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MICHAEL Coy delves into the events that took place in Spanish history this week, including the controversial exhumation of the body of General Franco.

The pound rose 0.25 per cent on Monday to 84.11 pence per euro – its highest level since May 2025.

British holidays in Spain rose by 4%, ABTA says, as the country remained the UK’s most popular destination despite travel disruption.

Spanish prosecutors warn that former military personnel from Ukraine and the Balkans are arriving to fight drug wars in Cadiz.

This multimedia report examines Spain wildfires, the people and landscapes they affect, the forces driving them and practical ways to prevent and contain future blazes.

The share of passengers arriving in Malaga on low-cost airlines from January to September rose by 9% compared with last year.

Episodes of torrential rain like the one that flooded parts of Malaga are becoming more frequent and intense, experts have warned.

The Guardia Civil also detained the injured Moroccan victim on a charge of sexual assault, who denies inappropriate behaviour.

Under a Swiss-style model Britain would regain access to the single market and the free movement of people.

Six watches worth up to more than €450,000 each have been recovered after a summer-long operation with Italian police.

The storm killed at least five people after triggering catastrophic flooding across south-eastern Spain over the weekend.

The Guardia Civil and Pilar de la Horadada Policia Local took the uninjured victims to a municipal shelter where they spent the night.

The British newspaper says that Aviles has banished its traditional image of a steel-making city suffering from pollution.

Castiello de Jaca, a scenic stop on the Camino de Santiago trail in Huesca at an altitude of 921 metres, is known locally as the 'village of 100 relics'.

Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Valera was sitting on a bench near his home when three men linked to a narco gang approached and opened fire without warning.

IT looks like something lifted straight from the hills of Athens, but this Greek-style temple stands hidden in the green valleys of northern Spain.

BEFORE you know it, autumn will be here.

RESPECTED travel magazine Lonely Planet has picked these two Spanish cities as the perfect autumn getaway.

Historic rainfall totals were recorded along the Costa Blanca and Valencia coastlines as Storm Adam wreaked havoc across Spain.

The massive aircraft carrier is currently sailing towards the Rock after departing Belfast on October 12 as part of a three-month deployment.

The 40-year-old allegedly conspired with another client to ambush the 60-year-old victim at his Benalmadena home, also stealing Rolex watches.

A Frida Kahlo exhibition in Madrid explores the artist’s life, identity and relationships through photographs, letters and interactive displays.

The Guardia Civil has dealt a double blow against drug trafficking gangs in southern Andalucia.

Jose Ignacio Landaluce will leave his post on October 25, three days before a motion of censure is scheduled.

DENMARK, Italy and Poland have joined forces to push the EU to take a tougher stance on migration, in a move widely seen as a criticism of Spain’s plan to

Price rises are slowing, but Malaga is still by far the most expensive province in Andalucia to buy or rent.

The Military Emergencies Unit (UME) and rescue helicopters have been deployed to reach people trapped in their flooded properties.

The chemist allegedly supplied criminal gangs with chemicals used to bulk out cocaine, allowing dealers to potentially triple their profits.

Users of the line from Alicante, Torrevieja and Pilar de la Horadada say they must book ahead because priority goes to people who have already reserved a ticket

Bizum has hit 31.5 million users on its 10th anniversary as Brussels plans a pan-European rollout to break US card dominance.

THE western Costa del Sol has been left dependent on a single power substation which came under threat during the Benahavis wildfire last month.

Health officials have scrambled to stop the disease from spreading, vaccinating more than 30 people including family members and hospital staff.

The governing People’s Party (PP) and the far-right Vox voted in favour, while the Socialist PSOE and left-wing IU-Podemos voted against.

Authorities deployed 20 firefighters alongside Policia Nacional and Mossos d’Esquadra officers to aid the search.

The latest move involved 21 arrests in Ecuador on October 8 in 23 simultaneous raids carried out with Europol.

Abascal is expected to be joined by Manuel Gavira, Vox’s leader in Andalucia and second vice-president of the Junta de Andalucia.

An alliance between the conservative Partido Popular (PP) and hard-right Vox would sweep up 50.8% of the vote if the election were held today, polls show.

AN 18-year-old male has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a leading cosmetic surgeon inside his own clinic.

Bruja del Oeste said they are 'not looking for actors, but real people' with no prior acting experience for the shoot, which begins on October 12.

Three people were arrested after the failed attemp to extract €1.5 million worth of cocaine from an Algeciras container ship.

Two men have been arrested for robbing mainly women and elderly people in supermarket car parks in the Murcia and Valencia regions.

The officer had stopped to hand in routine paperwork and forgot to apply the handbrake.

Idealista counted 510,000 long-term rental adverts in 2025, down from 902,000 in 2018, with Barcelona losing 83% of its listings.

Spain tourist rental tax bills could rise as councils gain powers to impose IBI surcharges of up to 150% in officially designated housing-pressure areas.

The Saudi falcon exhibition brings together falconry, technology, art and business, showing how an ancient tradition is reaching new audiences in a rapidly changing society.

From a one-room Marbella practice to one of Europe's top cosmetic clinics, his friends remember a smooth, sociable man who never forgot a face.

Dr Alexander Aslani , 57, had been practising on the Costa del Sol for almost 20 years, with a client list that was ‘70% from the UK’.

Campaigners say the event, planned for this Saturday, breaks two national laws.

A Romanian man has been arrested at the port of Valencia after arriving there from Ibiza by ferry with almost 1.5 tonnes of cocaine in his van.

Hundreds marched to Spain's parliament in Madrid on Wednesday, blaming the pensioner's death on her years-long battle against her landlords.