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Tourist apartments now outnumber hotel beds in Malaga three-to-one as Spain fails to get to grips with unlicensed lets

TOURIST apartment beds in Malaga have exploded to nearly triple the number of hotel beds, as Spain grapples with record-breaking tourism numbers and growing social

16 Jan, 2025 @ 18:00

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Torremolinos party organiser arrested for advert featuring homophobic ban on f----ts

Party organiser responsible for ‘no f—-ts’ advert in the Costa del Sol’s gay capital is arrested

THE organiser of a party at a Torremolinos club who advertised an event that said ‘no’ to fights, drugs, caps, flip-flops as well as a

16 Jan, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Horse carriages will be eliminated by the end of the year in Spain’s Malaga

THE MAYOR of Malaga has announced he wants to end horse carriages by the end of the year. Francisco de la Torre made the announcement

15 Jan, 2025 @ 19:00

Animals·Lead·Malaga

Norwegian teenagers ‘too drunk to give police coherent statement’ after ‘sexual assaulting’ mother and daughter in Malaga nightclub

A PAIR of teenage Norwegian tourists were ‘too drunk to make a coherent statement to police’ after they were arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a

15 Jan, 2025 @ 14:00

Lead·Malaga

Temperatures drop in Malaga this week as winter cold arrives

AFTER a balmy start to the year winter cold has come to stay in Malaga with falling temperatures this week. According to the Spanish meteorological

13 Jan, 2025 @ 16:50

Lead·Malaga·Weather

Public prosecution office opens investigation into homophobic Torremolinos club

MALAGA’S public prosecution office has opened an investigation into a Torremolinos club accused of an anti-gay hate crime. It comes after Casa Fatima promoted it’s

13 Jan, 2025 @ 16:37

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Italian mob boss from feared Camorra mafia arrested in Spain’s Marbella ‘while walking with his wife’

A HIGH-RANKING capo from Italy’s feared Camorra has been arrested on the Costa del Sol along with his son and son-in-law. Officers from Spain’s elite

13 Jan, 2025 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Homophobic club in gay mecca of Torremolinos faces hate crime charges after doubling down on ‘no f**s’ policy

Torremolinos mayor Margarita del Cid has received insults and threats after she criticised a local club for a ‘homophobic’ policy banning gay men from entering.

10 Jan, 2025 @ 17:09

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Richard Gere and Antonio Banderas enjoy a night out at the theatre in Malaga

AMERICAN actor and new Spanish resident, Richard Gere, was in Malaga on Thursday to see the musical Gypsy directed by Antonio Banderas at the Teatro

10 Jan, 2025 @ 13:14

Celebrity·Lead·Malaga

‘No f**s’: Outrage over homophobic advert for Moroccan-owned club in Torremolinos

A TORREMOLINOS club has sparked outrage after releasing a homophobic advert banning ‘f**s.’ The mayor of Torremolinos, Margarita del Cid, has spoken out after a

10 Jan, 2025 @ 11:11

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Russian model who falsely accused footballer Theo Hernandez of rape outside a Marbella nightclub avoids jail

A RUSSIAN glamour model has avoided jail after falsely accusing footballer Theo Fernandez of raping her outside a Marbella nightclub. Luisa Kremleva, 28, was handed

9 Jan, 2025 @ 18:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Coming soon: The Great Park of the Costa del Sol to open within months

WORK on the ‘Great Park of the Costa del Sol’ covering 270,000 m2 in Mijas is entering its final stage with the opening set for

9 Jan, 2025 @ 17:08

Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga

Marbella dog owners are warned of €750 fines for breaking this law

MARBELLA dog owners have been given a new warning of €750 penalties for not picking up pet poop. The City Council has put up signs

8 Jan, 2025 @ 14:00

Andalucia·Lead·Marbella

Tourist flats in Spain cause long-term rents to surge by more than 30%, study finds

A STUDY has found tourists flats in Spain have caused long-term rents to surge by over 30%. Researchers from the University of Malaga have revealed

8 Jan, 2025 @ 12:56

Lead·Malaga·Property·Sevilla

Mystery fall: Man released from jail after his partner plunges from third-floor window in Spain’s Malaga

A MAN has been released from custody after his partner plunged from a third-floor apartment in Malaga’s city centre under mysterious circumstances. Her partner was

7 Jan, 2025 @ 09:30

Lead·Malaga

‘Perfect storm’ in Spain’s housing market causes prices to jump by a staggering 21.5% in Malaga in just twelve months

ANDALUCIA’S record breaking housing market has seen prices in Malaga rise by over a fifth during 2024 – nearly double the rate of second-place Granada.

6 Jan, 2025 @ 15:30

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Pictured: German man shot in the genitals outside a Marbella gym after giving away his location is an ex-Hell’s Angel and MMA fighter

A GERMAN bodybuilder and ex-MMA fighter was shot in the ‘penis and anus’ outside a Marbella padel club. The attack, which has been described as

6 Jan, 2025 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Watch: Marbella beach club is torched in morning ‘arson attack’: Police arrest dog walker suspect

A MARBELLA chiringuito has been completely destroyed after being set on fire this morning. Video footage shared online shows smoke billowing from Azucar Beach in

5 Jan, 2025 @ 15:02

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

New shooting in Marbella: Man is gunned down at padel club just days after Christmas Eve attack

A MAN has been shot several times during a brazen attack at a padel club in Marbella. The victim, a German man of Arab origin,

2 Jan, 2025 @ 18:01

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Exclusive: Brit’s warning after wife waited NINE days for operation on broken thigh in Spain

A BRITISH tourist has issued advice to regular visitors to Spain after his wife had to wait nine days for an urgent operation. Claire Wilde,

31 Dec, 2024 @ 19:05

Health·Lead·Malaga

Malaga property prices surged more than any other province in Spain this year, figures show

HOUSE prices in Malaga province are rising at the highest percentage rate in Spain according to appraisal firm Tinsa. Figures showed a 13% annual rise

31 Dec, 2024 @ 15:00

Lead·Malaga·Property

Weather alert for Costa del Sol: Wet start to 2025 as rain to batter the region over New Year’s Eve

HEAVY rain will affect much of Malaga province tonight, putting a dampner on New Year’s Eve celebrations. State weather agency Aemet has placed the majority

31 Dec, 2024 @ 13:48

Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga·Weather

Double decker trains could be coming to Malaga city ‘to cope with growing demand’

MALAGA could have double decker trains to ‘cope with growing demand’ after the mayor’s unique suggestion. The mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre has

30 Dec, 2024 @ 17:00

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Watch: Locals film ‘cute’ wild boars and their babies outside Costa del Sol shopping centre – and seem unaware of the dangers

THIS is the moment a sounder of boars was filmed searching for food outside a Costa del Sol shopping centre. Footage shared on Instagram this

29 Dec, 2024 @ 14:16

Animals·Lead·Malaga·Video

Outcry over otter threat in Spain: ‘False’ €2.5m Marbella river project will ‘pave 469m of footpaths and benches over one of the last biodiversity reserves on the Costa del Sol’

NEW plans to ‘urbanise’ a picturesque river on the Costa del Sol have been slammed by ecologist groups as a ‘potential environmental crime.’ Marbella town

28 Dec, 2024 @ 16:00

Costa del Sol·Environment·Lead·Marbella

Revealed: These are the four most expensive towns to rent a property in Spain’s Andalucia – including Torremolinos

IT’S no secret that rental prices are continuing to surge across Spain. And the southernmost region of Andalucia is no exception, with costs having increased

26 Dec, 2024 @ 17:28

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Property