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IN PICS: eagle-owls and kestrels ELECTROCUTED by cables in crucial Spanish wetland

MASS bird electrocutions have been recorded in a crucial wetland spanning the provinces of Alicante and Valencia. Environmental group Pego Viu were alerted to reports

15 Mar, 2019 @ 18:09

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

STRIP TEASE: Nudists protest apartment block to be built behind their Costa Blanca hideaway

NUDISTS are angry about an apartment block that has sprung up behind their strip of Costa Blanca beach, claiming it will subject them to voyeurs

15 Mar, 2019 @ 16:42

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

High-speed ferry slashes Costa Blanca–Formentera journey to under two hours

A HIGH-SPEED ferry will now get you from the Costa Blanca to Formentera in less than two hours, a Spanish shipping company has announced. The

15 Mar, 2019 @ 12:22

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Alicante among Spanish cities with cheapest rents

ALICANTE is among the cheapest cities in Spain in which to rent a property, a report has found. Appraisal company TecniTasa found that Alicante, Elche,

14 Mar, 2019 @ 18:58

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

Man’s attempt to win back ex-girlfriend by planting ‘love spell’ pineapple on train tracks ends in TERROR ALERT and one-year restraining order

A MAN will go to many lengths to win back an ex-girlfriend, but few end in a pineapple, toxic peas and a terror alert. This

14 Mar, 2019 @ 17:58

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

BREAKING: British tourist killed in ‘fight between holidaymakers’ in Benidorm

Police have launched an ongoing investigation and an autopsy is set to be held later today

8 Mar, 2019 @ 11:03

Lead

REPORTS: Four people STABBED in knife attack in British holiday favourite Benidorm

There are also reports that two men, believed to be Scottish, have fled the scene, although this has not been confirmed

25 Feb, 2019 @ 10:55

Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Police in Spain ‘fire rubber bullets’ at Scottish football fans after Benidorm bar ‘torched’ and man arrested for crystal meth

It also emerged on Wednesday that there would not be a fan zone for the roughly 10,000 football fans journeying from Scotland to Spain

21 Feb, 2019 @ 17:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

WANTED BRIT: Liverpudlian gangster who ‘dealt AK-47s and cocaine’ spotted roaming southern Spain in luxury Audi

The UK based Cullen gang was heavily armed, with access to a fully working AK47 assault rifle, a pump action shotgun and handguns

19 Feb, 2019 @ 12:22

Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: British expat Brexiters in Spain branded ‘stupid’ and ‘arrogant’ after admitting they would now vote Remain in Channel 4 news piece

The broadcaster visited the Costa Blanca to interview Brits living there about their opinions on the UK's divorce from the EU

11 Feb, 2019 @ 18:09

Lead·Politics

British model among arrests in Spain over brutal ‘love triangle’ murder of drug dealer Carl Carr buried by Costa Blanca motorway

POLICE have now detained a British model and issued a European Arrest Warrant for an Irishman over the brutal killing of a drug dealer in

11 Feb, 2019 @ 15:35

Crime & Law·Lead

Murdered Irish drug dealer who had €200k debts found buried next to Costa Blanca motorway

Marie, Carl’s mother, claimed her son’s death was the result of a love triangle and has ‘nothing to do with drugs’

4 Feb, 2019 @ 12:50

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

RED FLAG: British expat bar owner in southern Spain faces huge fine for refusing to take down Union Jack

Tracey Walker and her customers think Brexit could be a factor

21 Jan, 2019 @ 13:56

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

British tourist in Spain killed in head-on car crash on ‘death alley’ road hours after flying to Alicante with family

A BRITISH woman has been killed in a car crash hours into her holiday, while her partner is in a coma and her daughter is seriously injured. Thought to be from Bedfordshire and in her 60s, the

2 Jan, 2019 @ 09:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Let’s talk mental health: Why teenage suicide in UK and Spain is on the rise and what parents can do to help

The Olive Press investigates the surge in teenage depression and the role social media plays in self-harming

9 Dec, 2018 @ 10:00

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Police bust Benidorm sex club after Polish gang stole thousands by adding zeros to customer’s bills

Three Polish women aged 22, 23 and 27 were among those arrested at the club frequented by Brits

29 Nov, 2018 @ 19:03

Business & Finance·Crime & Law·Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

British mountaineer dies after abseiling down mountain in Spain’s Costa Blanca

The man, who has not yet been identified, was with a woman who was airlifted to hospital with a broken leg

28 Nov, 2018 @ 11:03

Lead·Other News

‘BREXIT ZONE’: Airport boss denies claims it is preparing separate area for Brits in southern Spain hotspot

It comes after staff at Alicante Elche Airport claimed new passport control barriers were being installed to separate Brits alongside Algerians, Russians and Ukrainians

1 Aug, 2018 @ 17:11

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

British tourist, 17, on life support machine after possible pesticide poisoning in Spain

Callum Forster from Leeds was rushed to hospital suffering ten seizures after a family night out in Alicante

1 Aug, 2018 @ 15:55

Lead·Mallorca·National News

Liverpool ‘face slasher’ whose victims needed hundreds of stitches arrested in southern Spain

The main victim needed more than 100 stitches following the attack

11 Jun, 2018 @ 15:31

Crime & Law·Lead

British father and son fugitives captured in southern Spain after stealing more than €1 million

The men had travelled separately to France in January 2018 before crossing the border into Spain

24 May, 2018 @ 16:19

Crime & Law·Lead

Spanish politician announces new flights from Spain to ‘Manchester United’ airport

During a TV interview, the president of the region of Murcia confused the city with the famous football team and said tickets are already available

5 May, 2018 @ 11:47

Lead·Other News

DOSE OF REALITY: Campaign to regulate lethal painkiller Nolotil gathers momentum in Spain

The Olive Press speaks to relatives of victims and campaigners about their hopes of regulating the controversial drug

29 Apr, 2018 @ 12:00

Health·Lead·Other News

Scottish expat in Spain campaigns for MPs to represent Brits living abroad

The Almeria-based teacher has launched a petition which already boasts over 1,000 signatures

27 Apr, 2018 @ 16:42

Lead·Politics

Potential animal mass grave unearthed in southern Spain after dogs found tortured and dumped in reservoir

DEVASTATED dog owners have found four of their pets mutilated in a stagnant water reservoir. The heartbreaking discovery came after the dogs went missing over

27 Apr, 2018 @ 15:05

Environment·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Southern Spain hospitals in British expat hotspot issue warning for ‘lethal’ painkiller Nolotil

After the drug claimed countless lives, a health network on the Costa Blanca has issued a recommendation to its medical staff to avoid prescribing Nolotil

23 Apr, 2018 @ 13:09

Health·Lead·Other News

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