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Firefighters save life of pensioner, 72, as candle fire leaves her trapped at home in Spain’s Malaga

FIREFIGHTERS in Malaga saved a woman’s life during a terrifying blaze caused by an unsupervised candle. The quick-thinking crew guided the pensioner, 72, to safety

16 Feb, 2022 @ 09:52

Lead·Malaga·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: Expat pensioners left without water and electricity as Iberdrola cut off ‘unsafe’ supply in Spain’s Jalon

EXPAT pensioners living in a rural urbanisation in Jalon on the Costa Blanca are struggling without piped water and electricity after Iberdrola cut off their

16 Feb, 2022 @ 09:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Property·Valencian Community

IN PICS: Ghost village becomes tourist hot spot as it remerges from drought-hit reservoir in northwestern Spain

A VILLAGE that was flooded to make way for a reservoir 30 years ago in Spain’s northwestern Galicia region has reappeared thanks to receding waters

15 Feb, 2022 @ 11:45

Environment·Lead·National News·Olive Press Travel

Six ships damaged in devastating blaze in Spain’s Huelva

SOME six ships have been damaged in a fire at a port in Huelva. Firefighters were called to the ??Isla Cristina port at around 2pm

14 Feb, 2022 @ 11:45

Crime & Law·Huelva·Lead·Other News

Woman dies and one injured in horror crash which left car embedded in tree in Spain’s Cadiz

A 30-year-old woman has died in a horror crash that left her car embedded in a palm tree in Cadiz. One other was injured in

14 Feb, 2022 @ 10:30

Cadiz·Lead·Other News

Police catch international drugs gang boss who used helicopters to carry narcotics in Spain's Andalucia

Man knifed in face during attempted robbery in Spain’s Jaen

A YOUNG has been hospitalised after being knifed in the face during a violent robbery in Jaen. Police were called to Plaza del Corte Ingles

14 Feb, 2022 @ 09:48

Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead·Other News

WORTH A VISIT: The Charterhouse in Valldemossa has reopened after three months of closure

TOURIST attraction The Charterhouse in Valldemossa has reopened having been closed to the public for three months. Mayor Nadal Torres said he hoped that visitor

13 Feb, 2022 @ 13:30

Lead·National News

Tragedy Of 'happy' Young Boy, 7, Who Died During Football Training In Valencia Area Of Spain

Serial sex offender who posed as teenager to groom kids on social media faces ‘1,000 year jail sentence’

A FOOTBALL coach labelled as one of the most prolific sexual predators in Spain is facing a ‘thousand years’ prison sentence over the abuse of

12 Feb, 2022 @ 19:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

OPINION: Isn’t it time Spain had a Royal visit from Her Majesty?

AS Queen Elizabeth II celebrates the Platinum Jubilee becoming the first monarch ever to mark 70 years on the throne, isn’t it about time she

12 Feb, 2022 @ 17:00

Lead·National News·Opinion

False teeth are among the expenses claimed

Brit reunited with false teeth he lost in Spain 11 years ago

A BRIT was left gobsmacked after being reunited with the false teeth he lost on boozy night out in Benidorm – 11 years later. Paul

12 Feb, 2022 @ 15:00

Benidorm·Entertainment·Lead·Other News

NO TO HUNTING: Mass demonstrations have been hosted all over Spain coinciding with the end of greyhound hunting season

MORE than 40 cities across Spain hosted mass demonstrations against hunting. The protests, called every year by the ‘Plataforma No A la Caza’ (NAC), brought

12 Feb, 2022 @ 14:15

Lead·National News

Antonio Resines: Spanish actor with COVID discharged from intensive care after 45 days in hospital

SPANISH actor Antonio Resines has been released from hospital after spending 45 days in Intensive Care following complications with COVID-19. The 67-year-old was hospitalised in

11 Feb, 2022 @ 10:17

Celebrity·Entertainment·Health·Madrid·Other News

Catalan Queralt Castellet wins Spain’s first medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics in women’s snowboarding halfpipe

THE first medal awarded to Team Spain at the Beijing Olympics has gone to an athlete from Catalunya. Someone had to be the first, and

10 Feb, 2022 @ 17:45

Catalunya·Lead·National News·Sport

‘Last wave’ of COVID-19 as Health Minister says virus is ‘already disappearing’ in Spain

ANDALUCIA’S Minister of Health and Families believes coronavirus will soon resemble a common cold and thinks Omicron could be the beginning of the end of

10 Feb, 2022 @ 17:00

Health·Lead·Other News

Construction worker, 38, seriously injured after falling from warehouse in Spain’s Cadiz

A LABOURER was seriously injured after falling 10metres from the roof of a warehouse, police say. Emergency services rushed to Villamartin in Santa Cadiz at

10 Feb, 2022 @ 16:33

Cadiz·Lead·Other News

Copper thief ‘stole miles of wiring and left homes in Spain without power’

AN ALLEGED copper thief from Benacazon has been arrested after a spate of robberies in Sevilla. The crook, who is accused of plundering miles of

10 Feb, 2022 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Sevilla

Skeletal remains of man and woman found in Elche ravine could be couple missing in Spain since 2019

THE skeletal remains of a man and woman discovered in a ravine outside Elche in Spain’s Valencia region could belong to a couple reported missing

10 Feb, 2022 @ 13:45

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

drugs seized in raid on Marbella coffee shop. Photo: Policia Nacional

Secret ‘cartel cafe’ couple arrested in Spain’s Marbella in joint operation

A MARBELLA couple were handcuffed and searched as police raided a suspected Amsterdam-style cannabis cafe on the Costa del Sol. The pair were among the 20

10 Feb, 2022 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima

CHINWAG OVER THE CHORIZO! EXCLUSIVE: ‘Like any normal couple’ the King and Queen of Holland booked a restaurant and chatted to tourists and staff in Spanish and English

IT was a usually busy Saturday night in one of Ronda’s most popular restaurants. As the noise levels were shifting up a gear in came

10 Feb, 2022 @ 10:34

Celebrity·Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga·Must Read

Bomb squad called in after ‘explosive device’ found on a beach in Spain’s Marbella Tedax

Unexploded bomb from Spanish Civil War located during building works in Mallorca

AN artillery shell dropped by planes during Spain’s Civil War has been uncovered during building works on a ‘refugio’ at Llevant Natural Park in Spain’s

10 Feb, 2022 @ 09:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Thieves grab victim round neck to steal €30,000 watch on Valencia street in Spain

Disabled teen seriously injured after being viciously battered by thugs in Spain’s Cadiz

COWARDLY thugs viciously beat a disabled teen in a terrifying attack in Cadiz. The 19-year-old, who has not been named, lost consciousness during the brutal

9 Feb, 2022 @ 18:15

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Police Rescue Abused Unconcious Woman Hanging From A Curtain At Her Costa Blanca Home In Spain

Man who shot two people with high-powered hunting gun in Spain’s Sevilla arrested for attempted murder

A MAN who allegedly used a high-powered hunting gun to shoot and injure two people in random and unprovoked attacks in Sevilla has been arrested

9 Feb, 2022 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Sevilla

Five arrested in Malaga, Cadiz and Ceuta in an operation against money laundering from drug trafficking in Spain

POLICE in Spain have tracked down and arrested five people for their involvement in the laundering of drug trafficking proceeds in the south of Spain.

9 Feb, 2022 @ 17:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga