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Backlash in Madrid as Vox pushes ‘pseudoscience warnings’ on women seeking an abortion

MADRID’S mayor has stated that ‘post-abortion depression syndrome’ is ‘not a classified science category’, after Vox demanded pregnant women be given mandatory information about the

4 Oct, 2025 @ 08:00

Health·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Madrid offers first-time property buyers 100% mortgage deals – but there is a rather harsh catch

A NEW Madrid city council scheme will make it easier for ‘young’ property buyers to purchase their first home in Spain’s capital.Community of Madrid President

2 Oct, 2025 @ 10:24

Lead·Madrid·Property

‘Ghost Town Grab?’: Jagger and Co accused of pandemic plagiarism by Madrid musician

THE Rolling Stones are being dragged into a rock ‘n’ roll legal row after a Spanish singer claimed the legendary band stole two of his

26 Sep, 2025 @ 16:19

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid·National News·Other News

Could Oasis return to Spain? Rumours swirl after Atletico Madrid president hints at deal for gig next summer

COULD it all be part of The Masterplan? Rumours are swirling that British rock superstars Oasis could return to Spain for the first time in

25 Sep, 2025 @ 15:46

Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead·Madrid

Hooligan football firm holds wild Nazi-themed stag party on the Costa del Sol

A NAZI-themed stag party on the Costa del Sol was one of the last moments of freedom for a notorious drug-trafficking football hooligan firm. The

25 Sep, 2025 @ 15:30

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

WATCH: Veteran Catalan matador is gored in leg by raging bull during performance in Madrid

Warning: Article contains graphic scenes that may be distressing A VETERAN matador was rushed to hospital on Sunday after being gored through the leg by

24 Sep, 2025 @ 10:57

Entertainment·Lead·Madrid

War zone in Madrid: 14 arrests after clashes with violent squatters terrorising neighbourhood

By Alessio Ghirlanda in Madrid TENSIONS have exploded in a north Madrid neighbourhood after fed-up residents confronted a violent gang of squatters over the weekend

23 Sep, 2025 @ 15:19

Lead·Madrid·Other News·Property

Yanks set to swoop for Atletico Madrid in €2.5bn mega-deal

ATLETICO Madrid could soon fall into American hands – with Wall Street giant Apollo Global Management in advanced talks to snap up a majority stake

20 Sep, 2025 @ 11:06

Lead·Madrid·Sport

Real Madrid in ‘Franco’ storm as fans chant name of dictator for new signing

REAL Madrid fans are under fire after chants of “Franco, Franco” rang out at the Santiago Bernabeu — sparking fury just months before the 50th

20 Sep, 2025 @ 10:06

Lead·Madrid·National News·Other News·Sport

Spain boosts international profile by hosting crunch trade talks between China and US in Madrid

SPAIN cemented its position at the heart of international affairs earlier this week as its capital city played host to crunch talks between China and

16 Sep, 2025 @ 16:37

Business & Finance·Lead·Madrid·Politics

‘A disgrace to Spain’: Pedro Sanchez under fire for praising pro-Palestine protesters who halted Vuelta a España finale and injured 22 police

THE violent scenes that forced the cancellation of the grand finale of the Vuelta a España have triggered a bitter political row in Spain after

15 Sep, 2025 @ 13:23

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Chaos in Madrid as rampaging pro-Palestine protesters injure 22 police and force cancellation of final day of Vuelta a España race

THE greatest fears of the organisers of the Vuelta a España came true on Sunday as the grand finale of the gruelling, three-week-long cycle race

15 Sep, 2025 @ 11:50

Lead·Madrid·Politics·Sport

Huge queues and travel chaos at Spain’s busiest airport as strike action hits holidaymakers

TRAVELLERS are facing massive delays and travel chaos at Madrid-Barajas Airport today as an indefinite security strike continues to cause huge queues and flight disruptions

15 Sep, 2025 @ 11:22

Lead·Madrid·Travel News

WATCH: Shocking scenes as explosion rips through bar in Madrid suburb injuring dozens

A MASSIVE gas explosion has ripped through a bar in Madrid’s Vallecas district, leaving 25 people injured and forcing residents to flee their homes as

13 Sep, 2025 @ 20:04

Lead·Madrid

Radiohead return to Spain with four concerts in Madrid

BRITISH rock band Radiohead have announced they will perform in Spain for the first time in 22 years. Their first live show anywhere for seven

9 Sep, 2025 @ 14:22

Entertainment·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Masked assault on Madrid immigrant centre blamed on mysterious new neo-Nazi group with links to the Kremlin – and a British fascist magazine

THREE young immigrants who were beaten up in a vicious assault were targeted by masked attackers thought to be linked to a neo-Nazi group with

8 Sep, 2025 @ 17:30

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Retired police chief-turned-security boss for top Spanish company ‘attacks three cops in Madrid restaurant while heavily intoxicated’

A RETIRED police chief inspector in charge of security for a top Spanish Ibex 35-listed company has been arrested for assault at a Madrid restaurant.

5 Sep, 2025 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Three injured in brawl in Madrid’s Puente de Vallecas

THREE young men have been injured following a brawl on Wednesday in Madrid’s Puente de Vallecas. The brawl took place in a bar in Avenida

5 Sep, 2025 @ 13:00

crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Spain’s racial tensions simmer again as thugs assault migrant children in Madrid after reports of sex attack on girl, 14, by Moroccan asylum seeker

SPAIN’S racial tensions have been brought to the boil once again after thugs targeted a Madrid centre housing young migrants following reports one of its

3 Sep, 2025 @ 10:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Spain’s housing market sees single biggest price surge in history – average Madrid home jumps from €464,000 to €572,300 in just 12 months

SPAIN is witnessing the most dramatic property price explosion in its recorded history, in great news for homeowners – but devastating for first time buyers.

