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WATCH: The Olive Press reports live from Barcelona where six are injured and 91 flights cancelled during ‘worst windstorm in 15 years’

BARCELONA has officially declared a state of emergency as Storm Nils batters the province with hurricane-force winds that have left six people injured and grounded

12 Feb, 2026 @ 13:23

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Weather

Warning for Airbnb hosts in Andalucia as new digital snoop force to use AI and electricity bills to sniff out illegal listings

THE days of rogue holiday landlords flying under the radar in Andalucia may be numbered as a new elite ‘digital snoop force’ begins operations. Authorities

12 Feb, 2026 @ 13:20

Andalucia·Lead·Property·Travel News

WATCH: Alarming new footage shows Malaga’s Montejaque dam at just 26cm from overflowing into the Guadiaro valley

ALARMING new footage shows Malaga’s Montejaque dam filled with water which is just 26cm from overflowing into the Guadiaro valley. The video was shared soon

12 Feb, 2026 @ 13:16

Lead·Malaga

The biggest killers in Andalucia as chronic diseases still send most people to the morgue

NEW data has revealed Andalucia’s biggest killers and shown that it is still chronic diseases that send most people to the morgue. Most of these

12 Feb, 2026 @ 13:15

Andalucia·Health·Lead

Man arrested after 19-year-old is stabbed in Estepona nightclub confrontation

A NIGHT out turned into a scene of horror after a 19-year-old man was stabbed in the stomach during a blazing row at a Costa

12 Feb, 2026 @ 13:03

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

January gone was second gloomiest on record in Spain

SPAIN experienced its second darkest January on record in 2026 since records began in 1982, with the least sunlight since 1996. In a month where

12 Feb, 2026 @ 13:00

Lead·Weather

Extraordinary’ red alert issued with Storm Oriana to lash Spain with 9m monster waves – but could this finally be winter's last hurrah?

‘Extraordinary’ red alert issued with Storm Oriana to lash Spain with 10m monster waves – but could this finally be winter’s last hurrah?

THE Basque Country in northern Spain is on red alert on Thursday for sea waves of up to 10 metres coupled with a yellow warning

12 Feb, 2026 @ 12:31

Lead·National News·Weather

‘Catch me if you can’: The fabulous lies of a con artist who treated patients as a fake nurse in Malaga for FIVE YEARS using stolen ID

A MAN has been arrested in Malaga after posing as a qualified nurse for more than five years, reportedly securing contracts across both public and

12 Feb, 2026 @ 12:15

Almeria·Health·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: How huge narco network used cars with secret compartments to smuggle tonnes of cocaine from Andalucia to Madrid

A MAJOR cocaine trafficking network in Spain hid vast quantities of drugs inside specially adapted vehicles with secret compartments capable of carrying up to 160

12 Feb, 2026 @ 11:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Malaga

Schools shut, trains suspended and medical appointments axed in Catalunya as Storm Nils unleashes ‘unprecedented’ 140km/h wind blast

AUTHORITIES in Catalunya have suspended all educational and sporting activities plus non-urgent healthcare procedures as the region braces for what officials believe to be the

12 Feb, 2026 @ 10:04

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Weather

3 bedroom Apartment for sale in Manilva with pool – € 265,000

This elevated ground floor offers a pleasant living environment, bathed in sunlight from morning to evening thanks to its full south-facing orientation. The atmosphere is

12 Feb, 2026 @ 10:01

Featured Property by ThinkSPAIN·Property

Stormy winter surges water levels in key Malaga reservoirs – in a silver lining amid the devastation wrought by Atlantic storms

STORM-FUELLED reservoirs have swelled to nearly double their usual size in Malaga – in a rare silver lining after weeks of relentless stormy weather across

11 Feb, 2026 @ 18:50

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Weather

Four remarkable Spanish women – A gallega painter and a malagueña philosopher; a child and a tennis star

MARISOL Even today, sixty years after her heyday, “Marisol” is well-known to everyone in Spain. That toothy grin, that big voice – and such

11 Feb, 2026 @ 18:00

La Cultura·Lead

Fresh flood fears for Malaga as Storm Nils set to drench the Serrania de Ronda – and overflow the Montejaque dam?

