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Guardia Civil issues a new warning to all of Spain about a growing scam that targets Wallapop users

New warning across Spain: Guardia Civil reveals growing scam targeting Wallapop users

Guardia Civil warns Wallapop customers in Spain about scammers. Credit : Bangla press, Shutterstock If you’ve ever sold anything on Wallapop – or bought something second-hand to save a bit of cash – the Guardia Civil has a warning you’ll want to pay attention to. What started as a clever idea to breathe new life into old gadgets and furnishings …

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Jon Clarke, Olive Press editor, writes that Ronda’s dining scene has improved in the past two decades since I lived there.

The Ronda dining scene has developed into one of Spain’s finest in the two decades I have lived there, writes Olive Press editor Jon Clarke

It might seem counterintuitive, but the secret to Ronda is to explore the industrial estate. Kutral is the spiritual home to Argentinian Martin Abramzon. He trained in the Basque Country at the three Michelin star Martin Berasategui before falling in Love and making Ronda home. This is a hip, trendy spot that you will need to reserve. It’s where the …

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WATCH: Traffickers ambush police confiscating speed boat in Andalucia drug hotspot – as police chief says the Atlantic is ‘infested with narcos’

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Drug gangs AUDACIOUS ambushed police officers to retrieve a high speed vessel abandoned along the Andalucian coastline. The attack happened early in the week on a country road near Moguer, Huelva.  Guardia Civil patrols responding to an alert that the tractor pulling a narco-boat had overturned were ambushed when they tried to intervene by masked men who hurled rocks at …

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