Costa del Sol Spain

A WOMAN was tricked out of over €140,000 by believing she was in an online romantic relationship with a man in the United States. The Guardia Civil arrested the alleged female perpetrator of the scam- aged 26- when she was about to fly out of Spain from Alicante-Elche airport. An associate, a 41-year-old woman from Callosa del Segura in Alicante …

STORMS that hit the Costa Blanca on Wednesday have caused a string of delays plus two cancellations to services arriving at Alicante-Elche airport. Airport operator Aena has asked travellers to check online over the status of arriving and departing flights. 16 inbound flights have been delayed so far along with two cancelled services from Palma de Mallorca that were due …

THE Costa del Sol has been placed on alert for extremely high temperatures next week. The warning, by official weather agency AEMET, is in force on Tuesday, with highs of 38C expected. The yellow-level alert is also in place in the Axarquia and parts of Murcia. On the very same day, more than a dozen provinces in the north-east of …

PARTS of Spain have been forced to ban the filling up of swimming pools due to drought.  It comes as the country is suffering one of its hottest weekends in history, with a majority of the country on alert for high temperatures. The affected towns include Toras, El Toro and Barracas, which are all situated in the province of Castellon, …

SPAIN is facing another bout of freak summer storms next week with the possibility of a fresh so-called DANA.  According to forecasters at Meteored, intense storms, rain and even hail are on the cards following a weekend of crippling heat. The weather service said an Atlantic trough (a large area of low atmospheric pressure) will begin approaching the peninsula on …

A METEOR shower known as the Tears of San Lorenzo will soon be at its most visible in the skies above Spain.  Also known as the Perseids, the phenomenon will be at its peak between August 11 and 13, although it will remain visible until August 24. During the peak period, up to 110 meteors per hour can be seen …

Have you seen Alex? Contact tips@theolivepress.es FEARS are growing for a missing father-of-two who has not been seen or heard from since taking a flight to Spain almost a month ago. Alex Hunter left his home in Yorkshire at 7.45am on July 10, to take a morning train to Slough, near London. His wife Victoria Howarth, 33, believed he was …

THE cause of death for tragic British teenager Jay Slater has been confirmed by a UK coroner.  It comes after the body of the 19-year-old was returned from Tenerife in Spain, where he went missing on June 17. According to the post-mortem examination, the apprentice bricklayer, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, died from traumatic head injuries consistent with a fall from a …

A BRITISH expat and her three children are demanding justice after being kicked out of their Costa del Sol home ‘without any warning’. ‘Devastated’ Lydia Preston Sweeney, 52, was given just 15 minutes to leave her Benahavis house by her landlord and former PSOE mayoral candidate Luis Feito Miragaya. The left-wing politician, who campaigned for housing reform just last year, …

A BRITISH tourist has died while waiting to board his flight home from Spain. The man, aged in his 60s, collapsed in the boarding area of Reus Airport on July 21, it emerged today. The unnamed Brit was waiting to take a Ryanair flight back to Leeds. Paramedics were called to the scene but were unable to revive the passenger. …