FRESH extreme flood fears have gripped the Guadiaro Valley today as a new Atlantic storm is forecast to hit the region on Friday. Meteorologists have

11 Feb, 2026 @ 17:50

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Weather

Entire hotel on the Costa del Sol is evicted after scammers 'from Middle East' hijack resort in €3m fraud

The Hotel Vistamar on the Costa del Sol is evicted after scammers ‘from Middle East’ hijack resort in €3m fraud

SIX people alleged to have illegally taken over Benalmadena’s Vistamar hotel- defrauding the owner of around €3 million- have been arrested by the Policia Nacional.

11 Feb, 2026 @ 17:00

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Malaga’s Montejaque dam: How a 100-year-old engineering mistake has come back to haunt the Guadiaro Valley

FOR a century, it has been a local laughing stock. A ‘Ghost Dam’ that held no water, a monument to a Swiss engineer’s spectacular oversight.

11 Feb, 2026 @ 16:21

Andalucia·Green·Lead·Malaga

Spain’s right-wing PP makes surprise call for La Linea to be included in Costa del Sol train line – as removal of border with Gibraltar set to create 100,000 conurbation

SPAIN’S right-wing Popular Party (PP) has called for La Línea de la Concepción to be included in the planned Costa del Sol coastal railway. The

11 Feb, 2026 @ 15:30

Business & Finance·Costa del Sol·Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Shock retrial for freed Madeleine McCann suspect expected after German judge is slammed for her ‘shambolic’ ruling

A DAMNING 44-page ruling has been submitted to Germany’s Court of appeal over the handling of a court case against Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner.

11 Feb, 2026 @ 15:18

Crime & Law·Lead

Costa del Sol under yellow alert yet again ahead of fresh storms to hit on Friday

STORM-weary residents along the Malaga coast are facing yet another weather warning as AEMET issues a yellow alert for dangerous coastal conditions lasting more than

11 Feb, 2026 @ 14:43

Lead·Malaga·Weather

Urgent plea for help and donations for two devastated towns cut off by flooding near the Costa del Sol

TWO Andalucian towns that were cut off during Storm Leonardo are urgently appealing for help. The Costa del Sol’s neighbours, El Secadero de Casares and

11 Feb, 2026 @ 14:30

Andalucia·Lead·Weather

Travel chaos on the Costa del Sol continues as Malaga to Fuengirola line cancels a dozen trains already today

RAILWAY strikes in Malaga have left thousands of commuters stranded for a third consecutive day, disrupting rush-hour travel across the city’s Cercanias network. Renfe’s local

11 Feb, 2026 @ 14:00

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Paragliding tragedy leaves tourist dead off coast of Spanish holiday island

A BODY believed to be that of the missing paraglider was recovered off the coast of Tenerife after emergency services battled rough seas and high

11 Feb, 2026 @ 14:00

Lead·Tenerife

Police find massive stash of stolen bicycles and electric scooters inside Costa Blanca house

Massive stash of stolen bicycles and electric scooters found inside Costa Blanca house

A BIG stash of stolen bicycles and electric scooters has been discovered by the Guardia Civil inside a Torrevieja house. A 45-year-old man has been

11 Feb, 2026 @ 13:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Hundreds to walk in memory of British mum, 35, allegedly killed by her husband in shocking Costa del Sol tragedy

HUNDREDS from across Malaga province are set to gather for a charity walk in memory of a British mother-of-three allegedly killed by her husband in

11 Feb, 2026 @ 12:00

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga

New €650m, 200-room Four Seasons Hotel in Marbella takes another step forwards on sprawling site near El Pinar

MARBELLA’S long-delayed Four Seasons project has taken another step forward after the town hall approved €9 million in urbanisation works for the El Pinar site

11 Feb, 2026 @ 11:54

Business & Finance·Hotels·Lead·Marbella·Property

British mother, 25, camping on the beach arrested in Marbella after baby tests positive for cocaine

A COUPLE including a British woman have been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Marbella after their baby tested positive for cocaine. The SUR newspaper

11 Feb, 2026 @ 10:57

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

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