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Two members of violent luxury watch robbery gang operating in Spain are arrested and jailed in the UK

Police swoop on luxury watch thieves in the UK over string of thefts worth half a million in Mallorca and Ibiza

TWO members of a luxury watch theft gang operating in the Balearic Islands last summer have been arrested in the UK and jailed. A third

4 Feb, 2026 @ 18:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

Spain’s competition watchdog whacks oil giant Repsol with €20 million fine over ‘abusive practices’

REPSOL has said it will appeal against a €20.5 million fine imposed by Spain’s competition watchdog for squeezing the margins of low-cost service stations when

4 Feb, 2026 @ 17:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Elon Musk calls Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez a ‘tyrant’ and ‘fascist’ over proposed social media ban for children aged under 16

BILLIONAIRE and social media platform owner, Elon Musk, has called Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, a ‘tyrant and traitor to the people of Spain’ over plans

4 Feb, 2026 @ 16:00

Lead·National News

Andalucia travel update: Malaga airport running normally for now – but getting there might not be so easy

MALAGA Airport is open and operating with ‘relative normality’ this morning, but getting to the terminal might prove to be challenging. While the runway remains

4 Feb, 2026 @ 14:33

Lead·Malaga·Travel News·Weather

WATCH: Storm Leonardo latest: Walls ‘bleeding water’ and rain pouring through electrical sockets as military deployed to Grazalema during record-breaking rainfall

RESIDENTS of Spain’s wettest village are facing a scene of ‘absolute terror’ today as water gushes through electrical sockets and walls appear to ‘bleed’ under

4 Feb, 2026 @ 14:17

Cadiz·Lead·Weather

MAPPED: Huge swathes of the already-waterlogged Costa del Sol and inland Malaga are at risk of flooding – is your home in a danger zone?

OFFICIAL flood maps have revealed the neighbourhoods most at risk of catastrophe today as Storm Leonardo dumps hundreds of litres of rain onto already-saturated ground.

4 Feb, 2026 @ 12:37

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Green·Lead·Malaga·Weather

WATCH: Weather update from Olive Press roving editor Jon Clarke as he tracks Storm Leonardo across Malaga

ROVING editor Jon Clarke has been out at the scene of some of the areas worst impacted by Storm Leonardo. Reporting outside an emergency coordination

4 Feb, 2026 @ 12:25

Lead·Malaga·Weather

Storm Leonardo hammers the Costa del Sol: Mijas coastal path swept away, Marbella firefighters pull driver from flooded car and supermarkets shelves stripped bare

THE much-feared Storm Leonardo has made landfall across large parts of the Costa del Sol this morning, already bringing widespread disruption. While the coast has

4 Feb, 2026 @ 11:03

Costa del Sol·Lead·Weather

Mass evacuations underway in Andalucia: Over 3,000 flee homes as rivers swell past record-breaking levels

THOUSANDS are fleeing their homes across Andalucia as rivers surge past historic maximum levels under relentless torrential rain. At least 3,000 people have been evacuated

4 Feb, 2026 @ 10:53

Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga·Weather

Storm Leonardo RED ALERT extended as Campo de Gibraltar and Tarifa batten down the hatches for ‘long and worrying day’ – but Gibraltar carries on as usual

THE red weather alert pummelling inland Cadiz has been extended across the population centres and tourism hotspots of the Campo de Gibraltar and Tarifa. The

4 Feb, 2026 @ 09:57

Andalucia·Cadiz·Gibraltar·Lead·Weather

Red weather alert upgraded for Sotogrande luxury enclave as Storm Leonardo makes landfall on the Costa del Sol

STORM Leonardo is set to lash a large swathe of the Costa del Sol with ‘extraordinarily dangerous’ downpours in the coming hours, following upgraded weather

4 Feb, 2026 @ 09:41

Costa del Sol·Lead·Weather

Red alert in Malaga province: Storm Leonardo forces mass evacuations as Costa del Sol faces torrential rains from Wednesday

FEARS of flooding have sparked urgent evacuations in Malaga province after Spain’s state weather agency issued fresh alerts for the Costa del Sol from Wednesday.

