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SAVE OUR SEAHORSES! A British metal detectors club battling to save seahorses on the Costa Blanca

A BRITISH metal detecting club is aiding a local environmental group to save endangered seahorses on the Costa Blanca. Two teams from the Asociacion de

6 Aug, 2019 @ 12:11

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Fatalities from drowning double as Spain sees three deaths a DAY in July

FATALITIES due to drowning have doubled in Spain as its shores saw three deaths a day in July. A total of 94 people drowned in

5 Aug, 2019 @ 19:16

Costa Blanca·Lead

LOAD OF CRAP? Town Hall tells Olive Press it ‘can’t confirm’ viral trend to poo in Spanish swimming pools despite widespread UK coverage

A TOWN Hall has told the Olive Press it ‘can’t confirm’ a viral trend to poo in Spanish swimming pools despite widespread coverage in UK

5 Aug, 2019 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Drop in British tourists heading to Spain due to Brexit can be replaced by Germans and French, new figures suggest

According to the National Institute of Statistics, June saw a 5.3% drop in British tourists year-on-year

5 Aug, 2019 @ 12:13

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Five Man U fans arrested in Alicante airport by Spanish cops chasing them for drunken rampage during Sevilla match last year

FIVE Man United football fans accused of a drunken rampage in Spain last year have been arrested after flying back to the country for a

5 Aug, 2019 @ 11:24

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

British-run currency exchange hit by ‘professional’ thieves in broad daylight on a Sunday afternoon in Calpe on the Costa Blanca

A BRITISH-run post office and currency exchange has been left shocked after ‘professional’ thieves stole €9,000 in broad daylight. Postal Connections, in Calpe, suffered the

5 Aug, 2019 @ 10:57

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

UPDATE: Two seriously injured after collision between coach and three cars on AP-7 motorway outside Alicante

GUARDIA have confirmed two people are seriously injured after a coach collided with three cars on the AP-7 motorway outside Alicante. The bus, reportedly ‘full

4 Aug, 2019 @ 18:09

Costa Blanca·Lead

Man gored to death by bull at Alicante festival

A man has died at a Spanish festival after being knocked to the ground and gored by a young bull. The unnamed 26-year-old was standing

4 Aug, 2019 @ 10:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

The mighty power of Facebook groups is harnessed by Loraine Gostling in the hunt for her missing pooch

My pondering journeys over the last week have taken me to many places. Much of my inspiration for writing this column obviously comes from life

4 Aug, 2019 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Loraine Gostling: Getting Connected

‘Bus full of tourists’ crashes on AP-7 motorway towards Alicante Airport

A BUS reportedly ‘full of tourists’ has crashed on the AP-7 motorway outside Alicante. The incident was spotted by an eyewitness at 11.49pm on Saturday

4 Aug, 2019 @ 00:41

Costa Blanca·Lead

OLD AGE BENIDORMERS: New two-part series follows elderly Brits still partying, dancing and drinking through ‘penis-shaped straws’ in Benidorm

GRACE cackles loudly as she glugs a bucket of booze through a penis-shaped straw while wearing a red satin hat with ‘BAD GIRL’ emblazoned across

3 Aug, 2019 @ 19:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

VICTORY: Olive Press article ‘pivotal’ in release of six dogs locked in an abandoned house on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Olive Press has been ‘pivotal’ in the release of six podenco dogs trapped in an abandoned house on the Costa Blanca. Grace Boas last

3 Aug, 2019 @ 18:56

Costa Blanca·Lead

WANTED: The 11 British fugitives who may be hiding among expat communities in Spain

The UK's National Crime Agency has launched a fresh appeal today

1 Aug, 2019 @ 12:48

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

You can now have takeaway food delivered by JETSKI to yachts and beaches on Spain’s Costa del Sol, Costa Blanca and Mallorca

The so-called 'aquariders' will bring food from your favourite restaurants to your floating vessel

31 Jul, 2019 @ 14:58

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

Expat ringleader of the horse meat scandal arrested on the Costa Blanca

GUARDIA Civil have arrested an expat for his responsibility in the biggest food scam in Europe – a.k.a. Horsegate, the horse meat scandal . Jan

31 Jul, 2019 @ 14:04

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Rowdy stag party throws bottle of gin at toddler on drunken flight from Cardiff to Alicante

A TODDLER had a near-miss with a flying bottle of gin as a stag party en route to Alicante turned rowdy. Passengers on the Vueling

30 Jul, 2019 @ 16:43

Costa Blanca

Costa Blanca Chiringuito gives free beer for every cup of cigarette butts handed in

A CHIRINGUITO on the Costa Blanca has found an iconic solution to help keep its beaches clean. Spoiler alert: it includes free beer. The Chiringuito

29 Jul, 2019 @ 22:28

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Benidorm thieves targeting British tourists caught with FOUR suitcases of stolen smartphones

A GANG of thieves have been arrested in Benidorm after they were caught leaving their apartment with four suitcases of stolen smartphones. The arrested, of

29 Jul, 2019 @ 20:32

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Vandals chuck white paint over municipal vehicle sent to control illegal dumping of waste on Spain’s Costa Blanca

IN a shocking twist of irony, vandals have thrown white paint over a government vehicle sent to control illegal dumping of waste in a Costa

29 Jul, 2019 @ 17:32

Costa Blanca·Lead

SHOCKING: Bull with flaming horns escapes enclosure before falling down ravine in Valencia

THIS video shows the shocking moment a bull with flaming horns broke loose from its enclosure and charged into a ravine in Sagunto, near Valencia.

29 Jul, 2019 @ 12:41

Costa Blanca·Lead

WATCH: British ambassador Simon Manley’s Brexit update for UK nationals in Spain ahead of live Q&A tomorrow

Manley warned expats that they must ensure they are 'properly registered' before the expected EU departure date on October 31

29 Jul, 2019 @ 11:21

Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·Politics

Foreign demand for Spanish homes is cooling off for the first time since the market’s 2010 recovery

FOREIGN demand is showing a marked slowdown for the first time since 2010, new statistics have suggested. As reported on Spanish Property Insight, after some

28 Jul, 2019 @ 10:04

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Property

Spain’s tapas favourites which double as cancer fighting superfoods

Recent studies by a team of researchers at Almeria University have even linked gazpacho and salmorejo, Andalucian tapa staples, to helping prevent the development of

28 Jul, 2019 @ 08:53

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca