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Costa del crime: The inside tale of how a 2am trip to a Marbella strip club led to the arrest of one of the UK’s most wanted cocaine dealers

NOTRIOUS Liverpool cocaine dealer Dominic McInally was arrested at a Marbella strip club after six years on the run. Merseyside Police launched an investigation into McInally in 2014 after officers

Three women killed in northern Spain house fire ‘deliberately set alight by victim’s ex-partner’

THREE women have been killed in a northern Spain house fire started by one of the ‘victims’ ex-partner’. The women, aged 78, 58 and 24, passed away after

Narco petrol runners are arrested while attempting to flee Estepona beach in a taxi

TWO men who tried to flee police in a taxi have been arrested on the Costa del Sol amid a major probe into a surge in narco activity

Spain grants free on-the-spot healthcare to all undocumented migrants

SPAIN has granted free healthcare to ‘anyone who is not a legal resident,’ the Ministry of Health has announced – sparking fears that the move could push already-strained

Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez announces new tool to measure hate speech on social media

SPAIN will launch a tool to measure hate speech on digital platforms as part of a broader strategy to increase oversight of social media companies, Prime Minister Pedro

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Gang stole high-end cars on the Costa Blanca which they sold abroad with false plates and chassis numbers

Travelling between the office and work sites is decreed official working hours in landmark EU ruling

Madrid train bombings: Self-proclaimed British ‘spy’ says he warned Spanish spooks of impending terror attack – and now they are looking to silence him to cover up their error

Spain’s richest man creeps back into the world’s top ten – as we head towards our first trillionaire

WATCH: Police uncover 1.5 tonnes of cocaine hidden in bags of cement by the feared Mocro mafia during Marbella warehouse raid

Marbella could be set to welcome a sprawling new ‘city of justice’ next to La Cañada shopping centre

Petrol station caseres - iran war 10/03/2026

Malaga petrol prices soar 25% in a week with diesel seeing sharpest gains thanks to the Iran war – or price gouging?

ON THIS DAY: The Madrid train bombings – how Spain’s worst ever terror attack unfolded 22 years ago

Spain’s newest property hotspot: The Gibraltar treaty is causing a gold rush in La Linea as the border prepares to come down

Travel

An elegy to Spain’s western wonder: Why spring is the best time to visit Extremadura

WHEN it comes to tourism, Extremadura is off the beaten track and spring is the best season to visit. Few of the 90 million

Spain braces for new tourism boom as holidaymakers shun other destinations over Middle East conflict fears

Ten of the best weekend spa breaks in Spain and Portugal

Falstaff would approve – From tapas to tasting menus Spain’s 2026 Gastronomy Capital of Jerez de la Frontera has it all

Marbella is betting big on a new wave of five-star hotels – but is the Costa del Sol jewel really ready to go cold turkey on illegal Airbnbs?

Property

Property prices start to soar in Costa del Sol ‘bargain’ hotspot as Marbella hits €5,600 per square metre

Spain has the highest number of births to mothers over 40 in Europe – how the housing crisis, tourism and cost of living has pushed the figure ever upwards

Barcelona mayor wants to ban non-EU residents from purchasing property – but the number they actually buy is tiny

The rise of the bank of mum and dad: Financial donations from parents to children hit record highs in Spain as youngsters struggle to access housing

Revealed: Property prices in Spain soared by 12.7% in 2025 - the steepest climb in 18 years and almost DOUBLE initial forecasts

Revealed: Property prices in Spain soared by 12.9% in 2025 – the steepest climb in 18 years and almost DOUBLE initial forecasts

HEALTH

Cancer creeps into first place as the biggest killer in Malaga province after knocking cardiovascular illnesses off the top

Want to stop wrinkles? Taking collagen won’t be a quick fix – although it can boost skin health

Madrid welcomes a new massage parlour – of course The Olive Press went to try it out

Living with pain? UK-trained senior orthopaedic surgeon Fabian Poletti reveals the best way to end the agony

FOOD & DRINK

Japanese shoppers clear shelves of jamon and Spanish wine in touching display of solidarity after Trump trade threats

Spain’s best kept culinary secret is hidden among history and flavour in this valley in Cordoba

Is Spain’s caña dying? Changing beer habits could spell last orders for the iconic glass size

Revealed: The four Spanish coffee shops ranked among the best in the world

Business & Finance

Spain's top supermarket chain, Mercadona, reveals 25% profit boost with record €1.7 billion made in 2025

Spain’s top supermarket chain, Mercadona, announces 25% profit boost to make a record €1.7 billion in 2025

BREAKING: Macron announces ‘defensive’ EU mission to unlock millions of vital barrels of oil stuck in the closed-off Strait of Hormuz

Spain is left out of Europe’s new post-US security architecture – while the UK is included

Europe could be facing an inflation crisis that dwarfs the 1970s oil shocks – here are five scenarios for how it might play out in Spain

ANDALUCIA

10 Mar, 2026 @ 14:24

Polish fugitive wanted for murder, robbery and assault is caught hiding out in sleepy Malaga village

