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As Spain’s La Palma Canary Island recovers from volcanic eruption, tourist board puts 8,000 tourism vouchers up for grabs

Stunning waterfalls and springs, natural parks and deserted beaches, well-preserved cultural heritage and local cuisine, and star-dotted night skies. Anyone who has visited the Canary

21 Apr, 2023 @ 15:45

Canary Islands·Lead·Travel News

British Man Given Conditional Bail Over Doorman Death At Towie Star Elliot Wright's Restaurant In Spain's Andalucia

Judge bails suspect in TOWIE star’s doorman death on the Costa del Sol who is part of British hit squad already on bail for attempted murder

A BRITISH man who was arrested over the death of a bouncer at former TOWIE star Elliott Wright’s Costa del Sol restaurant is thought to

21 Apr, 2023 @ 15:19

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Bogus nurse employed with no qualifications gets suspended jail sentence in Spain’s Valencia

A VALENCIA court has handed down a two-year prison sentence to a man who pretended to be a nurse and was employed for over six

21 Apr, 2023 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Diving company teams up with The Nautilus Project to clean up Rosia Bay to mark Earth Day 2022

A GIBRALTAR diving company plans to help out a local marine protection charity to clean up one of the Rock’s last undeveloped bits of coastline

21 Apr, 2023 @ 14:54

Gibraltar·Lead

Famous chiringuito in San Pedro (Marbella) destroyed by fire

The well-known Chiringuito el Nini burnt down this morning on San Pedro Alcantara’s seafront. Residents spotted the fire around 3.30am and called firefighters, who quickly

21 Apr, 2023 @ 13:45

Lead·Marbella

Hospital in Spain's Valencia becomes first in Europe to implant miniature pacemaker in premature baby

Public hospital surgery waiting lists lowest since Covid pandemic broke out in Spain’s Valencia region

WAITING LISTS for non-emergency surgery in a public hospital in the Valencian Community have fallen to their lowest level since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out

21 Apr, 2023 @ 13:30

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Madeleine Mccann Suspect Christian Brueckner To Be Charged With Rape

EXCLUSIVE: Madeleine McCann suspect sex crimes trial will STILL go ahead

A SEX offences trial of Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner in Germany has not been cancelled. Despite global headlines to the contrary yesterday, a date

21 Apr, 2023 @ 13:06

Lead·National News·Other News

Police shut down drugs den operating next to children’s playground on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has closed down a drugs den in the centre of Guardamar del Segura which operated a few metres away from a children’s

21 Apr, 2023 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Cadiz’s Rota naval base to get beefed up by the presence of two additional US warships in Spain

SPAIN and the United States are set to ink a deal for two additional US destroyers to be deployed at the US naval base in

21 Apr, 2023 @ 12:00

Cadiz·Lead

Young man arrested for drunk driving and crashing against a traffic sign with stolen car in Castellon

A 21-year-old Spaniard has been arrested for allegedly crashing a stolen car into a traffic sign in Castellon de la Plana. He is believed to

21 Apr, 2023 @ 11:20

Castellon·Lead·National News·Valencian Community

Rafa Nadal pulls out of Madrid Open as hip injury casts doubt on Spanish star defending French Open title

RAFA NADAL’S hip injury problem that has kept him out of tournaments since January could force him to miss the French Open for the first

21 Apr, 2023 @ 11:11

Lead·Sport

Man charged with fighting in public place using potato peeler in Gibraltar pleads guilty in court

A COURT tried a local man who allegedly fought another in Gibraltar with a potato peeler this week. Prosecutors charged Callum Gilfillan, 20, with affray,

21 Apr, 2023 @ 09:30

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar’s Supreme Court turns down judicial review of unlawful killing inquest over police collision at sea

GIBRALTAR’S Supreme Court has this week rejected a petition by two policeman to review the inquest that found them guilty of the unlawful killing of

21 Apr, 2023 @ 09:16

Gibraltar·Lead

Man gets nasty shock when he sees a four foot snake trying to eat his pet in Spain’s Andalucia

A MAN in Spain’s Andalucia got the shock of his life when he saw a snake that was over a metre long trying to eat

