THIS is the astonishing moment a herd of wild boars interrupted games of beach volleyball in Marbella Wednesday evening. Visitors to Playa del Cable looked on in amazement as the wild animals moved through their volleyball courts with purpose. A source told the Olive Press, “Everyone found it funny and was laughing at them. I […]
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BENIDORM has found itself at the epicentre of Spain’s outbreak of sunbed violence as tourists have been filmed screeching out of the gates to bag a plum poolside position. The sun-bedlam has become so bad that some resorts have been forced to hire bouncers to stop tourists tussling during the morning stampede for sunbeds. One
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A NOTORIOUS British fraudster who tricked a former girlfriend out of her £800,000 life savings has been freed from Murcia Penitentiary near Cartagena. Mark Acklom was extradited to Spain two years ago after being freed from a near six-year sentence imposed in England in 2019. The news was revealed by a UK court which said
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BRITS are still the big spenders of Spanish tourism, accounting for nearly one fifth of total tourist expenditures in the first half of 2023. The English, Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish have long been the greatest contributors to the Spanish tourism economy. But the accolade is tempered by the fact that, despite contributing a winning
A POLICEMAN going on a flight from Mallorca to Sevilla has arrested a man who was harassing and making threats to passengers. The arrested man is said to have started harassing very young women sitting on the row in front of him. When seeing this, one passenger stood up to defend the girls, after which
SPAIN’S biggest-ever seizure of illegal vaping units has taken place on an Alicante province industrial estate with 8,615 vapes confiscated along with associated charging units. Elche’s Policia Local heard about sales of vapes in the area that did not meet minimum health requirements with the items being targeted at children. Inquiries focused on the units
COVID-19 cases in Mallorca have rocketed by 124.8% at the start of August compared to a month earlier, but a leading expert says the situation is ‘not alarming’. The latest figures published by IB-Salut on August 3 showed there were 852 active coronavirus infections and as of Thursday, 43 people were being treated for Covid
FROM new love to old love to bro love, the Balearics seem to be the destination of choice for the world’s celebrities this summer. For while Shakira has been enjoying the summer at her luxurious Ibiza villa, renowned for its privacy and grandeur, she has also been hosting visits from F1 hotshot Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton
A criminal gang that robbed over 10 houses using a dating app trap have been dismantled in Mallorca. The 10 gang members, all of them Spanish nationals of which four have been arrested, used a gay dating app to obtain the addresses of the properties, located in Llucmajor, Campos, Santanyi, Arta y Marratxi. The thieves
A FOREST fire has been declared in Marbella. An image shared by Andalucia’s forest fire taskforce INFOCA shows a huge column of smoke bellowing from the hills just behind a block of apartments.