10 Mar, 2026 @ 13:17

Squatter eviction on the Costa del Sol turns nasty as woman assaults police officer while being removed from property

9 Mar, 2026 @ 22:29

‘I’ve visited loads of castles in Spain and this is my favourite’: Olive Press travel guru Fiona Govan reveals a Moorish gem

9 Mar, 2026 @ 16:15

Malaga cruise ship recovery sees passenger numbers boom to rival the city’s entire population

9 Mar, 2026 @ 16:06

Tourism fears in Costa del Sol expat haven as Semana Santa bookings are down 35% – lack of high-speed trains blamed

9 Mar, 2026 @ 13:20

Undermatched Spanish police have just ONE functioning vessel to patrol long stretch of narco-infested Andalucian coastline

COSTA BLANCA

10 Mar, 2026 @ 11:32

Thieving carer ordered to pay back €191k stolen from elderly Costa Blanca couple or face imprisonment

Yellow alert for heavy rain as temperatures are set to fall 'below average' on Spain's Costa Blanca

9 Mar, 2026 @ 10:24

Yellow alert for storms coupled with lower temperatures on Spain’s Costa Blanca

5 Mar, 2026 @ 17:30

Motorist’s miracle escape after car drops off bridge into path of oncoming tram on Costa Blanca

4 Mar, 2026 @ 11:34

John George murder suspect is shot dead in the middle of a Costa Blanca street

3 Mar, 2026 @ 14:17

Costa Blanca and Barcelona brace for heavy downpours as Storm Regina arrives

3 Mar, 2026 @ 14:00

Shocking discovery of 50 tons of food unfit for human consumption inside two Costa Blanca warehouses

OLIVE PRESS TV

WATCH: Father and daughter rescued in dramatic operation after being swept to sea from same Tenerife rock pool where four tourists died late last year

WATCH: The Olive Press reports live from Ronda as weeks of unprecedented rainfall finally give way to sunshine

DON’T MISS: Spain’s train tragedies, weather woes and an Olive Press expansion – all on this week’s episode of The Rest is Spain podcast!

WATCH: ‘Murdered by racism in cold blood’: Fury in Torremolinos as police tasered ‘innocent man four times while he asked to borrow a charger’

BARCELONA

8 Mar, 2026 @ 14:21

Rival marches hit Madrid and Barcelona as trans row splits feminist movement on International Women’s Day

7 Mar, 2026 @ 16:00

Revealed: Spain’s most dangerous neighbourhoods – do you live near one? Barcelona’s El Raval ranks high

7 Mar, 2026 @ 14:40

The battle of the festivals: How Madrid and Barcelona have conquered the summer music scene – and are now going head-to-head

5 Mar, 2026 @ 14:45

Barcelona civic laws: 1,000 fines in first week targeting street drinkers, street sellers and street peers

Marbella villa robberies: Spanish police bust Albanian gang

27 Feb, 2026 @ 11:57

WATCH: Inside the takedown of a brutal Albanian gang who tortured Marbella expats in their luxury villas

26 Feb, 2026 @ 11:14

Pope Leo’s first trip to Spain as pontiff confirmed – here’s where he will visit

MADRID

6 Mar, 2026 @ 10:39

Spain’s King Felipe calls for ‘restraint’ over use of force in US-Israeli conflict with Iran

5 Mar, 2026 @ 17:00

‘Tsunami of evictions’ looms in Spain as protections for tenants who can’t pay rent are scrapped over squatter fears

5 Mar, 2026 @ 13:16

Spanish influencer in Dubai who faced backlash for telling followers to ‘stop paying taxes’ finally makes it back to Spain – on commercial flights

26 Feb, 2026 @ 13:37

WATCH: Man uses his own baby as a ‘human shield’ in chaotic Madrid arrest that sparked police brutality row

25 Feb, 2026 @ 18:15

What’s behind Spain’s bizarre new craze of young people dressing up as animals – and does it spell the end of western civilisation?

25 Feb, 2026 @ 17:25

Malaga will be cut off from high-speed trains to Madrid and beyond for at least another month

OTHER NEWS

German chancellor ‘tried to call Pedro Sanchez but dialled wrong number’: Relations between Spain and Germany turn frosty over Trump spat

International Affairs·Lead·Politics

10 Mar, 2026 @ 15:30

RELATIONS between Spain and fellow European ally Germany have plummeted over the past week as the two countries clash over the German chancellor Friedrich

‘Professional’ female pickpockets banned from entering Valencia during Fallas festivities

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

10 Mar, 2026 @ 12:43

TWO female pickpockets have been banned from Valencia City for the remainder of the Fallas celebrations after stealing a wallet from an Italian tourist.

Spain’s deputy prime minister accuses Germany of being a ‘vassal state’ after the German chancellor failed to defend Madrid during Trump rant

International Affairs·Lead·Politics

10 Mar, 2026 @ 12:26

SPAIN’S deputy prime minister has launched a furious tirade at Germany after chancellor Friedrich Merz sat in silence while US president Donald Trump slammed