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Fears of new ‘wolf pack’ as four men are arrested over attack on girl in Pamplona – nine years after horrific assault during Spain’s Running of the Bulls

FOUR men have been arrested over an alleged gang rape of a young woman at a university party in Pamplona – sparking fears of another

29 Oct, 2025 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Chaos in Sevilla as ‘tropical storm’ floods hospital, traps schoolchildren and shuts down Spain’s fourth largest city

SEVILLA has been thrown into chaos after a torrential downpour described by locals as a “tropical storm” flooded parts of the city on Wednesday. The

29 Oct, 2025 @ 15:54

Andalucia·Lead·Sevilla·Weather

Valencia president Carlos Mazon admits there were 'things that should have worked better' a year ago before and after October 29 floods

Valencia president Carlos Mazon admits ‘things should have worked better’ in handling of deadly October 29 floods that killed 229

VALENCIAN president Carlos Mazon has acknowledged that ‘things should have worked better’ during a speech on the first anniversary of the October 29 floods. 229

29 Oct, 2025 @ 15:15

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Students in Malaga call for heads of school bosses who ‘ignored bullying that led to suicide of 15-year-old girl in Sevilla’ during mass protests

HUNDREDS of students took to Malaga’s streets this week to protest against school bullying as part of a nationwide strike sparked by a Sevilla schoolgirl’s

29 Oct, 2025 @ 14:30

Lead·Malaga

Spain’s Emeritus King, Juan Carlos, says he gave the ‘people democracy, it is my legacy’

EXILED Emeritus King, Juan Carlos, has said that democracy is the ‘legacy he left to Spain’ in his memoir to be published in France next

29 Oct, 2025 @ 13:45

Lead·National News

Exposed: Taxi drivers are arrested for using ‘mafia tactics’ to gouge prices at Sevilla airport

Finnish man, 26, is arrested for ‘groping female taxi driver from behind, apologising – and then doing it again’ during car ride on the Costa del Sol

A FINNISH man has been arrested on the Costa del Sol after allegedly groping a female taxi driver twice during a late-night ride in Mijas.

29 Oct, 2025 @ 13:15

Costa del Sol·Lead

BBVA bank bosses in Spain to reduce compulsory redundacies after one-day strike

Spain’s BBVA becomes fourth Spanish company to break the €100 billion mark – just weeks after the failure of its Sabadell hostile takeover

BBVA has reached a market value of more than €100 billion for the first time, just two weeks after its attempted takeover of Banco Sabadell

29 Oct, 2025 @ 13:00

Business & Finance·Lead

WATCH: Western Andalucia hit by RED ALERT for torrential rains as towns flood and TORNADOES rip up terraces

WESTERN Andalucia has been plunged into chaos as torrential rain, flooding and a series of violent windstorms batter the region. Spain’s weather agency AEMET declared

29 Oct, 2025 @ 12:39

Andalucia·Huelva·Lead·Weather

Antonio Banderas’ new beachfront Marbella mansion is coming along nicely: Three floors, an infinity pool and even a panic room – after his old one was forcibly demolished

CONSTRUCTION on Antonio Banderas’ new beachfront Marbella mansion is underway – here’s everything you need to know about his spectacular new home. The home sits

29 Oct, 2025 @ 12:15

Lead·Marbella·Property

3 bedroom Villa for sale in Manilva with pool garage – € 895,000

Imagine waking up every morning to the sea breeze and the gentle sound of the waves just a few steps from your home. This independent

29 Oct, 2025 @ 12:05

Featured Property by ThinkSPAIN

Spain’s all-star economy cools slightly as China floods Europe with imports redirected from Trump’s tariffs

SPAIN’S economy has lost a little of its shine as growth eased to 0.6% in the third quarter, with the finger pointed at exports faltering

29 Oct, 2025 @ 11:35

Business & Finance·Lead

Neo-Nazi sympathiser ‘locked Tinder date in his Benalmadena home and told her ‘I know you want my superior genes” during hours-long ordeal

A neo-Nazi sympathiser has been arrested after he locked a Tinder date in his Benalmadena home and subjected her to violent assault. The Policia Nacional

29 Oct, 2025 @ 11:30

crime·Lead·Malaga

Asian ‘murder hornets’ kill three in just two weeks in Galicia as Spain faces defeat in its battle against invasive species

