Watch: Man in Malaga falls off jet bridge onto tarmac in bid to reach missed plane
REGULAR AIR travellers will no doubt at some time have arrived too late for their flight, only to be faced with a closed gate. Few,
Three tourists walking half-naked around the streets spark outrage in MallorcaÂ
ANGRY Mallorcans have complained about three tourists walking around half-naked in Calvia (Mallorca). A residents’ association fed up with mass tourism in the municipality has
Twitter user in US receives thousands of responses after posting pictures of ‘Spanish-style homes’
ONCE AGAIN, an unsuspecting Twitter user has waded into a storm of controversy in Spain, merely by tweeting out pictures of what she described as
RosalÃa slams fellow singer from Spain after he shared a fake topless photo of her
SPANISH singing superstar Rosalia has slammed a fellow artist’s attempts to attract attention after he shared a faked topless photo of her on Instagram. Far
Four teens in Malaga videoed attack on youth and uploaded it to social media
FOUR teens have been arrested for allegedly uploading a video of an attack on another youngster in Malaga. They are believed to have shared a
A quarter of children in Spain say bullying went on at schools in previous academic year
A REPORT into bullying at schools in Spain reported 24.4% of students believing it went on at their institution in the 2021-22 academic year. The
Onion furore as farmer faces lawsuit for saying police officers stole vegetables in Spain’s Valencia
A Mislata farmer could end up in court after accusing Policia Local officers of stealing onions in the middle of last Saturday night. Police say
Almost two-thirds of people in Spain don’t trust social media for accurate political news
63.9% of people in Spain believe that political news and information obtained via social media networks is unreliable. 71.6% ‘agree or strongly agree’ that the
Did this Olive Press reporter just pull off the best April Fool’s prank on Spanish Twitter ever?
AS JAMIE Oliver found out when he put chorizo in paella, or The Times journalist Chris Haslam when he wrote a tongue-in-cheek column about how
Woman gets €211 service charge for fire crew preventing her suicide on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ALICANTE city council has waived a €211 charge levied on a young woman who was saved by a fire crew after threatening to take her
Court in Spain gives man one-year jail term for slapping wife during live TikTok stream
A MAN who assaulted his wife during a live broadcast via the social network TikTok has been sentenced to a year in prison by a
LOST IN THE MATRIX: With social networks and influencers affecting education, will the Spanish curriculum eventually go online?
IN the late 1980s, when I was a secondary school pupil in England, there were no smart devices. Phone calls were made from a landline
Why Netflix users in Spain will no longer be able to share their passwords with friends and family
THE DAYS of sharing your Netflix account with friends and family outside your own household are over in Spain. The streaming giant has just launched
Social network Twitter is to sack more than 80% of workforce in Spain
TWITTER is planning on sacking more than 80% of its workforce in Spain, as the company continues with the shake-up that began after it was
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Mother says ‘scary movie guy’ wanted to kidnap her child in Spain’s Castellon area
A woman says a ‘scary movie guy’ had his eyes on kidnapping her daughter- aged under two- when he tried to open their car door
Holiday property rental scam exposed in Mar Menor area of Spain
THREE scammers defrauded at least 15 people by taking deposits for bogus holiday properties in the Mar Menor area of Murcia. The trio- who pocketed
Pervert pretends to be Justin Bieber fan to trick girl into sending him nude photos in Spain’s Murcia
A Murcia man, 60, has plead guilty to grooming a girl by pretending to be a fan of pop star Justin Bieber in a ruse
Back to the future: How the Olive Press is combining old-fashioned news values with modern day social media
THE Olive Press team has decades of news experience under their belts. Some even started in the days of ‘hot metal’, bashing out stories via
Police officer becomes first person in Spain with criminal conviction for spreading ‘fake news’ on social media
A Guardia Civil officer has become the first person criminally convicted in Spain of spreading ‘fake news’. He used a social media account to falsely
Man in frenzied fatal stabbing of wife and young daughter at Madrid home in Spain
A 38-year-old man is in a Madrid area hospital after stabbing his wife, 29, and daughter, six, to death at their home. He tried unsuccessfully
Murcia man in Spain emerges from coffin dressed as Darth Vader to ask woman to marry him
IN what has to be one of the most original marriage proposals ever, a man in Murcia was filmed emerging from a coffin, dressed as
Five teenagers arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca for sexually blackmailing fellow youngsters
POLICIA NACIONAL officers have arrested five Elche area teenagers aged 16 and 17 for sexual blackmail. They allegedly threatened minors via social media, saying they
Hate crimes in Spain rise by 27% fuelled by pandemic and ‘radicalised’ political debate
A big rise in 2021 hate crime numbers was down to pandemic restrictions and ‘radicalised’ political debate according to the office of Spain’s Attorney General.
Man lies about being professional photographer to obtain child pornography on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN Elche man has been arrested for corrupting children and possessing child pornography. The Policia Nacional said the 25-year-old Spaniard found potential victims by going
WATCH: Two Spanish police officers in hot water over video showing them enjoying local fiesta a little too much
TWO officers have found themselves under investigation after a video showing them joining in local fiestas in Menorca over the weekend went viral. The pair