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Revealed: The secret codes for cruising for love in Mercadona as TikTok trend explodes – from an upside down pineapple, jingling keys and lettuce

IT’S been days since the trend of looking for love in Mercadona first began appearing online. It has now exploded into a social media craze,

30 Aug, 2024 @ 09:00

Lead·National News

Body of Belgian man, 74, is found floating face down in the sea off Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BELGIAN man has died while swimming off a popular beach on the Costa Blanca. The 74-year-old was pulled from the sea and onto Fossa

30 Aug, 2024 @ 08:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Watch: Streets are turned into rapids in Spain after end-of-summer rain storms – with hail even seen in Malaga

THIS is the moment streets were turned into rapids in Spain following end-of-summer storms on Thursday. Videos shared on X showed cars being carried away

30 Aug, 2024 @ 07:00

Lead·Video·Weather

Worried about squatters in Spain? Here’s some top tips from police to stop them entering your home

POLICE in Spain have given their top tips on preventing your home from being taken over by squatters. It comes after a surge in so-called

30 Aug, 2024 @ 06:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Property

Spain records its lowest inflation rate in 14 months

SPAIN’S annual inflation rate fell to 2.2% in August- the lowest figure since June 2023 when it stood at 1.9%. The National Institute of Statistics

29 Aug, 2024 @ 22:00

Lead·National News

China to invest €2 billion into hydrogen energy plant in Spain’s Andalucia

CHINESE company Hygreen Energy will back three major green hydrogen projects in Andalucia including a €2 billion investment for an energy plant in Huelva province.

29 Aug, 2024 @ 18:30

Andalucia·Environment·Lead

Revealed: The most expensive street on Spain’s Costa Blanca where homes sell for an average of €4million

THE most expensive street to buy a house in the Valencian Community has been revealed to be in the luxury Altea Hills urbanisation on the

29 Aug, 2024 @ 17:40

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

Spain’s tourism industry is at major risk from climate change, study warns: These areas face losing the most holidaymakers

SPAIN is facing a devastating cocktail of climate change phenomena that threatens to decimate its tourist industry. Alongside Italy, France, and the UK, Spain has

29 Aug, 2024 @ 16:00

Environment·Lead

Morocco ramps up its ‘cloud seeding’ programme amid fears it will affect Spain’s climate

SPAIN’S government has asked Morocco for more information about its extensive plans for cloud seeding to create rain. There are concerns that the initiative- part

29 Aug, 2024 @ 15:00

Environment·Lead·Weather

British Olympian Sir Ben Ainslie is robbed at knifepoint in Barcelona: Thugs targeted his €20,000 Rolex

SIR Ben Ainslie, the most decorated sailor in Olympic history, has been robbed of his €20,000 Rolex at knifepoint by thieves in Barcelona. The 47-year-old

29 Aug, 2024 @ 13:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

3 bedroom Apartment for sale in Estepona with pool garage – € 350,000

Apartment Estepona, Málaga 3 beds 2 baths € 350,000 New apartments in Estepona! The new complex enjoys panoramic views over the golf course.

29 Aug, 2024 @ 13:05

Featured Property

Spanish YouTube chef is jailed for life in Thailand after murdering and dismembering his boyfriend: Daniel Sancho is sent to ‘prison from hell’ following 11-hour sentencing

A COURT in Thailand on Thursday found Daniel Sancho, a member of a famous Spanish acting family, guilty of murder and sentenced him to life

29 Aug, 2024 @ 12:45

Celebrity·Crime & Law·Lead

British widow whose husband, 59, was ‘killed by a neighbour with a gardening hoe’ in Spain appeals for help to pay €18,000 in legal fees

A BRITISH woman living in Spain is appealing for aid after her husband was brutally murdered with a garden hoe. Sarah Allwright is raising funds

29 Aug, 2024 @ 12:00

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead

Heavy rain and gales forecast from Friday for parts of Spain

Autumn arrives early in Spain: Temperatures to plummet by up to 10C today amid storms, rain and hail

TEMPERATURES will fall by up to 10C in parts of Spain on Thursday as a trough of cold air sweeps in from the Atlantic Ocean.

