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World Cup fever hits Spain – but can you still play football with knee osteoarthritis?

By Dr. Fabian Poletti AS the FIFA World Cup dominates headlines around the world, many football fans are feeling inspired to get active again. For some, that means dusting off

‘Give us grenade launchers’: Guardia Civil plead for heavier firepower to take on narco gangs terrorising Spain’s south coast

A GROUP of Guardia Civil generals is requesting grenade launchers to combat drug traffickers across the Strait of Gibraltar, an investigation has revealed. In a series of emails

Moreno clinches last-minute Vox deal to secure Andalusian presidency as “national priority” plan enters pact

ANDALUCIAN Partido Popular (PP) leader Juanma Moreno has struck a last-minute deal with Vox to secure his return as president of the region. Moreno and the far-right party

Marbella and Nerja among Spain’s ‘Black Flag’ coastal pollution hotspots, activists say

DOZENS of Spanish beaches, including two in Malaga province, are blighted by pollution and environmental degradation, campaigners have warned. In its annual ‘Black Flags’ report, environmental group Ecologistas

Why Marbella is Spain’s true fine dining capital: The ultimate guide to its best restaurants

WHILE Andalucia has finally caught up with the rest of Spain for fine dining, there is really only one place that does it properly: Marbella. Amid its leafy

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Deaths from Alzheimer’s and other brain diseases soar in Malaga – but what’s behind the worrying surge?

Spain smashes all-time record for number of people in work – with more than two-thirds of new jobs taken by foreigners

Nearly 200 evacuated as wildfire sweeps through Andalucia nature reserve

Malaga to ban construction of new hotels and tourist apartments for three years

Horror in Malaga: Woman’s body discovered in well as three detained – including her ex-partner

Marbella mayor’s stepson jailed for nine years in massive drug trafficking and money laundering case

Mob killer wanted in France arrested in Almeria before ferry dash to Morocco

Teen motorbike rider rushed to hospital after crash with car in Marbella

Inside Marbella: The Costa del Sol playground where A-listers, billionaires and even Putin have crossed paths

Travel

World’s largest cruise ship departs Malaga to a fireworks display with Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca on the itinerary – but will it be welcome everywhere it goes?

THE world’s largest cruise ship has set sail from Malaga port after a spectacular firework send-off celebrating its departure. The 250,000-tonne Legend of the

This town in Andalucia is the most beautiful in Spain according to The Telegraph – and you’ve probably never heard of it

Three weekend hikes that start at the source of Spain’s mightiest rivers

FROM THE ARCHIVES: A tour of some of the Costa de la Luz’s under-the-radar spots – as the largely unheralded coastal gem girds itself for discovery by British tourists

Visit the secret Spanish waterfall hidden at the end of a breathtaking hiking trail

Property

Sun, sherry and smart returns: why Cadiz is Spain’s most exciting property destination

Spain moves to clamp down on tourist flats by jacking up VAT by more than double

Inside football superstar Erling Haaland’s incredible Marbella mansion – his ‘ultimate luxury escape from pitch pressure’

Thousands protest across Spain over soaring rents amid housing crisis

Brits and Germans lose their crowns as biggest buyers in Spain’s property market to insurgent neighbour

HEALTH

Severe staff shortages trigger major summer crisis warnings at main Marbella hospital – as workers are found living in vans and cars

Three-year-old girl dies in swimming pool at a finca in Malaga as Spain’s summer horror of child drownings continues

Spain’s holiday horror as half a dozen children die in drownings in less than two weeks

Why expats on the Costa del Sol are turning to walking football to beat knee pain and stay in the game

FOOD & DRINK

REVIEW: This Greek restaurant in Marbella’s glitzy Puerto Banus has been throwing the Costa del Sol’s biggest party for over 40 years

Inside the world’s oldest restaurant: The Madrid eatery loved by Ernest Hemingway where the suckling pig steals the show

Cool, colourful and 100% local: Malaga’s must-try summer dishes to keep you cool

What are the rules in Spain for having barbecues on a terrace or balcony in shared buildings?

Business & Finance

Spain is to incrementally scrap its fuel discount over the summer – here’s what drivers need to know

Online shoppers with Temu and Shein face new import charges in Spain from July 1

Spain formally removes Gibraltar from tax haven blacklist after 35 years in €30m boost for border economy

Benidorm 'English Zone' pubs and clubs raided for selling drugs- at least 50 people arrested

Benidorm’s British pubs are pumping through 190,000 litres of beer a day as England’s World Cup crowds keep drinking

ANDALUCIA

1 Jul, 2026 @ 16:05

Travel through the world’s tropical rainforests without leaving the Costa del Sol – as Spain’s only ‘nocturnal’ zoo celebrates its 25th anniversary

1 Jul, 2026 @ 10:07

New ‘heat dome’ to roast Spain: 44C highs, suffocating nights and extreme wildfire risk on the way

1 Jul, 2026 @ 08:45

Rock legend Lenny Kravitz blasts through three decades of musical hits at spectacular Marbella concert

30 Jun, 2026 @ 18:31

Work begins in Marbella on new San Pedro bus station to be modelled after a giant sardine

30 Jun, 2026 @ 15:42

WATCH: British pop icon Robbie Williams stuns onlookers with impromptu street concert in Sevilla ahead of massive festival gig

30 Jun, 2026 @ 14:00

Massive World Cup fan zones with giant screens to go up in Marbella and San Pedro – but will it only be for Spain games?

