Revealed: The 5 towns in Spain added to the ‘most beautiful pueblos’ list for 2024
FIVE Spanish towns have won a place in the 2024 list of Spain’s prettiest pueblos. Some 19 towns were put forward to gain the prestigious
For sale: Abandoned village in Spain with more than 40 homes and stunning countryside views – after several failed attempts to turn it into a tourism hotspot
THE SPANISH hamlet of Salto de Castro is up for sale again- a year after it was bought for €300,000 by Toledo constructor Oscar Torres.
Monster pit bull weighing 30kg kills a family’s tiny pet Maltese at a dog hotel in Spain
A FIVE-KILO Maltese bichon dog called Toby was mauled to death by a 30-kilo pit bull at a Valladolid area boarding kennel. It’s been reported
Two men in Spain’s Valladolid arrested after argument over queue for children’s swings turns violent
THE POLICE had to be called to a park in the northern Spanish city of Valladolid on Wednesday night, after two fathers got into a
Woman from Spain’s Salamanca ordered to pay €10,000 after discussing neighbour’s noisy sex on TV program
GOSSIPING about a neighbour’s sex life has proved to be costly for a woman from the Spanish city of Salamanca, after it landed her with
Gas explosion leaves one dead, 14 injured in Spain’s northwestern city of Valladolid
A SUSPECTED gas explosion in the northwestern Spanish city of Valladolid left one woman dead and 14 people injured on Tuesday night. The body of
Crowdfunding used to pay for repairs to historic village church in Spain
CROWDFUNDING with a €55,000 target is being used to pay for renovations to a historic church in Burgos province. As of mid-July, €26,000 had been
Locals in over 10 Castilla y Leon municipalities are drinking non-potable water
Residents of Valladolid (Castilla y Leon) and 10 towns within its province are consuming non-drinkable water. The water in these municipalities has nitrate levels over
‘Love Hug’ robber with eight year trail of crime is arrested yet again on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A 30-YEAR-OLD Romanian woman who has arrest warrants dating back to 2015 for committing ‘love hug’ robberies has been arrested in the Alicante area. A
Opinion polls: Conservative Popular Party expected to win elections in Madrid, Valencia and Aragon regions
OPINION POLLS released at 8pm today, as the polls closed in the 2023 local and regional elections, suggest that tonight will see the conservative Popular
New exhibition tells the lives of Roman gladiators, with help from their tombstones
SLAVES, prisoners of war, condemned criminals or even free men who voluntarily chose the job… There was no one route to becoming a gladiator in
Raw or undercooked meat causes trichinosis health scare in Spain’s Castilla y Leon region
AN OUTBREAK of Trichinella has affected at least 16 people in the Castilla y Leon region of Spain. Trichinosis is a notifiable disease in Spain
Politician from Spain’s Popular Party caught driving at 215km/h in official car
A POLITICIAN from the conservative Popular Party is facing prosecution after the Spanish Civil Guard caught him driving an official car at 215km/h on a
Suspended Policia Nacional officer steals gun and is shot dead in petrol station showdown in northern Spain
A POLICE officer was shot dead by armed Guardia Civil and Policia Nacional agents at a petrol station in northern Spain on Wednesday morning. The
Regional premier of Spain’s Castilla y Leon region in hot water after alleged obscene gesture in parliament
THE REGIONAL premier of the Castilla y Leon region, Alfonso Fernandez Mañueco, found himself in hot water today after images emerged of him allegedly making
REVEALED: Where UK businesses are investing the most in Spain
THE Madrid region was the most popular part of Spain for British investment during the first nine months of 2022 according to figures produced by
Court in Spain gives man one-year jail term for slapping wife during live TikTok stream
A MAN who assaulted his wife during a live broadcast via the social network TikTok has been sentenced to a year in prison by a
Elderly ‘lone wolf’ arrested for sending letter bombs in Spain
THE Policia Nacional have arrested a former Vitoria City Council official for sending six letter bombs late last year. The 74-year-old Spaniard was detained on
Speaking at Davos, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez issues warning about far-right parties
SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez used his platform at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday to warn against allowing far-right political parties into
Spain’s central government takes action after region promises anti-abortion measures
A BIZARRE row over abortion measures has sparked a crisis in the Castilla y Leon regional government, and has also dragged in the central administration
Far-right Vox party announces new abortion measures for Spain’s Castilla y Leon region
THE FAR-RIGHT Vox party wants to restrict abortion rights in the Castilla y Leon region by putting in new optional measures for women such as
Empty village on Spain-Portugal border to get tourist lifeline after €300,000 sale
SALTO DE CRISTO, a deserted village on the Spain-Portugal border, has been sold for €300,000. The new owner is a Toledo businessman who intends to
Hero of summer Zamora wildfire in Spain dies in hospital from his injuries
A man branded as a hero in July for digging a trench to stop his town being engulfed by a wildfire, has died in a
Taxi driver spots brown bear wandering the streets of Ponferrada in Castilla y León
A taxi driver in the city of Ponferrada managed to capture an unusual sight in the early hours of Tuesday morning: an adult brown bear
Alcampo supermarket chain buys 235 stores and warehouse from struggling DIA in Spain
FRENCH retailer Auchan says its Spanish subsidiary Alcampo will buy 235 supermarkets and a warehouse from the struggling DIA group Subject to clearances from competition
Police praise ‘noble’ young man for returning bag full of cash found in street in Spain’s Valladolid
THE temptation must have been enormous. But after finding a bag containing close to €14,000 in a bag in the street, one young man in