Latest news with #CostaDelSol
Daily Mail
18 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Chilling moment intruder inspects naked woman with his torch as she slept next to her partner in Marbella home as brave victim who released video describes 'recurring nightmares'
This is the chilling moment a home intruder spent over half an hour watching a woman as she slept naked in her Costa del Sol home. Homeowners Pilar and Alex found that they had been burgled after 300 euros went missing from their home in Marbella on June 2. But while the couple reviewed their CCTV, they made an even more disturbing discovery after footage showed how a masked thief stood over their bed as they slept. In the sinister clip, the burglar was seen returning multiple times to the couple's room throughout a 32 minute period. But the thief appeared to fixate on Pilar, with the video showing him repeatedly flashing his torch over Pilar's body. 'He entered our bedroom eight times to look at my private parts', she told local media. The thief is said to have taken 300 euros from the couple's home, but did not steal any other valuables, leading Pilar to believe that his intentions were not to rob the couple's home, but rather to prey on her as she slept. Pilar's 18-year-old son was also sleeping in the room next door at the time of the incident. 'That man didn't come to my house to steal, he came to do something to me', she told local media. 'I was alone the night before. What if he'd come then?'. Her partner Alex expressed how Pilar 'felt violated' and called the thief a 'sick predator'. Pilar has also told of how the terrifying ordeal has affected her psychologically, and described how she now suffers from recurring nightmares and has to sleep with all of her doors and windows closed. She is also undergoing psychological treatment to cope with the trauma she has suffered, she said. Local police are now investigating the case and are analysing the security footage to identify the suspect, but no arrests have been made yet. It is believed he entered the house through a terrace door. The horrifying incident in the Spanish resort comes as British expats have been warned to beef up their security systems after falling prey to a 'terrifying' burglar who remains at large. Chilling footage shows the moment a man in a mask and a grey hoodie breaks into a series of villas between San Pedro de Alcantara in Marbella and Benahavis. The brazen thief, dubbed the San Pedro Prowler, is seen picking locks with a sharp implement, which locals said he could use as 'a weapon if he needs it to be'. The menacing figure then calmly walks off with his hands filled with goods, including luxury handbags and jewellery. Among the recent stolen items include €10,000 in cash and a €30,000 watch. The robber appears to be wearing no shoes and just have socks on during his raids, seemingly to avoid alerting anyone inside the house to his presence. Neighbourhoods he has targeted include Guadalmina, and La Quinta, in upmarket Benahavis.
New York Times
21 hours ago
- Sport
- New York Times
Brighton's summer training camp: 34 players, two wins and a quiz night
Brighton & Hove Albion ended a 10-day training camp on Spain's Costa del Sol with a 2-0 win last night against Las Palmas. Victory against the side relegated from La Liga last season followed a 3-1 win against Championship outfit Stoke City last week. Ice baths and swimming pool recovery sessions at the Marbella Football Center resort provided welcome respite for the players from daily training sessions in temperatures that often climbed above 30C (more than 86F). Advertisement But it wasn't all serious business in preparation for Fabian Hurzeler's second season as head coach. The Athletic's Brighton & Hove Albion correspondent Andy Naylor spent time at the camp, and shares a few observations, including who was there, who wasn't, and why kit man Alex Burrows had players scratching their heads… Hurzeler used different XIs in each half against Las Palmas. Matt O'Riley, frustrated by injuries and irregular game time last season after a £25million ($34m) move from Celtic, was heavily involved in both goals. The Denmark international midfielder contributed to a sweet move by setting up Yasin Ayari for a tap-in after 16 minutes. O'Riley doubled the lead a minute later, intercepting a pass to stroke in a shot from a central position 25 yards out. Facundo Buonanotte faces a scan after rolling an ankle early in the second half. The Argentine attacker tried to continue but had to be replaced by Ayari. Buonanotte, loaned to Premier League rivals Leicester City last season, will qualify as homegrown if he stays in the UK until January, either with Brighton or if he has another domestic loan. Hurzeler told The Athletic after the match: 'The injury doesn't seem to be that bad, but there was no opponent near him. Hopefully, he is fine. He has performed well in training and in games, so let's see how the situation develops.' Although Hurzeler called time on his playing career with Bayern Munich in his early twenties, he still likes to keep himself in shape. After the game, he went on a solo run outside the secluded venue, which is surrounded by a high wall and fencing. The five signings made in this summer transfer window are being eased into action. Italian central defender Diego Coppola scored with a header four minutes into his first outing as a second-half substitute against Stoke on Wednesday. French central defender Olivier Boscagli had a run-out in the opening 45 minutes of a 6-1 victory against League One side Wycombe Wanderers, which was played behind closed doors at the training headquarters in Lancing the day before the camp started in Spain. Advertisement Belgian left-back Maxim De Cuyper made his first appearance in the opening 45 minutes against Las Palmas. Greek forward Charalampos Kostoulas and former Sunderland winger Tommy Watson have yet to play a part in any of the warm-up games. The same applies to Kostoulas' Greece Under-21 team-mate Stefanos Tzimas. The striker, signed at the end of the January transfer window, is recovering from a hamstring injury picked up on loan to Nurnberg in last season. As his Brighton team-mates rested after a morning training session in sweltering heat, Evan