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‘Carnage’ at Palma airport: Hours-long delays and families forced to sleep on the floor after severe storm rocks Spain’s Mallorca

BRITISH tourists have reported chaotic scenes at Palma airport including hours-long delays following a severe storm across Mallorca on Sunday. Pictures shared online show fed-up

28 Aug, 2023 @ 12:19

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

WATCH: Chairs and debris fly through the air while streets are turned into rapids during severe storm in Spain’s Mallorca

THIS is the moment a woman runs to safety as scores of chairs and debris come flying towards her during a dramatic storm on the

28 Aug, 2023 @ 10:53

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

MOUNTAIN VILLAGES: Escape to northern Spain

SPAIN’s northern mountains are never more beautiful than at the end of summer. And these mountain villages make a great base for drives, hikes and

27 Aug, 2023 @ 15:30

Exploring Spain·Olive Press Travel

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Three British men are arrested over ‘drugging and rape’ of woman, also British, at hotel in Spain’s Magaluf resort

THREE British tourists have been arrested after a woman was allegedly drugged and raped at a hotel in Magaluf. The trio were arrested on Friday

26 Aug, 2023 @ 06:07

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

New data shows the cities in Spain oversaturated with tourists as holidaymakers outnumber locals.

A STUDY by the vacation rental search engine, Holidu, analysed the places in Europe where over-tourism is a major problem and three of Spain’s cities

25 Aug, 2023 @ 20:00

Barcelona·Madrid·Sevilla

SOROLLA QUIZ: How much do you know about the renowned artist?

AUGUST 10, 2023 marked 100 years since Joaquin Sorolla passed away. The great impressionist painter is being remembered all over the world including major exhibitions

24 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

La Cultura·Other News

Buyers from the USA return to Sotogrande and Spain

AMERICANS are buying more properties in Spain and targeting areas like the Costa del Sol – either to retire there or to work as digital

24 Aug, 2023 @ 10:52

Andalucia·Property·Sponsored

EXC: British expat, 80, ‘is run over FOUR times by neighbour’ when he tried to stop him from drink driving on Spain’s Costa del Sol, as fellow Brit faces attempted murder charge

A RETIRED Royal Navy commando has miraculously survived being allegedly run over FOUR times by a ‘neighbour from hell’ on the Costa del Sol. David

23 Aug, 2023 @ 14:07

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Three Costa del Sol municipalities among the five most expensive places to rent a home in Spain

THREE Costa del Sol municipalities have been ranked among the five most expensive towns and cities to rent a property in Spain. Benahavis, Marbella and

23 Aug, 2023 @ 11:15

Andalucia·Estepona·Lead·Marbella·Property

Local artists host street photography exhibition of UK cities Manchester, London, Bristol and more

LOCAL street photographers have come together to showcase a collection of snaps taken in the heart of British cities. Including places like London, Manchester, Liverpool,

22 Aug, 2023 @ 10:15

Andalucia·La Cultura

Angela Rayner enjoys ’12-hour vodka-fuelled rave’ sessions during holiday to Spain – and reveals recipe for her ‘lethal’ signature cocktail

The deputy leader of the Labour Party, 43, said she just returned from the country last week

21 Aug, 2023 @ 19:00

Lead

PaddyPower removes ‘offensive’ Gibraltar post after complaint from Chief Minister

A SOCIAL media post by Paddy Power was deleted on Sunday after numerous complaints from Gibraltarians, including the Chief Minister, who called it ‘offensive’. In

21 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Gibraltar

Car ‘oozing blood from its boot’ sparks police panic in Spain – but all is not as it seems

Police rushed to the scene of a car that appeared to have blood oozing from its boot in the early hours of this morning. Policia

21 Aug, 2023 @ 12:09

Lead·Mallorca

WATCH: Brutal moment Spanish fans celebrate their 1-0 victory against England in bar filled with Brits on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THIS is the moment Spanish fans celebrated their 1-0 victory in the women’s football World Cup final on Sunday. The Lionesses failed to bring football

20 Aug, 2023 @ 15:29

Lead·Sport

Brits on the offensive: UK holidaymakers turn tables on Germans in Spain’s sunbed wars but who are the bad guys here?

BRITS have long mocked Germans for going to extreme lengths to ‘reserve’ the best spots by the pool but now the tables have been turned.

20 Aug, 2023 @ 14:16

Lead·National News

Architects from Spain’s Madrid selected to reimagine Dallas Museum of Art campus

FOLLOWING an international design competition, Madrid-based firm Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos was chosen by the Dallas Museum of Art in Texas to redesign its campus. Six

18 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Madrid·Property

Expat family is killed in horror collision with pop star’s van: Mother, father and 12-year-old son died instantly in crash while driving back to Spain’s Costa del Sol from a wedding in Portugal

The parents had been living in Manilva, a popular beachside town for British and other expats, for 25 years

17 Aug, 2023 @ 11:29

Lead·Malaga

Fake warnings of jellyfish, contaminated water and landslides to scare away British tourists from beaches and beauty spots in Spain’s Mallorca

FED-UP locals are putting up fake signs declaring beaches and beauty spots in Spain closed in a bid to keep out British tourists, it has

17 Aug, 2023 @ 10:33

Lead·Mallorca·Must Read

Forest fire in Spain’s Tenerife remains ‘out of control’: Huge 22km inferno has torn through at least 1,800 hectares as firefighters work through the night and homes are evacuated

A FOREST fire tearing through Tenerife remains ‘out of control’ after destroying more than 1,800 hectares of land across some 22km. The inferno has been

17 Aug, 2023 @ 01:07

Lead

Hippy crack ‘epidemic’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol: Expats and locals blast empty cans of ‘laughing gas’ and balloons left strewn across streets ‘every morning’

‘Hippy crack’, also known as ‘laughing gas’, is nitrous oxide that is inhaled via balloons to give the users a quick high

16 Aug, 2023 @ 14:47

Lead·Marbella

Three wanted paedophiles arrested in Spain after fleeing the US and hiding among expat communities: One fugitive, 23, was even studying at a university

THREE wanted paedophiles have been arrested in Spain after fleeing the US and hiding out among the expat community, it emerged today. A 71-year-old, a

16 Aug, 2023 @ 14:02

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

British girl, 18, ‘is gang raped by French tourists’ in Spain’s notorious Magaluf resort: Alleged attackers ‘recorded assault on their phones’ and ‘left victim with grip marks on her arms’

The 18-year-old told Guardia Civil that six men attacked her at around 5am on Monday morning

16 Aug, 2023 @ 11:10

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Spain leads the world’s cryptocurrency property market: Almost 300 homes are purchasable with Bitcoin or Ethereum in Marbella, Alicante and elsewhere

THE latest findings presented by Forex Suggest delves into the global property market to discover the countries dominating with the number of properties payable by

15 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

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