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Prostitutes run protection racket and beat up woman who wanted to work on same road in Spain's Costa Blanca

Prostitute turf war as women extort and beat up rivals wanting to work on same Costa Blanca street in Spain

TWO BRAZILIAN women have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for assaulting another prostitute that wanted to ‘work’ on the same Alicante street. The assailants

29 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Automóvil De La Policía Nacional Española En Valencia

Police arrest paedo who allegedly filmed over 50 naked kids on a Costa del Sol beach

A PAEDO who allegedly filmed dozens of naked kids at a beach on the Costa del Sol has been arrested after being caught in the

29 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

Andalucia·Estepona·Lead·Malaga

Car thieves took orders from overseas clients to steal luxury vehicles throughout Spain

FOUR PEOPLE have been arrested in the Gandia area of Valencia province for stealing luxury cars that were specially ordered by overseas clients. Three vehicles

29 Aug, 2023 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Forecasters say current heatwave will run until 'probably' Monday in Spain

DEADLY SUMMER: Worrying figures reveal a total of 90 people have died from heat stroke in Malaga this summer

A TOTAL of 90 people have died of a heat stroke in Malaga province this summer, the worst figures in the last nine years. While

29 Aug, 2023 @ 14:15

Andalucia·Health·Lead·Malaga

Covid and flu vaccination campaigns to start this autumn in Spain with children up to five years able to get flu jab for first time

ALL CHILDREN in Spain aged between six months and five years will be eligible to get a flu vaccine this autumn. Previous policy has been

29 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Coronavirus·Health·Lead

Irish tourist, 34, found dead in hotel from suspected drug overdose in party resort of Sant Antoni on Spain’s Ibiza

AN IRISH national, 34, has died from a suspected drug overdose in a Sant Antoni hotel on Ibiza, according to the Guardia Civil. He was

29 Aug, 2023 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

Four ‘pro-independence’ supporters released in Catalunya after reportedly planning to sabotage Vuelta a España cycle race

FOUR men were granted provisional release from custody in Catalunya on Monday, after their arrest on suspicion that they were planning on sabotaging the Vuelta

29 Aug, 2023 @ 12:00

Catalunya·Lead

Expat community rallies round family of missing paddle surfers: Thousands raised to fly out relatives of Maxi, 29, and Emmanuel, 34, a WEEK after they vanished off Spain's Costa del Sol

Paddle surf board located floating off coast of Malaga, as search for missing Argentines continues

A PADDLE surf board has been located 15 miles off the coast of Malaga, as the search for its owners, Maxi Ludvik, 29, and Emmanuel

29 Aug, 2023 @ 10:07

Lead·Malaga

Pedal power as cyclists demand why eco-friendly cycle routes are being removed across Costa Blanca city in Spain

Pedal power as cyclists protest over cycle routes being removed in Costa Blanca city in Spain

DOZENS of cyclists temporarily blocked the removal of a second cycle lane in Elche ordered by the new Partido Popular-Vox council. Workers were preparing to

29 Aug, 2023 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Falling birth rates means Spain's kindergartens and primary schools have over 300,000 fewer children since 2018

Falling birth rate means Spain’s kindergartens and primary schools have over 300,000 fewer children in them compared to five years ago

FALLING birth rates are said to be having a ‘profound’ impact on Spain’s public education system with over 304,000 fewer children in kindergartens and primary

29 Aug, 2023 @ 09:15

Education·Lead·National News

Protests and counter protests across Spain as Luis Rubiales sexism controversy rumbles on

MONDAY night saw protests and counter-protests across Spain, as the controversy over Football Federation chairman Luis Rubiales’ forced kiss of female player Jenni Hermoso rumbled

29 Aug, 2023 @ 09:05

Lead·Sport

A CHEESE TO DIE FOR: Spanish queso from Asturia sets new world record selling for €30,000

A SPANISH cheese once again holds the crown as the world’s most expensive after winning the Cabrales Cheese Content – 2.2 kilos of it sold

29 Aug, 2023 @ 08:45

Asturias·Food & Drink·Lead

Embattled 'kisser' Luis Rubiales could face sex assault charges as top prosecutors in Spain open probe

Finally: Spain’s Football Federation calls on under-fire chairman Luis Rubiales to quit

SPAIN’S regional football chiefs on Monday night unanimously called on the beleaguered Football Federation chairman Luis Rubiales to resign, as the controversy over the forcible

29 Aug, 2023 @ 08:34

Lead·Sport

Luis Rubiales ‘forced kiss’ row latest: Spain’s governing body of football calls emergency meeting

The sordid and sleazy story behind the rise of Spanish Football Federation chief Luis Rubiales

WITH his very own mother locking herself in a church and declaring that she would go on indefinite hunger strike until the ‘inhuman witch hunt’

28 Aug, 2023 @ 19:36

Lead·Must Read·National News·Sport

King Felipe VI and PP leader Alberto Nuñez Feijoo

Spain’s caretaker prime minister agrees to meeting with Popular Party leader ahead of investiture vote

SPAIN’S caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday agreed to a face-to-face meeting with opposition Popular Party leader Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, as the conservative politician

28 Aug, 2023 @ 19:15

Lead·Politics

Hero off-duty policeman saves three kids from drowning in Spain’s Castellon area

AN off-duty policeman has saved three kids from drowning in the sea in Castellon province The Guardia Civil officer, who was spending the day at

28 Aug, 2023 @ 18:45

Castellon·Lead·Valencian Community

Embattled ‘kisser’ Luis Rubiales could face sex assault charges as top prosecutors in Spain open probe

NATIONAL COURT prosecutors in Madrid have announced a preliminary investigation into suspended RFEF president Luis Rubiales’ forced kiss on World Cup star player Jenni Hermoso

28 Aug, 2023 @ 17:29

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

More than 1.5 million people in Malaga are living with water restrictions as the province suffers from the drought.

ACCORDING to census data, there are 1,717,504 people living in Malaga; of that, one and a half million of them are currently living with some

28 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

Andalucia·Environment·Lead·Malaga

TERROR IN MAGALUF: Man with fake gun causes chaos in Magaluf hotel threatening to shoot clients

A MAN who caused chaos in a hotel in Magaluf by pointing at clients with a fake gun has been arrested in Mallorca. The accused,

28 Aug, 2023 @ 17:05

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Must Read

Lawyer takes Vueling to court in Spain and wins after airline charged him €60 for hand luggage in what judge branded an ‘abusive practice’

Three Dutch passengers overpower drunk Spaniard who tried to open emergency door on flight from Spain’s Costa Blanca to Amsterdam.

THREE Dutch travellers overpowered a drunk Spaniard who tried to open the emergency door on a Vueling flight from Alicante-Elche airport to Schipol, Amsterdam last

28 Aug, 2023 @ 16:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain's biggest supermarket chain Mercadona hands out an early Xmas present to all its workers

From today, Spain’s popular Mercadona supermarket chain switches its opening times

IN ANOTHER depressing sign that the summer is coming to a close, Spain’s popular Mercadona chain of supermarkets will from today be changing its opening

28 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

Business & Finance·Lead

IN PICS: Bulls roam free on Spain’s A-3 motorway in Valencia after transport truck overturns

A GROUP of bulls managed to escape from their transport truck on Monday, after the vehicle suffered an accident on the A-3 motorway near Buñol

28 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

UK tourists help Spain smash February foreign visitor record

BREAKING: Flight chaos as major fault in UK air traffic control systems means passengers in Spain are stuck on planes on runaways with nowhere to go

THE UK’S air traffic control system has experienced major problems on Monday- one of the busiest travel days of the year with the late August

28 Aug, 2023 @ 15:09

Alicante·Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Canary Islands·Lead·Mallorca·National News

Police officers called 'sons of bitches' are beaten up by angry family over illegally-parked car next to popular tourist promenade on Spain's Costa Blanca

Police beaten up by angry family and called ‘sons of bitches’ over illegally-parked car in popular tourist spot on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE MAYOR of Guardamar, has condemned a ‘cowardly and senseless’ attack on two Policia Local officers who asked a family at a terrace bar to

28 Aug, 2023 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Fears grow for German father, 50, and son, 19, who vanished while sailing during severe Mallorca storm as aircraft roped into search

FEARS are growing for a father and son who disappeared while sailing in the sea off Malloca during a storm on Sunday. The German pair,

28 Aug, 2023 @ 12:51

Lead·Mallorca

British and Spanish police intercept 1.5 TONNES of cocaine: Sailboat is busted en route to Spain after picking up haul in the Caribbean

SPAIN’S National Police and Navy have intercepted a sailboat bound for Spanish shores that was carrying 1,500 kilos of cocaine. The operation was carried out

28 Aug, 2023 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead

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