Dead baby found in rubbish
Street cleaners in Santa Fe, Granada, have found the remains of a new born baby in a waste disposal unit
Rabbits leap to lynx rescue
Five thousand rabbits per year are to be released in one of the few remaining habitats of the endangered Iberian lynx.
Granada unites for DO fight
Bodegas join forces to better ‘vino de la tierra’ category with prized Denominacion de Origen
Sick safari hunters jailed for shooting tigers and lions
Defence claimed tiger was not an endangered species in Spain
UK couple have home demolished in Almeria
Len and Helen Prior stand on the site of their former dream home putting a brave face on the wreckage that regional politics and municipal
Maddie hunt moves to Sevilla
Private detectives are trying to trace a British DJ who fled from Praia da Luz after being accused of grooming an under-age girl for sex.
Granada top of the table for wines
Despite the heavy storms in May that battered La Alpujarra, laying waste to hundreds of hectares of vines, two of that region’s signature bodegas had
What lies beneath
Córdoba’s Medina Azahara holds many more secrets of the first Islamic rule of Spain
Owner of illegal Medina Azahara home acquitted
Judges in Córdoba have acquitted the owner of one of the 240 illegal homes on the protected Medina Azahara site for extending the property even
UNESCO affiliate demands disappearance of illegal urbanisations
A damning report from a UNESCO advisory body has demanded that the 240 illegal houses on the protected Medina Azahara site in Córdoba should “be
The princes’ secret Spanish playground
They killed 740 partridges in one day at the Duke of Westminster’s exclusive hunting reserve
Ski season starts on December 1
HEAVY snowfall on the Sierra Nevada mountain range has resulted in an early start to the ski season. Pistes at Europe’s most southerly ski resort
Oil spillage poisons aquifer
A GRANADA court is investigating how 120,000 tonnes of a vegetable-based contaminant was allowed to enter underground water supplies. Mayor of Atarfe Víctor Sánchez and
Dining with Lorca, Gilbert & George
Painters, musicians and writers pay homage to the Granada poet at his summer retreat
Saved!
Junta stops construction plans for Europe’s largest land-maritime nature reserve
PP to support Granada cable car
Granada will play home to the world’s longest cable car if the Partido Popular wins next year’s regional elections
Dancing bears in Spain cause public outcry
In today’s Europe, Lisa Tilley asks should it be legal to force a wild animal to perform human tricks
Coin toss mayor in corruption probe
The mayor who won election by the toss of a coin is facing calls for his resignation after the state opened a corruption investigation in
Sick safari hunters named
The group all from Madrid - David Jimenez, his wife Basilia Toledano and friend Tomas Jose de la Flor - travelled to Extremadura to shoot
PSOE slams cemetery plaque honouring murdered priests
Socialists in Almería have demanded the removal of a plaque from a local cemetery that commemorates Catholic victims of the Civil War
Hollywood star’s Marbella home closer to demolition
It appears the Spanish justice system has finally caught up with actor Antonio Banderas
Victory for green groups as EU investigates park constructions
Cabo de Gata urban plans in spotlight while UN renews Biosphere Reserve status
Jailed: The two men found guilty of “protecting the environment”
The charges, which both men claim “fictitious,” relate to a protest at the Ismael quarry close to Órgiva, when 30 worried residents attempted to block
EU takes regional government to court over Iberian lynx
The European Union is taking the Junta de Andalucia to court for building a road that cuts through one of the few remaining habitats of
Corruption in the classroom: the head, the thief, his wife and her cuñada
Granada primary school faces legal battle and one million euro fine after an investigation found nine unqualified teachers, eight falsified salaries, and one imaginary class
Immigrant found wandering on Spain’s highest peaks
POLICE have arrested an immigrant who was found wandering without food or water in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. 27-year-old Tony Brascons, who immigration officials