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Family in Spain stunned to discover genuine Van Dyck painting worth up to €13million had been hanging on their wall for DECADES

Yzabelle Bostyn - 3 Oct, 2023 @ 18:19

Ryanair reveals FOUR new cities you can fly to from Spain's Valencia - including one in the UK

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Ryanair reveals FOUR new cities you can fly to from Spain’s Valencia – including one in the UK

Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says he will seek parliamentary majority in Spain's Congress

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Spain’s King Felipe nominates Pedro Sanchez for prime ministerial investiture vote

Mobile phone company duped by €240,000 credit card con in Spain

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Number of schoolboys under investigation for creating deep-fake nudes of classmates rises to 26

National Police arrest couple in Madrid

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Police in Madrid arrest man suspected of sexually assaulting months-old daughter and offering her to others to do the same

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Work to resume at controversial Algarrobico hotel

Imogen Calderwood - 5 Oct, 2014 @ 16:00

The 'hotel ilegal' saga has taken another twist

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Benalmadena to host Blues at Moonlight festival

Jacqueline Fanchini (Reporter) - 5 Oct, 2014 @ 08:45

This year's Rockabilly and American music festival will be hosted at the Hotel Sunset Beach Club

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Government under pressure to abandon Canary Island oil-drilling

Imogen Calderwood - 5 Oct, 2014 @ 08:30

The WWF is campaigning for a whale sanctuary instead

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Spanish squatters to descend on world’s largest private equity firm

Rob Horgan - 4 Oct, 2014 @ 12:00

Squatters are set to camp out at properties owned by Blackstone equity group in legal protest

VIDEO: Spanish fireman saves puppy with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

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VIDEO: Spanish fireman saves puppy with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

Rob Horgan - 3 Oct, 2014 @ 11:08

Incredible footage of a Valencia fireman bringing a dog back to life with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

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Marbella residents furious at plague of sex cards littering their cars

Jacqueline Fanchini (Reporter) - 2 Oct, 2014 @ 10:00

People are demanding action after being ‘plagued’ with a deluge of prostitute calling cards and brothel flyers in Puerto Banus and Nueva Andalucia, by Jacqueline Fanchini

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EXCLUSIVE: Ex-soldier claims he saw Madeleine McCann by a Nerja swimming pool

Tom Powell - 1 Oct, 2014 @ 17:14

Police investigations are under way after the latest alleged sighting of Maddie McCann in Axarquia

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Police probe alleged expat property fraudster

Imogen Calderwood - 1 Oct, 2014 @ 11:50

Victims are hunting Rebecca Wells, who has vanished from the Costa del Sol after allegedly 'taking deposits for homes she didn't own', by Imogen Calderwood

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British killer could be guilty of a trio of Fuengirola rapes for which a Dutchman has served 11 years

Imogen Calderwood - 30 Sep, 2014 @ 13:21

Just two years after the Fuengirola rapes, Mark Dixie murdered 18-year-old model Sally Anne Bowman in London

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Ashya King parents explain the moment police split up their family as Ashya speaks first words in Prague hospital

Rob Horgan - 30 Sep, 2014 @ 11:31

Brain tumour patient Ashya King begins his recovery in Prague after the NHS agrees to fund proton beam therapy

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UPDATE: Flaming Puerto Banus yacht belongs to ex-Formula One star

Imogen Calderwood - 29 Sep, 2014 @ 17:03

EXCLUSIVE by Imogen Calderwood. The 23-metre yacht belongs to French Formula One driver Bertrand Gachot

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The Great Train Robbery ‘mole’ finally identified

Rob Horgan - 29 Sep, 2014 @ 16:44

The 'insider' behind Great Train Robbery has been identified by criminal mastermind Gordon Goody at his house in Almeria

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One of UK’s most wanted busted during Benidorm poker game

Imogen Calderwood - 28 Sep, 2014 @ 17:24

Robert Knight is thought to be connected to international drug-trafficking gang

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Fire rages on Puerto Banus luxury yacht

Imogen Calderwood - 28 Sep, 2014 @ 16:41

Firefighters struggled to bring the fire under control and prevent it spreading to neighbouring yachts

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Spanish blockbuster El Niño movie set to make millions at box office

Rob Horgan - 27 Sep, 2014 @ 10:14

Spanish blockbuster El Niño takes box office by storm

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Spain arrests nine Islamic State fighters as European jihadist support rises dramatically

Imogen Calderwood - 26 Sep, 2014 @ 15:40

The EU anti-terrorism chief adds that air strikes will only increase the risk of retaliation

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Second Spanish priest dies from Ebola in Madrid

Tom Powell - 26 Sep, 2014 @ 11:17

Manuel Garcia Viejo contracted the virus while working as a medical director at a hospital in Sierra Leone

VIDEO: Spain’s most wanted ‘candyman’ paedophile finally caught

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VIDEO: Spain’s most wanted ‘candyman’ paedophile finally caught

Imogen Calderwood - 25 Sep, 2014 @ 15:33

Police tracked the 'dangerous predator' wanted in Operation Candy

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More than 1,000 arrested in ‘unprecedented’ Europe-wide organised crime crackdown

Imogen Calderwood - 25 Sep, 2014 @ 10:39

Total of 250 arrests in Spain, in 'single largest coordinated assault on organised crime in Europe'

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Rajoy heads to Beijing as Spain and China begin €3 billion business deals

Rob Horgan - 25 Sep, 2014 @ 10:33

Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy heads to China to woo investors in deals worth €3 billion

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Spain welcomes highest ever number of foreign tourists in August

Tom Powell - 24 Sep, 2014 @ 15:44

Great news for the economy as Spain welcomes record numbers of foreign tourists so far this year, with Catalunya the most popular region

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Spain’s Justice Minister resigns as controversial abortion reforms abandoned

Imogen Calderwood - 24 Sep, 2014 @ 10:13

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon was the driving force behind the unpopular reforms that would have drastically limited access to abortion

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EBOLA UPDATE: Supply of experimental treatment has run out, reveal Madrid doctors

Tom Powell - 23 Sep, 2014 @ 17:03

Doctors treating the second Spanish priest to be flown home with Ebola are exploring other options after announcing there is no more 'ZMapp'

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Podemos shows support for Julian Assange

Rob Horgan - 22 Sep, 2014 @ 17:54

Spain's new left-wing political force Podemos offers legal support to whistle blower Julian Assange

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Pro-life campaigners turn to march in Madrid as controversial abortion plans shelved

Imogen Calderwood - 22 Sep, 2014 @ 14:02

PP's controversial law delayed in the run up to 2015 general elections

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Second Spanish priest to contract Ebola flown to Madrid hospital

Tom Powell - 22 Sep, 2014 @ 12:36

The 69-year-old had been working in a hospital in Sierra Leone

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Ryanair reveals FOUR new cities you can fly to from Spain's Valencia - including one in the UK

Ryanair reveals FOUR new cities you can fly to from Spain’s Valencia – including one in the UK

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Feral cats claim to be disrupting protected areas and species including nesting birds in Spain’s Costa Blanca

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Motorcyclist crashes at 220km/hr while trying to avoid a traffic police helicopter in Valencia

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British and other foreign tourists spent a record-breaking €1.6billion across Spain's Valencia region this August

British and other foreign tourists spent a record-breaking €1.6 billion across Spain’s Valencia region this August

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