Spaniards return to the gym at record levels during 2015
After a six-year slump, Spain’s fitness sector is back up and running
Environmentalists fight back as 1,000-year-old olive trees are ripped out of the ground in Spain and sold for six-figure sums
With trees selling for as much as €100,000, the Felix Rodriguez de la Fuente Foundation wants a law change to ban the uprooting and sale
Spanish children encouraged to cycle to school
Biker generation
Andalucian photographer takes best nature shot of 2015
Francisco Mingorance won the ‘places’ category in National Geographic’s yearly honours for his photo of a marsh in Cordoba partially destroyed by radioactive waste
Childline Andalucia launches first major charity event at Hotel Tamisa Golf in May
Charity fundraiser to include three-course dinner and entertainment from the Jersey Boys
Bringing Scandinavian dental quality to Spain
Dentist Bjorn Abraham-Nilsen has set up Clinica Europa Dental in Alhaurin el Grande
Young unemployed Spaniards to received billions in EC funds for training
European Commission jobs boost
Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid given transfer bans
FIFA has punished the two clubs for breaching rules over the transfer of minors
Madrid Town Hall to remove Francoist street names from all public buildings
The Spanish capital is to change 30 such names honouring the former dictator and his regime
Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias was paid €93,000 by Iranian businessman
The anti-corruption party leader received the funds for presenting on Hispan TV - the Islamist TV channel based in Madrid
Burger break through in the Sierra Nevada
Telesilla Burger is in pole position right on the main square in the heart of Pradollano
UPDATE: Police successfully evict 70 squatters from abandoned homes in Marbella in under an hour
At least 20 police officers and up to a dozen security guards were involved in the evictions
Party pistes!
There is plenty of nightspots in the Sierra Nevada if you know where to look
Almunecar gender attack
The man is also being linked to two other attacks on women in December
Master chefs gear up for San Sebastian food festival
San Sebastian is the jewel in Spain’s culinary crown. Home to some of the world’s best restaurants, proud traditions are carried forward by its gastronomic
Nick Knowles splits from wife Jessica less than a year after moving to Sotogrande
The veteran BBC presenter, 53, moved to the upmarket Spanish resort with 28-year-old Jessica and their baby Edwin in May 2015
Olive farmers form vigilante groups to stop criminal gangs poaching their produce
The national farmers union says they will do all they can to defend their stock
Young UK physios team up with Barcelona FC
Staffordshire University and Barcelona have reached an agreement to allow students to visit the club’s training and medical facility
Spanish government cuts to renewable energy could be unconstitutional, court says
Over 400 appeals were launched by Spanish companies following the PP’s 2013 reforms, which included a €1.7 billion cut to renewable energy
Princess Cristina arrives at Mallorca court for €6 million corruption case
Swathes of photographers and protesters met the Royal and her husband when they arrived at the Mallorca court today
Travel association ABTA predict massive 2016 for Spanish holidays
A SUMMER holiday bookings bonanza is on the cards for Spain this year according to the UK’s leading travel trade association. ABTA’S Travel Trends 2016
Fox furore in the Campo de Gibraltar
A GREEN group has called for action in the Campo de Gibraltar after finding a poisoned fox. Alfredo Valencia, President of Ecologistas en Accion, has
Drones deployed to save endangered Iberian lynx in Spain
Conservationists are introducing eyes in the sky in order to gather more information about the wild cats