Football furore as Spanish press labels Ceuta a ‘Moroccan team’
A SPANISH sports newspaper has sparked outrage after describing Ceuta’s football team as ‘of Moroccan origin’ following their historic promotion to Spain’s second tier. The
Six months on: Valencia still counting the cost of floods and leadership failures
IT HAS been six months since floods ripped through Valencia, killing 228 people and leaving entire communities drowning in grief. But while nature may have
New Costa del Sol shooting: Two arrested in high speed car chase
THE wave of gun violence sweeping the Costa del Sol continues as two young men were arrested in Benalmadena after allegedly opening fire on a
British actor Jeremy Irons gets special welcome as he attends the Sevilla Fair in Spain
OSCAR winner Jeremy Irons received a warm reception from the city of Sevilla as he visited the opening day of the 2025 Feria de Abril.
New law stops auto subscription renewals: Firms in Spain must give 15 days notice
SPAIN is set to introduce new legislation requiring companies to give consumers 15 days’ notice before automatically renewing their contracts. This reform, currently under parliamentary
Barcelona’s Museum of Eroticism launches Spain’s first festival celebrating female private parts
WARNING: This news story contains graphic imagery. BARCELONA’S Museum of Eroticism (Museu de l’Erotica de Barcelona, MEB) is launching the first-ever Festival of the Vulva, Vagina
Human remains from Roman era found during Malaga metro construction
CONSTRUCTION workers extending Malaga’s metro line have uncovered a series of Roman-era graves during recent excavation works on Calle Hilera, near Peso de la Harina.
Balearic Islands clamp down on snake problem after worrying discovery by Oxford researchers
THE Balearic Islands have launched an emergency operation to tackle the spread of invasive snakes. The decision comes after researchers from the University of Oxford
Man dies on busy Marbella road after fleeing from police in tourist flat scuffle
A MAN believed to be around 25 years old died on Sunday after being struck by a car on a busy stretch of the A-7
Shocking new findings reveal Spanish government was aware of a potential blackout
THE Spanish government was warned months before the blackout that the country’s electrical grid was at risk of large-scale failure. Officials were made aware of
Spain could suffer over €4 billion in losses from historic blackout
SPAIN’S worst-ever blackout, which left millions without power across the Iberian Peninsula, could cost the country as much as €4.5 billion in lost economic output.
Experts in Spain call for ‘crisis plan’ after supermarkets record huge blackout losses
A WEEK after the Peninsula’s massive power outage, Spain’s supermarket industry has revealed staggering economic losses and called for a national crisis plan to prevent
Seaside town named Spain’s happiest in new ranking thanks to its ‘philosophy of life’
THE small coastal town of Chipiona in the province of Cadiz has been crowned the ‘happiest town in Spain’ for 2025, according to a new
Spanish expert reveals how obesity impacts fertility and the diet to combat it
A LEADING Spanish nutritionist has warned that obesity significantly impacts fertility in both men and women – and has outlined what to eat to boost
Inside Spain’s ‘house of horrors’ where three children were kept prisoner since 2021
RESIDENTS of the quiet Asturian hamlet of Toleo remain in disbelief following the discovery of three children who had allegedly been kept in near-total isolation
WATCH: Russian tennis star is disqualified for telling Spanish judge to ‘blow me’
WATCH the shocking moment when Russian tennis player Svyatoslav Gulin was disqualified from an ITF World Tour match in Spain after a vulgar outburst in
WATCH: Chinese tourist chokes out thief in Barcelona
THIS is the moment a Chinese tourist became an unlikely hero in Barcelona after subduing a would-be thief with a martial arts-style chokehold. The incident
Lightning strikes Andalucia as fresh storm rolls in
THE Costa del Sol experienced a dramatic lightning display overnight as a powerful Atlantic storm swept across southern Spain, bringing heavy rain, gusty winds and
Three children rescued from ‘house of horrors’ in Spain: Expat parents kept them ‘locked up and surrounded by piles of garbage’ since the pandemic
POLICE have rescued three young children from a ‘house of horrors’ in rural Oviedo, where they had allegedly been confined for four years by their
Granada locals take matters into their own hands as they protest dangerous road conditions
FED-UP residents of the Alpujarras mountains in southern Spain have staged a dramatic roadside protest today over what they describe as years of government inaction
Gibraltar Police open investigation into death of 79-year-old US tourist
THE Royal Gibraltar Police have confirmed that they are currently investigating the death of a 79-year-old US citizen. The American, whose identity has not been
Marbella corruption scandal grows: Police to investigate ‘all historical cases handled by court clerk who stole €19m in crypto seized from fraudsters’
THE corruption scandal engulfing Marbella’s judicial system has deepened, as police have announced a full review of every case handled by the court clerk who
Ibiza’s opening weekend in Spain: Five narco arrests, police assaults, dangerous driving – and 76 people stopped with drugs
IBIZA’S legendary opening weekend has once again brought a flurry of crime, arrests and drug-related offences to the island. The Guardia Civil confirmed that eight
Irish father ‘drowns in front of his son’ during Spain’s blackout on the Costa del Sol ‘six weeks after mother died’
AN Irish father has tragically died after being pulled from the sea off the Costa del Sol during Spain’s massive blackout – in front of
Two window cleaners left dangling outside the 53rd floor of a Madrid tower block as more harrowing blackout tales emerge from Spain
AS Spain continues to assess the impact of the nationwide blackout, two window cleaners in Madrid have spoken out about the terrifying moment they were
‘Stay put in case the lift starts working as you try to escape’: A day in the life of an elevator technician company in Spain during the great blackout
AS darkness descended on mainland Spain during the widespread power outage on April 28, elevator technicians became emergency responders. For Fain Ascensores, a Madrid-based lift