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WATCH: Trees snap in half as winds of up to 90km/hr and rain wreak havoc in Spain’s Andalucia

#BorrascaDaniel #SevillahoyLluvias y viento fuerte (90 km/h máx)?CONSEJOS?Cierra puertas, ventanas y toldos?Retira objetos que puedan caer?Cuidado en zona de árboles?Precaución al conducir?Sigue fuentes oficiales #StopBulos#Gobernación

16 Dec, 2019 @ 21:23

Lead·Sevilla

Expat missing for a day in L’Alfàs del Pi on Spain’s Costa Blanca

GUARDIA CIVIL have warned of an elderly expat missing since yesterday on Spain’s Costa Blanca. Lygia Shirley Constance de Groot Ev Van Ommen went missing

16 Dec, 2019 @ 21:16

Costa Blanca

British butcher flies to Spain’s Lanzarote with knife in hand luggage – BUT has shampoo seized

"It is disgusting that I managed to get on a plane with a knife"

16 Dec, 2019 @ 20:18

Lead·Other News

PIPE DREAM: British family accused of siphoning off €4 million of jet fuel from Malaga Airport supply line under their Costa del Sol home

The police discovered the theft after a suspicious pipe was seen on the farm during a helicopter search

16 Dec, 2019 @ 20:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Costa del Sol cowboy builder had previously racked up thousands in fines with car he was borrowing from expat

Sunderland-born Maddison accumulated the charges during April 2018, while he was driving the car without permission

16 Dec, 2019 @ 20:12

Crime & Law·Lead

RANKED: The 5 best towns to visit along Spain’s Costa del Sol in 2020

It’s obvious why Brits and Europeans have been flocking there for decades

16 Dec, 2019 @ 19:25

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

CASTING CALL: ‘Blond-haired’ extras urgently needed for Benidorm TV series TOMORROW (Dec 17) with €70 pay

BLOND-HAIRED extras are urgently needed in Benidorm tomorrow (Tuesday, December 17) with a promise of €70 pay. Directors for a brand-new, Spanish-language production of Benidorm

16 Dec, 2019 @ 18:14

Celebrity·Costa Blanca·Entertainment·Lead

Need a spot to sit by the fire this Christmas? Harris Furnishings has 5 stunning sofas to suit every interior

THE SOFA is one of the unsung heroes of Christmas. Every family needs a spot to snuggle up by an open fire, a place to

16 Dec, 2019 @ 16:43

Costa Blanca·Other News·Property

How will British travellers flying to Spain’s Malaga and Palma de Mallorca be affected by Brexit?

From new barriers to special baggage reclaim areas, hotspots like Palma de Mallorca and Malaga were feared to be among the most affected

16 Dec, 2019 @ 15:47

Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·Politics

Police to step up drink driving crackdown during Christmas on Spain’s Costa del Sol

POLICIA Local in Estepona will be stepping up their measures against drink driving this Christmas. According to police, there will be daily checks throughout the

16 Dec, 2019 @ 13:37

Lead·Malaga

Rock climber falls to his death in Spain’s Cordoba

A ROCK climber has fallen to his death in Cordoba. The 51-year-old died yesterday while climbing in the mountainous La Algaida area in Carcabuey. Emergency

16 Dec, 2019 @ 13:08

Cordoba·Lead

WARNING: Do not do THIS while eating prawns in Spain

A health body has sounded the alarm over high levels of cadmium (Cd) in the crustacean

16 Dec, 2019 @ 12:20

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead·Mallorca

Spain’s Malaga on track to experience driest year ever as reservoirs remain half full

Until now, the driest year ever was in 1985 when 267 litres of rain per square metre fell in the regional capital

16 Dec, 2019 @ 11:29

Environment·Lead·Malaga

PUTT A RING ON IT: Spain’s top golfer Jon Rahm weds university sweetheart Kelley Cahill in front of his caddy at intimate fairytale ceremony

The world number three’s dream wedding comes after a 2019 in which he was also crowned European Tour Golfer of the Year

16 Dec, 2019 @ 10:29

Celebrity·Lead

‘CRITICAL CONDITION’: Child in coma with alcohol poisoning after passing out from booze session near Murcia railway line

The youngster was attended by Policia Local officers and two ambulances before being rushed to the University General Hospital

16 Dec, 2019 @ 10:04

Lead

WATCH: Spain’s Got Talent star nearly dies as he fails to escape from straitjacket in locked underwater box

The performer admitted he had ‘spent four minutes in cardiorespiratory arrest’

16 Dec, 2019 @ 09:30

Entertainment·Lead

EL CLASICO: 3,000 troops to police Spain’s most important football fixture as HUGE Catalan protests planned for Camp Nou

Fears of civil unrest caused the fixture, which was due to be played in October, to be rescheduled for this week

16 Dec, 2019 @ 09:05

Barcelona·Lead

BROLLIES OUT: Week of rain coming to Spain’s Costa del Sol and inland Andalucia starting TOMORROW as Aemet issues weather warnings

IT’S beginning to feel a lot like winter. That Indian summer is long behind us as we head into the third week of December, with

15 Dec, 2019 @ 21:23

Cadiz·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla

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“Disappointed” – UN secretary general laments COP25 climate summit result as key decisions POSTPONED until next year

U.N. CLIMATE talks ended Sunday with a compromise that sparked widespread disappointment, after key decisions on the rules for an international carbon markets were postponed

15 Dec, 2019 @ 20:02

Environment·Lead

HATE CRIME: ‘Gay man’ hospitalised after group of young men use fake dating profile to lure him to secluded road before violently robbing him in Spain’s Andalucia

A MAN has been hospitalised after being lured to a secluded road and violently robbed by a group of young men on the outskirts of

15 Dec, 2019 @ 12:50

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

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40-year-old dies in brutal car crash on the N-332 between Pedreguer and Gata de Gorgos on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 40-YEAR-OLD man has died in a brutal accident between two vehicles on the N-332, near the Alicante Gata de Gorgos. The accident happened around 23.45

15 Dec, 2019 @ 12:24

Costa Blanca

Lionel Richie to perform on Spain’s Costa del Sol in 2020

The US singer-songwriter is one of the first big names to be announced for Marbella's annual summer Starlite festival

15 Dec, 2019 @ 12:16

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

‘King of Algeciras port’ brought down in HUGE win for Spain’s drug war after cops seize half a tonne of cocaine and €700,000 cash hidden inside a pool table

While he was arrested several times throughout his career, nothing quite stuck and his run ins with the law only made him more determined

14 Dec, 2019 @ 17:43

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

URGENT: Expats with houses on Javea mountainside urged to check properties for signs of man missing for FOUR DAYS on Spain’s Costa Blanca

RESIDENTS with houses on the Montgo mountain region of Javea have been urged to check their properties for any sign of missing man Miguel Ángel

14 Dec, 2019 @ 17:02

Costa Blanca·Lead

Family ties forging the way for Costa Blanca business built on traditional values

KEEPING it in the family has been the key to the success of local estate agency, Casas Manuel. “You’d think that working with your mum,

14 Dec, 2019 @ 15:24

Celebrity·Costa Blanca

Guns N’ Roses are coming to Spain’s Andalucia in 2020

Tickets will go on sale on Friday December 20 at 10am at livenation.es, Ticketmaster and El Corte Ingles

14 Dec, 2019 @ 11:58

Entertainment·Lead·Sevilla

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