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CANNED: British gang busted smuggling drugs in olives and beer from Spain’s Costa del Sol

SEVERAL British individuals have been arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs by using their drink businesses as a cover. Policia Nacional had been tracking a British

2 Jan, 2020 @ 19:31

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

EasyJet passenger dies on board flight from Spain’s Costa Blanca to UK on New Year’s Day

Cabin crew had also requested that emergency crews stand by upon landing, but the passenger was already dead when the plane touched down

2 Jan, 2020 @ 16:28

Costa Blanca·Lead

Three men arrested after police caught them red-handed loading 2,000 kilos of hash into van on THIS beach on Spain’s Costa del Sol

In total 56 bundles of hash were also seized

2 Jan, 2020 @ 16:17

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

The 8 best Spanish restaurants to visit in Marbella’s San Pedro de Alcantara in 2020

SAN Pedro de Alcantara has been making a name for itself in the food stakes for years now. Just west of Puerto Banus, the town

2 Jan, 2020 @ 15:47

Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga

British man dies in house fire at upmarket urbanization on Spain’s Costa del Sol

This death is the third from fires in Andalucia in a three-day period

2 Jan, 2020 @ 15:33

Cadiz·Lead

Bullring in Spain’s Andalucia offers bullfighting workshops to children THIS WEEKEND

Only 29% of the population support bullfighting, and three quarters of the population have not attended a fight in the past five years

2 Jan, 2020 @ 14:52

Cordoba·La Cultura·Lead

British man is ‘important’ witness in investigation into how dad and two kids died in swimming pool on Spain’s Costa del Sol

“By the time assistance came, the three of them were under the water”

2 Jan, 2020 @ 14:19

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spain to Falklands squid trade could be devastated by Brexit, warn fishermen

“Politicians in Spain and Britain are doing nothing and we are walking off a cliff”

2 Jan, 2020 @ 10:56

Food & Drink·Lead·Politics

British man arrested after ‘ripping’ €23.5 million Picasso painting depicting Spanish artist’s lover Dora Maar

Malaga-born Pablo Picasso created the piece, which portrays his lover Dora Maar in Nazi-occupied Paris

1 Jan, 2020 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·National News

WHO ARE the British nationals in Spain handed medals by Queen in 2020 New Year Honour list?

The services these honours recipients perform stretch from business to community work, and of course, charity

31 Dec, 2019 @ 19:10

Lead·National News

The history of Telemark – one of the Sierra Nevada’s oldest ski companies – has roots as far back as 1912

The company also runs amazing wilderness trips that literally end up in another world...

31 Dec, 2019 @ 16:48

Granada·Travel News

It’s likely to be a more settled 2020, but there are issues to be solved for Marbella’s property market, writes Chris Clover of the coast’s longest established agent Panorama Properties

May I take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy, productive and positive 2020!

31 Dec, 2019 @ 16:17

Malaga·Property

Pascual Ski in Spain’s Sierra Nevada is the perfect place to pick up your kit before you head for the slopes

“We can do repairs that people might think are impossible and we take particularly care of the boots we rent out”

31 Dec, 2019 @ 15:32

Granada·Travel News

Cordoba ‘suffering’ from rural depopulation crisis as Spain becomes one of most sparsely populated areas in Europe

As younger generations are leaving, the birth rate declines and the villages are literally dying out

31 Dec, 2019 @ 15:06

Cordoba·Lead

THESE are the Gibraltarians awarded medals in Queen’s New Year’s Honours List

The decade’s final year has been a roller coaster ride for Gibraltar

31 Dec, 2019 @ 13:21

Gibraltar·Lead

Police close investigation into swimming pool deaths of British dad and kids on Spain’s Costa del Sol, concluding ‘family could not swim’

The spokesperson added that there is no accountability on the part of Club La Costa World

31 Dec, 2019 @ 12:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

What You Need to Know About CBD Oil in 2020

CBD oil has leaked into just about every corner of the natural medicine and health foods industry, and there’s no signs that the spreading will

31 Dec, 2019 @ 10:07

Health

MIGRANT CRISIS: How an unexpected encounter on a beach in Spain’s Almeria put ‘first world problems’ into perspective

So far this year, 317 people have drowned in the Strait of Gibraltar

31 Dec, 2019 @ 09:30

Almeria

British mum found dead by her dad on family holiday to Spain was ‘attacked’ just weeks earlier

"It is possible her death’s linked to an injury she suffered during the assault"

31 Dec, 2019 @ 09:00

Crime & Law·Lead

APRÈS SCOFF: There are mountains of good places to eat in Spain’s Sierra Nevada, writes Jon Clarke

Excellent dishes this season include a ceviche of scallops in a bloody Mary sauce and an amazing false risotto with coconut milk, kimchi and prawn

30 Dec, 2019 @ 17:32

Food & Drink·Olive Press Travel

Early dyslexia diagnosis could help children with the condition get help faster, says Gibraltar support group

Young children could be tested as early as six-years-old with informative courses now available online for educators as part of Dyslexia Pledge.

