{"id":3330,"date":"2026-04-13T11:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/3330\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T11:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:57:10","slug":"missing-british-tourist-70-who-vanished-on-holiday-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/3330\/","title":{"rendered":"MISSING: British tourist, 70, who vanished on holiday in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you seen Paul? If so, contact newsdesk@theolivepress.es<\/p>\n<p>CONCERNS are growing for a British tourist who vanished on the final day of his holiday in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>The family of retired builder and locksmith Paul Daniel Strange, 70, say they are \u2018extremely worried\u2019 about his safety and have launched a desperate plea for information.<\/p>\n<p>The family man, from Leigh-on-Sea, was expected to make the long journey back to Essex by van on Thursday morning after enjoying an Easter break at a friend\u2019s apartment in Palomares, Almeria.<\/p>\n<p>But he failed to make contact with his family, sparking an urgent police investigation into his whereabouts.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theolivepress.es\/spain-news\/2025\/11\/27\/corruption-deepens-in-andalucia-new-masks-scandal-in-almeria-now-linked-to-narco-gang-with-barcelona-port-police-on-the-payroll\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corruption deepens in Andalucia: New \u2018masks\u2019 scandal in Almeria now linked to narco gang with Barcelona port police on the payroll<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/elderly-british-man-missing-in-spain-sparks-desperate-plea-from-family-1536x864-1-490x276.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-481732\"  \/>Paul Daniel Strange, 70, was last seen on Thursday in Almeria<\/p>\n<p>The missing man\u2019s son, Paul, described his father as a \u2018healthy, happy bloke\u2019 and said his disappearance was \u2018completely out-of-character\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re obviously extremely worried and have already contacted police in Essex who have been in touch with Interpol,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just want him to get in touch with us if he sees this message.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neighbours in Andalucia told police that they saw Paul leaving his friend\u2019s flat to head to his van.<\/p>\n<p>But when they searched the apartment they discovered that he had left behind his belongings, including clothes.<\/p>\n<p>He was last seen driving a silver Sprinter van.<\/p>\n<p>He has a birth mark on his left temple and speaks with a London accent.<\/p>\n<p>Click here to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theolivepress.es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spain News<\/a> from The Olive Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Have you seen Paul? If so, contact newsdesk@theolivepress.es CONCERNS are growing for a British tourist who vanished on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1873,1267,2393,2394,2395,2396,59,60,2397,17,62],"class_list":["post-3330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-almeria","tag-andalucia","tag-british-tourist","tag-essex","tag-leigh-on-sea","tag-missing","tag-news-spain","tag-newspaper","tag-paul-strange","tag-spain","tag-the-olive-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}