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Sotogrande sports buff James Stewart has played golf with US presidents and cricket for the MCC all while being the local Savills kingpin for decades

MUCH of James Stewart’s life has hinged around sports. After batting for the MCC, the Costa del Sol and East Malaysia, he turned his hand

11 Aug, 2019 @ 09:39

Discover a pure Andalucian art form with flamenco at Sevilla’s iconic Casa de la Guitarra

“To ‘have duende’ is to have soul. It is the emotions of the artist converted into pure art. Their talent borders on perfection, it is

11 Aug, 2019 @ 09:00

La Cultura·Lead·Sevilla

REVEALED: The five top-earning cultural sites in Spain’s Andalucia

THE Junta de Andalucia has raked in over €1 million from non-EU visitors at attractions like Ronda’s Arab Baths, new figures have revealed. Malaga’s Roman

10 Aug, 2019 @ 15:03

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

IN PICS: 19th century Denia was the centre of a ‘thriving trade’ in raisins with UK as main importer

RED boxes of Sun-Maid raisins are almost synonymous with raisins in the UK. But this is how boxes of raisins would have looked to British

10 Aug, 2019 @ 11:28

Andalucia among WORST for paying freelancers on time in Spain with some areas averaging delays of more than 500 days

FREELANCERS in Andalucia have to wait more than 100 days, on average, to get paid – over three times the legal max. Of the seven

10 Aug, 2019 @ 10:53

Business & Finance·Lead

Sotogrande is a magnet for big spenders and a seasonal fleet of pleasure boats

KNOWN as the ‘little Venice of the Mediterranean,’ Sotogrande’s famous marina is home to an armada of mega yachts. Bluer than blue and complete with

10 Aug, 2019 @ 10:00

Cadiz·Celebrity·Lead

No deal Brexit will cost Spain tens of thousands of jobs, study warns

A NO-deal Brexit on October 31 would cause the loss of 1.2 million jobs across Europe, including 70,410 in Spain, according to a newly-released study

10 Aug, 2019 @ 08:46

Business & Finance·Lead·Politics

Trial for British man accused of running over pedestrians along the Costa del Sol’s ‘Golden Mile’

Marcus Stewart, 29, from Coventry had been arrested by armed police after he collided head on with a car carry an 18-day-old baby

9 Aug, 2019 @ 15:40

Crime & Law·Lead

Andalucia is best place to have sex in Spain for fifth year in row, study finds

The study of 18-35-year-olds, conducted through online questionnaires, revealed that six out of 10 Spaniards have sex once a week or less frequently

9 Aug, 2019 @ 15:29

Health·Lead

Ryanair pilots in Spain threaten strike as unrest over job cuts spreads

The budget airline had angered unions after boss Michael O'Leary told staff the company had 900 more pilots and crew than it needed

9 Aug, 2019 @ 14:10

Lead·Travel News

French tourist arrested in Spain after British woman ‘raped and threatened with drowning’ on popular resort beach

This latest incident comes after an 18-year-old British girl also alleged she was raped at the resort

9 Aug, 2019 @ 13:17

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Costa del Sol fish business suing Spain after police chucked out 24 tonnes of its sardines in failed drugs bust

A police report of the probe stated: “There is no element of interest in the boxes”

9 Aug, 2019 @ 11:27

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga

Valencian Community expects highest-temperatures EVER as whole region on weather alert this Friday

THE Valencian Community is expecting to see its temperature record broken today as the whole region is put on hot weather alert. Manises, near Valencia

9 Aug, 2019 @ 10:59

Costa Blanca·Lead

Homebuyers are spending more in Sotogrande this year in good sign for 2019

WHO would have thought the weather would have been one of the main reasons the property market has been a bit up and down over

9 Aug, 2019 @ 09:54

Cadiz·Lead·Property

Why Sotogrande is more than the sum of its understated parts

ETCHED gracefully into the crown of Spain’s southern coast, Sotogrande shines bright like a diamond without ever being flashy. The country’s largest privately-owned residential ‘super-state’

8 Aug, 2019 @ 19:04

Lead·Travel News

Stars and ensembles of crickets come complementary with the hand-made Mongolian yurts at Yurtas Pepita on the Costa Blanca

I was skeptical I would see any stars as I turned down the bumpy dirt tracks of Chella, just outside the 30,000-strong town of Xativa.

8 Aug, 2019 @ 18:43

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Girl, 14, leaps onto balcony clothesline screaming ‘my father wants to rape me’ before neighbours break down the door in Valencia

A TEENAGE girl has risked death by leaping onto a balcony clothesline from her fourth-floor apartment in Valencia. The teen, 14, reportedly screamed ‘my father

8 Aug, 2019 @ 17:44

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Guardia Civil’s neat trick to quickly cool down the oven-hot air in your car in summer

GUARDIA Civil have issued a useful tip to cool down the baking-hot air that accumulates in parked cars in summer. The advice, issued via the

8 Aug, 2019 @ 17:07

Lead

MADRE MIA! Experts blame ‘job security’ as Spain sees highest proportion of over-40 first-time mothers in the EU

SPAIN has the highest proportion of over-40 first-time mothers in the EU as experts blame ‘job security’. Based on 2017 data from the EU’s statistics

8 Aug, 2019 @ 16:42

Health·Lead

Spain’s longest slide permanently removed from Costa del Sol after riders left bruised and burned

THE notorious longest slide in Spain has been removed from the Costa del Sol, following numerous accidents. The 38-metre chute, which closed after its riders

8 Aug, 2019 @ 16:33

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Babies among hundreds stranded on rescue ship as Amnesty International calls on Spain to intervene

A week after they were rescued from the Mediterranean, the 121 people, including 30 children and two babies remain aboard the overcrowded vessel

8 Aug, 2019 @ 15:26

Lead

WATCH: Shocking moment street seller stabs police chief on beach in front of tourists in Spain’s Andalucia

Other officers and a holidaymaker then pounced on the man, before he was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

8 Aug, 2019 @ 13:59

Crime & Law·Huelva·Lead

Costa Blanca daredevil killed after parachute failed to open in 150ft fall from cement factory in Alicante

A DAREDEVIL who snuck into an Alicante cement factory in the dead of night to jump from a 150ft chimney died after his parachute partially-opened.

8 Aug, 2019 @ 13:10

Costa Blanca·Lead

WATCH: British Ambassador to Spain Simon Manley praises expats in farewell speech but warns ‘GET REGISTERED’ before Brexit

After taking up his post in 2013, Manley is set to be replaced by Hugh Elliott on Monday August 19

8 Aug, 2019 @ 12:21

Lead·National News·Politics

More than 50km of cycle lanes planned for Spain’s Costa del Sol SCRAPPED by Government

Meanwhile the regional budgets for this year have earmarked a further €8.7 million for cycling lanes in Cadiz

8 Aug, 2019 @ 11:37

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Who wouldn’t want to buy in Sotogrande when it’s half the price of Marbella?

FEW people know Sotogrande better. Consuelo Silva has been helping people find the right properties in Sotogrande for 20 years. And she still thinks it

8 Aug, 2019 @ 09:46