3 Sep, 2025 @ 07:00

Lead·Madrid·Property

Transgender woman arrested in Madrid for allegedly groping teenage boy while ‘offering to perform a sex act on him’

A TRANSGENDER woman has been arrested in the Madrid area after an alleged sexual assault on a boy, 15, and offering to perform oral sex

29 Aug, 2025 @ 08:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Police arrest 83-year-old man in Madrid for ploughing into group of cyclists and driving away as they lay seriously injured

AN 83-year-old man has been arrested for running over four cyclists in Colmenar de Oreja and fleeing the scene, over two weeks ago. The incident

18 Aug, 2025 @ 14:35

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Cops bust ‘holiday car jackers’ who stripped 50 motors from Madrid airport car park for black market in Morocco

BRAZEN thieves stole up to ten cars a week from airport and holiday parking spots – then stripped them in a secret rural chop shop

15 Aug, 2025 @ 11:45

crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Prestigious British school under threat from deadly fires near Spain’s Madrid that have already claimed one life

FIREFIGHTERS have brought under control a wildfire in the Tres Cantos area of Madrid which killed one person and led to 180 people being evacuated.

12 Aug, 2025 @ 12:27

Lead·Madrid

Travel chaos in Spain: Fuming passengers are ‘trapped' on stifling hot AVE train outside a station in Madrid

Tunnel trouble as AVE fast-track train is being held up after major water leak and collapse between Malaga and Madrid

By Alfred Clarke THE recent fracturing of a series of inside slabs of a fast-track rail tunnel in Spain has led to a row between

8 Aug, 2025 @ 17:00

Lead·Madrid·Malaga·Travel News

Madrid brings forward second Metro Line 6 closure as works progress ahead of schedule

MADRID’S Metro Line 6 will face more disruption sooner than expected. The second phase of closures, between Legazpi and Moncloa, will now begin on 6 September

6 Aug, 2025 @ 10:24

Lead·Madrid

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Backlash in Madrid as Vox pushes ‘pseudoscience warnings’ on women seeking an abortion

Madrid offers first-time property buyers 100% mortgage deals – but there is a rather harsh catch

‘Ghost Town Grab?’: Jagger and Co accused of pandemic plagiarism by Madrid musician

Could Oasis return to Spain? Rumours swirl after Atletico Madrid president hints at deal for gig next summer

Hooligan football firm holds wild Nazi-themed stag party on the Costa del Sol

WATCH: Veteran Catalan matador is gored in leg by raging bull during performance in Madrid

War zone in Madrid: 14 arrests after clashes with violent squatters terrorising neighbourhood

Yanks set to swoop for Atletico Madrid in €2.5bn mega-deal

Real Madrid in ‘Franco’ storm as fans chant name of dictator for new signing

Spain boosts international profile by hosting crunch trade talks between China and US in Madrid

‘A disgrace to Spain’: Pedro Sanchez under fire for praising pro-Palestine protesters who halted Vuelta a España finale and injured 22 police

Chaos in Madrid as rampaging pro-Palestine protesters injure 22 police and force cancellation of final day of Vuelta a España race

Huge queues and travel chaos at Spain’s busiest airport as strike action hits holidaymakers

WATCH: Shocking scenes as explosion rips through bar in Madrid suburb injuring dozens

Radiohead return to Spain with four concerts in Madrid

Masked assault on Madrid immigrant centre blamed on mysterious new neo-Nazi group with links to the Kremlin – and a British fascist magazine

Retired police chief-turned-security boss for top Spanish company ‘attacks three cops in Madrid restaurant while heavily intoxicated’

Three injured in brawl in Madrid’s Puente de Vallecas

Spain’s racial tensions simmer again as thugs assault migrant children in Madrid after reports of sex attack on girl, 14, by Moroccan asylum seeker

Spain’s housing market sees single biggest price surge in history – average Madrid home jumps from €464,000 to €572,300 in just 12 months

Transgender woman arrested in Madrid for allegedly groping teenage boy while ‘offering to perform a sex act on him’

Police arrest 83-year-old man in Madrid for ploughing into group of cyclists and driving away as they lay seriously injured

Cops bust ‘holiday car jackers’ who stripped 50 motors from Madrid airport car park for black market in Morocco

Prestigious British school under threat from deadly fires near Spain’s Madrid that have already claimed one life

Tunnel trouble as AVE fast-track train is being held up after major water leak and collapse between Malaga and Madrid

Madrid brings forward second Metro Line 6 closure as works progress ahead of schedule

BREAKING: Spain boycotts next year’s Eurovision Song Contest after Israel allowed to compete

Investigators find 50 dead wild boars in swine fever quarantine zone near Barcelona – as dozens of countries ban Spanish pork

Spain adds an extra eight new billionaires in 2025 as super-rich hit eye-watering new wealth record

Tourist warning on the Costa del Sol as man ‘swipes keys from porter’s lodge and robs beachfront holiday flats’

When can I buy advance spring 2026 tickets for the Caminito del Rey – including Semana Santa?