29 Aug, 2024 @ 11:20

Lead·National News·Weather

How to watch the English Premier League in Spain

The Premier League season has just kicked off and fans across the world are getting back into the spirit of following the English top flight.

29 Aug, 2024 @ 11:08

These are the ugliest and prettiest towns of every province in Spain’s Andalucia, according to AI – but do YOU agree?

YET another list of the most beautiful towns in Andalucia has been created. But this time the subjectivity is in the eye of a very

29 Aug, 2024 @ 09:05

Andalucia·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Tiny village in Spain’s Andalucia is rocked by video of a couple romping on the church altar

A MINISCULE village in southern Spain has been rocked by a video of a couple having sex on the church altar. The man and woman

29 Aug, 2024 @ 09:00

Andalucia·Jaen·Lead

Wife in Spain reveals how she caught her husband having an affair with the priest who married them

A WOMAN in Spain has revealed how she discovered her husband was having an affair with the priest who married them. The wife told her

29 Aug, 2024 @ 07:00

Lead

Ambulance driver in Benidorm steals cash and jewellery worth €4,500 from an elderly couple en route to hospital

Brit, 70, collapses and dies on popular hiking route in Spain

A BRITISH pensioner has died while hiking in a popular beauty spot in Spain. The unnamed 70-year-old was walking the Cares Route in the northwestern

29 Aug, 2024 @ 06:00

Lead·National News

Benidorm electric scooter thieves are caught out by GPS unit tracking stolen two-wheeler 600 kilometres away

Father and son tourists who stole an electric scooter from Benidorm are tracked down by police thanks to its GPS tracker

A LA RIOJA father and son have been arrested for stealing an electric scooter while on holiday 600 kms away in Benidorm after its GPS

28 Aug, 2024 @ 23:00

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Exposed: Taxi drivers are arrested for using ‘mafia tactics’ to gouge prices at Sevilla airport

Major resort on Spain’s Costa Blanca suffers taxi shortage chaos: Tourist influx sees population triple in summer with people waiting hours for a cab

A LACK of taxis in Torrevieja during the high season has prompted a call for temporary licenses to be issued for the busiest time of

28 Aug, 2024 @ 22:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Mayor demands extra police to bring down 'narco' mafia gang accused of making threats and burning cars over shutdown cockfighting venue in Alicante area

Mayor demands extra police to bring down ‘narco’ mafia gang accused of threats and burning cars over shutdown cockfighting arena in Costa Blanca area

THE mayor of an Alicante province town wants extra police brought in to bring down a mafia gang trafficking in drugs and running cockfights. Aspe

28 Aug, 2024 @ 19:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Popular YouTube influencer Nil Ojeda who challenged followers to stage fake beach drownings in Spain in return for gifts, faces legal action to close down his video channels

YouTube star in Spain who challenged followers to fake beach drownings and force lifeguards to ‘rescue’ them faces legal action

ALICANTE City Council wants to close down YouTuber Nil Ojeda’s video channels after a viral challenge encouraging followers to stage fake beach drownings to win

28 Aug, 2024 @ 18:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

‘I’m a tourist too!’: Major holiday hotspot in Spain launches campaign to counter ‘anti-tourism’ movement

A NEW Valencia region campaign is promoting a better understanding between tourists and residents in the wake of ‘anti-tourism’ protests in Spain this year. The

28 Aug, 2024 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Exclusive: Controversial new luxury beach club in Spain’s Estepona is forced to close following complaints from British expats and locals

A STRING of complaints over noise and strobe lights have forced a new luxury beach club in Estepona, Malaga to close until further notice. The

28 Aug, 2024 @ 16:00

Estepona·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Malaga

Watch: Hair-raising moment Spanish police vessel ‘runs over dinghy carrying four people’ towards the coast of Spain

THIS is the shocking moment a Spanish police boat appears to run over a boat carrying four people. The video, shared on X, shows a

28 Aug, 2024 @ 15:40

Lead·Video

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