch own rape’ and was allegedly told not to tell housemates

She was shown the disturbing images in the show’s ‘diary room’, before she said: “Please, stop now, please”

1 Dec, 2019 @ 19:12

Crime & Law·Lead

IN PICS: NEW sustainable urbanization on Spain’s Costa del Sol where residents can make their own wine and grow their own vegetables

PLANS to build 1,900 new homes in Torrox have been re-visited after a 12-month wait. A €28.4 million investment will fund 72 one, two and

1 Dec, 2019 @ 15:42

Lead·Malaga·Property

Police in Spain arrest 33 over Mallorca-wide cocaine, MDMA and hash empire that carried fake shotguns and buried €38,000 at farm

A Dutch group in mainland Spain supplied the drugs, which a driver smuggled through the Port of Alcudia using secret cavities underneath his car

1 Dec, 2019 @ 11:36

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Brexit beer ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’ mocks Boris Johnson and is now available for British expats in Spain

The drink, which typically retails at €3, was released with a vintage 1950s-style poster

1 Dec, 2019 @ 10:44

Food & Drink·Lead

CHRISTMAS MIRACLE: This new Spanish invention removes ALL alcohol from wine, making it 0% ABV

The machine can half the alcohol content in a bottle of wine in 10 minutes and even reduce it to zero

1 Dec, 2019 @ 09:53

Food & Drink·Lead

COLUMN: A swingers request on Costa Blanca Facebook group sends admin scratching their heads at the rulebook, writes Loraine Gostling

Before I begin, I just have to give you a quick update on the new KFC in Ondara (avid readers will remember last week’s food

30 Nov, 2019 @ 13:21

Columnists·Costa Blanca·Loraine Gostling: Getting Connected

COLUMN: Two disabled ponies find friendship at the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre in Rojales, writes Susan Weeding

These two little ponies are deeply in love and they go everywhere together. They’re both disabled, and they are inseparable. Fudge was the first rescue

30 Nov, 2019 @ 13:12

Columnists·Costa Blanca·Environment

Train strikes called across Spain on eve of August getaway after failed air-con turns trains 'into saunas'

Spain snubbed as French and Italian train firms awarded lucrative contracts for new services at major Spanish cities

There will be 61 trains between Madrid, Cordoba, Malaga and Sevilla, a 75% increase from the current 35.

30 Nov, 2019 @ 12:19

Business & Finance·Lead

Spain’s Andalucia launches €30 million tourism plan in bid to keep Brits keen on Costa del Sol after Brexit

There is also more of a cultural tourism focus under this plan, which includes a new initiative to promote flamenco

30 Nov, 2019 @ 11:33

Lead·Travel News

Chorizo ban at Spain’s biggest car manufacturer SEAT cuts cardiovascular health risks for 600 staff

Each participant was also given five litres of virgin olive oil a month and 30 grams of nuts a day, in a bid to follow

30 Nov, 2019 @ 10:52

Health·Lead

From flower pots to historic architecture, these are the towns in Spain’s Andalucia that won urban planning awards

The areas were previously busy thoroughfares for cars and had become swamped by careless parking and congestion

30 Nov, 2019 @ 10:17

Lead·Property

WATCH: Cocaine submarines, corruption and translation calamity – Olive Press TV news roundup November 24-30

This week, Costa Blanca reporter Joshua James Parfitt looks at the key stories covered by the Olive Press over the past week. Featuring: Spain’s first-ever

30 Nov, 2019 @ 08:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News

Flight to Barcelona is grounded after passenger expels diarrhoea 'all through the airplane' creating a 'biohazard'

CANCELLED: Confusion after popular and ONLY route connecting US and Spain’s Andalucia to be stopped next year despite 11 years of success

The shock announcement comes after they extended the service last year, beginning it a month earlier in May

29 Nov, 2019 @ 14:26

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Fears for missing British expat last seen kayaking on Spain’s Costa Blanca almost a WEEK ago

A BRITISH expat has been missing for almost a week in south-eastern Spain. Kenneth Dallas McPherson, 62, disappeared last Saturday after going kayaking off Torrevieja

29 Nov, 2019 @ 13:44

Costa Blanca·Lead

All you need to know about historic trans-Atlantic cocaine submarine seized by police in Spain as experts believe much of €100 million haul was heading to UK

The first vessel of its kind to be caught in European waters, it was carrying 152 packages containing more than three tonnes of cocaine

29 Nov, 2019 @ 13:19

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

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Expat-run cafeteria Caffe Milano first in Spain to officially use pasta straws in a bid to slash plastic waste

AN EXPAT-RUN cafeteria on the Costa Blanca has claimed it is the ‘first in Spain’ to use an innovative pasta straw that cuts out single-use

29 Nov, 2019 @ 12:13

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

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