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RED ALERT: Southern Spain bakes with record high temperatures expected to near 50C

Laurence Dollimore - 13 Jul, 2017 @ 11:03

Dozens Of Scammers Arrested In €10 Million Fraud Selling Hire Cars Across Spain And Abroad

Crime & Law

Dozens of scammers arrested over €10 million fraud selling stolen rental cars across Spain and abroad

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

Couple accused of buying young boy as mother in Spain's Madrid says husband ordered sale to distant relatives

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700 strong illegal party busted in Spain’s Linares

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Jesus may have been clean-shaven!

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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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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

Travel in Andalucia

Baños de la Encina: Postcard from the oldest castle in Spain

Fiona Govan - 19 Apr, 2022 @ 10:15

SPAIN is littered with castles. It has such a glut - 10,257 to be exact - that I’d believe it if there were more...

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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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Spain to host international conference backing the health benefits of olive oil

Alex Trelinski - 11 Oct, 2021 @ 14:38

AN annual olive oil conference organised by a top American university is heading to Spain this December. The event to be held in Jaen, at...

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JOHNNY AND CLYDE: Taxi passenger hiding condom full of cocaine and heroin in her knickers arrested in Spain’s Andalucia...

Charlie Smith - 7 May, 2020 @ 20:19

A TAXI passenger concealing a condom full of drugs in her knickers has been arrested in Andalucia. The 32-year-old was caught in Jaen with 94...

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On a turkey hunt in Jaen

James Bryce - 14 Jan, 2012 @ 10:00

Town transformed by series of giant sculptures from recycled materials

Politics

MARIANO RAJOY: Andalucia needs better leaders

Laurence Dollimore - 4 Mar, 2017 @ 09:03

It is not yet known if Diaz will run to be head of the Junta again in 2019

andalucia severe orange weather warnings

Andalucia on alert for severe weather

Karl Smallman - 30 Jan, 2015 @ 14:38

Spanish Meteorological Office, AEMET, has issued yellow and orange weather alerts across much of Andalucia from midnight Friday, 30 January through most of Saturday

Jaen

Ancient sword among looted archaeological treasures discovered for sale in Spain

Elena Gocmen Rueda - 25 Nov, 2021 @ 13:00

AN Iberian sword considered to be of great historical value was discovered among looted archaeological treasures offered for sale online. The sword which has a...

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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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Olive oil prices in Spain soar to record levels amid fears of global shortage

Elsa Maishman (Reporter) - 21 Feb, 2017 @ 11:00

Bad weather has decimated the crop

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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

Jaen

Endangered Iberian lynx and her two cubs killed after being run over on Andalucian roads

Cristina Hodgson - 4 Sep, 2021 @ 10:00

AN Iberian lynx and her two cubs, between five and six months old, have been run over and killed on the JA-6104 road in...

Jaen

ORANGE weather alert for Spain’s Andalucia as temperatures soar past 40C

Cristina Hodgson - 24 Jul, 2020 @ 11:33

Maximum temperatures expected to reach 41ºC between 12.00 and 20.00 hours.

Business & Finance

Specsaver’s hunt is on for sexiest spectacle wearer of the year with €1,000 cash up for grabs

Chloe Glover (Reporter) - 15 May, 2017 @ 10:46

The lucky winner will become Specsavers Opticas model of the year

Health

Accessing disability benefits for Brits in Spain post-Brexit

Staff Reporter - 19 Feb, 2017 @ 14:51

There will doubtless be people who are thinking that their entitlement to these benefits may cease

Jaen

Almeria and Mijas town halls the ‘least transparent’ in Spain, new study finds

Laurence Dollimore - 13 Jul, 2017 @ 12:20

While Almería and Telde have maintained their low level in the annual ranking, Mijas has plummeted

Jaen

17-year-old boy drowns in Jaen pool

Nina Chausow - 8 Jul, 2015 @ 16:02

Moroccan youth drowns in local pool at La Salobreja in Jaen

Jaen

A hiking miracle

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 4 Jan, 2010 @ 11:17

Walkers survive three days lost in atrocious conditions drinking water from rivers and without food

Crime & Law

Schoolgirl found raped and murdered in church ruins in Jaen province, in Spain’s Andalucia

Fiona Govan - 16 Feb, 2022 @ 11:45

A 14-year-old girl has been discovered lying dead in the ruins of a church above Alcala la Real, Jaen. Police believe the girl, who has...

Jaen

Andalucia stocks up on Cruzcampo beer for Christmas season

Jacqueline Fanchini (Reporter) - 25 Dec, 2014 @ 18:00

Over 2,1 millioon bottles have been dispatched to drinking holes throughout Andalucia

Jaen

Jaen boy does good

- 28 Mar, 2008 @ 14:46

Ayub Khan Din has just won the most prestigious British theatre award for his comedy Rafta Rafta

Jaen

Jaen Cathedral becomes first temple in Spain to offer 360º virtual visit

Cristina Hodgson - 15 Aug, 2022 @ 09:15

AS of tomorrow, Tuesday August 16, Jaen Cathedral will offer visitors a vanguard virtual reality experience. The cathedral in southern Spain, considered by many to...

Politics

LEAKED: EU will take UK to International Court if it does not pay €57 billion ‘divorce bill’

Laurence Dollimore - 21 Mar, 2017 @ 15:57

Only six people have seen the 'secret EU strategy', including Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker

Environment

Heavy rainfall on Costa del Sol and warnings of strong coastal winds

Staff Reporter - 27 Jan, 2017 @ 17:39

Most of the country can expect heavy rainfall for the rest of the day

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Spain’s tourism minister predicts record summer for foreign visitors

Alex Trelinski - 1 Jun, 2023 @ 15:00

SPAIN welcomed 7.2 million international tourists in April- a record for that month in figures published on Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics(INE). Tourism...

Dead sperm whale washes ashore in Spain’s Mallorca

1 Jun, 2023 @ 14:15

Smoking in bar terraces will be allowed again in Baleares

1 Jun, 2023 @ 13:30

3 bedroom Villa for sale in Santa Susanna – € 318,500

1 Jun, 2023 @ 13:05

Woman admitted to hospital in Spain with Ebola symptoms

1 Jun, 2023 @ 12:41

Man meets woman via dating app and allegedly sexually assaults her outside cemetery in Spain’s Mallorca

1 Jun, 2023 @ 12:00

May rainfall records tumble in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Murcia areas

1 Jun, 2023 @ 11:15

Agile Project Management in the Education Sector

1 Jun, 2023 @ 11:01

Domestic violence cases in Spain rise for eighth year, to a total of 32,644

1 Jun, 2023 @ 10:30

‘HEARTBREAKING’: Nautilus Project chief says OS 35 oil spill was ‘extremely detrimental’ to Gibraltar

1 Jun, 2023 @ 09:15

Bomb squad called in after ‘explosive device’ found on a beach in Spain’s Marbella

1 Jun, 2023 @ 08:45

Spain’s first low-cost AVE starts Malaga-Madrid route today, June 1

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