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British family’s dream holiday to Spain ruined after Ryanair grounded flight just minutes before take-off

A BRITISH family had their dream holiday to Spain ruined after Ryanair grounded their flight just minutes before take-off. Simon Roffee was celebrating his 30th

18 Sep, 2017 @ 16:27

Business & Finance·Lead·Mallorca·National News·Travel News

British family left stranded in Malaga after arriving to find their holiday villa doesn’t exist

Sheeba saw an advert for the villa, El Caprichio, on a Facebook group and made a last minute booking for a seven-night stay

7 Sep, 2017 @ 15:22

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Property·Travel News

Spain sees more UK expats than the UK sees Spanish

DATA from the Office for National Statistics show that Spain sees over three times more British expats than the U.K. sees Spanish expats. The research

1 Sep, 2017 @ 14:19

Business & Finance·Jaen·La Cultura·Malaga·Travel News

Manhunt for rape trio in Spain after young British woman ‘gang raped’ on popular tourist beach

SPANISH cops are hunting for three men after a British woman claims she was raped on a popular tourist beach. The 20-year-old is said to

28 Aug, 2017 @ 10:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·National News

British expat who returned to UK from Spain found HOMELESS and starving after council refused to house him

A BRITISH expat who returned to the UK has been found starving and sleeping rough after his local council refused to house him. David Sutcliffe,

27 Aug, 2017 @ 12:47

Lead·Mallorca·National News·Politics

British father and son facing €600,000 fines for shining lasers at planes landing in Malaga

Their fines for serious breach of safety laws could cost them €595,000

11 Aug, 2017 @ 11:37

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

How to Access British Television in Spain

With streaming services growing in popularity, broadcast television channels have started coming to the party. Sky Go and BBC iPlayer are just two examples of

26 Jul, 2017 @ 12:30

Entertainment

Teenage British lad celebrating end of A-levels ‘drops dead’ at rave in Spain

A BRITISH teenager celebrating the end of his A-levels in Spain has died after collapsing at a rave. Alex Masterton, from East Lindsey in Lincolnshire,

19 Jul, 2017 @ 16:42

Lead·National News

Young British expat attacked by serial sex beast on Costa del Sol who was waiting in back seat of her car with screwdriver

He told her she wouldn't be the first he had killed

9 Jul, 2017 @ 21:22

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

British mother arrested in Spain after wandering the streets ‘naked and drunk’ while her kids ‘begged for food’

One child had nappy sores from sitting in excrement for too long

29 Jun, 2017 @ 08:47

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

British man suspected of robbing jewellery shop arrested in Mallorca

Cops seize unnamed 35-year-old after Palma heist

1 Jun, 2017 @ 14:27

Lead·Mallorca

British homeless couple find new Costa del Sol home thanks to Olive Press campaign

Paul and Leslie Dunt from East London are now living in a finca in Cerralba, Malaga, after one month of living between a shed and

2 May, 2017 @ 14:00

Lead·Other News

Holidaymaker praises Malaga hospital staff for saving his life

Gregory Johnston from Birmingham was rushed to the Hospital Regional Universitario Malaga after a freak fall onto a glass table cut the main artery and

28 Apr, 2017 @ 09:30

Health·Lead·Malaga

Surrey car thief arrested in Marbella on European Arrest Warrant

The 33-year-old from Chertsey in Surrey was apprehended on a European Arrest Warrant due to allegedly stealing two cars from a car dealership in Surbiton

20 Apr, 2017 @ 16:22

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Expat launches new petition to give all expats vote in June 8 general election

France resident Chris Madsen is behind the new campaign, which has gained several thousand signatures in less than 24 hours

20 Apr, 2017 @ 12:00

Lead·Politics

Homeless couple receive much needed financial help from Olive Press reader

Paul will put the money towards a deposit for a flat

1 Apr, 2017 @ 09:49

Environment·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

British man shot by cops in his backside in southern Spain after ‘pulling knife on ex-partner’

According to local reports, the man had breached a restraining order to find his ex

20 Mar, 2017 @ 10:54

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead

Torrox Council wants as many residents as possible to sign onto the official population list so that it can access much-needed funding

2 Mar, 2017 @ 14:30

British expat, 86, arrested for stabbing his wife in their Alicante nursing home

The man tried to harm himself after the attack

20 Feb, 2017 @ 10:19

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Why should Gibraltarians have to repeatedly remind others that they are British?

WHENEVER things get difficult, Gibraltarians have to remind all who care to listen that we are British. Only recently our current Chief Minister, Mr Picardo

15 Feb, 2017 @ 11:12

Brief by Charles Gomez·Lead·Politics

Almost 90% of Spanish workers want to move to British 9 to 5 work day

Three out of four believed the working day should end at 6pm

11 Feb, 2017 @ 18:00

Business & Finance·La Cultura·Lead

Brits selling Malaga homes in record numbers since Brexit

Malaga province has seen a 16.5% increase is Brits selling up

11 Feb, 2017 @ 09:04

Business & Finance·Malaga·Property

WATCH: Two British lawyers’ explosive argument over armrest on flight to Malaga

Other passengers can be heard giggling in the clip

9 Feb, 2017 @ 16:39

Entertainment·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

British bird lovers to stage 700 mile trek through Spain to save turtle doves

The four Brits will walk 700 miles from Tarifa to Asturias from February 5 to raise money to help protect the bird, whose population has

31 Jan, 2017 @ 20:41

Cadiz·Lead·Nature

Brits drastically boosting population of struggling yet award-winning Frigiliana village

FOREIGNERS are drastically boosting the population of a struggling yet award-winning pueblo blanco. Brits, Morrocans, Germans and French are among the extranjeros who make up

21 Jan, 2017 @ 13:00

Lead·Property

Anger erupts in UK as probe ‘reveals unqualified Malaga expats flying back to UK for highly paid two week placements’ looking after elderly

Expats should be able to care for elderly in UK

Let’s face it, It’s such a challenging job that many back in Britain quite simply won’t consider it

4 Jan, 2017 @ 20:00

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