Drunken tourist three times over alcohol limit drives 10km WRONG WAY up dual carriageway in Spain’s Andalucia
“From rates higher than 0.75 milligrams per litre, the risk of having an accident can be multiplied by up to 15”
Mystery as body of female tourist found floating offshore on Spain’s Costa del Sol
AN investigation has been launched after the body of a female tourist was found floating off Spain’s Costa del Sol yesterday. The 51-year-old Chinese-born holidaymaker
Crucial Brexit meeting for British expats and businesses in Spain’s Rincon de la Victoria next week
The meeting is part of a programme that the British Consulate is conducting to help inform the expat communities
BASKETBALL: Epic all-Spanish clash between Baskonia and Barcelona ends 76-74 to close off first round of Euroleague
THIS week marks the start of the second round of the Euroleague – Europe’s top tier basketball competition
Gibraltar aware of a threat to sovereignty once Brexit transition talks start up after January 31
Gibraltar is ready to leave with no-deal if pressure on sovereignty is applied during forthcoming future trade relationship talks.
Marbella promenade to receive major upgrades while coastal path set to be extended in 2020
MARBELLA has announced a five-year conservation plan for its coastal promenades with a planned investment of €21.6 million. Much of the money will be spent
US beefs up military presence in tiny towns in Spain’s Andalucia after Trump’s drone killing of Iran General Soleimani
Dozens of large cargo aircraft have arrived in the largest deployment since the 2003 Gulf War
Woman hospitalised after struck in eye by airborne toy during Reyes Magos parade in Alicante
A 74-year-old woman has been hospitalised after a toy thrown during the cavalcade of the Three Kings struck her in the eye in Alicante. The incident occurred
Three-time presidential candidate and author of ‘Make Wealth Anywhere’ arrested for posing as UN president and raising money on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A SPANISH-NIGERIAN woman has been arrested on suspicion of fraud and misappropriation of funds after she was caught posing as a UN president on Spain’s
Man ‘kills wife and 3-year-old daughter’ in Spain’s first gender violence crime of 2020
A MAN has been arrested after allegedly killing his wife and young daughter in Spain. The unnamed 27-year-old is accused of murdering his wife, 28,
44-year-old plastic yoghurt pot found ‘intact’ on popular Costa Blanca beach
A 44-year-old plastic yoghurt pot has been found washed up on a popular Costa Blanca beachfront. The strawberry-flavoured Yoplait pot still bears its colourful marketing
Malaga court rules developers must pay back more than €11 MILLION for unfinished homes on Spain’s Costa del Sol
MALAGA courts have ruled that at least €11.1 million must be returned to buyers of unfinished homes. The almost historic amount corresponds to the countless
Spain’s Antonio Banderas loses out to Joker actor Joaquin Phoenix at Golden Globes in Los Angeles
LAST night on a starry night in Los Angeles Antonio Banderas had his fifth opportunity to finally win a Golden Globe, but it was again
REVEALED: When the AP-7 toll road between Estepona and Malaga will be free (and it’s not good news)
SEVERAL toll roads have become free from January 1 2020. This includes the AP-4 motorway between Sevilla and Cadiz and the AP-7 motorway between Tarragona,
Investigation launched after beach bar burns to the ground on Spain’s Costa del Sol
AN investigation has been launched after a beach bar went up in flames on Saturday. The Moliere Playa chiringuito in Torremolinos caught fire around noon.
Pedro Sanchez’s first bid to govern Spain fails in highly-charged investiture debate
PABLO Sanchez’s first bid to be installed as Spain’s prime minister has failed in a highly-charged investiture debate. Following Sanchez’s successful election win in November
Pregnant Spanish influencer in holocaust row after posing for Instagram snap captioned #babyintheoven at memorial to murdered jews
The caption is a reference to her second pregnancy – a girl – with husband Javier Ungria, which she announced in November
RICHES TO RAGS: How UK expat lost €400k in pension scam and bolted home, broke, in a caravan and facing nearly six-figure demands from the taxman
A FORMER British expat is battling punitive demands from the taxman after she lost her €400k pension pot in a Spanish scam and had to
In Spain three animals are abandoned every five minutes
The group also points to the recent surge in the adoption of pets, which it claims can actually help perpetuate the cycle of ‘animal abuse’
Spain’s Mediterranean diet crowned healthiest nutritional plan IN THE WORLD
Eating a Mediterranean diet could also help preserve kidney function in thousands of patients who have already had transplants
Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez FINALLY to form left-wing coalition PSOE-Podemos government after agreement with Catalan separatists
The move marks a breakthrough as the November 10 elections were dominated by the future of Catalunya
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY: These are the 12 national holidays in Spain and Andalucia in 2020
In Andalucia eight holidays fall on either a Friday or Monday
Spain employed almost 400,000 more people in 2019, but recorded worst increase for six years
Signs of exhaustion have been reported and a similarly weak decrease has also been registered in unemployment levels
189-seat passenger plane makes emergency landing on Spain’s Costa del Sol after its engine shuts down mid-flight
AN 189-seat passenger plane has been forced to make an emergency landing on the Costa del Sol. The Austrian Lauda aircraft was forced to turn
Dog dead and another near death after sick owner leaves them locked inside home for over TWO WEEKS in Spain’s Sevilla
A PET owner will have his day in court after abandoning two dogs in his Seville home, leading to the death of one of them.
REVEALED: The 29 Mercadona perfumes and colognes which smell like your designer favourites for €10 or less
WE all like to smell good but sometimes the designer perfumes and colognes we love just cost too much. Well, we’re not alone, it seems,