COSTA BLANCA

30 Jun, 2026 @ 15:54

Expat home owners in one Costa Blanca town are offered thousands of new communal letterboxes after post cuts

27 Jun, 2026 @ 13:00

EXCLUSIVE: ‘A rude train driver left us stranded in 35C heat and ruined our holiday – is this how Spain treats its tourists?’

26 Jun, 2026 @ 15:00

Belgian man, 59, arrested after 43-year-old neighbour dies in car park fight on the Costa Blanca

26 Jun, 2026 @ 12:00

Appeal to help home over 100 Yorkshire Terriers on the Costa Blanca after they are discovered in tiny house in remote Alicante village

22 Jun, 2026 @ 14:00

Warning for drivers on the Costa Blanca as ‘special’ new speed cameras are expanding to Denia and Javea motorway

Over 200 police officers make 62 arrests during massive swoop on Costa Blanca market selling fake goods

19 Jun, 2026 @ 15:00

Over 200 police officers make 90 arrests during massive swoop on Costa Blanca market selling fake goods

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WATCH: War zone in Sevilla as knife fight breaks out in broad daylight

WATCH: Firefighters cut woman out of car after dramatic crossroads smash up involving police car and taxi in Madrid

WATCH: Inside the crime spree of a team of highly-skilled Ocean’s Eleven-style bank robbers who hit small town lenders across Spain

WATCH: Spain’s most famous bullfighter in ‘very serious’ condition after suffering 10cm gore wound to bottom at Sevilla’s Feria de Abril

BARCELONA

1 Jul, 2026 @ 12:43

MISSING: Mystery as England fan vanishes on way to World Cup during Barcelona layover

29 Jun, 2026 @ 18:00

WATCH: British girl, 13, ‘has nose broken’ after being punched poolside at Costa Brava resort for sitting on ‘wrong sun lounger’

29 Jun, 2026 @ 16:15

Horror crash in Barcelona kills two as French-plated vehicle flees police and smashes into car at red light

26 Jun, 2026 @ 14:58

Firefighters race to confine wildfire raging in the mountains above Barcelona as suspected arsonist is arrested

26 Jun, 2026 @ 14:43

WATCH: ‘Psychotic’ man stabs his own mother in Sitges before dodging police tasers and diving into the sea

26 Jun, 2026 @ 13:47

Brawls and tension between Barcelona’s Pakistani and Algerian communities in El Raval force police to set up summer check point

MADRID

Landmark figure reached for foreign residents in popular expat area of Spain

29 Jun, 2026 @ 15:30

Spain’s migrant regularization scheme ends tomorrow – with 350,000 work permits already granted

26 Jun, 2026 @ 12:04

Bank of Spain rules out another 2008-style property crash – but points to a different problem ‘of great magnitude’

24 Jun, 2026 @ 17:00

Spain’s Supreme Court rules parents can legally block children’s euthanasia requests after harrowing Noelia Castillo case

21 Jun, 2026 @ 14:15

Must visit: The quaint medieval village near Madrid that can only be accessed through a small wooden door

21 Jun, 2026 @ 13:00

Vicious thief caught at Madrid airport attempting to flee with stolen Rolex on his wrist after brutally beating Swiss tourists at Almeria rural house

20 Jun, 2026 @ 18:12

Battle for the World Cup final: Spain and Morocco clash over hosting rights for 2030 showpiece

OTHER NEWS

Recent record European heatwave would have been 'impossible in June 50 years ago', scientists warn

Spain logs more than 1,000 deaths linked to ‘extraordinarily’ high temperatures in June

Environment·Lead·Weather

1 Jul, 2026 @ 13:30

EXTREME heat killed more than 1,000 people in Spain last month, experts have warned, marking the deadliest June on record for heat-related deaths. Madrid’s

EXPLAINER: This is how Pamplona’s world-famous running of the bulls unfolds each year during the Sanfermines

Animals·EXPLAINER·La Cultura·Lead·Northern Spain

1 Jul, 2026 @ 12:30

EACH morning of the week between 7 and 14 July a rocket will be fired at eight o’clock precisely in the Navarre town of

Sanchez gaffe: PM hails Spain’s safest region as also its least-foreign during launch of €505m migrant integration plan

Lead·National News·Politics

30 Jun, 2026 @ 16:55

SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez had a foot-in-mouth moment during a speech to mark the final day of the country’s historic migrant amnesty scheme.