High speed train testing track goes off the rails
Mass opposition to ‘destructive’ scheme to bring world’s biggest train testing track to Antequera
Andalucia postpones green tax on plastic bags
The Junta's green credentials are put in question following a delay in the long-awaited green tax
Turkish property scam exposed in Spain
Police are clamping down on a Turkish property scam that cost dozens of people across Europe their life savings
Search for Spain’s ‘lost babies of Franquismo’
Police have opened an investigation into the newborn babies who were lost in 1960s-70s across Spain
Andalucia castles to get a facelift
Malaga province is restoring its castles
Cats and dogs drown in Mijas rescue centre flood
Numerous animals are killed after a flood sweeps through animal shelter
Jamon bubble bursts
The price of Andalucian pork products is plummeting this festive season
Curtain falls on more British criminals
A most wanted drug trafficker is snatched in a bar in the latest Captura swoop
Wir sprechen Deutsch in Montejaque!
I was spending my first Christmas in Montejaque. When we went out for a few drinks, we got a proper linguistic shock - everyone was
Andalucia goes conservative
Andalucia is likely to see the first change of government in 30 years
Saved
EXCLUSIVE: The horses facing a happy Christmas after escaping from ‘horse killer’ Suzanne Jenkins
Anti-drug swoops leads to police purge
Several high-ranking Guardia Civil officers have been arrested under a drug trafficking investigation on the Costa del Sol
Mantecado – a Spanish Christmas treat
One of the many traditional Christmas goodies in Spain is the mantecado, a type of shortbread biscuit
Floodgates open on illegal homes
The Junta is planning to demolish illegal homes in areas of high flood risks to minimise future damage and strengthen flood defences
Motorway gets the bird
Toll road to Ronda threatens over 100 rare species
Brit hero foils kidnapping in Spain
A British hero has been praised for preventing a young girl from being snatched outside her school
Villa destruction
An illegal villa of a Russian oligarch is finally being demolished
Out of a deep, dark hole
Nerja could finally be close to getting its own sewage works
Off-plan mirage wipes out millions
A hundred Northern Irish families lost six millions of savings in a bogus property off-plan near non-existent Disneyland Estepona
Thanks, but I couldn’t live here
Film director Ken Loach explains why he wouldn't move to Spain
Flamenco world mourns Enrique Morente
Star fell into coma after routine operation
Spain and USA swap treasures
Spain received unofficial help from the American government in its legal battle for the sunken Black Swan treasure, Wikileaks reveals
Andalucia plans to expand protected areas
Proposals receive support from town halls, ecologists, businesses and central and local government
Red palm weevil alert
Palm trees across Andalucia are threatened by the unabated spread of the red weevil
Tropical fruits in Andalucía – Mmmm!
Paul Whitelock tucks into chirimoya, mango, kaki, níspero, papaya, guayaba and avocado
Log blog!
Time to get that log fire burning. But where to get good logs at a decent price? Paul Whitelock ponders the dilemma as his regular