Five arrested in Alicante for online villa rental fraud that netted €250,000
FIVE have been arrested in Spain’s Alicante after conning holidaymakers via fake villa rental websites to the tune of €250,000. The fraudsters reeled in victims
REVEALED: The 15 ‘safe’ non-EU countries Spain will allow travel between from July 1
Laya said it is important for the bloc to open its borders ‘gradually’, warning that there are still continents where the virus is growing at
16-year-old son caught driving drunk dad home in Spain’s Elche – both face charges
A FATHER and son are facing charges in Elche after Guardia Civil caught the 16-year-old minor behind the wheel next to his horrendously drunk dad.
Asturias becomes Spain’s first coronavirus free region
ASTURIAS has become Spain’s first coronavirus free region, going two weeks without registering a new positive case.
54-year-old woman trapped in car after being hit from behind at toll booth on AP-7 in Spain’s Orihuela Costa
A PASSENGER was trapped in her car after two vehicles collided at a toll booth close to the Zenia Boulevard shopping centre on Orihuela Costa.
Two expat-run charities on the Costa Blanca launch campaign to end Spain’s IVA taxation of charity shops
TWO expat-run charities on the Costa Blanca have launched a campaign to end the Spanish government’s 21% VAT taxation on goods sold through second-hand shops.
British couple stuck in UK ‘devastated’ after seeing pics online of yobs vandalising and partying in their home on Spain’s Costa del Sol
The couple, who have had the home for over 30 years, asked their cleaner to assess the damage as they have yet to be able
Almeria gets green light for 4* Hotel on protected land in another blow to Andalucia’s coastline
The new 4* hotel will be built on an area near the Bahia de Los Genoveses known as 'Cortijo Las Chiqueras'
A Tale of Two Pueblos
“During my 40 years in Spain, I have always found that the best thing about this country are its villages (pueblos) and its people (pueblo).
LISTED: Spain’s airports Brits can fly to on Ryanair, EasyJet, Jet2 and TUI
AFTER the announcement that the UK would drop its quarantine restrictions, the number of Brits searching for holidays has surged. Yesterday, ministers confirmed that from
Spain reports 118 COVID-19 cases and two deaths in 24 hours as Malaga sees new outbreak
SPAIN has registered 118 new COVID-19 cases and two coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours. This is the first time in four days that
ORANGE heat warnings for Spain’s Andalucia tomorrow with highs of 41°C
ORANGE heat warnings have been issued for Andalucia on Monday. Aemet has issued its second-most severe weather warnings for Sevilla, Cordoba and Jaen. All the
Man arrested in Spain’s Malaga for allegedly defrauding his elderly neighbour who he helped care for
A MAN has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Malaga province for allegedly defrauding his elderly neighbour who he helped care for.
Six men going on trial in Spain’s Malaga for killing a man who supposedly stole their rooster used for illegal cock fights
SIX men will be going on trial tomorrow in Malaga province, for the murder of a man who had supposedly stolen their rooster.
EXPLAINER: How to use the law in Spain against online trolls
IT is hard to accept that the internet, from which we derive so much benefit, should be so densely populated by individuals (‘trolls’) who deliberately
As Spain’s COVID-19 crisis recedes the spectre of Brexit has returned for British property buyers
SPAIN has finally allowed tourism to return after several months of the world’s most draconian COVID-19 lockdown. Brits, Germans and other key tourist markets are
How Murcia’s ‘cool streets’ technology helps prevent pets burning their paws as temperatures rise across Spain
RED-HOT pavements can be a danger to both children and pets, as summer temperatures spike in Spain. Vienna-based animal welfare charity Four Paws International, warns
Lisa Burgess goes under the knife for reconstructive breast surgery after battling cancer
I WAS apprehensive attending La Cala medical clinic for vital blood tests and arrived in full PPE, imagining I would be entering a scene from
Man found dead in manhole near AP-7 on Spain’s Costa del Sol
A MAN’S lifeless body has been pulled from a manhole on the Costa del Sol. The unidentified 40-year-old was found dead in Calahonda near a
Pensioner drowns at popular beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca
The woman is understood to have been found unconscious in the water after she had gone swimming
MADDIE EXCLUSIVE: DNA clues destroyed by Brits in McCann case as Portuguese media finally takes shambolic police investigation to task
A BRITISH expat has admitted to unwittingly destroying all DNA evidence linked to a home Maddie McCann suspect Christian Brueckner rented for years on the
Spain sees 191 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths in 24 hours as some 50 outbreaks reported across country
SOME 191 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in Spain. A total of three people have died, compared yesterday’s death
Court orders Cadiz town hall to remove LGBTQ flag in Spain’s Andalucia
CADIZ town hall has been ordered to remove the LGBTQ flag, after the municipal court ruled that only official flags are allowed to fly on
BREAKING: UK set to lift quarantine restrictions from July 6, Spain one of the countries included
THE UK is set to lift its quarantine restrictions from July 6, ministers have said.
Real estate agent Amanda Butler welcomes stream of property enquiries as Mallorca opens up once again
WITH the state of alarm now lifted, the Balearic Islands opened their borders to over 10,000 German tourists early last week as a test run
OPINION: Andalucia’s COVID-19 outbreaks show that expat fears of British tourists in Spain are not unfounded
A SCROLL through expat Facebook groups will tell you that not everyone in Spain is best pleased at the return of foreign tourism. After 100