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Retired policeman going through separation kills wife and then turns gun on himself in Spain’s Valencia

A RETIRED Policia Nacional officer held his wife hostage in Alzira on Wednesday before shooting her dead and turning the gun on himself. The deceased

31 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Residents angry about quarry getting environmental go-ahead to reopen on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A RESIDENTS group in San Miguel de Salinas say they don’t want a clay quarry to reopen because of heavy lorries using narrow roads and

31 Aug, 2023 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Valencian Community

Man's Best Friend Makes A Difference To Treating Children With Mental Health Problems In Spain's Barcelona

Shocking surge in youth suicides exposes cracks in Spain’s child mental health support

SPAIN is grappling with a rise in youth suicides that poses serious questions about the country’s child mental health services, new figures show. Last year,

31 Aug, 2023 @ 12:00

Health·Lead

Man exploited 40 migrants by cramming them into his flat in Spain and charging €100 per month in rent

Thieves rob tourists walking around streets of Costa Blanca city in Spain

THE POLICIA NACIONAL in Alicante have arrested two men who robbed a group of French tourists. The Algerian nationals aged 20 and 29 took a

31 Aug, 2023 @ 11:23

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

Dates revealed for parliamentary votes to make Partido Popular's Alberto Nuñez Feijoo Spain's new prime minister

Socialists reject Popular Party’s proposal to end political stalemate in Spain

THE SOCIALIST PARTY on Wednesday rejected outright a proposal from the conservative Popular Party for a two-year government headed up by its leader, Alberto Nuñez

31 Aug, 2023 @ 09:17

Lead·Politics

Mother of embattled Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales hospitalised during hunger strike

THE MOTHER of embattled Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales was hospitalised last night, during a hunger strike she began earlier this week in protest against

31 Aug, 2023 @ 08:52

Lead·Sport

One dead and six hospitalised after Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Caceres, Extremadura

AN 85-year-old man has died in Caceres from Legionnaires’ disease, with six others affected and hospitalised. As of Tuesday, August 29, four patients are currently

30 Aug, 2023 @ 19:00

Health·Lead

Fake Picasso and Palencia works are rumbled in Spain: Fraudsters were selling pieces for €13.5 million

Legendary artist Pablo Picasso to feature in BBC TV series marking 50 years since his death in Spain

LEGENDARY Spanish painter Pablo Piccaso’s penchant for women will be featured in a new BBC TV documentary series, ‘Picasso: The Beauty and the Beast’ to

30 Aug, 2023 @ 18:45

Andalucia·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Spain's former king told British diplomats 'we don't want Gibraltar', a shocking new book claims

NO DOUBTS: Gibraltar reacts to Spain’s protests as tensions flare over sovereignty of waters around the Rock

THE Government of Gibraltar has reacted to Spain’s diplomatic protest over the ‘serious incidents’ involving Spanish fishermen in the waters surrounding the Rock. A note

30 Aug, 2023 @ 18:45

Andalucia·Gibraltar·Lead

Doctor Who, Broadchurch, and Good Omens TV star David Tennant to film new Jilly Cooper drama on Spain’s Costa del Sol

ONE OF British television’s most successful and popular actors is coming to the Costa del Sol this September to shoot a drama series about- British

30 Aug, 2023 @ 18:30

Andalucia·Entertainment·Lead

Trucks are filled with 120,000kg of tomatoes ahead of annual La Tomatina festival in Spain’s Valencia

Tomatoes aplenty in exciting La Tomatina fight with extra participants in Spain’s Valencia area

AN estimated 18,000 people turned the streets of Buñol red on Wednesday in the annual ‘La Tomatina’ tomato fight. Numbers were up by 2,000 more

30 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Cruel practice of setting fire to frame attached to bull's horns is banned on Spain's Costa Blanca

Cruel practice of setting fire to frame attached to bull’s horns is banned by Costa Blanca town in Spain

EL VERGER in Alicante province has banned bull runs known as ‘els bous embolats’ which involve balls of flame being attached to the animal’s horns.

