Review of 2011… from the mountains
Here’s Paul Whitelock’s personal review of the year – of events which have affected Spain in general and the SerranÃa de Ronda, where he lives,
Rajoy announces €8.9 billion of cuts and tax increases
Rajoy announces his first set of measures to address a predicted eight per cent budget deficit for 2011
The 12 Grapes of Wrath
The 'Mad Dog' Craig Scott talks violent Yogis, Bieber balls, wigless Wonkas, and a New Year to forget... in chilly Cordoba!
Sevilla stabbing
Three days of official mourning have been called for Andalucia’s 15th victim of domestic violence, who was stabbed to death by her ex-partner in Sevilla
US man arrested in Fuengirola
Police had been searching for the man for four years
Chokey choker
Spain's longest-serving prisoner is pardoned for the festive period and then sent back again due to mix up
Like sardines in a retro tin can – a microfestival in Pamplona
A POP-UP concert by film maker, photographer and blogger, Korova with Wilhelm and the Dancing Animals
Don’t ruin Ronda’s valley, says former mayor
New mayoress insists that new freight line will not carve its way through Llano de la Cruz valley but stay on existing line
Mother gets 17 years for killing her newborn baby
The 28-year-old from Paraguay hit her baby over the head and put it in a bag to ensure its death
Malaga bread man attacker arrested
Armed with an axe, the robber tried to steal a delivery man's takings
Snakes on a plane: Man caught trying to board flight to Spain with 247 live animals in suitcase
Airport workers in Argentina found poisonous snakes and endangered reptiles inside the baggage of a Czech man who was about to board a flight to
Nadal: I will fight back
Nadal says his play during 2011 was 'too predictable'
Back into recession for Spain
New finance minister believes the final quarter of the year will show a negative growth of 0.3 per cent
Wet, wet, wet!
Paul Whitelock has had enough of water lately - flooded houses and gardens, rising damp, sewage, a drowned horse and dirty well water. What else
‘I want UK return’, says Real Madrid manager Mourinho
Football boss admits his 'passion' is in the premiership, perhaps with Manchester
Life not so tweet for Elen Rives and Frank Lampard in festive spat!
Spanish model hits out after she is 'not allowed' to speak to her daughters from India on Christmas Day
Crumbly
A Roman city, which scientists believe was buried during a tsunami, has been discovered beneath Huelva’s Carrera River.
Lions roar once more at Granada’s Alhambra
The restored statues return to guard the patio fountain in the Andalucian palace
Unemployment is unacceptable, says King of Spain
Juan Carlos also hits out at corruption - in a veiled attack on his son in law - in his annual Christmas address
Bad science
The Science Ministry has become the latest casualty of Spain’s new government after new PM Mariano Rajoy merged it with the Finance Ministry, as part
Please smoke quietly in Malaga
Smokers are being asked nicely to keep it down a bit
Festive tidings from Spain’s No1 English newspaper
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Rajoy’s deputy dubbed ‘the most powerful woman in Spain’
The youngest member of the new cabinet has a whole range of important duties
Spanish properties sold to foreigners increase by 24.7%
Statistics from the Ministry of Public Transactions show property sales to foreigners in Spain experienced an increase of 24.7% in the third quarter of 2011
Marijuana find
Police divers have discovered a large stash of marijuana while searching for a dead woman’s skull on the bed of Guadiana River, near Ayamonte –
Madonna song leak: Man arrested in Spain
A demo version of the track Give Me All Your Love surfaced on the internet last month