30 Dec, 2019 @ 16:59

Gibraltar

Brussels gives Spain an ultimatum over its toll roads

‘THEY SPIT ON US’: Toll booth worker in Spain’s Andalucia reveals ‘brutal’ campaign of abuse from drivers who don’t want to pay

It comes as two Andalucian tolls are to be scrapped, meaning the staff member and 135 of his colleagues will be left jobless

30 Dec, 2019 @ 16:29

Lead

WATCH: Police catch drug smugglers at gun-point in dramatic Costa Calida raid

GUARDIA Civil have dismantled at gun-point a drug smuggling gang in the Mar Menor region of Murcia. Investigations began in September, when the number of

30 Dec, 2019 @ 13:37

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

The mother of the Spanish swimming pool victims says her daughter attended swimming lessons ‘one week’ before Costa del Sol holiday

THE British mother who watched three members of her family drown in a Costa del Sol pool on Christmas Eve has said her daughter, aged

30 Dec, 2019 @ 12:51

Costa Blanca·Lead

Two men arrested in Spain after pig tied to fence and beaten up with sledgehammer before vet forced to put it down

A vet was forced to put down the animal after it sustained severe bleeding from several wounds

30 Dec, 2019 @ 11:35

Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Terrorist group Al Qaeda claims responsibility for Spanish theatre stabbing

Shocking footage, broadcast live, shows two knifemen storm the stage, before they randomly attack the actors

30 Dec, 2019 @ 10:45

Crime & Law·Lead

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CANNED: British gang busted smuggling drugs in olives and beer from Spain’s Costa del Sol

EasyJet passenger dies on board flight from Spain’s Costa Blanca to UK on New Year’s Day

Three men arrested after police caught them red-handed loading 2,000 kilos of hash into van on THIS beach on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The 8 best Spanish restaurants to visit in Marbella’s San Pedro de Alcantara in 2020

British man dies in house fire at upmarket urbanization on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Bullring in Spain’s Andalucia offers bullfighting workshops to children THIS WEEKEND

British man is ‘important’ witness in investigation into how dad and two kids died in swimming pool on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Spain to Falklands squid trade could be devastated by Brexit, warn fishermen

British man arrested after ‘ripping’ €23.5 million Picasso painting depicting Spanish artist’s lover Dora Maar

WHO ARE the British nationals in Spain handed medals by Queen in 2020 New Year Honour list?

The history of Telemark – one of the Sierra Nevada’s oldest ski companies – has roots as far back as 1912

It’s likely to be a more settled 2020, but there are issues to be solved for Marbella’s property market, writes Chris Clover of the coast’s longest established agent Panorama Properties

Pascual Ski in Spain’s Sierra Nevada is the perfect place to pick up your kit before you head for the slopes

Cordoba ‘suffering’ from rural depopulation crisis as Spain becomes one of most sparsely populated areas in Europe

THESE are the Gibraltarians awarded medals in Queen’s New Year’s Honours List

Police close investigation into swimming pool deaths of British dad and kids on Spain’s Costa del Sol, concluding ‘family could not swim’

What You Need to Know About CBD Oil in 2020

MIGRANT CRISIS: How an unexpected encounter on a beach in Spain’s Almeria put ‘first world problems’ into perspective

British mum found dead by her dad on family holiday to Spain was ‘attacked’ just weeks earlier

APRÈS SCOFF: There are mountains of good places to eat in Spain’s Sierra Nevada, writes Jon Clarke

Early dyslexia diagnosis could help children with the condition get help faster, says Gibraltar support group

‘THEY SPIT ON US’: Toll booth worker in Spain’s Andalucia reveals ‘brutal’ campaign of abuse from drivers who don’t want to pay

WATCH: Police catch drug smugglers at gun-point in dramatic Costa Calida raid

The mother of the Spanish swimming pool victims says her daughter attended swimming lessons ‘one week’ before Costa del Sol holiday

Two men arrested in Spain after pig tied to fence and beaten up with sledgehammer before vet forced to put it down

WATCH: Terrorist group Al Qaeda claims responsibility for Spanish theatre stabbing

Revealed: Over half of Barcelona’s young residents are born abroad – as Catalan separatists sound alarm over loss of cultural identity

Spain locks down poultry farms to avoid spread of avian flu by migrating birds

‘Superbugs’ could cause more deaths than cancer by 2050 in Spain

The McGrail Report – Josef K: Between dystopia, depression and redemption in Gibraltar, writes F Oliva

Police dismantle sex exploitation gang that abused foreign women on Costa Blanca