3 Feb, 2026 @ 16:24

Lead·Malaga·Weather

Chart-topping British pop band hits out at far-right Vox over use of iconic hit single in campaign video

A LEADING British music band have slammed the far-right Spanish political party Vox over the use of one of the group’s most popular songs for

3 Feb, 2026 @ 15:14

La Cultura·Lead·Politics

Spain sheds more than 270,000 jobs after ‘worst January employment fall in 14 years’

SPAIN’S unemployment figures increased sharply in January according to official figures released on Tuesday. The number of registered unemployed rose by 30,392 to 2.44 million

3 Feb, 2026 @ 14:00

Lead·National News

Andalucia schools will shut as storm set to cause continued weather chaos and heavy downpours

SCHOOLS in Andalucia will be shut tomorrow as a strong storm is set to hit the region. With a red weather alert in Ronda and

3 Feb, 2026 @ 13:48

Andalucia·Lead·Weather

IN PICS: Work starts this year on what will become one of Spain’s largest shopping centres

CONSTRUCTION will begin this year in Valencia on what will become one of Spain’s biggest shopping centres. The Infinity complex will be located in the

3 Feb, 2026 @ 13:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain will ban social media for children aged under 16 to protect them from ‘digital Wild West’

PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez says his government will ban social media access for children aged under 16 in Spain and will order platforms to introduce

3 Feb, 2026 @ 12:30

Lead·National News

WATCH: Hero pedestrians rush to save woman being blown into traffic by 100km/h winds during Andalucia’s winter of storms

SHOCKING footage has captured the moment terrified pedestrians rushed to stop a woman being blown into traffic during a violent storm in Andalucia. The video,

3 Feb, 2026 @ 12:03

Andalucia·Lead·Weather

Spain is ‘full like a sponge’ and under extreme flood risk as up to 500mm of rain is forecast: Is your area in the ‘purple’ danger zone?

SPAIN is facing a critical week of weather as experts warn the country is ‘saturated’ and unable to absorb the deluge of water heading its

3 Feb, 2026 @ 11:32

Andalucia·Lead·Weather

Red alert in Andalucia for ‘off the charts’ Storm Leonardo: Flood warnings as ‘river in the sky’ set to dump 200mm of rain in 24 hours

AUTHORITIES have issued two maximum red weather warnings and a series of orange alerts across Andalucia as a ‘monster’ weather system prepares to make landfall

3 Feb, 2026 @ 10:51

Andalucia·Lead·Weather

ON THIS DAY: Spain’s answer to Lord Nelson and a great sculptor were born, snow fell where it never does … and a space-age fashion designer passed

BLAZ DE LEZO British people of a certain age were brought up on stories of English naval excellence and Spanish incompetence. The Armada was thwarted,

3 Feb, 2026 @ 08:00

La Cultura·Lead·National News

‘We miss you’: Spain’s Pedro Sanchez says UK should rejoin the EU a decade on from Brexit

SPANISH prime minister Pedro Sanchez said the should UK rejoin the EU – in what marked one of the clearest endorsements yet from an EU

2 Feb, 2026 @ 18:26

International Affairs·Lead·Politics

Kindergarden owner in Spain is arrested for allegedly hitting and locking up children

THE owner of a Valencia province nursery has been arrested for allegedly hitting and locking up children. Staff at the Algemesi facility handed over videos

2 Feb, 2026 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

EXCLUSIVE: The Olive Press is in the Epstein Files – here’s how our fearless reporting rattled the global elite with links to President Obama and the Rothschild family

EXPLOSIVE new emails show how hard-hitting Olive Press journalism rattled the world’s elite, with disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein among those taken aback. The Olive

2 Feb, 2026 @ 14:30

Crime & Law·International Affairs·Lead·Property

The Epstein Files hit Spain: Millions of documents include receipts sent by paedo financier to former PM while in office

THE name of a former Spanish prime minister appeared at least three times in the Epstein files after the US Department of Justice declassified three

2 Feb, 2026 @ 12:48

International Affairs·Lead·Politics

More heavy rain on the way as new Atlantic storms roll in across Spain: These are the affected areas

THE Costa del Sol is bracing for torrential rain after Spain’s state weather agency issued a week-long weather alert on Monday. An orange warning from

2 Feb, 2026 @ 11:31

Costa del Sol·Lead·Weather