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Costa Blanca mayor claims €530 million government aid will ‘fall far short’ of funds needed to rebuild the Vega Baja following September’s deadly gota fría

THE mayor of Orihuela has pleaded with Spain’s central government to release more relief funds following the devastating September floods. Whilst reviewing the Vega Baja

20 Dec, 2019 @ 09:37

Costa Blanca·Environment

WEATHER WARNING: Spain’s Malaga hit by torrential rain – but there’s a Christmas gift around the corner

In Ronda and Axarquia, orange weather warnings have been issued after torrential downpours

19 Dec, 2019 @ 21:03

Lead·Malaga

Gibraltar takes far-right party VOX to court in Spain for ‘inciting hatred’ towards the Rock

FOUR leaders of the Spanish VOX party might need to answer to their own Spanish law courts on incitement to hatred charges.

19 Dec, 2019 @ 18:55

Gibraltar·Lead

Leading MEP supports EU citizenship for British expats in Spain as Brexit date looms

AN MEP has come out in strong defence of British expats in Europe ahead of Britain’s planned departure from the bloc next month. Guy Verhofstadt,

19 Dec, 2019 @ 17:54

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Politics

REVEALED: Young people in Spain hoping to leave home will have to spend over 94% of their salary on rent

PEOPLE under 30 in Spain have to spend more than 94% of their salary to live alone, shocking new figures have revealed. According to the

19 Dec, 2019 @ 17:14

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Property

WATCH: Dramatic moment boy, 4, saved from choking to death by police officer in southern Spain

THIS is the moment a quick thinking Policia Nacional agent saved a boy from choking this week. CCTV footage shows a woman – the boy’s

19 Dec, 2019 @ 16:32

Costa Blanca·Lead

Drug trafficker arrested at Spain’s Malaga airport while trying to smuggle narcotics into the UK

A MAN has been arrested at Malaga airport for allegedly trying to smuggle drugs into the UK. The 38-year-old was busted with 1.6 kilos of

19 Dec, 2019 @ 16:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Flash floods and landslides as Storm Elsa batters Spain’s Andalucia

STORM Elsa officially arrived to Spain’s Andalucia late last night. Strong winds and rains have been battering Huelva province since midnight with more than 30

19 Dec, 2019 @ 15:40

Huelva·Lead

Costa Blanca river less than a metre deep now being dredged, after flood sediment stopped navigation

GUARDAMAR authorities have started the second phase of the dredging of the Segura. The project is designed to extract sediments from the river at certain

19 Dec, 2019 @ 11:42

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Costa Blanca city linked with multi-national cash counterfeiting operation – 11 arrested

EUROPOL and Policia Nacional have arrested 11 people involved in a huge fake money scam operating across Europe. Five of the arrests were in Spain,

19 Dec, 2019 @ 08:05

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Cannabis cops mixed up in Mar Menor marijuana mountain

A PAIR of Spanish policemen are among 26 accused of bringing over two tonnes of drugs onto the Costa Blanca. All are up before Murcia’s

18 Dec, 2019 @ 22:04

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Storm Elsa arriving to Spain’s Malaga as Ronda, Axarquia and Costa del Sol placed on ORANGE alerts

SPAIN’S weather agency AEMET has issued an orange-level warning for rainfall in Malaga as storm Elsa continues to batter the country. The second-most severe warning

18 Dec, 2019 @ 15:48

Lead·Malaga

America applies to increase US military presence in Spain by 50%

If plans are approved, the new vessels will start to be deployed in 2022

18 Dec, 2019 @ 15:48

Lead·Politics

Inside Marbella’s new €1.6 million state-of-the-art surveillance centre ready to crackdown on local criminals and troublemakers heading to Spain’s Costa del Sol next summer

MARBELLA is cracking down on would-be criminals thanks to its new state-of-the-art video surveillance technology. According to the town hall, its new control and command

18 Dec, 2019 @ 15:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

British motorcyclist killed in head-on crash with fellow expat on Spain's Costa Blanca

Drunk truck driver zig zags all over A-7 motorway in Spain’s Marbella after consuming SIX TIMES the legal limit of alcohol

A TRUCK driver pulled over in Marbella last month was found to have consumed six times the legal limit for alcohol, police have revealed. The

18 Dec, 2019 @ 14:50

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Police arrest 15 in prostitution and trafficking raids across Axarquia

Police received a tip off that women from the former Soviet republic were forced into prostitution

18 Dec, 2019 @ 14:37

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Aparecen Miles De Peces Muertos En Una Playa De Salobrena

Thousands of dead fish wash up on beach in Spain’s Andalucia in biblical-style plague

“The fish have open mouths and spots along their bodies"

18 Dec, 2019 @ 14:13

Environment·Granada·Lead

Alarmed parents demand investigation after children served maggots and rotten fruit at school on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The concerned parents have now organised monthly tasting sessions of the school menu in order to monitor the quality of the food being served

18 Dec, 2019 @ 13:14

Lead

How To Keep Growing As A Professional

Adulthood is much different than how we perceived it at a younger age. It isn’t exactly all money and luxury trips to Europe every year.

