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BREAKING: Fire at Alicante airport sees ‘thousands’ of passengers evacuated while flights diverted

ALICANTE airport has been evacuated this afternoon after a fire reportedly stopped flights. No one has been reported injured while a team of 15 firefighters...

First self-driving bus to arrive on Spain’s Costa del Sol in 2020

The driver-less bus will be electric and manufactured by Irizar

Two plumbers die in septic tank servicing urbanisation on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO plumbers have tragically died after attempting to repair a septic tank at an urbanisation on Spain's Costa Blanca. The workers, aged 59 and 38,...

‘IT WAS HIM’: Missing British man who disappeared on way home to Malaga for Christmas spotted TWICE in Spain’s...

“I couldn’t live with myself if I hadn’t reported it, if it was my son I would hope someone would do the same”

Sniffer dog Piba finds Alzheimer’s sufferer, 70, after going missing for three days on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A SNIFFER dog with the Policia Nacional has discovered an Alzheimer's sufferer, 70, who went missing for three days on Spain's Costa Blanca. The dog,...

SNOW JOKE: Gota fría warnings as Alicante Climate Lab predicts rain and snow to hit the Costa Blanca this...

A 'PRETTY POWERFUL' gota fría weather event has been predicted to hit the Costa Blanca from this Sunday, according to Alicante University's Climatology Laboratory. The...

Spain’s Costa del Sol experienced most successful year EVER for tourism in 2019

THE Costa del Sol welcomed a record amount of tourists in 2019.

What killed Sergio? Authorities struggle to understand the ‘ball of fire’ that killed Tarragona resident living 2km from site...

IT was nearing 7pm. Sergio's wife had just gone out for a walk with their granddaughter, when a massive explosion sent up a mushroom...

Missing worker found dead as death toll reaches two following massive explosion at petrochemical plant in Spain’s Tarragona

A WORKER who went missing after a massive explosion at a petrochemical plant in Spain's Tarragona has been found dead this morning. The blast at...

Costa Blanca holiday home registration doubles in four years, after owners threatened with sanctions

LAST YEAR closed with over 81,000 holiday apartments registered in the region, nearly double the number recorded in 2015. Figures released by the Valencian Community...

PICS: View inside a €500,000 apartment from Spain’s tallest residential building set for 2021 completion date

BELEAGUERED by elevator crashes, worker strikes and five years of paralysis, Spain's tallest residential building finally has a completion date set for next year. The...

Airline Flybe saved by British Government deal that includes tax break

Flybe’s Spanish destinations include Madrid, Palma, Alicante and Malaga

SPAIN BLAST: Two workers fighting for their lives after suffering serious burns while another employee missing from Tarragona petrochemical...

TWO workers are fighting for their lives after suffering serious burns to their bodies when a petrochemical plant exploded in Tarragona earlier this evening. Another...

SPAIN EXPLOSION: One killed in Tarragona petrochemical blast as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez monitors situation and more information is...

ONE worker has been killed and at least another six injured following an explosion at a petrochemical plant in Tarragona.  Dozens of firefighters are tackling...

IN VIDEOS: Huge explosion at petrochemical plant in Spain with ‘several severely injured’ as police tell residents to lock...

https://twitter.com/LeSmileLOL/status/1217143076088688641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1217143076088688641&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.diaridetarragona.com%2Ftarragona%2FGran-explosion-en-una-fabrica-entre-Tarragona-y-la-Pineda--20200114-0052.html A HUGE explosion has occurred at a petrochemical plant in Spain.  The blast took place at around 6.35pm this evening at a factory in Tarragona,...

British Ambassador to Spain Hugh Elliott issues Brexit warning to expats as UK prepares to leave EU in just...

“You have time and there are plenty of appointments in most provinces, but do make it a New Year's Resolution to get it done as soon as you can!”

Barcelona sack Valverde and IMMEDIATELY replace him with former Real Betis manager Quique Setien

BARCELONA have sacked their manager Ernesto Valverde and have taken no time in replacing him.

Flu epidemic in Spain’s Murcia region sees 150 extra medics drafted in to cope with ten-fold increase in cases

EPIDEMIC levels of influenza have been reached in Murcia according to the regional Department for Health. An extra 150 medics are being drafted in to...

British fugitive wanted over two killings in UK arrested as he leaves supermarket in Spain

The UK’s National Crime Agency is believed to have informed Spanish police of Kennedy’s location

LISTEN: Man in Spain wakes up in bar toilet in a hungover panic before pulling himself a beer and...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=16&v=2aiz2gRTRI4&feature=emb_logo THIS is the moment a reveller in Spain phoned police after waking up to find himself in the toilet of a bar with no...

Will Malaga join other cities in Spain and Europe and introduce a tourist tax?

MALAGA will not be introducing a so-called tourist tax... for now at least.  It comes after mayor Francisco de la Torre shut down the debate...

BREAKING: Body of man found in open field on Spain’s Costa del Sol

AN investigation is underway after the discovery of a body in an open field on the Costa del Sol yesterday.  The 53-year-old man was discovered...

British company building two HUGE solar farms in Spain to provide over 250,000 homes with clean energy

A BRITISH company is injecting over €55 million into two huge solar energy plants in central and southern Spain.  Solarcentury will splash €55.4 million on...

Crafty Costa Calida criminals arrested after run of holiday home robberies going back to 2018

TWO men responsible for a dozen robberies at empty holiday homes near Cartagena have been arrested. Guardia Civil officers have been tracking the pair, aged...

British airline Flybe on brink of collapse as it enters talks with UK government just months after Thomas Cook...

EMBATTLED British airline Flybe has entered talks with the UK government in a bid to secure a rescue deal. The carrier, which connects many UK...

OPINION: As the Queen ‘supports’ Harry and Meghan, it’s clear that the Megxit crisis began in Spain

With backing from the British Monarch, surely we have to support them as well

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