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Family appeal for funds to bring home British granny stranded in Spain’s Canary Islands after bout of food poisoning

THE family of a woman who became seriously ill after suffering a severe bout of food poisoning while on holiday in Gran Canaria has...

Spain’s Axarquia receives water from Malaga city to battle ‘exceptional drought’

SINCE the beginning of this week, Malaga city has been supplying water for human consumption to the Axarquia region. The delicate situation of the La...

AND sing it’s nearly Christmas and the snow is falling in the Sierra Nevada

THE golden slopes of Spain’s magical Sierra Nevada are open again… and it just keeps snowing! Two more days of snowfall guarantee skiing and snowboarding...

Spain reports its first Omicron COVID-19 case caused by community transmission

THE first COVID-19 Omicron infection in Spain involving somebody who has not returned from a foreign trip has been confirmed in Madrid. A man, 62,...

EU takes Spain to European Court for not stopping pollution of areas like the Mar Menor

SPAIN will have to answer to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg over not doing enough to combat nitrate pollution in areas like...

Clandestine cannabis club goes to pot on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THREE people who ran an illegal cannabis club in Denia have been arrested for selling drugs at their city centre headquarters. It's the latest in...

Brits step in to carry out hotel safety checks in Spain’s Balearic Islands in bid to prevent ‘balconing’ deaths

A NEW system of safety checks will be carried out by British consular staff at resorts across the Balearic Islands following a spate of...

Rescued loggerhead turtles are taken back home off the Costa Blanca in Spain

TWO rescued loggerhead turtles have been released into the sea some 30 miles off the Costa Blanca shore. The two specimens were found off the...

Spain’s Joan Manuel Serrat quits touring in shock retirement from the road

JOAN Manuel Serrat has announced he will say goodbye to the stage with his last ever world tour as he winds down his life...

Spanish woman seeking €3million damages after being raised by wrong family ‘welcomed’ by biological parents 

THE biological parents of a woman swapped at birth in a hospital in northern Spain 19 years ago have told their daughter they will...

COVID health pass will be required for night out in Spain’s Balearic Islands

COVID passports will come into use from Saturday in the Balearics after the High Court gave them the green light.  Most hospitality and nightlife businesses...

Spain reaches the highest ‘misery index’ in Europe

LIFE in Spain has often been considered a laid-back, sun-drenched alternative to gloomier spots on the continent.  But in recent years, economic woes have cast...

WHERE TO STAY: The best rural retreats in Spain’s Guadalhorce Valley

Guadalhorce valley has some great rural retreats, writes Jon Clarke

WHERE TO EAT: Enjoy the amazing local produce in Spain’s Guadalhorce Valley

A longtime agricultural hub, it is no surprise you can eat well in the Guadalhorce Valley, writes Jon Clarke

Highest and lowest paid jobs in Spain – see if yours on the list

COMPANY bosses took home the top pay packets in Spain last year, while cleaners earned the least, new figures show. Bankers are among those who...

Expat pensioner forced to ‘sofa-surf’ in the UK after falling victim to alleged fake padron scam on Spain’s Costa...

LILY Higgins had bought her dream home in southern Spain and applied for the necessary TIE card to allow her to retire here. The 72-year-old...

Discover one of Spain’s best kept secrets: The Guadalhorce Valley, Andalucia’s answer to the Lake District

There’s a secret world of lakes, white villages and rocky mountain highs in the Guadalhorce hills behind the Costa del Sol, writes Jon Clarke

Overstretched doctor calls police due to packed-out emergency area at Torrevieja Hospital on Spain’s Costa Blanca

STAFF at Torrevieja Hospital want their boss to resign after patients faced massive waits for emergency room treatment. The situation got so bad on Tuesday...

EXPLAINER: Where you will need to show the COVID passport in the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

THE EU COVID-19 certificate will be needed to access certain indoor areas in the Valencian Community from this Friday night. The compulsory measure starts at...

WATCH: A new star is born as final piece placed atop tower in Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia changing the skyline...

THE architectural masterpiece by Antoni Gaudi took another step towards completion as a giant multifaceted star was lifted into place atop one of Sagrada...

Spain’s Malaga to broadcast live screening of ‘The Nutcracker’ by Royal Ballet of London

MALAGA will host the live broadcast, from the Royal Opera House, of the classic ballet The Nutcracker. The spectacular production by British choreographer Peter Wright...

Spain orders fully-vaccinated people to quarantine if they have contact with confirmed or even suspected Omicron COVID-19 cases

FEARS about the spread of the newly-discovered Omicron COVID-19 variant has led Spanish health chiefs to toughen-up self-isolation rules for fully-vaccinated people. The Ministry of...

People smugglers arrested in Costa Blanca and Madrid areas who charged €12,000 per person for journey to Spain

POLICE have smashed the Spanish end of an international people smuggling gang that charged Bangladeshi nationals an average of €12,000 each to get into...

IN PICS: Dine in the Madrid sky at the tallest restaurant in Spain

IT BRINGS new meaning to the term ‘haute cuisine’; A new restaurant has opened in a Madrid skyscraper to become the highest dining establishment...

Thugs will be fitted with ‘rapist tags’ to monitor when they go near victims in new pilot scheme in...

ELECTRONIC ankle tags that can monitor sexual assault offenders are to be rolled out in Catalunya as part of a pilot scheme. The ‘rapist tags' will...

Social services in Barcelona had visited migrant family 88 times before fatal blaze

TWO children from a family of refugees were killed early Tuesday in a fire that destroyed an abandoned bank squatted by migrants in the...

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