Alhaurin mayor facing fine, not prison
Juan Martin Seron is no longer facing prison if convicted in the Troya corruption scandal
Radiohead-ing to Spain
The British band are to play at a Basque festival in July
Waste not, want not
As Christmas approaches, Eloise Horsfield looks at ways of making your festive season as environmentally friendly and economical as possible
My rock ‘n’ roller Mourinho in Spain
The elegant Real Madrid manager has received an unlikely accolade
What recession? Taking the pas de deux!
Shameful extravagance as culture secretary jets six assistants off to a ballet in Russia, while some schools are introducing toilet roll quotas
Bald Spanish lottery star turns to teaching
After starring in El Gordo adverts for eight years running, British Clive Arrindell will now help teach Spaniards
British campsite ‘groper’ faces eight years in Spain
The victim woke to find the man touching her genitals
Monte Mayor golf club in Spain closes its doors
Monte Mayor golf club has had to close until further notice
The call centre that understands you
Voice software reads your emotions and directs your call accordingly
Mafia mansion in Barcelona squatted
Multi-million Barcelona mansion of mafia boss squatted by four friends
Insurance heartache in Spain
EXCLUSIVE: Expat battles insurer for two years to force it to pay for his heart treatment
Grandmotherly love in Spain
A new study has found grandparents are contributing to the survival of mankind
Iberia Airlines pilots to stage two one-day strikes over Christmas
Strikes to affect hundreds of passengers flying over Chistmas
Rescue
An Italian climber had to be air-lifted from the peak of Mulhacen, mainland Spain’s highest mountain, after he became trapped at 2,800 meters.
Please help find my Spanish auntie this Christmas
US woman desperately wants to meet her long-lost Spanish aunt and six cousins
‘No solid science’ behind quick-fix celeb diet
The Dukan Diet is restrictive, confusing and rigid, say experts
Hope
A team from Mijas Costa-based charity Hope have just returned from northern Sri Lanka where they helped civil war victims and those affected by the
In Boca: The Spinnaker Restaurant
Jon Clarke finds nautical appeal and a Gordon Ramsey-trained chef in Sotogrande
Debauched Malaga professor to spend a year in prison
The teacher told his pupil she would only pass if she had sex with him
Masterpiece sells for 10,000 times initial value
Surprise Velazquez masterpiece sells for 3.5m euros
Broke
The Valencia Parliament has run out of money and could not afford to pay the deputies’ or civil servants’ wages for December.
Priest makes soup out of church vermin
The Granada priest insists he has been capturing the pigeons by hand
Spain sets new record for organ transplants
Spain performed a record-breaking 94 operations in 72 hours
No more health card fraud in the Balearics
Up to eight million euros is lost each year through fraudulent EHIC claims
Little Lloyd’s no learner!
DAREDEVIL Lloyd Thornton, 13, from Manilva has scooped gold in the downhill mountain bike race in a tournament in Competa. His nearest competitor came in
Judged
Judge Baltasar Garzon is set to go on trial on January 24 for violating his jurisdiction in a probe of Spanish Civil War crimes covered