VICIOUS winds and rain plummeted onto a Cadiz paseo as bystanders were blown away by the impact of a potential tornado. Footage seen during the peak of Storm Marta on Saturday shows violent gusts whipping across the seafront walkway outside…
EXPATS and locals of southern Spain take different approaches to staying youthful and healthy. Green juice in one hand and a Botox appointment in the calendar. On the Costa del Sol, ageing well has become a lifestyle choice – and…
A DOZEN medieval Muslim tombs have been uncovered in Estepona during construction work to revamp the main boulevard. This discovery shines fresh light on the Costa del Sol’s buried past. The archeologists found the remains while overseeing redevelopment works in…
DOZENS of Brits and other European expats are believed to be among 200 people urgently evacuated from a Malaga beauty spot this afternoon. Emergency services ordered the total evacuation of the Estacion de Benaojan neighbourhood shortly after 4pm on Friday…
FORMER head of Spain’s UDEF anti-money laundering unit helped a criminal network smuggle at least 58,000 kilos of cocaine into Spain, making more than €30 million in the process, police say. A new Internal Affairs report claims Oscar Sanchez Gil…
SPAIN’S wettest town has shattered its all-time rainfall record after Storm Leonardo dropped a deluge of biblical proportions. Grazalema, the picturesque pueblo blanco in the Cadiz mountains, recorded a staggering 512.5mm of rain in a single 24-hour period ending at…
FEARS of flooding have sparked urgent evacuations in Malaga province after Spain’s state weather agency issued fresh alerts for the Costa del Sol from Wednesday. Serrania de Ronda, northwest of Malaga, is now under a red warning as forecasters predict…
SPANISH prime minister Pedro Sanchez said the should UK rejoin the EU – in what marked one of the clearest endorsements yet from an EU leader for a prospective British return. In an interview with New Statesman, Sanchez said Spain…
THE weather might be getting you down, but we’ve got just the thing to warm the cockles of your heart – the latest episode of the Olive Press’ flagship Rest is Spain podcast is out now! This week, our crack…
STAR: Miss DQ is a household name on the drag circuit This story was originally posted on April 1, 2019 – we don’t think it was an April fool’s joke THE UK’s only dwarf drag queen has just completed a…