30 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Animals·Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead·Valencian Community

Parents get first-ever vote to pick main language for school lessons in Valencia in choice between Spanish and regional Valenciano

EXPLAINER: Why going back to school is such an expensive business in Spain

SEPTEMBER’S start of the new school year in Spain is dreaded by most youngsters after the long summer break, but there’s a different concern for

30 Aug, 2023 @ 14:15

Education·Lead

Two bodies found near Costa del Sol town confirmed not to be missing Argentinians

TWO dead bodies have been found by a recreational boat near the coast of Fuengirola, on the Costa del Sol. The corpses were spotted 8

30 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Spain’s Popular Party makes offer of two-year term in office to Socialists in bid to break political deadlock

THE LEADER of Spain’s conservative Popular Party (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, on Wednesday made an offer to caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of the Socialist

30 Aug, 2023 @ 12:47

Lead·Politics

WATCH: The mother of Luis Rubiales speaks amid her ongoing hunger strike

THE mother of Luis Rubiales finally made an appearance last night shortly before 8pm on Tuesday as her hunger strike enters its third day. Dozens

30 Aug, 2023 @ 12:20

Granada·Lead·Sport

Fuel prices pump up inflation rate to 2.6% in Spain

AUGUST’S inflation rate in Spain reported an annual rise of 2.6%, according to preliminary figures from the National Statistics Institute (INE) published on Wednesday. The

30 Aug, 2023 @ 12:09

Lead·National News

Olive oil in Spain soars to new record wholesale price

THE WHOLESALE price of Spanish extra virgin olive oil soared to a new all-time high on Tuesday of above €8,200 per metric ton. This came

30 Aug, 2023 @ 11:15

Food & Drink·Lead

Spain will give young people €250 per month help pay for rapidly rising rents - but move divides opinion

EXPLAINER: Why one in five homes are lying empty during housing shortage on Spain’s Costa Blanca

OVER 209,000 properties are lying empty in Alicante province according to the National Institute of Statistics(INE)- around a fifth of all homes in the region.

30 Aug, 2023 @ 10:30

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Property·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Spain’s ‘infanta’ Sofia arrives in Wales to begin Baccalaureate studies

THE YOUNGEST daughter of Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, the infanta Sofia, arrived in Wales on Tuesday, where she will begin her Baccalaureate

30 Aug, 2023 @ 10:09

Lead

Spain's foreign tourist revival continues with bigger spending than in 2019

Spain’s tourism sector closes record summer season with average occupation of 93%

AFTER several years that were severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic, Spain’s tourism sector has just closed a record summer season, with an average occupation

30 Aug, 2023 @ 09:32

Lead·Travel News

Spain presents diplomatic protest to British embassy over ‘serious incidents’ this August in Gibraltar

THE SPANISH Foreign Affairs Ministry has sent a diplomatic protest to the British Embassy in Madrid over what it described as ‘three serious incidents’ over

30 Aug, 2023 @ 09:08

Gibraltar·Lead

REVEALED: The luxury villa overlooking Spain’s Costa Tropical where Spanish football boss Luis Rubiales allegedly held sordid sex parties

By Laurence Dollimore in Motril and Walter Finch THIS stunning villa on the Costa Tropical of Granada boasts breathtaking sea and mountain views, an infinity

29 Aug, 2023 @ 19:31

Andalucia·Granada·Lead·Must Read·National News·Sport

Police investigate the death of a man found dead just outside Sevilla’s main bus station

A DEAD man has been found just outside Sevilla’s Plaza de Armas bus station, right in the city centre. Police have confirmed that the deceased

29 Aug, 2023 @ 19:30

Andalucia·Lead·Sevilla

Reservoirs continue drying up despite heavy weekend storms bringing torrential rain across Spain

Reservoir levels in Spain’s Andalucia continue to fall and are now at 20.6% of their capacity

RESERVOIR levels in Andalucia continue to fall as the region is suffering from the worst drought in the last 30 years. They sit at 20.6%

29 Aug, 2023 @ 19:00

Andalucia·Environment·Lead

British tourist arrested over sex assault on UK holidaymaker at party-resort Magaluf hotel on Spain's Mallorca

PRICES SLASHED: Which of Spain’s most desirable holiday destinations cuts prices the most over the autumn?

WHILE those in northern Europe greet the end of summer with tears of sadness, the people of Spain rejoice at the arrival of bearable temperatures

29 Aug, 2023 @ 18:30

Lead·Must Read·Travel News

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