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Andalucia on alert for severe weather

Karl Smallman - 30 Jan, 2015 @ 14:38

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Worst drought in 150 years hits Spain

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Andalucia workers are worst paid in Spain

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Andalucia stocks up on Cruzcampo beer for Christmas season

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Spanish TV chef Dario Barrio dies in skydive accident

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Local novelist pushes environmental cause

Claire Wilson - 13 Nov, 2013 @ 14:30

Local author pens novel with environmental message

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Jesus may have been clean-shaven!

Rob Horgan - 20 Oct, 2014 @ 15:30

One of the earliest depictions of Jesus has been unearthed in Jaen, and he doesn't have a beard

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Earthquake shakes Jaen, Granada and Cordoba

Eloise Horsfield - 31 Jan, 2012 @ 18:02

The quake meaured 4.4 on the Richter Scale

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Cazorla Blues festival a hit

Liam Kirkaldy (Reporter) - 28 Nov, 2013 @ 06:30

Cazorla's annual BluesCazorla festival has won an award considered the Grammys of the Blues

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Poorest region in Spain scoops record lottery jackpot

Liam Kirkaldy (Reporter) - 22 Dec, 2013 @ 12:11

The largest lottery in history has been won in part by groups of friends and families in Jaen, in southern Spain

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Andalucian olive oil firm crowned best in Spain

Claire Wilson - 6 Nov, 2013 @ 12:21

Castillo de Canena scoops accolade in Madrid awards ceremony

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Roman lion statue uncovered in Jaen

Claire Wilson - 5 Dec, 2013 @ 18:06

Spate of recoveries of roman remains in Jaen

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Thief shops suspected paedophile after stealing videos from his house

Claire Wilson - 20 Dec, 2013 @ 18:30

Suspected paedophile in Jaen arrested after being handed in by thief

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Spanish prosecutors drop olive oil scam case

James Bryce - 15 Dec, 2012 @ 11:00

Gang had been accused of elaborate scheme to pass off cheap oils as olive oil

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Backfired!

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 9 Jan, 2010 @ 00:01

EXCLUSIVE: Spanish youth in critical condition after air-up-the-backside prank goes wrong

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Builder crumbles

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 1 Sep, 2010 @ 09:56

Holidays cancelled after 75 per cent of tools are stolen

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Andalucia drone tests branded a success

Claire Wilson - 11 Nov, 2013 @ 18:17

Pilotless planes could come into service as early as Q1 2014

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IVF for man formerly pregnant with twins

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 1 Oct, 2009 @ 18:39

After a miscarriage saw him lose his twins in May, Ruben Coronado is trying again

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Wild horses come to Algeciras

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 10 Nov, 2009 @ 13:15

Galloping thoroughbreds cause mayhem

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Woman jailed for throwing a dog out of a third storey window

Annabel Grossman - 28 Apr, 2013 @ 09:24

Woman threw a neighbour's Chihuahua out of a window in Jaen

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Spanish police bust sophisticated marijuana processing lab

Alex Iszatt (Reporter) - 17 Aug, 2013 @ 08:30

Spain's National Police have busted and dismantled a sophisticated laboratory with 900 marijuana plants in Andújar, Jaén province in southern Spain.

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Turkey tossing

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 13 Feb, 2010 @ 00:01

A Jaen town defies the law to continue its 19th-Century tradition

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Game over for tomb raiders

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 11 Dec, 2010 @ 20:27

A massive ring of Andalucian treasure looters and gold smugglers has been busted by the police

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Green groups slam ‘dead end’ project to prospect for oil in inland Andalucia

Wendy Williams - 13 May, 2012 @ 12:36

Junta backed project to search for oil and gas deposits in Jaen and Sevilla comes under fire

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Spanish olive farmers feel the squeeze from supermarkets

James Bryce - 9 Jun, 2012 @ 09:30

Competition from emerging countries has also contributed to a 50 per cent drop in market value

deer hunts authorised in cazorla natural park

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Junta authorises deer hunts in nature reserve

Eloise Horsfield - 17 Oct, 2012 @ 11:30

Four deer were killed in Cazorla natural park, making €8,000 which will be used to buy fodder

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Hostels across Andalucia to house the homeless during the coronavirus state of alarm

Joanne Oakley - 20 Mar, 2020 @ 17:00

The hostels are available to those without homes who do not have the infection and have no symptoms of coronavirus

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Spanish Police charged in Linares beating launch counter case, claim they acted in self defense

James Warren - 27 Feb, 2021 @ 12:45

THE two Policia Nacional officers charged with the aggravated assault of a man and his daughter in Linares last week have launched their counter...

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Fracking has officially failed in Spain in loss for Mariano Rajoy’s Partido Popular

Laurence Dollimore - 22 Mar, 2017 @ 09:42

Fracking firms have been met with strong opposition from locals and regional authorities

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WATCH: Andalusian prostitution and human trafficking ring broken up by international task force

Simon Wade - 14 Apr, 2020 @ 12:23

COMBINED FORCES smashed a human trafficking ring operating in Andalusia, last week. Europol and Policia Nacional broke up the gang of seven that were sexually...

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Andalusian hospital explores health benefits of Spain’s ‘liquid gold’ against COVID-19

James Warren - 1 Mar, 2021 @ 15:00

A HOSPITAL in the Andalucian town of Jaen is trialing a revolutionary tablet containing one of Spain's most synonymous products against the symptoms of...

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NO jail time for two Neo-Nazis found guilty of paralysing black man in racist attack in Spain’s Mallorca

Isha Sesay - 17 May, 2021 @ 21:00

At the time of the attack, the defendants were wearing t-shirts adorned with Nazi slogans with witnesses attesting to the men shouting racial profanities during their violent assault

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Green crackdown: owners of polluting cars face fines in Spain’s Catalunya

17 May, 2021 @ 20:30

Highest weekend COVID total this month across Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Highest weekend COVID-19 case figures this month across Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

17 May, 2021 @ 20:00

Curfew pushed back to midnight in Spain’s Balearic Islands and interior areas of bars and restaurants can open under...

17 May, 2021 @ 19:15

Alicante calls time for 2021 on one of the top outdoor events of the year on Spain’s Costa Blanca

17 May, 2021 @ 18:30

Brexit Answers To Come For Brits On The Costa Blanca Thanks To Special 'zoom' Sessions

BREXIT ANSWERS to come for Brits on the Costa Blanca in Spain thanks to special ‘Zoom’ sessions

17 May, 2021 @ 17:45

Gibraltar records ZERO COVID-19 cases among residents and visitors for first time since July 2020

17 May, 2021 @ 17:30

CONTROL FREAK husband in Spain's Murcia region is told to keep his distance from his wife after abusing her over a short skirt

CONTROL FREAK in Spain’s Murcia area can’t see his wife after abusing her over a short skirt

17 May, 2021 @ 17:00

Catalans Demonstrate For Separatist Government

Spain’s Catalunya spared repeat election after two independence parties reach deal

17 May, 2021 @ 16:30

Heatwave on Spain's Costa Blanca brings out law-abiding visitors who followed COVID safety rules

Heatwave brings out law-abiding visitors to Benidorm and across Spain’s Costa Blanca

17 May, 2021 @ 16:15

Fallas Festival In Valencia, Spain 18 Mar 2019

FALLAS IN SEPTEMBER: Iconic Fallas festivities in Spain’s Valencia region will take place in September this year

17 May, 2021 @ 15:45

CAMPO CALLING: Small towns and rural villages throughout Spain launch drive to attract new residents and entrepreneurs

17 May, 2021 @ 15:15

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