THREE men have lost their lives to ‘murder hornets’ in Galicia in under two weeks – prompting fears that Spain is losing its long-running battle

29 Oct, 2025 @ 11:00

Galicia·Green·Lead

State memorial service takes place today in Valencia- exactly a year after October 29 flood disaster

VALENCIA will hold a state memorial service this Wednesday commemorate the victims of last year’s October 29 flood disaster. Besides the 229 people that lost

29 Oct, 2025 @ 10:38

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

British tourist suspected of taking his own life on a Lanzarote beach

Fatal Lanzarote balcony collapse leaves a British man dead and another critically injured

A BRITISH man has died and another has been left critically injured after a Lanzarote hotel balcony railing is reported to have given way. The

29 Oct, 2025 @ 10:27

Canary Islands·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Fears of more victims in the Costa Blanca’s ‘very own Jimmy Savile case’ after Brit charity worker is jailed for raping teenage girl in UK

THE rape conviction of a Costa Blanca-based British charity worker for a crime dating back 30 years has prompted fears many more victims could come

28 Oct, 2025 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Torrevieja

Ex-porn star faces four years in prison over toad venom fatally administered to house guest in Valencia

THE Valencia Public Prosecutor wants ex-porn star Nacho Vidal jailed for four years if he’s convicted for killing a photographer in a toad venom drinking

28 Oct, 2025 @ 17:32

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Swede moves to the Costa del Sol and immediately thinks about selling up because ‘there’s too many tourists’

TOO many tourists almost forced a Swedish expat on the Costa del Sol to sell up and return home. Eva made her admission on COPE

28 Oct, 2025 @ 16:45

Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga

UK tourists help Costa Blanca airport soar to new May record

EXPLAINER: Which queue should British residents with a TIE card join to enter Spain now that the EES is here?

CONFUSION continues to reign at Spain’s airports over which queue British residents should use as the EU’s new digital border system, the Entry/Exit System (EES),

28 Oct, 2025 @ 16:00

EXPLAINER·Lead·Travel News

Dates for your diary as Spain confirms national bank holiday dates for 2026

Dates for your diary as Spain confirms national bank holidays for 2026

SPAIN’S government has officially declared the list of bank holidays in the country for next year. The calendar was published on Tuesday in the Official

28 Oct, 2025 @ 15:30

Lead·National News

62 people set to be prosecuted after hundreds of animals are poisoned or illegally hunted in rural Spain

THE Guardia Civil’s annual ‘Atrax’ campaign to combat the illegal killing of animals in mainly rural Spain has led to 62 people being either arrested

28 Oct, 2025 @ 15:00

Animals·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Most sophisticated’ indoor marijuana farm to be found in years is raided in Alicante with entry via ‘secret’ door

THE Guardia Civil have dismantled one ‘of the most sophisticated’ indoor marijuana farms to be discovered in Alicante province in recent years. Two warehouses in

28 Oct, 2025 @ 14:15

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Costa del Sol under yellow weather alert: Torrential downpours to spell end of Malaga’s Indian summer?

THE long spell of late-season warmth along the Costa del Sol is about to end as Malaga braces for torrential rain and a sharp drop

28 Oct, 2025 @ 13:41

Lead·Malaga·Weather

Disaster for PM Sanchez as Catalan separatist allies abandon support for his centre-left government

EMBATTLED prime minister Pedro Sanchez has been dealt another hefty blow after the Catalan separatists he relied on to pass legislation in Congress unanimously decided

28 Oct, 2025 @ 13:18

Catalunya·Lead·Politics

Murdered woman's decomposing body hidden inside her Costa Blanca home while boyfriend stole her inheritance windfall

Horror in Alicante: Boyfriend ‘kills partner and stashes her corpse on couch in her Costa Blanca home while he makes off with her inheritance windfall’

A WOMAN was stabbed to death and her decomposing corpse kept on her Alicante home couch as her boyfriend stole part of a recent €250,000

28 Oct, 2025 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

3 bedroom Villa for sale in Chiclana de la Frontera – € 319,900

Beautiful Villa for Sale in Pago del Humo, Chiclana de la Frontera Nestled in the highly sought-after residential area of Pago del Humo, this immaculately

28 Oct, 2025 @ 12:05