Tragedy in Benidorm: 85-year-old man dies on shore of popular tourist beach
AN 85-year-old man died on Tuesday on the Levante beach in the popular tourist city of Benidorm, on Spain’s eastern Mediterranean coast. According to sources
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain meet victims of the deadly Valencia fire
THE King and Queen of Spain have met families displaced by Thursday’s fire in Valencia that killed 10 people. Felipe and Letizia attended a special
German tourist ‘reborn’, as he recovers from severe cuts caused by a 3-metre fall into a glass panel in Spain’s Mallorca
A GERMAN holidaymaker has miraculously survived from a horrendous 3-metre fall into a glass panel at a villa he had rented in Playas del Muro,
Man performs Lazarus act to wake up on coroner’s autopsy table in Spain’s Valencia
GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es A VALENCIA man literally rose from the dead on Friday as he lay on a coroner’s table just
Well-known drag queen Afrodiziack dies on stage in Torremolinos
POPULAR drag queen Afrodiziack has died on stage after collapsing at Tiki Tiki Show Copas bar in Torremolinos. The 41-year-old, a well-known artist in the
Woman dies in jet ski incident in the Costa del Sol over the weekend
A WOMAN died after falling from a three-seater jet ski she was riding with two friends in the Costa del Sol. Her friends frantically scooped
British tourist, 37, dies of heart attack in hotel bedroom in Spain’s Menorca
A 37-YEAR-OLD British tourist died from a heart attack in his Arenal d’en Castell hotel bedroom in Menorca on Wednesday morning. The man started to
Three construction workers seriously injured after falling from a third-floor height in Mallorca
THREE construction workers have been seriously injured after the lift they were in collapsed in Calvia (Mallorca). They are believed to have fallen from a
Video: Five-story building containing 21 homes suddenly collapses in Spain’s Teruel
A FIVE-STORY residential building containing 21 homes collapsed on Tuesday in the city of Teruel. Fortunately, no one was hurt in the incident. The caretaker
UPDATE: Mother arrested for allegedly attempting to murder her two children with rat poison in Mallorca
A WOMAN allegedly tried to murder her two children, aged 4 and 14, by pouring rat poison in their food in Manacor on Sunday (May
Hiker rescued by helicopter after falling from a 3-metre height in Mallorca
A HIKER has been rescued by helicopter after falling from a height of 3 metres in Deia (Mallorca). The woman tripped and fell while walking
Woman in Spain’s Granada has miraculous escape after pallet of cement falls onto car
A WOMAN in Granada had a miraculous escape on Tuesday after a pallet carrying bags of cement fell from a crane and crushed her car
Three-year-old girl dies after falling from a sixth-floor balcony in Spain’s Costa Blanca
A THREE-YEAR-OLD girl has died after falling from a sixth-floor balcony in Torrevieja on Tuesday evening. She is believed to have climbed over the railing
Two women died after car crash in Coin (Malaga)
TWO WOMEN have died after their cars crashed in the A-355 road in Coin (Malaga) today (Friday May 5) after midnight. It is believed that
Elderly British woman drowns at Costa Blanca beach in Spain
A BRITISH woman drowned at Javea’s El Arenal beach on Thursday afternoon. The 76-year-old victim was having a day out with her family when tragedy
Balearic emergency services line in Spain goes down leaving some residents unable to call for help for over nine hours
Emergency services in the Balearic Islands were left in chaos last night after the 112 emergency line crashed for over nine hours. The outage occurred
Three workers killed as mine shaft collapses in Spain’s Catalunya
THREE men died on Thursday after a mine shaft collapsed at a Barcelona province potash mine. Emergency services were alerted about an incident at the
Girl, 10, dies after collision involving speeding car on wrong side of road in Spain’s Valencia
A 10-YEAR-OLD girl died on Sunday morning following a head-on collision between two cars on the N-220 in Manises, Valencia province. The youngster was with
IN PICS: Benidorm cliff drama after man falls into sea on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A man cheated death on Monday evening after falling off a cliff into the sea at Benidorm’s Cala de Finestrat. The 34-year-old victim was saved
New national suicide prevention hotline in Spain takes nearly 15,000 calls in first month
A new national suicide prevention hotline took almost 15,000 calls in its first month of operation in Spain. The government said the ‘024’ hotline attracted
Costa Blanca council in Spain continues battle to stop busy beach road being swamped with parked cars
JAVEA council has repeated a call for help in stopping the regular summer chaos of roadside parking along the CV-742 to Cala Portitxol. The authority
Fresh tragedy strikes scenic Costa Blanca ravine in Spain after hiker falls down waterfall
A hiker, 24, died on Sunday after falling down a waterfall into an Alicante Province ravine at Bolulla. It’s the third death in nine days
Heavy rain causes flooding and dramatic rescues in Spain’s Valencia area
TORRENTIAL downpours and strong winds have caused flooding and other problems in the Valencia area. A yellow warning alert for bad weather has been put
Dog owner in Spain’s Catalunya drowns during sea rescue at Costa Brava beach on Lloret de Mar
A man drowned after trying to save his dog at a Costa Brava beach in Catalunya. The owner, 46, responded fatally on Sunday while walking
Family escape Boxing Day fire caused by electrical device on Spain’s Costa del Sol
A BENALMADENA family are lucky to be alive after an electrical device sparked a huge fire which burned down part of their house on Boxing Day.
Cadiz man dies in horror car crash in Spain’s Ronda
A DRIVER has died after a horror car accident in Ronda. It happened around 4.45pm on Sunday on the A-374 road at kilometer 22. Police
