September 2022

Time to SHINE: The school in Mijas with an open, welcoming and child-centred approach.

SHINE is a British primary school based in Mijas that offers unique and forward-thinking learning experiences. This is a safe space where your child’s curiosity and excitement will be encouraged with carefully designed projects which are themed around global and interesting topics within The International Primary Curriculum. What makes SHINE stand out is its open, […]

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Paintings stolen during Spanish civil war by Franco forces returned to family

Two paintings stolen from an aristocrat by forces of the Spanish dictator Franco have been returned to the family 85 years later.  Its return could see the recovery of other assets and artworks seized during the Spanish civil war following the release of a list of 62 artworks taken during the 1936-39 conflict.  On Thursday

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Italica: Visit the epic Roman ruins near Sevilla in Spain that starred as Dragonpit in Game of Thrones

Just 9km as the bird flies north west from Sevilla are the ruins of ancient Italica, which was the first Roman city founded on the Iberian Peninsula or Hispania as it was then known. The city was founded in 206 BC and was the birthplace of three emperors; Trajan, Hadrian and Theodosius. It boasts one

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EXCLUSIVE: Shootings in Marbella are linked and connected to Irish mafia and likely Johnny Morrissey, claim police sources 

A PAIR of shootings in Marbella this week can be linked to the Irish mafia, the Olive Press can reveal. The incidents on Tuesday and Wednesday left at least one man – an Irishman – seriously injured in hospital. They come just a week after a senior member of Ireland’s most feared mafia gang, the

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Brit tragically dies after plunging to the ground while paragliding in Spain’s Pyrenees

A BRITISH man has died while paragliding off a mountain in the Spanish Pyrenees despite the futile efforts of emergency services who arrived at the scene on helicopter. The 50-year-old had been paragliding from Pico Gallinero in the Aragonese Pyrenees when he crashed and seriously injured himself. The Guardia Civil in the city of Huesca

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Gibraltar oil spill cleanup continues amid fears of pollution harming fish and beaches along the coast

AUTHORITIES have advised the public to stop fishing and not to eat anything caught in Gibraltar seas as the cleanup of the latest oil spill around the sunken ship continues. The Gibraltar Port Authority (GPA) has sent divers to examine the source of the latest oil leaks that have blackened its coasts and tried to

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