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FOUND: British tourist, 61, who vanished during holiday to Spain’s Mallorca

A BRITISH tourist who vanished while holidaying in Mallorca has been found. The family of John Webster, 61, raised the alarm last week when he failed to get in touch with them

4 Mar, 2024 @ 10:32

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Jet2 to start cashless flights: Passengers will only be able pay by card for food, drink and other items

BUDGET airline Jet2.com has begun trialling cash-free flights. Passengers onboard flights to and from Manchester will have to purchase food, drinks and other items using card and contactless payments only. The low-cost

4 Mar, 2024 @ 10:03

Lead·Travel News

‘Hot and humid’ spring in Spain: Weather experts reveal their forecasts for the next three months

SPAIN is braced for a ‘hot and humid’ spring after the national meteorological service, AEMET, released its weather forecast for the next three months. Experts predict that temperatures across the peninsula will

4 Mar, 2024 @ 09:43

Andalucia·Lead·Must Read·Other News·Weather

How Will DNS Blocking Affect Norwegian Players in Spain?

Norway is one of the few European countries that still applies a state gambling monopoly. The country’s leading authority when it comes to gambling is called the Swedish Lottery and Foundation Authority.

4 Mar, 2024 @ 09:07

Unveiling the Best Online Casino: A Gateway to Thrilling Entertainment

In the digital age, online casinos have emerged as a vibrant and immersive alternative to traditional brick-and-mortar establishments. With a plethora of options available at the click of a button, discerning players

4 Mar, 2024 @ 09:02

Air traffic controllers claim 30 drunk Brits fought on board Ryanair flight to Spain's Costa Blanca

Ryanair to add seven new destinations from Alicante this summer

BUDGET airline Ryanair will add a total of nine new routes to the Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernandez airport, connecting the Costa Blanca tourist hotspot to cities throughout Europe. The expansion was announced on

3 Mar, 2024 @ 15:35

Alicante·Barcelona·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·European Union·Lead

Guardia Civil arrests six, seizes more than two tonnes of hash, as part of ongoing drugs war on Spain’s southern coast

THE Spanish Civil Guard has made six arrests in recent days, as part of the country’s ongoing war with drug gangs on the southern coast. As well as the detentions, the police

3 Mar, 2024 @ 12:27

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Pioneering voices: who were Spain’s early suffragettes?

SPAIN at the end of the 19th century was undergoing a massive economic and social upheaval – and women wanted a piece of the action too. The country saw the emergence of

3 Mar, 2024 @ 12:00

Lead·Other News·Women's Day

3 bedroom Townhouse for sale in Estepona with pool – € 1,195,000

Townhouse Estepona, Málaga 3 beds 3 baths € 1,195,000 URB. BAHÍA AZUL ESTEPONA Unique front line beach townhouse in Urb. Bahia Azul, Estepona. South facing with panoramic views to the

3 Mar, 2024 @ 11:05

Featured Property

Spain’s ski season saved: A total of 27 resorts are currently open across the country thanks to recent snowfall

IMAGES of Spanish ski resorts with little to no snow have been widely shared on social media in recent months, with many blaming climate change for high alpine temperatures. But the snowfall

3 Mar, 2024 @ 11:00

Lead·Sport

la concepcion reservoir mijas fuengirola

More water restrictions to come after February rains barely refilled the Costa del Sol’s Conception reservoir

THE recent heavy rains have supplied just 13% of what was required to stave off swingeing water restrictions on the Costa del Sol. The Concepción reservoir which supplies most of the region

3 Mar, 2024 @ 10:00

Andalucia·Environment·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Honesty and integrity are key to setting up a business – lessons learned in the RAF by expat business leader Jennifer Cunningham

WHEN setting up a business in Spain Jennifer Cunningham realised that the qualities she learned during her time in the Royal Air Force would stand her in good stead. There she learnt

3 Mar, 2024 @ 10:00

Alicante·Lead

Mason Greenwood set to stay in Spain as La Liga president admits he ‘doesn’t care’ about the Englishman’s past

JAVIER Tebas, the president of La Liga, has said he ‘does not care’ about Mason Greenwood’s controversial past, with Spanish club Getafe keen on extending the Manchester United forward’s loan spell beyond

3 Mar, 2024 @ 09:30

Lead·Sport

Equal España: Where does Spain really rank in the EU for gender equality?

