AN Alicante waiter has been arrested for placing his phone in a restaurant toilet to take footage of a regular female customer. The man’s ruse was discovered by the victim after she spotted the phone flashing behind a plastic plant. The employee, 28, has been charged with infringing privacy. The client asked to use the […]
NINE people were rescued from a pleasure boat after bad sea conditions left it a mile adrift off Santa Pola. The Guardia Civil have reported the boat’s captain to the Alicante Maritime Authority after he carried no emergency flares and didn’t have enough life jackets for his passengers. The incident off El Pinet beach occurred
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Villa La Marina, Alicante 4 beds 2 baths € 150,000 FANTASTIC JULIA SEMI-DETACHED HOUSE, WITH EXTENSION AND COMMUNITY POOL!!! We are pleased to present this ‘Julia’ style semi-detached villa, located in urb. the marina in a very quiet place and within walking distance of the commercial area. The property is on one floor,
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A baby girl aged 15 months died in Villena on Sunday after choking on a nut. The parents were with their child at her grandparents’ house for a family meal. While they were having some appetisers, the baby picked up a nut and put it in her mouth. She started to cough and showed immediate
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A Dutch handyman has been found guilty again of murdering a British pensioner to steal €550 from her purse. The body of Margaret McNulty, 70, was found in her Granja de Rocamora home in November 2019, where she lived on her own after her husband died in 2005. MARGARET AND HER PET IN 2017 The
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FIREFIGHTERS used a helicopter on Sunday to lift out a horse trapped in a seven-metre deep ditch in Pinoso, Alicante Province. The rescue took place in the Cabeco de la Sal mountain area. Alicante provincial fire crews initially tried to get the mare out by getting her to climb out using special catwalks. Due to
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FOR three days, Alhaurin de la Torre will become the Costa del Sol’s beer capital with its first ever Craft Beer Festival; Festibeer. This first edition of the Beer Fest will take place on October 14, 15 and 16 in the Plaza of Spain, from 7 pm on the Friday until Sunday in the afternoon.
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THE repair of a broken supply pipe will see parts of Torremolinos and Benalmadena affected by water cuts as of today, Monday, October 3. Acosol, the public water company of the municipalities on the Western Costa del Sol, announced last Friday, September 30, that it would carry out repair works on a high supply pipe
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ANDALUCIA will kickstarts the autumn booster rollout as of today, with a focus on over 80-year-olds and care home residents. Two weeks later, on October 17, ahead of the wider rollout, people between 65 and 79 years of age will be invited to receive the flu and Covid vaccination, as well as those between 5
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FIVE calendar months have now passed since British residents of Spain who are without a valid driving licence have been unable to legally take to the roads. This week The Olive Press has been flooded with emails from people who are in this situation, and are becoming increasingly desperate. Some are fully legal residents with