18 Dec, 2019 @ 13:12

Business & Finance

Worker killed by industrial drill in Marbella tunnel this morning

The circumstances of the man’s death has now been reported to the Junta de Andalucia’s Occupational Risk Prevention Center

18 Dec, 2019 @ 11:16

Lead·Malaga

Farmer arrested after dumping DEAD worker in hospital who’d had heart attack during his first day picking olives in Spain’s Andalucia

He is then reported to have left him and fled, after which a doctor realised that the man he had dropped off was dead

18 Dec, 2019 @ 08:32

Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead

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DO YOU KNOW HER? Search underway for ‘kind-hearted’ British woman whose bicycle was stolen while clearing plastic waste from Denia beach

DENIA residents are searching for the identity of a British woman who had her bicycle stolen while collecting polystyrene waste washed on the city’s jetty.

18 Dec, 2019 @ 08:31

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

British pensioner, 78, found dead at Costa Blanca home as police undertake ‘psychiatric test’ on Spanish wife, 51

A BRITISH pensioner, age 78, has been discovered dead at his home in Denia on Spain’s Costa Blanca. The man, name unknown, had been dead

17 Dec, 2019 @ 16:05

Costa Blanca·Lead

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Deadly caterpillars could hit forest floors and gardens NEXT MONTH warns expert entomologist on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ENTOMOLOGIST has warned that lethal caterpillars capable of injuring children and killing pets could hit forest floors as early as next month. The pine

17 Dec, 2019 @ 10:19

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Features of a Franking Machine – and Why It Can Be Hugely Beneficial to a Business

In this age and day, it’s apparent that writing, which is one of the oldest forms of human communication, will never go out of style.

17 Dec, 2019 @ 10:13

Business & Finance

American man arrested at gunpoint while driving luxury car through Marbella’s Puerto Banus for ‘holding girlfriend against her will’ after ‘taking away her phone and credit cards’

AN American-Georgian man has been dramatically arrested at gunpoint while driving through Marbella’s Puerto Banus. The 33-year-old, who has dual nationality, was making laps of

17 Dec, 2019 @ 10:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

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Costa Blanca mayor claims €530 million government aid will ‘fall far short’ of funds needed to rebuild the Vega Baja following September’s deadly gota fría

WEATHER WARNING: Spain’s Malaga hit by torrential rain – but there’s a Christmas gift around the corner

Gibraltar takes far-right party VOX to court in Spain for ‘inciting hatred’ towards the Rock

Leading MEP supports EU citizenship for British expats in Spain as Brexit date looms

REVEALED: Young people in Spain hoping to leave home will have to spend over 94% of their salary on rent

WATCH: Dramatic moment boy, 4, saved from choking to death by police officer in southern Spain

Drug trafficker arrested at Spain’s Malaga airport while trying to smuggle narcotics into the UK

WATCH: Flash floods and landslides as Storm Elsa batters Spain’s Andalucia

Costa Blanca river less than a metre deep now being dredged, after flood sediment stopped navigation

Costa Blanca city linked with multi-national cash counterfeiting operation – 11 arrested

Cannabis cops mixed up in Mar Menor marijuana mountain

Storm Elsa arriving to Spain’s Malaga as Ronda, Axarquia and Costa del Sol placed on ORANGE alerts

America applies to increase US military presence in Spain by 50%

Inside Marbella’s new €1.6 million state-of-the-art surveillance centre ready to crackdown on local criminals and troublemakers heading to Spain’s Costa del Sol next summer

Drunk truck driver zig zags all over A-7 motorway in Spain’s Marbella after consuming SIX TIMES the legal limit of alcohol

WATCH: Police arrest 15 in prostitution and trafficking raids across Axarquia

Thousands of dead fish wash up on beach in Spain’s Andalucia in biblical-style plague

Alarmed parents demand investigation after children served maggots and rotten fruit at school on Spain’s Costa del Sol

How To Keep Growing As A Professional

Worker killed by industrial drill in Marbella tunnel this morning

Farmer arrested after dumping DEAD worker in hospital who’d had heart attack during his first day picking olives in Spain’s Andalucia

DO YOU KNOW HER? Search underway for ‘kind-hearted’ British woman whose bicycle was stolen while clearing plastic waste from Denia beach

British pensioner, 78, found dead at Costa Blanca home as police undertake ‘psychiatric test’ on Spanish wife, 51

Deadly caterpillars could hit forest floors and gardens NEXT MONTH warns expert entomologist on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Features of a Franking Machine – and Why It Can Be Hugely Beneficial to a Business

American man arrested at gunpoint while driving luxury car through Marbella’s Puerto Banus for ‘holding girlfriend against her will’ after ‘taking away her phone and credit cards’

Air traffic controllers in Spain begin indefinite strike action – here’s how travellers can avoid the chaos

EXPLAINER: What is a ‘super El Niño’ phenomenon – and will it make this summer Spain’s hottest yet?

Spain could sizzle like an oven this summer thanks to rare ‘super El Niño’ phenomenon – with warnings of extreme heat and record-breaking temperatures

Woman who helped ‘save hundreds of lives’ on Costa del Sol road to be honoured in Estepona

This beautiful and undiscovered beach in western Andalucia that ‘inspired Goya’ is getting noticed in the UK