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WATCH: ‘I’m going to murder innocent people!’ Dramatic moment crazed man, 70, is arrested after hijacking taxi armed with two shotguns on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A MAN intent on revenge and armed with two shotguns hijacked a taxi on the Costa del Sol and told the driver to take him

20 Dec, 2023 @ 11:00

Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga

Spanish journalist accuses actor Gerard Depardieu of rape dating back to 1995

French actor Gerard Depardieu, 74, is accused of rape by a journalist on Spain’s Costa del Sol – bringing number of his alleged victims to 13

JOURNALIST and writer Ruth Baza has reported the French actor Gerard Depardieu to the police in Torremolinos for raping her in Paris 28 years ago.

20 Dec, 2023 @ 10:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

WACKY MOMENT: Driverless bus careens into wall on one of Gibraltar’s steepest roads after handbrake fails

A DRIVERLESS bus crashed into a wall in Gibraltar after what reports claimed its handbrake failed. Videos circulating on social media showed the bus rolling

20 Dec, 2023 @ 09:11

Gibraltar

Thief steals manhole covers worth thousands of euros for scrap sales on Spain's Costa Blanca

Thief steals manhole covers worth thousands of euros to sell for scrap on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A THIEF with a penchant for stealing manhole covers to sell to scrapyards has been arrested in Elche. The 43-year-old man removed around 100 covers

20 Dec, 2023 @ 08:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

La Liga's Valencia Football Club In Spain Unveils Plans To Finish Off Abandoned New Stadium Project That Started In 2007

La Liga’s Most Expensive Transfers That Broke The €100.00m Barrier

Giuseppe Savoldi may not be a name that many football fans can quickly recall. The Italian earned the nickname “Mister Two Billion” during the mid-seventies.

19 Dec, 2023 @ 21:51

Increased used of air conditioning has cut high temperature deaths by a third in Spain

Big fall in Spain’s extreme heat deaths over 40 years is down to greater use of air conditioning

EXTREME high and low temperatures are causing fewer deaths in Spain compared to 40 years ago due to more air conditioning and heating units being

19 Dec, 2023 @ 18:00

Health·Lead

British woman 'went our of her mind due to abuse' and strangled Benidorm flatmate with vacuum cleaner cord

Brits sold drugs to Benidorm bar and hotel clients with quick delivery by electric scooter

THREE British men have been arrested in Benidorm by the Policia Nacional for running a drugs delivery service to the city’s bars, hotels, and restaurants.

19 Dec, 2023 @ 17:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Number of people taking their own lives totalled 4,227 in Spain last year

Number of people dying by suicide increased by over 5% in Spain last year

FIGURES released on Tuesday by Spain’s National Institute of Statistics(INE) showed that 4,227 people took their own lives in 2022, compared to 4,003 in 2021.

19 Dec, 2023 @ 16:30

Health·Lead·National News

Mild spring predicted as Spain notches up seventh successive 'warm' winter

Spain’s mild autumn of 2023 just misses out on being modern era’s warmest-ever

SPAIN’S autumn 2023(September 1 to November 30) was the second-hottest in the modern era- beaten only by last year’s fall season. The State Meteorological Agency(Aemet)

19 Dec, 2023 @ 15:45

Lead·National News·Weather

Water in this Malaga village has been declared unfit for human consumption due to RADIOACTIVITY as council declares ‘state of emergency’

RADIOACTIVITY has made water in one Malaga village ‘unfit for human consumption’ leading to a ‘state of emergency’ in the local council. Do you live

19 Dec, 2023 @ 15:27

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Thousands of 'unsafe' toys seized during raids on stores in Spain's Valencia

Thousands of unsafe toys seized from shops during Christmas campaign in Spain’s Valencia

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has seized 10,696 toys from six shops in Manises for failing to follow European Union safety marking rules. The Christmas campaign raids

19 Dec, 2023 @ 15:21

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Mystery power cut leaves Gibraltar’s exclusive offices, luxury marina and housing estates in the dark

EXPERTS are looking into a power cut that left Gibraltar’s World Trade Centre, upmarket Marina Bay and the two housing estates of Laguna and Glacis

