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Vandals chuck white paint over municipal vehicle sent to control illegal dumping of waste on Spain’s Costa Blanca

IN a shocking twist of irony, vandals have thrown white paint over a government vehicle sent to control illegal dumping of waste in a Costa

29 Jul, 2019 @ 17:32

Costa Blanca·Lead

Ronaldo adds Costa del Sol mansion to his property empire with move next door to Conor McGregor in Marbella

Ronaldo's new high tech villa has a LED driveway, private gym, cinema room and infinity pool

29 Jul, 2019 @ 17:07

Celebrity·Lead·Property·Sport

IN PICS: Special doggy ice cream now available at parlour on Spain’s Costa del Sol

It has no fat, according to the creator, who spent two months working on getting the consistency right

29 Jul, 2019 @ 15:37

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Real Madrid block Gareth Bale’s €1 million-a-week transfer to Chinese club, despite Zidane ‘wanting him gone’

Bale still has three years left on his contract with the Bernabeu club, where he has made just 79 La Liga starts in the previous

29 Jul, 2019 @ 14:59

Lead·Sport

SHOCKING: Bull with flaming horns escapes enclosure before falling down ravine in Valencia

THIS video shows the shocking moment a bull with flaming horns broke loose from its enclosure and charged into a ravine in Sagunto, near Valencia.

29 Jul, 2019 @ 12:41

Costa Blanca·Lead

‘Intoxicated’ British couple arrested and their three young kids taken into care before flight from Gibraltar

Cops removed the kids from their tanked-up mum and dad, transferring them to social services

29 Jul, 2019 @ 12:07

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Inside luxury Spanish bolthole where Stephen Lawrence suspect lived while on the run

THIS is the luxury Spanish hideaway where Stephen Lawrence murder suspect Jamie Acourt hid from British drugs cops for two years. Acourt – one of

29 Jul, 2019 @ 12:01

Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: British ambassador Simon Manley’s Brexit update for UK nationals in Spain ahead of live Q&A tomorrow

Manley warned expats that they must ensure they are 'properly registered' before the expected EU departure date on October 31

29 Jul, 2019 @ 11:21

Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·Politics

Elderly British hiker dies in cliff fall after getting separated from group in southern Spain

An investigation is now underway and the results of a post-mortem are expected today

29 Jul, 2019 @ 11:03

Lead

Premier League – Early Predictions

FOOTBALL fans are eagerly awaiting the official start of the Premier League 2019-2020 season that kicks off in a few days. Hope, anticipation, joy, and

29 Jul, 2019 @ 09:40

Sport

UK historical group slams Malaga for plans to mostly destroy medieval Moorish ruins to make way for metro upgrades

A UK-based historical group has blasted Malaga city’s decision to only preserve ‘some’ of the elements of a recently discovered medieval metropolis. The International History

28 Jul, 2019 @ 12:09

Lead·Malaga·Property

Foreign demand for Spanish homes is cooling off for the first time since the market’s 2010 recovery

FOREIGN demand is showing a marked slowdown for the first time since 2010, new statistics have suggested. As reported on Spanish Property Insight, after some

28 Jul, 2019 @ 10:04

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Property

Spain’s tapas favourites which double as cancer fighting superfoods

Recent studies by a team of researchers at Almeria University have even linked gazpacho and salmorejo, Andalucian tapa staples, to helping prevent the development of

28 Jul, 2019 @ 08:53

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

MUST TRY: Tanqueray’s new orange gin inspired by Spain’s Sevilla

The use of Sevilla oranges goes back to the distillers’ roots when founder Charles Tanqueray used these world-famous fruits in his original 1830s recipe

27 Jul, 2019 @ 16:48

Food & Drink·Lead·Sevilla

Brit suffered neck injury on Aqualandia’s Splash just a MONTH before David Briffaut, 23, was left paralysed

A BRITISH tourist has told the Olive Press how he suffered a neck injury just one month before David Briffaut was left paralysed on Aqualandia’s

27 Jul, 2019 @ 13:59

Costa Blanca·Lead

Access a UK GP from your Home Abroad

With the uncertainties of Brexit you need to know that you can access healthcare any time you need. GP On Demand can give expats access

27 Jul, 2019 @ 10:22

Health

Infinity pools, romance and why DDG Retreat is the best secret escape on the Costa del Sol

WITH the shimmering hills of the protected Sierra Crestellina reflecting in the deep end and a glass of cold bubbly in hand in the shallow

27 Jul, 2019 @ 09:09

Entertainment·Lead·Travel News

SOUP-ER FOOD: Typical Spanish dish helps fight killer cancer cells, new study finds

Results showed that gazpacho not only stopped cell growth, but that it could induce so-called programmed cell death

27 Jul, 2019 @ 09:01

Health·Lead

SPEEDY GONZALEZ: Valencia’s 2018 marathon champ caught running off with stolen clothes and a robot vacuum

VALENCIA’S 2018 regional marathon champion has been implicated in a string of thefts for which he uses his prodigious legs to run from the law.

26 Jul, 2019 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Costa Blanca residents furious as beaches are ‘closed off’ by piles of putrefying posidonia seagrass

RESIDENTS have taken to social media to express disgust over piles of posidonia seagrass so thick they ‘can’t get to the sea’. One resident in

26 Jul, 2019 @ 17:50

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

RELIEF: Cool air to hit the Costa Blanca this Sunday with temperatures dropping to 30°C

THE heatwaves throughout July felt like they would never end. But relief is on the horizon as a ‘temperature drop’ is expected to hit Alicante

26 Jul, 2019 @ 16:51

Costa Blanca·Lead

Thermal drones and dozens of extra police sworn in to Marbella for summer madness as population to TRIPLE

Forces will intensify their surveillance in Puerto Banus and Marbella port, the most popular spots for rowdy tourists

26 Jul, 2019 @ 14:04

Crime & Law·Lead

Valencia to have ‘Miami’ temperatures by 2050

VALENCIA will experience temperatures similar to those currently enjoyed in Miami by 2050, according to a study on climate change. The median annual temperature will

26 Jul, 2019 @ 13:58

Environment·Lead

Ryanair refuse British nurse a flight home from Alicante after her ‘swollen face’ didn’t match passport picture

RYANAIR has refused boarding to a British nurse after her face swelled up and no longer matched her passport picture. Shannon Wotherspoon, 24, was stranded

26 Jul, 2019 @ 13:12

Costa Blanca·Lead