British Airways computer glitch sparks travel chaos at London airports
The airline has blamed a 'system problem' for delays, cancellations and long queues affecting short-haul flights from Heathrow, Gatwick and London City airports
Spain’s Ronda to fine dog walkers up to €200 for not carrying bags and bottles to clean up mess
Also announced was the distribution of 500 bottles containing cleaning fluid, accompanied by instructions on how to clean up after pets
WATCH: Passengers use evacuation slides after British Airways plane fills with smoke and lands in Valencia
A BRITISH Airways plane has made an emergency landing in Valencia after smoke engulfed the entire cabin. Videos posted to social media show passengers using the evacuation slide
WATCH: Anti-tourist thugs smash holidaymakers’ cars with hammers and slash tires in Spain tourist hotspot
The group has also been known to pelt holiday buses with eggs and violently storm restaurants and squares with smoke bombs
Andalucia’s million euro campaign against gender violence slammed for stock pics and smiling victims
Critics have said the new campaign puts the responsibility of abuse on women and avoids addressing gender violence directly
Taxi driver claimed he was kidnapped and ‘forced’ to spend day’s earnings on wild night of drugs and prostitutes on Spain’s Costa del Sol – police weren’t buying it
The VTC driver told police in Fuengirola that a customer stole his daily intake and held him at knife point
NOT TRUE: Costa Blanca councillor responds to accusations that Denia’s new dog shelter will be a ‘kill station’ for abandoned canines
DENIA’S councillor for public safety has responded to claims the new municipal dog shelter will become a ‘kill station’. Javier Scotto today told the Olive
Outrage as ‘harmless’ fruit seller allegedly banned from plying trade on Gibraltar border in southern Spain while ‘scammers defraud tourists every day’ with ‘fake crossing charges’
Known only as Mario, the man has reportedly been selling treats - known as cocitos - on the frontier in La Linea for years
Father arrested at Spanish airport for ‘snatching’ two-year-old daughter from Brit children’s home after he ‘lost custody’
A DAD has been arrested in Spain for allegedly abducting his two year old daughter after he ‘lost custody’. The 44-year-old is said to have
WHERE’S WILLY? British expat describes horror at finding ‘dead body’ by Costa Blanca bin before realising it was a sex toy
A BRITISH expat has described her ‘shock’ at finding a bizarre ‘sex toy’ dumped by a Costa Blanca bin. Lesley-Ann Hutchinson approached the refuse area
FELINE GOOD! Volunteers praise ‘huge step forward’ by Costa Blanca municipality to officially authorise street cat feeders
CONTROVERSIAL street cat feeders in Javea may soon be given special IDs to carry on giving food to abandoned felines. It comes after the town
GRAIN OF TRUTH? Marbella restaurant courts controversy AGAIN as new sign blames unemployment benefits and ‘lazy’ population for lack of rice cooker for summer
The printed rant comes after a sign in the restaurant reading 'this house is Spanish, catholic and right wing, sorry for the inconvenience', went viral
SAVE OUR SEAHORSES! A British metal detectors club battling to save seahorses on the Costa Blanca
A BRITISH metal detecting club is aiding a local environmental group to save endangered seahorses on the Costa Blanca. Two teams from the Asociacion de
Woman flies to Spain from UK on daughter’s passport after series of blunders by airport security
On arrival, Susan was not stopped at Spanish border control as officials failed to notice the discrepancy with her documents
Yellow and orange warnings issued for searing heat as temperatures hit 41°C in southern Spain
Temperatures are expected to exceed 41°C on Wednesday
TONGUE TIED: Less than a third of young British adults can read and write in a foreign language as UK comes last in EU poll
BRITAIN is the EU country with the lowest percentage of 15 to 30-year-olds proficient in a foreign language. A study by the EU’s Erasmus education
WATCH: Man forced to haul fridge back up cliff after tossing it over and filming himself laughing in Almeria
GUARDIA Civil have caught a man who videoed himself tossing a fridge off a cliff in Almeria and laughing ‘let’s recycle!’. The man was identified
Sotogrande is a playground for royals, footballers and politicians, Diana Tang gives her roundup of the high-class resort
SOTOGRANDE is about understated elegance and quiet, unshowy glamour. The polar opposite of Puerto Banus, it is the perfect destination for captains of industry, royals
Plainclothes police to patrol buses in Spain’s Marbella amid rising violence against drivers
In July the number of bus passengers doubled compared to the same month in 2018
Fatalities from drowning double as Spain sees three deaths a DAY in July
FATALITIES due to drowning have doubled in Spain as its shores saw three deaths a day in July. A total of 94 people drowned in
Boozed-up British mum, whose kids taken into care after she collapsed in Gibraltar airport, returns to UK with £450 fine
Police officers had removed the children from the tanked-up couple and transferred them to social services
LOAD OF CRAP? Town Hall tells Olive Press it ‘can’t confirm’ viral trend to poo in Spanish swimming pools despite widespread UK coverage
A TOWN Hall has told the Olive Press it ‘can’t confirm’ a viral trend to poo in Spanish swimming pools despite widespread coverage in UK
British boy, 5, collapses and dies in Spain after sudden illness at four-star hotel
The youngster had been on holiday with his family in Magaluf when he began vomiting before collapsing and suffering a cardiac arrest
Spanish restaurant offers ‘angry potatoes’ with ‘bleeding’ in translation blunder
A SPANISH restaurant has been ridiculed after a translation gaffe that saw traditional Iberian foods take a sinister turn in English. Barcelona-native Naru spotted the
WATCH: Policeman dives off Madrid fountain to tackle man wielding machete
In a video, shared by the Jupol police union, seven officers can be seen surrounding the man, who stood in a fountain waving the large
PORKY PIES: Spain’s biggest jamon iberico distributor caught labelling Polish pork as from the ‘Alpujarras mountains’ in Granada
CARREFOUR supplier and Spain’s biggest distributor of jamon iberico, Comapa, have been accused of labelling Polish pork as from ‘La Alpujarra’ in Granada. The alarm