By Rod Usher Unlucky Angela still has disabling chronic pain a year after knee surgery. In a personal medical saga, her husband, seasoned journalist Rod Usher forensically asks some probing questions about healthcare and insurers in southern Spain FIRST, not…
LIKE so many of their neighbours on the Costa del Sol, the two men lived lives of comfort and luxury from their expensive villas. The one known as Swarthy (el moreno) enjoyed the use of a series of luxury pads…
NEW cases of cancer in Spain are predicted to go above 300,000 for the first time in a calendar year, according to the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM). The report ‘Cancer Figures in Spain 2026’ was published in association…
ONE of southern Spain’s most infamous expats has died at the age of 88 in Dubai. The uncle of exiled Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad, was accused of plundering Syria’s wealth and sinking tens of millions of stolen ‘black money’ in…
ESTEPONA has become one of the Costa del Sol’s most frenetic property markets, with thousands of homes built or sold to local and foreign buyers in recent years. The rush has seen the municipality regularly lauded for high-end development and…
A STRICKEN ‘zombie’ ship from Russia’s shadowy dark fleet is currently drifting without power just 60 to 80 kilometres off the Costa del Sol, sparking fears of a major environmental disaster. The engines of the 19-year-old Chariot Tide, which is…
A BRITISH mother of three has been stabbed to death in front of her young children in Alhaurín el Grande. Victoria, 33, was killed at her home on Calle Tomillo in the La Paca urbanisation on Saturday morning. The alarm…
ELCHE is preparing to host the 33rd edition of Caravaning Alicante, the most important leisure vehicle fair in the Spanish Levante region. During the weekends of 6 to 8 and 13 to 15 February 2026, IFA Fira Alacant will open…
Fifty years after General Francisco Franco’s death, Benidorm still clings to the mass tourism model it pioneered under his dictatorship, even as protests against overtourism sweep other Spanish holiday hotspots. Built on bikinis, skyscrapers and package holidays, the industry reshaped…
AS the second season of Marbella shines a spotlight on the world of drug trafficking in southern Spain, its creators reveal that local authorities in the Campo de Gibraltar refused to engage with the production. Marbella, the hit crime drama,…