21 Apr, 2023 @ 09:00

Andalucia·Gibraltar·Lead

Locus Of Story 24 Year Old Dead In Street Palma

Young man found dead in Palma city centre

A 24-year-old ‘foreign’ man was found dead in Palma city centre on Wednesday morning. His girlfriend called emergency services around 9.50am when the man collapsed

20 Apr, 2023 @ 20:31

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Other News

Campaign calls for an end to Spain’s status as the ‘biggest dolphin prison in the world’

A YOUNG Spanish animal-rights activist has handed over to Congress a petition with 150,000 signatures calling for an end to the high number of dolphins

20 Apr, 2023 @ 18:45

Lead·National News

British man gets conditional bail over doorman death at TOWIE star Elliot Wright’s restaurant in Spain’s Andalucia

A BRITISH man has been granted conditional bail after being arrested in connection with the death of a doorman at TOWIE star Elliot Wright’s Mijas

20 Apr, 2023 @ 18:20

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Good mews! The abandoned cat doused in boiling oil in Mallorca is on the mend and has a new owner lined up

MIA, the abandoned cat who was horribly scalded with boiling oil in an appalling case of animal cruelty, is doing well and has a new

20 Apr, 2023 @ 18:00

Lead·Mallorca

Founder of Spain’s fascist Falange party, Primo de Rivera, to be exhumed from monument on Monday

THE REMAINS of the founder of Spain’s fascist Falange party, Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, are to be exhumed by his family from the Valley

20 Apr, 2023 @ 17:15

Lead·National News·Politics

Vending Machine Thief Armed With Drill Caught In Special Police Operation In Spain's Valencia

‘They get what they deserve’: Expats scathing over post-Brexit Brit couple facing deportation from Spain after failing to get residency permits

A BRITISH couple living on the Costa del Sol did not receive the response they had been expecting after posting in a Facebook group seeking

20 Apr, 2023 @ 17:15

Lead·Malaga·National News

Ex-King Carlos I raises hackles on his unwelcome return to Spain from exile in Abu-Dhabi

SPAIN’S former king Juan Carlos I made a controversial return to his homeland this week, sparking a flurry of media attention and raising questions about

20 Apr, 2023 @ 16:45

Celebrity·Lead

Irene Montero Presenta Un Proyecto Pa La Igualdad Efectiva Entre Hombres Y Mujeres En El Trabajo

Spain’s Socialist Party wins approval for reforms to controversial consent law, deepening split with coalition partners

LAWMAKERS in Spain’s lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies, today voted in favour of reforms to the controversial ‘only yes means yes’ consent

20 Apr, 2023 @ 16:11

Lead·National News·Politics

Man arrested after throwing bicycle at shop owner in Palma de Mallorca

A 35-year-old Moroccan was arrested after allegedly throwing his bike at the owner of an internet cafe in Palma’s Pere Garau neighbourhood around 8pm on

20 Apr, 2023 @ 15:58

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Brit Faces 14 Years Behind Bars If Convicted Of 2020 Pedestrian Crossing Killing In Spain's Andalucia

British expat faces 14 years in prison if convicted of killing teenager in road rage row in Spain’s Andalucia

PROSECUTORS want extradited British boxer Lewis Harry Briggs jailed for 14 years if he’s found guilty of stabbing a teenager to death in Estepona in

20 Apr, 2023 @ 15:42

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Graffiti Vandal Gets Stung With Big Penalty For Daubing Historic Train Station In Spain's Mallorca

Graffiti vandal gets stung with big penalty for defacing historic train station in Spain’s Mallorca

A MAN who daubed graffiti on the front of Mallorca’s historic Soller railway station has been convicted of a crime against historical heritage. The station

20 Apr, 2023 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Habitual Criminal Breaches Palma Restraining Order In Spain's Mallorca

Habitual criminal breaches restraining order banning him from Palma in Spain’s Mallorca

A HABITUAL criminal, who was banned from entering Palma, breached the restraining order after just five days to steal a pair of trainers. 46-year-old Bartolome

20 Apr, 2023 @ 13:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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