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Traffic on the A-4 after a series of accidents

Boy, 15, dies following horror car crash caused by fog in central Spain: Family is almost wiped out after brother and father were also killed while driving to watch Sevilla FC play in Madrid

A 15-YEAR old boy has been confirmed as the latest casualty of a horror car crash that took place in Ciudad Real last Wednesday, January 24. The incident occurred in foggy conditions

26 Jan, 2024 @ 16:32

Andalucia·Lead·Sevilla

Fog leaves three dead, 18 injured on the roads in Spain’s Ciudad Real

THREE people were left dead and another 18 with injuries after fog caused a series of traffic accidents on Spain’s A-4 motorway, which runs between Madrid and Cadiz in Andalucia. The incidents

25 Jan, 2024 @ 12:22

Lead

Automóvil De La Policía Nacional Española En Valencia

Young woman arrested for stabbing her boyfriend with a kitchen knife near Madrid

A YOUNG woman has been arrested for stabbing her boyfriend in Ciudad Real, near Madrid. The 21-year-old is thought to have stabbed her partner in the chest with a kitchen knife during

30 Jun, 2023 @ 11:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Civil Guard busts gang stealing footballers' phones

Spain’s Civil Guard busts gang who stole from football players while they were training

SPAIN’S Civil Guard has arrested four people on suspicion of stealing at least 123 cellphones for a value of €60,000 from an unusual target: football players who were out on the field

27 Jun, 2023 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Alarming loss of insect species in Mediterranean forests caused by global warming warns Costa Blanca study in Spain

Alarming loss of insect species in Mediterranean forests caused by global warming says study in Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Alicante University study says that global warming has caused an ‘alarming’ loss of insect species in Mediterranean forests. The report from the university’s Ibero-American Biodiversity Centre examined the long-term variation in

5 Jun, 2023 @ 17:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Nature·Premium

Bank Scammers Pocket Over €2 Million By Hijacking Customer Accounts In Spain

Bank scammers in Spain steal €2 million by hijacking customer accounts in latest ‘smishing’ con

A bank scamming gang that netted over €2 million from hijacked accounts across Spain has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. It’s the latest big case of ‘smishing’ where account holders receive

22 Nov, 2022 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·National News·Valencia

British prisoner's plan for a great escape during visit to the dentist in Ibiza fails miserably

Three dead after man holes up in Ciudad Real country house and fires rifle at passers by

A MAN was shot dead by the Spanish Civil Guard on Wednesday after allegedly having fired a rifle at drivers and pedestrians in the province of Ciudad Real. Before he was neutralized

26 Oct, 2022 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

130,000 kilos of tomatoes ready for return of Spain’s world-famous La Tomatina festival in Valencia

THE world-famous La Tomatina festival returns to fill the streets of Buñol in a big tomato fight on Wednesday after a two-year enforced break due to the Covid pandemic. 130,000 kilos of

26 Aug, 2022 @ 15:45

Castellon·La Cultura·Lead·Premium·Valencia·Valencian Community

Bogus Companies Across Spain Used As Window Dressing Cut Price Waste Disposal Scam

Bogus companies across Spain used as window-dressing in waste disposal scam

THREE people are being probed by the Guardia Civil for illegally storing 700 tonnes of industrial waste via a network of bogus companies. The Guardia’s environment branch, detected the illegal accumulation of

7 Mar, 2022 @ 19:53

Crime & Law·Environment·Lead

Las Tablas de Daimiel: How Spain’s precious wetlands have been sucked dry

THE unique wetlands, Las Tablas de Daimel, in the central plains of Castile-la Mancha, have nearly completely dried up over the past three years as its water has been re-routed for agricultural

18 Dec, 2021 @ 11:00

Environment·Lead

Police Remove Gold Coin Rarities Dating Back Over 1,400 Years That Were In Private Hands In Spain

Gold coin rarity minted in Murcia over 1,400 years ago is discovered during house renovation in Spain

A gold coin struck in the Murcia region 1,400 years ago has been found during home improvement work at a Leon property. An even older coin was intercepted by the Policia Nacional

13 Dec, 2021 @ 13:33

La Cultura·Lead·Murcia

Jail for pensioner, 77, accused of killing home intruder in Spain

A PENSIONER arrested on suspicion of murder after the fatal shooting of an intruder during a suspected robbery has been jailed after a court denied him bail. Police transferred the 77-year-old to

5 Aug, 2021 @ 08:01

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Woman killed after firework ‘shot into her mouth’ and exploded at Spanish festival

A 56-year-old woman has died after an out-of-control firework shot into her mouth and exploded at a festival in Spain. The man, 51, who lit the fuse has been arrested and could

15 Jul, 2019 @ 18:06

Lead

Spain set for first heatwave of the year as temperatures soar into the forties

Thirteen provinces are at high risk

18 Jul, 2016 @ 10:16

Cordoba·Environment·Jaen·Lead·National News·Travel News

Ciudad Real ghost airport finally sold for €56.2 million

CR International Airport SL the new owner of abandoned ‘Don Quixote’ airport

20 Apr, 2016 @ 08:30

Business & Finance·Featured·National News

Ciudad Real ‘ghost’ airport sells for just €10,000

Ghost airport sells for 100,000 times less than it cost to build

20 Jul, 2015 @ 11:07

Business & Finance·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Mystery consortium set to bid for Ciudad Real ghost airport

Mystery consortium, led by a Briton, set to make a bid for Spain’s ghost airport

4 May, 2015 @ 16:24

Business & Finance·Lead

Ghost airport at Ciudad Real goes up for auction with NO starting price

Another monument to Spain’s boomtime of overspending goes up auction for the ninth time, but this time … with no reserve price

23 Apr, 2015 @ 19:25

Business & Finance

Police seizes jihadi cell in raids across Spain

Barcelona, Girona, Avila and Ciudad Real have all been harbouring alleged Islamic militants

13 Mar, 2015 @ 14:12

Lead·National News

Bidding opens for Ciudad Real airport

Investors have until 27 December to make a bid

9 Dec, 2013 @ 17:51

National News

Slice of the action or Gift from the Gods?

Spaniard discovers his make-shift ham press could make him a multi-millionaire

2 Apr, 2013 @ 15:11

Other News

Three suspected Al-Qaeda members arrested in Cadiz and Ciudad Real

Spanish authorities found the men with explosives and poison

2 Aug, 2012 @ 14:19

Cadiz

Crash landing for Spain’s first private capital airport

Ciudad Real Airport is to be left without flights

2 Aug, 2011 @ 13:23

Travel News

Missing child washed away by floods is found dead

A nine-year-old's body has been recovered in the river Alcudia near Ciudad Real

8 Dec, 2010 @ 17:02

National News