Joshua Parfitt

Joshua James Parfitt is the Costa Blanca correspondent for the Olive Press. He holds a gold-standard NCTJ in multimedia journalism from the award-winning News Associates in Twickenham. His work has been published in the Sunday Times, Esquire, the Mail on Sunday, the Daily Mail, the Sun, the Sun on Sunday, the Mirror, among others. He has appeared on BBC Breakfast to discuss devastating flooding in Spain, as well as making appearances on BBC and LBC radio stations. Contact me now: joshua@theolivepress.es or call +44 07960046259. Twitter: @jjparfitt

Benidorm's Intempo building has sold its most expensive homes for €2 million each on Spain's Costa Blanca

PICS: View inside a €500,000 apartment from Spain’s tallest residential building set for 2021 completion date

BELEAGUERED by elevator crashes, worker strikes and five years of paralysis, Spain’s tallest residential building finally has a completion date set for next year. The

14 Jan, 2020 @ 22:35

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

NO WAY JOSE: Most popular baby names ‘José’ and ‘Josefa’ replaced by what two newcomers on Spain’s Costa Blanca?

JOSE and Josefa continue to be the most common names for men and women in the Marina Alta region of Spain’s Costa Blanca. But changing

14 Jan, 2020 @ 12:01

Costa Blanca

Expat arrested on suspicion of murder after pushing stepfather through French window on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 40-year-old expat has been arrested on suspicion of murder after allegedly pushing his stepfather through a French window on Spain’s Costa Blanca. The man,

13 Jan, 2020 @ 13:49

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Guardia Civil issue warning over ‘false keypads’ scam at Spanish cashpoints

GUARDIA Civil have issued a warning over a scam involving ‘false keyboards’ at Spanish cashpoints. Thieves are reportedly sticking the fakes over existing keypads in

13 Jan, 2020 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead

FIVE reasons why Moraira is the Costa Blanca’s priciest place to own a home

THE municipality of Moraira has once again been named as the jewel in the crown of the Costa Blanca property market. At the close of

13 Jan, 2020 @ 12:46

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

How Spain killed off its coal industry | Olive Press TV Roundup Jan 3-10

11 Jan, 2020 @ 17:42

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WATCH: Olive Press TV visits the world-famous Cavalcade of the Three Kings in Alcoy on Spain’s Costa Blanca

8 Jan, 2020 @ 19:48

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Leading expert on swimming pool deaths touches down in Costa del Sol to visit hotel where three Britons drowned on Christmas Eve

ONE of the world’s leading experts on swimming pool deaths has flown to Spain to investigate the tragic drownings of three British citizens on Christmas

8 Jan, 2020 @ 13:00

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Popular Party rages at feminist Valencian Three Queens parade that has ‘nothing to do with tradition’ and will shut down streets amidst January sales

A ‘THREE Queens’ parade in Valencia city has come under fierce criticism from the spokesperson for the city’s Popular Party (PP). María José Catalá hit

8 Jan, 2020 @ 12:27

Costa Blanca·Lead

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Nearly 70% of all presents have gone digital as Spanish toy sector laments the dolls, tricycles and model cars no longer brought by the Reyes Magos

THE tricycles, dolls and model cars of yore are no longer as nearly 70% of all gifts in Spain are now digital, according to a

8 Jan, 2020 @ 10:10

Business & Finance·Lead

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FAIR PLATE: Valencian bar pins notice threatening that annoying children will be made to ‘wash plates’

A THREAT of enforced child labour has bizarelly turned a Valencian bar into the most popular spot in town. Fed up with messy and unruly

8 Jan, 2020 @ 09:00

Costa Blanca

Rubik’s cubes, drumsticks and selfies – the most bizarre illegal activities caught by Spain’s traffic regulator as part of its ’12 wishes of Christmas’ video

SPAIN’S traffic regulator has released its ’12 wishes of Christmas’ with a video capturing 12 crimes committed by Spanish road users. The video released via

7 Jan, 2020 @ 21:17

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Spanish police warn against ‘once-in-a-hundred-year’ opportunity for scammers to falsify dates in 2020

POLICE in Murcia have issued a stern warning to anyone signing or filling out important documents in 2020. Dates can this year be written as

7 Jan, 2020 @ 20:37

Crime & Law·Lead

BEWARE! New traffic rules for 2020 mean crackdown on scooters and six-point penalty for using phone in car

SPAIN’S traffic regulatory body is hoping to capitalise on the newly-formed Spanish government and implement a raft of new measures in 2020. Plans from the

7 Jan, 2020 @ 19:55

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Mother demands €200 government compensation after her daughter was poked in the eye at Costa Blanca school

A MOTHER is demanding compensation from the Murcian government after a boy poked her daughter in the eye at school. The woman has asked €200

7 Jan, 2020 @ 09:01

Costa Blanca·Lead

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Woman hospitalised after struck in eye by airborne toy during Reyes Magos parade in Alicante

A 74-year-old woman has been hospitalised after a toy thrown during the cavalcade of the Three Kings struck her in the eye in Alicante. The incident occurred

6 Jan, 2020 @ 14:04

Costa Blanca·Lead

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Three-time presidential candidate and author of ‘Make Wealth Anywhere’ arrested for posing as UN president and raising money on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A SPANISH-NIGERIAN woman has been arrested on suspicion of fraud and misappropriation of funds after she was caught posing as a UN president on Spain’s

6 Jan, 2020 @ 13:50

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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44-year-old plastic yoghurt pot found ‘intact’ on popular Costa Blanca beach

A 44-year-old plastic yoghurt pot has been found washed up on a popular Costa Blanca beachfront. The strawberry-flavoured Yoplait pot still bears its colourful marketing

6 Jan, 2020 @ 12:47

Costa Blanca·Environment

Pedro Sanchez’s first bid to govern Spain fails in highly-charged investiture debate

PABLO Sanchez’s first bid to be installed as Spain’s prime minister has failed in a highly-charged investiture debate. Following Sanchez’s successful election win in November

5 Jan, 2020 @ 14:54

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