19 Dec, 2023 @ 14:47

Gibraltar

Covid deaths in Spain 82% down compared to 2022

A TOTAL of 3,760 people in Spain died from Covid-19 in the first six months of 2023, which is 82% fewer than in the same

19 Dec, 2023 @ 14:34

Health·Lead

REVEALED: Spain now has the world’s most POWERFUL passport

SPAIN is now home to the world’s most powerful passport, according to the latest World Passport Index. It has beaten 198 other passports to come

19 Dec, 2023 @ 14:04

Lead·Travel News

Hebrew school students use coding and math skills to navigate robot through maze

PRIMARY school children at the Hebrew School in Gibraltar learned about mathematics, coding and robotics during a STEM project recently. Year 6 children used a

19 Dec, 2023 @ 13:53

Education·Gibraltar

Authorities isolate ‘potential source’ of Legionnaire’s Disease outbreak that killed one in Gibraltar

AUTHORITIES in Gibraltar have ‘isolated’ the potential common source of Legionnaire’s Disease that killed one person and infected three others. The British territory’s Director of

19 Dec, 2023 @ 13:30

Environment·Gibraltar·Health

Gun threat: Man vows to kill police after his car is towed away on the Costa del Sol

A MAN furious that his car had been towed away armed himself with two shotguns and hailed a cab to the police station vowing to

19 Dec, 2023 @ 13:18

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Gibraltar minister gets invite to COP28 exclusive dinner after ‘clear recognition’ of climate change work

GIBRALTAR’S reputation in fighting climate change has been recognised by its minister’s invitation to the prestigious Nature Champions Dinner in Dubai. Minister for the Environment

19 Dec, 2023 @ 12:51

Environment·Gibraltar

Malaga has more than halved the amount of forest fires suffered in the past year

THIS year, Malaga has seen less than half the amount of forest fires suffered in 2022, according to new data. El Comité Asesor del Plan

19 Dec, 2023 @ 12:48

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in San Juan de los Terreros with pool – € 105,000

Apartment San Juan de los Terreros, Almería 2 beds 2 baths € 105,000 ** Exquisite 2 Bed, 2 Bath Elevated Groundfloor Apartment with

19 Dec, 2023 @ 12:04

Featured Property

Spain's efforts to 'rebrand' world's tallest cross and Franco-era monument in Madrid meet howls of protest from the far-right

Judge pauses exhumations of Franco victims from controversial mausoleum in Spain

A MADRID court has ordered a pause to the exhumations of Civil War victims from a Francoist mausoleum after the granddaughter of a victim claimed

19 Dec, 2023 @ 12:00

Lead·Madrid·National News

WATCH: Brave citizen pursues man who allegedly masturbated in front of children in Spain’s Andalucia

A DRIVER has been praised after pursuing a man in Spain’s Andalucia who allegedly masturbated in front of minors. The Policia Nacional have opened an

19 Dec, 2023 @ 11:48

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain's leading supermarket chain seals five-year staff wage deal with unions

Biggest supermarket chain in Spain seals five-year staff wage deal

SPAIN’S biggest supermarket chain Mercadona has struck a deal with unions to increase salaries by up to 6% per year through to 2028. The five-year-deal

19 Dec, 2023 @ 11:15

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Visitors may have to pay to visit this Malaga attraction under new tourism proposal

A NEW tourism proposal has suggested visitors must pay to visit a popular Malaga park. It comes after the Junta asked for ideas from companies

19 Dec, 2023 @ 10:30

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Spain’s government to BAN bank charges for over-65s who withdraw cash from branches

SPAIN’S Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nadia Calviño has announced that the government is to ban charges for over-65s and the disabled who withdraw

19 Dec, 2023 @ 10:20

Business & Finance·Lead

Nightclub owners face eight years in jail for deadly fire that killed 13 people in Spain's Murcia

Emergency exits in nightclub where 13 died in Spain’s Murcia were closed with PADLOCKS

THE EMERGENCY exits at the Teatre and Fonda Milagros nightclubs in the Spanish city of Murcia were closed with padlocks on the night that a

19 Dec, 2023 @ 09:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

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