EVERY year, the EU releases its ‘Gender Equality Index’, but where does Spain rank? 2023 was a big year for female equality in Spain. In December, Spanish politicians approved an ‘Equal Representation’

3 Mar, 2024 @ 08:00

Lead·Other News·Women's Day

Police arrested 115 people last year for violent assaults against doctors and nurses in Spain

THE Policia Nacional were called out over 9,000 times last year to deal with health worker safety concerns and carried out 115 arrests. 6,100 of the calls were surrounding home health care

3 Mar, 2024 @ 07:00

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·National News·Other News

Gibraltar calls for special care for its Scops Owls, Bee-eaters, Crested Larks and other birds as nesting season begins

FROM Barbary Partridges to Zitting Cisticola by way of Scops Owls and Crested Larks, Gibraltar’s bird nesting season is officially underway from tomorrow. Spanning March to June, the Department of Environment has

2 Mar, 2024 @ 18:00

Gibraltar

Gibraltar landscape artist sees off all comers to win Sky Arts’ Landscape Artist of the Year 2024 in London

A GIBRALTAR native has been crowned the winner of a prestigious art competition on UK television after seeing off two other finalists on Thursday. Monica Popham won the Sky Arts’ Landscape Artist

2 Mar, 2024 @ 15:00

Gibraltar·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

One hospitalised with gunshot wound to the leg in Fuengirola nightclub shooting

A 34-YEAR-OLD man was left with a bullet wound through his left thigh in a shooting outside a Fuengirola nightclub early Friday morning. Malaga Hoy reported Friday that the shooting occurred just

2 Mar, 2024 @ 14:46

Andalucia·Malaga·Marbella

WATCH: The Costa del Sol courts the German youth with ‘Shout My Name’ slogan at the Berlin International Travel Fair

THE Costa del Sol is aiming to entice the German ‘Gen-Z’ crowd to its shores this summer with a new slogan that has gone viral: Shout My Name. It comes accompanied by

2 Mar, 2024 @ 13:00

National News

Spain has received more than 14,000 irregular migrants so far this year, an increase of 354% on the same period in 2023

A TOTAL of 14,035 irregular migrants have arrived on Spanish shores so far this year, which is a 354% increase on the same period in 2023. That’s according to the latest figures

2 Mar, 2024 @ 11:50

Canary Islands·Lead

Dig deep: Discover some of Spain’s most important treasures – and could you find some of your own?

THE Treasure of Villena has hit world headlines after researchers claimed it is partly made with iron from outer space. This is the second biggest hoard of gold from the European Bronze Age after the Royal

2 Mar, 2024 @ 11:16

La Cultura·Lead·Other News

Spanish citizen gang raped while on motorcycle tour through India with her husband

A SPANISH citizen has been attacked and gang raped in the north of India while on a motorcycle tour through the Asian country with her husband. According to news agency Efe, which

2 Mar, 2024 @ 11:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

7 bedroom Villa for sale in Oviedo with pool garage – € 895,000

Villa Oviedo, Asturias 7 beds 5 baths € 895,000 IMPRESSIVE Detached villa distributed as two homes, in La Manjoya. Located on a 3,100 m2 plot, closed with a vegetable hedge

2 Mar, 2024 @ 11:05

Featured Property

Madeleine McCann suspect’s friend tells a German court how he found ‘Head waiter’ Christian Brueckner’s violent rape videos ‘in which he starred’

A FORMER friend of Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner has told a court how he found two violent porn movies made by him at his Portugal home. Manfred Seyferth, 68, told Braunschweig

2 Mar, 2024 @ 10:29

Lead·Must Read

Council has to pay ‘millions’ in compensation for illegally-granted building licence approved by law-breaking mayor in 2008 on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A COSTA Blanca council will have to pay the equivalent of a third of its annual budget as compensation for an illegally-approved building that was nodded through in 2008. The current San

2 Mar, 2024 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Inflation soars to highest level in Spain for 29 years due to rising fuel prices

Reduced VAT on electricity bills to end this month in Spain

VAT on electricity bills will leap up from 10% to 21% in March due to big falls in the wholesale price of energy. Anti-inflation measures saw the tax cut to 5% on domestic

1 Mar, 2024 @ 17:00

Lead·National News·Other News

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