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WATCH: Drug traffickers get to work in British expat hotspot on Spain’s Costa del Sol as police distracted by coronavirus lockdown

RATHER than follow the government’s orders to remain indoors, drug traffickers, it seems, are taking advantage of the diverted police attention. https://twitter.com/APAYFADUANAS/status/1240548290049069056 Footage has emerged

21 Mar, 2020 @ 14:02

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spain’s Coronavirus outbreak has Giles Brown humming along to a noughties boy band from inside his loo roll lair

Living in splendid isolation in a cottage by the lake, with the nearest neighbour about half a mile away, a generator for power and a

21 Mar, 2020 @ 14:00

Giles Brown: Loud and Clear

Your world needs you! How you can help beat COVID-19

IT’S time to fight back against the coronavirus – and you can do your bit. Anyone with a PC that has a dedicated graphics card

21 Mar, 2020 @ 13:42

Lead·National News

Spain sees almost 5,000 new coronavirus cases in a DAY as total nears 25,000 – so is the lockdown working?

SPAIN has experienced the biggest jump in COVID-19 cases since the outbreak in the country began. In the last 24 hours, 4,946 new cases have

21 Mar, 2020 @ 13:22

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·National News

Google Local Reviews in Spain and why you shouldn’t trust them

THE Irish have a saying that goes, ‘if you can’t say anything, say nothing’

21 Mar, 2020 @ 13:00

Adam Neale: Property Insider·Business & Finance·Malaga·Property

CORONAVIRUS: Market downturns may look scary, but sit tight and play the long game

Supporting You Through Market Uncertainty

21 Mar, 2020 @ 12:00

Business & Finance

Gibraltar’s derelict Old Casino has been given another roll of the dice thanks to the vision of the Rock’s wealthiest resident, Greg Butcher

Lady luck has finally turned up, albeit in the shape of a man - one who happens to be the Rock’s richest resident and something

21 Mar, 2020 @ 11:00

Gibraltar·Lead·Property

Costa Blanca hoteliers gift hundreds of empty beds to Valencian health authorities in fight against Coronavirus

ALICANTE Province’s major hotel association has pledged hundreds of its beds to health authorities, in a major move to halt the spread of the Covid-19

21 Mar, 2020 @ 10:21

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead

OUT AND ABOUT: How the Olive Press distribution team (including the editor and three writers) got all FIVE editions out this week

TOGETHER, WE CAN BEAT THE BUG

21 Mar, 2020 @ 10:00

Lead·Other News

EXCLUSIVE DISPATCH: Bored teens doing drugs in parks, older people fighting back, and how we’re now a ‘city of cuckoo clocks’ – coronavirus in Madrid

Six days into lockdown, Heather Galloway reports from the Spanish capital

21 Mar, 2020 @ 09:00

Lead·Madrid

Trinity College Dublin consults the team behind water experts Premier Aqua and now Spain can too

WHEN the water in Mallorca doesn’t taste like it oughta … or the shower in your Marbella townhouse doesn’t flow like it should, this Irish

21 Mar, 2020 @ 08:00

Gibraltar Parliament agree to £500m Coronavirus emergency budget

THE Gibraltar Government could borrow up to 500 million pounds for Coronavirus aid if the community requires it in the coming months.

20 Mar, 2020 @ 22:28

Coronavirus·Gibraltar·Lead

CORONAVIRUS: ‘Gibraltar is like a cruise ship’, says minister at drive-thru testing

The new testing facility at the old Rooke site could have results back in six hours once it sets up on March 23, said the

20 Mar, 2020 @ 20:14

Coronavirus·Gibraltar·Lead

Pollution levels in Spain reach historically low levels because of coronavirus

POLLUTION levels in Spain have decreased dramatically due to coronavirus.

20 Mar, 2020 @ 20:01

Lead·Nature

British motorcyclist killed in head-on crash with fellow expat on Spain's Costa Blanca

REVEALED: The police checkpoints being set up across Spain’s Costa del Sol as 30,000 installed nationwide to battle coronavirus contagion

GUARDIA Civil are cracking down on movements across the country with a particular focus on roads which lead to the coasts. It means if you

20 Mar, 2020 @ 19:35

Lead·Malaga

Male prostitute leaves house for sex work during coronavirus lockdown in Spain before telling police it was ‘essential’ while another fined for walking a GOAT

A MAN has been denounced by Spanish police for leaving his house for sex work during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown. Los Mossos d’Esquadra fined the

20 Mar, 2020 @ 19:02

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·National News

BREAKING: UK follows Spain and closes all pubs and restaurants in the fight against coronavirus

BORIS Johnson has told all pubs, restaurants and gyms to close from tonight and not to reopen tomorrow, in the bid to combat coronavirus.

20 Mar, 2020 @ 18:37

Food & Drink·Lead

‘WORST DAYS ARE COMING’: Warning from Spain’s health ministry as coronavirus cases near 20,000 and hospitals reach breaking point

‘THE worst days are coming.’ Those were the frank words from Spain’s Health Minister Salvador Illa today as the number of deaths from COVID-19 surpassed

20 Mar, 2020 @ 18:24

Lead·National News

BREAKING: SECOND young Guardia Civil officer dies from coronavirus in Spain despite NO pre-existing health conditions

SPAIN has seen its second Guardia Civil agent die from COVID-19 despite having no pre-existing conditions that would put him at a higher risk. Francisco

20 Mar, 2020 @ 17:50

Lead·National News