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Five people arrested over lethal listeria outbreak in Spain which caused seven abortions and killed three

FIVE people have been arrested in connection with the Listeria outbreak which has killed seven people and affected at least 200. Guardia Civil cuffed the

25 Sep, 2019 @ 08:35

Health·Lead·Sevilla

Rip-off flights, hotel evictions and 120,000 tourists still stranded as Thomas Cook collapses

Replacement flight rip offs, evictions from hotels, anxiety among thousands of tourists as Thomas Cook folds.

24 Sep, 2019 @ 21:42

Lead·National News·Travel News

Flood victims in the Vega Baja can apply for up to €4,500 emergency aid – here’s the form

VICTIMS of the Vega Baja’s worst floods for 140 years can now request emergency funds ‘up to €4,500’ from their respective Town Halls. Residents can

24 Sep, 2019 @ 14:24

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Spain’s Supreme Court gives go ahead for reburial of former dictator Francisco Franco

Pedro Sanchez’s socialist government had pledged to move the ex-tyrant‘s body from underneath the monument.

24 Sep, 2019 @ 12:50

Lead·National News

BREAKING: Judges rule that Boris Johnson’s proroguing of parliament was unlawful

THE UK’s Supreme Court has ruled Boris Johnson’s advice to the Queen that parliament should be prorogued for five weeks at the height of the

24 Sep, 2019 @ 11:56

Lead·Politics

Woman has scalped ripped clean off after hair gets stuck in factory sorting machine in Spain’s Sevilla

In newly released details, authorities said the sorting machine 'ripped her scalp from her nape to her forehead'

24 Sep, 2019 @ 11:45

Lead·Sevilla

Hunt on for ‘mystery Tarifa man’ last pictured with missing Norwegian near Spain’s Costa del Sol before he vanished without a trace

The missing man took a train from Oslo in Norway some days later and disappeared without a trace

24 Sep, 2019 @ 11:00

Lead·Malaga

Thomas Cook bosses face FURIOUS demands to give back £50 million bonuses after firm’s collapse sees thousands of Brits stranded in Spain

The firm’s most recent CEO, Peter Fankhauser - who apologised for its collapse on Monday - raked in £8.3m during his time in the top

24 Sep, 2019 @ 10:42

Lead·National News·Travel News

Temperatures to surpass 30C on Spain’s Costa del Sol this week as ‘warmer than average’ autumn begins

It comes after AEMET announced that the whole of Andalucia will experience a 'warmer than average' autumn this year

24 Sep, 2019 @ 10:04

Lead·Malaga

Body found on side of AP-7 on Spain’s Costa del Sol ‘may have been dumped there’ as police find ‘signs of violence’

The 39-year-old man's corpse, which was found in an advanced state of decomposition, was found last Monday between Mijas and Marbella

24 Sep, 2019 @ 09:43

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Shocking moment ‘porn star’ filmed pleasuring herself metres from children’s playground in Spain’s Marbella (WARNING: Explicit imagery)

It comes after new laws were passed forbidding tourists from walking around pedestrian areas without a t-shirt on last year

24 Sep, 2019 @ 09:18

Lead·Malaga

Unions representing 50,000 farmers accuse Segura river management body of ‘criminal negligence’ over devastating gota fría floods

UNIONS representing 50,000 of the nation’s farmers met last Friday with Mireia Mollá, the Regional Minister of Agriculture to accuse the organisation managing the Segura

23 Sep, 2019 @ 21:20

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Environment·Lead

WHITE STRIPES: Albino tiger believed to be ‘one of twenty’ left in the world found locked in Alicante garden

AN ALBINO tiger locked in a cage next to the swimming pool of an Alicante residence has raised alarm bells among municipal law enforcement. Alicante

23 Sep, 2019 @ 20:03

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

World’s ’13th-most expensive’ superyacht owned by Saudi billionaire docks in Denia

ONE of the world’s most expensive superyachts has caused an internet sensation after docking in the Port of Denia last weekend. The Lady Moura, reportedly

23 Sep, 2019 @ 15:25

Costa Blanca·Lead

Brits living in Spain will LOSE their rights if UK fails to give Spanish citizens better protection says Spain’s government

The future of the 365,967 Brits living in Spain will now depend on how the 180,000 Spaniards living in the UK are treated by the

23 Sep, 2019 @ 12:57

Lead·Politics

Healthcare for Brits in the EU to be covered for six months in no-deal Brexit

The government has pledged £150m to cover healthcare costs of the 180,000 British nationals living in the EU in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The

23 Sep, 2019 @ 11:55

Health·Lead

Five arrested after three men thrown out of van on motorway in Spain’s Andalucia

Security forces believe the three men were involved in a shooting which took place earlier.

23 Sep, 2019 @ 11:20

Cadiz·Lead

THOMAS COOK: UK Government to rescue 150,000 stranded holidaymakers in Spain and elsewhere as travel firm collapses

Thomas Cook's chief executive, Peter Fankhauser, said it was a ‘matter of profound regret’ that the holiday company had gone under

23 Sep, 2019 @ 10:59

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Travel News

Electric scooter riders demand more rights during protest in Spain’s Malaga as council prepares to ban them from pedestrian areas

Malaga is set to ban electric scooters from pedestrian areas next month.

23 Sep, 2019 @ 10:30

Lead·Malaga

Virgin olive oil exports soar by almost 25% in Spain’s Andalucia thanks to reliable EU market

ANDALUCIAN exports of virgin olive oil have increased by 24%, new figures have revealed. The value of the ‘liquid gold’ also increased by 5% year-on-year

23 Sep, 2019 @ 10:25

Food & Drink·Lead

PSOE would INCREASE its majority if general election held in Spain tomorrow

THE PSOE would win a majority if Spain held a general election tomorrow. That’s the forecast being made by a 40dB survey, which showed current

23 Sep, 2019 @ 08:46

Lead·Politics

Expat drowns after becoming trapped in garage as it filled up with water in heavy rainfall in Spain

The victim was 30-years-old and was described as 'foreign'

23 Sep, 2019 @ 07:04

Lead·National News

Olive Press journalist attacked by squatter at urbanisation home to British residents in Alicante

AN Olive Press journalist has been attacked after exposing a ‘violent’ squatter family allegedly squatting and stealing electricity from a Costa Blanca complex. Simon Wade

22 Sep, 2019 @ 18:05

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead