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WATCH: Secret filming reveals Goldcar staff ‘BULLY’ tourists and charge ‘€300 for scratch’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca

In Europe, customers are not required to buy additional insurance when renting a car and are covered with ‘basic’ insurance by law

2 Sep, 2019 @ 13:20

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga

Pop star killed after being hit in stomach by exploding pyrotechnic ‘rocket’ at festival performance in Spain

"There were two rockets, one that went in the right direction and the other hit the singer in the abdomen"

2 Sep, 2019 @ 10:00

Entertainment·Lead

Third elderly victim confirmed dead in Spain’s largest ever listeria outbreak as 200 still infected in total

Listeriosis is a bacterial infection that can cause sepsis, meningitis and encephalitis and can be fatal

27 Aug, 2019 @ 18:00

Lead

Elderly British hiker dies in cliff fall after getting separated from group in southern Spain

An investigation is now underway and the results of a post-mortem are expected today

29 Jul, 2019 @ 11:03

Lead

Ex-soldier shoots wife dead with rifle from terrace before killing himself outside ex-wife’s home in Spain’s Andalucia

One neighbour said: ‘I do not understand how a human being can do such a thing’

18 Jul, 2019 @ 16:22

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Police probe in Spain’s Andalucia after ILLEGAL zoo with turtles, ostriches and porcupines BUSTED

It comes after cops found fake permits for at least 14 animals at facilities in Villafranca de los Barros in February

11 Jul, 2019 @ 10:12

Crime & Law·Lead·Nature

Andy Murray’s Spanish doubles partner named in Wimbledon match-fixing investigation by police

Feliciano Lopez has denied all allegations against him, and said he had never met those at the centre of the probe

20 Jun, 2019 @ 09:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Mum on holiday in Spain kills only son by accidentally running him over in car park

After another couple’s car broke down and was being towed, the mum offered to move her vehicle, an SUV

12 Jun, 2019 @ 13:40

Crime & Law·Lead

Six-year-old boy in Spain’s Andalucia found dead in family hot tub as police investigate

Despite paramedics arriving quickly, nothing could be done to save the boy, and he was pronounced dead at the scene

14 May, 2019 @ 11:51

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Man in Spain dies of heart attack during hair transplant just moments after receiving anaesthetic

The clinic, which has been giving men their hairlines back for over five years, said it was ‘affected’ by the tragedy

8 May, 2019 @ 17:21

Crime & Law·Lead

DEAD BODY washes up on tourist beach on Spain’s Costa del Sol (WARNING: distressing image)

THE rotting corpse of an unidentified man has been found on the beach of Calahonda de Mijas this morning. At 8:15am the Guardia Civil got

4 Jan, 2019 @ 14:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Manufacturers of ‘lethal’ drug Nolotil face €500 million lawsuit

A €500 million lawsuit is launched and there are already 200 claimants, following an Olive Press investigation

9 Nov, 2018 @ 17:31

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·National News·Other News

Lethal painkiller Nolotil BANNED for Brits visiting Spain

The Spanish Medicine Agency has finally issued a directive to ban the drug for British and Irish tourists and regulate it for expats in Spain

6 Nov, 2018 @ 21:30

Health·Lead·National News

Probe into partner of missing Scot expat Lisa Brown to be reopened in southern Spain

It comes after a Spanish judge chose to ‘freeze’ the two-and-a-half year investigation into Simon Corner in April

18 Oct, 2018 @ 19:24

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Father of missing Scottish expat Lisa Brown’s son launches appeal against court ruling to release prime suspect Simon Corner

Tony Tomillero, father to Lisa's 11-year-old son Marco, has asked his lawyer to appeal the shock decision made in San Roque last month

23 May, 2018 @ 14:35

Crime & Law·Lead

Guardia Civil captain caught attempting to drink drive in Andalucia

Locals stopped the official from getting in his police car after drunkenly falling over when leaving a bar

9 May, 2018 @ 13:39

Crime & Law·Lead

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

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

Spanish cops quiz four West Brom players involved in an ‘incident’

West Brom has confirmed the 'incident' and say they are conducting an internal investigation.

16 Feb, 2018 @ 15:37

Celebrity·Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·National News·Sport

Granada’s Alhambra ticket scam court case set for 2016

This case promises to be a long walk to justice for Granada

19 Jul, 2015 @ 11:00

Granada·Lead

Body found in search for missing Gibraltar worker

Antonio Velasco Rodriguez was last seen on November 19 last year

10 Mar, 2015 @ 10:40

Gibraltar

Madrid judges probed over receiving payments in return for IT contracts

Judges have been receiving 'back door' payments since 2011

25 Feb, 2015 @ 17:10

Crime & Law·Lead

Spanish judge investigating how PP slush fund files were deleted loses vital evidence

The documents with key information about the illegal PP payments have 'disappeared'

22 Feb, 2015 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Police studying Sotogrande one-punch murder CCTV footage

CCTV reveals shocking details of the attack by Briton Devinder 'Victor' Kainth

12 Feb, 2015 @ 10:11

Crime & Law·Lead

UPDATE: Death toll from fighter jet crash in Spain rises to 11

THE death toll from the crash of a Greek fighter jet in central Spain has risen to 11. One of the French airmen who suffered

27 Jan, 2015 @ 12:10

National News

English fugitive wanted for exploding cash machines could be in Spain

Merseyside Police has issued a public appeal for help in tracking down two of its most-wanted criminals

20 Jan, 2015 @ 16:51

Crime & Law

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