Ferguson arrived in Italy on Sunday to a raucous welcome from Roma fans. The club that knocked Brighton out of the last 16 of the Europa League in 2023-24 have an option to buy the 20-year-old Republic of Ireland No 9 as part of the loan deal. Squad trimming is ongoing to reduce a bloated group — 34 players made the trip to Marbella. They included Pervis Estupinan, who was pulled out of the game against Las Palmas as Milan push to sign the Ecuador left-back. In that position, Brighton already have De Cuyper, who signed this month from Club Brugge, and Ferdi Kadioglu, the Turkey international who was a non-playing member of the squad in Spain as he nears a return from a toe injury that has kept him out since November. Youngsters Malick Yalcouye and Caylan Vickers — who both impressed against Stoke — are going out on loan. Midfielder Yalcouye, 19, spent last season at Sturm Graz in the Austrian Bundesliga, while Vickers, 20, has joined League One side Barnsley for the season. The start of the Spain trip coincided with Joao Pedro scoring in Chelsea's 3-0 victory against Paris Saint-Germain in the Club World Cup final. The Brazilian forward's £60million move from Brighton puts a lot of responsibility on Danny Welbeck and Georginio Rutter to lead the line. Advertisement The pair have hit the ground running this summer. Welbeck, still in prime physical condition at 34 and as hungry as ever, scored four goals in the first half against Wycombe. Rutter was on the scoresheet against Stoke in the Frenchman's first appearance since an ankle injury sidelined him in March. Hurzeler estimates that first-choice goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen is two weeks away from returning to action after a knee injury, which hampered the Netherlands No 1 last season. 'He had an ongoing issue and he suffered a lot,' Hurzeler revealed to The Athletic in Marbella. 'Now it is about us making him pain-free, then I am sure he can bring himself to another level.' The knock-on effect of Verbruggen continuing his recovery in Spain is that Carl Rushworth, third choice behind Verbruggen and Jason Steele, has registered the most pre-season minutes of any Brighton player. The club are keen for Rushworth to sign a new contract before sending him out on loan to a fifth club in as many seasons. Championship side Coventry City and Scottish side Rangers are interested in borrowing the 24-year-old. Togetherness is a key feature of Hurzeler's management style. Squad bonding outside the environment of daily training sessions and two matches was evident in Marbella. After the Stoke game, players and coaches spent the rest of the evening at a sports bar for a bite to eat and to play games on Formula One, golf and multi-sports simulators. The following day was designated as a day off. On many such club trips, players split into small groups, often sticking with team-mates from the same country or region. The Brighton players enjoyed each other's company on and off the pitch. Around 20 played golf together, with another large group on the padel courts and others on a bike ride. Advertisement On Saturday evening, kit man Alex Burrows hosted a quiz that was well attended by players, testing their knowledge of football and other categories, including music and general knowledge, with questions such as, 'Which country has the most pyramids?' (You'll just have to read to the end of the piece for the answer.) To Hurzeler, unity counts for a lot in coping with the inevitable ups and downs of a Premier League season. Fans get their first opportunity to see the team during the pre-season programme when they visit Southampton on August 2. Relegated from the Premier League last season, Southampton have a new head coach. Will Still is only 32, the same age as Hurzeler. The Belgian-born Englishman helped Reims achieve finishes of 11th and ninth in Ligue 1 before steering Lens to eighth last season. The annual curtain-raiser at the Amex Stadium is against German Bundesliga outfit Wolfsburg on Saturday, August 9 (5pm). Other games are in the pipeline behind closed doors before the club's ninth season in succession in the Premier League is launched at home to Fulham on Saturday, August 16 (3pm). (As for that question about the country with the most pyramids: it's not Peru, Mexico or Egypt. It's Sudan.)
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Follow Albion in Spain with us - here's the story so far
Albion are working hard in Spain. - and they aren't the only ones. We have been bringing you interviews and updates from the Costa Del Sol as the Seagulls prepare for the new season. Coverage so far has included. - Exclusive interview with Max De Cuyper as he talks tactics, what he can bring and why chose Brighton ahead of Milan. - The 'overbooking' conundrum facing Fabian Hürzeler and how he is handling it. - Exclusive post-match update with Hürzeler as he holds his new boys back. - Interview with Diego Coppola after his big impact against Stoke. - Liveblog from the friendly against Stoke City - What we saw and you might have missed from that first friendly. - What lies ahead for Malick Yalcouye and how Hurzeler assesses his progress. We have more interviews and coverage to come, including an exclusive with Olivier Boscagli The best way to enjoy all our coverage is with a digital subscription and we are currently offering a special rate. Our current subscription offer will take us well into the 2025-26 campaign, including popular features such as our live updates from press conferences and match analysis You can now sign up for £6 for six months or 50% off an annual subscription Signing up will give you everything we produce around the Seagulls. Being a paid-up subscriber also means you'll see less advertising on our website, and can access all areas of our totally ad-free app - which is a much better and cleaner user experience. That also features a downloadable digital version of the paper itself every day. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OUR LATEST SPECIAL OFFER You will get the chance to enter subscriber-only competitions. The football season never really stops. We will keep you close to developments (and we will bring you some cricket too!). Click HERE for more information or to sign up. .
Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Daily Mail
I'm a Brit in Marbella - there's a €350 beach club rip-off tourists need to be aware of
A British tourist with a holiday home in Marbella has warned of dramatically rising costs in the Spanish party town this summer. Nadia Abraham, who's been visiting the Costa del Sol resort since she was a child, says some beach clubs in the city are ripping off tourists with high prices. Daybeds on the sands have been particularly hit, she says, claiming one club has more than doubled its prices, now charging couples 350 euros - around £303 - per day. Filming on a tourist beach in the popular destination, Nadia warned people to be wary of price hikes. She said: 'If you are coming to Marbella this summer then I just want to put this video up here to warn people not to be scammed by some of these beach clubs.' Explaining her knowledge of the resort and prices, she revealed she has been 'coming here every year since I was four-years-old. Every single summer I spend here. The prices have just gone up like crazy.' Panning the camera around a beach, she tells those watching the TikTok post , which has had more than 7,000 likes, how tourists are being exploited. She said: 'It's an expensive place, you expect things to be there's one thing paying a premium and another thing absolutely scamming people and I feel like they just do it to the tourists, not the locals.' The holidaymaker says the price of day beds at one resort have risen in price from 150 euros (£129) per day to 350 euros. A furious Nadia said: 'Bearing in mind this isn't a minimum spend so you can't put this towards drink or food, it's just the day hire cost of the beds.' She adds: 'They're now charging 350 the actual F? That is like daylight robbery. Ridiculous.' How can tourists get the same experience without paying through the nose? Find a public beach, she advises: 'Single beds are 12 euros each - and you can come up here for lunch, get a drink at the bar but you'll save yourself 350 euros - it's the same beach, the same sea!' Earlier this month it was revealed that a sneaky wine scam has made a comeback in bars and restaurants across popular European holiday destinations, with experts warning it could cost unsuspecting tourists far more than just their money. Wine 'repotting' involves staff quietly collecting unfinished glasses and bottles of wine left behind by customers, mixing the contents together, and reselling it as high-end varieties such as Rioja, Chablis, or Albariño. The mixed wine is often poured into generic, unlabelled bottles and passed off as premium products - sometimes at eye-watering prices. The scam has been reported in tourist hotspots across Spain, Italy, and France, particularly in Paris, but similar incidents have also emerged in parts of the US and Asia. Insiders say the scam is often set up at management level, with restaurant owners and managers instructing staff to carry out the practice to discreetly increase profits, as reported by EuroWeekly. Speaking to French newspaper Le Parisien, one veteran waiter said: 'When it's quiet, we collect the leftovers from open bottles and present them as a "superior" white wine.' A wine expert who joined the publication's investigation added: 'You couldn't tell a rioja reserva from a generic red unless you really study the body and the fruity notes.' Experts further warn that the scam goes beyond the loss of money - it carries potential health risks, too. With no control over what goes into the mix, customers may be unknowingly consuming wine with undisclosed or unidentified additives or allergens. People with sulphite sensitivities, intolerances or allergies may be especially at risk. Though local food and drink regulators have stepped up inspections in cities like Paris, enforcement remains inconsistent in busy tourist areas where customer turnover is high. The scam is particularly prevalent in high-footfall areas where visitors may be unfamiliar with local wine labels or pricing, and therefore less likely to notice when something is off. Wine experts have since advised travellers to take simple precautions to reduce the risk of being served repotted or counterfeit wine, as highlighted by EuroWeekly.
The Independent
14-07-2025
- Climate
- The Independent
Airport roof collapses as Spain hit by powerful earthquake
Spain has been rocked by a 5.5 magnitude earthquake just hours after the country was devastated by flash flooding and heavy rain. The earthquake hit southern Spain, including popular tourist hotspots Costa del Sol and Alicante, at around 7am on Monday. In Almeria, an airport roof collapsed after the quake rattled hundreds of towns, with a car showroom also damaged by the tremors. An airport worker told local media: 'We heard some noises one after the other and then a loud bang and a great cloud of dust appeared. 'It was a real scare for us. There were airport workers having their first coffee of the day but luckily no one was injured.' Spanish newspaper El País reported that Granada, Malaga and Jaen, along with Murcia, Alicante and Albacete in the east, were among the hardest-hit areas. In Huercal de Almeria, a Toyota showroom was damaged. A picture showed the ceiling caved in as it was taped off.
