by Sam Kelly DipPFS, EFA, BA (Hons), Managing Partner, Chorus Financial. Every now and then an email lands in my inbox or a member of the public walks through my office door,
A chemical tanker docked in Cartagena this morning(August 26) carrying three deceased crew members, including the captain, who were poisoned by a gas leak yesterday. The Liberian-registered chemical products carrier, Global Lake,
A 15-year old boy went on an early morning joyride on around La Manga on Murcia’s Mar Menor coast after taking his mother’s car keys. He admitted to police that it was
A Murcia region man is suspected of killing his girlfriend’s ex-partner and then putting the body into a blazing car. Two people have been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Los Alcazares
SPAIN’S government will not declare the Mar Menor an ’emergency’ area as it continues its war of words with its regional counterpart. Madrid’s refusal follows eight days of dead fish and other
A home robbery gang operating across Costa Blanca and Murcia has been arrested by the Guardia Civil and Policia Nacional. The six detainees included a gold shop owner who melted down some
PROSECUTORS will investigate a new incident of dead fish washing onto Mar Menor beaches yesterday(August 16). In October 2019, swathes of oxygen-starved fish washed onto lagoon beaches. Beaches at Los Nietos, Los
A San Javier-based letting agency that rented out non-existent properties has been brought down by the Guardia Civil. A father and his two sons scammed would-be tenants by taking deposits and first-month
MURCIA logged record high temperatures yesterday(August 15) to beat figures recorded 27 years ago. The Alcantarilla Air Base hit 47 degrees Celsisus to overtake the previous 1994 record of 46.2 degrees. Murcia
THREE blackmailers have been arrested for extorting money out of people who thought they had arranged a hook-up with a prostitute. The meetings never happened but two men and a woman threatened
THE Mar Menor in Murcia is Europe’s largest saltwater lagoon but also one of the continent’s saddest stories over the ravages of pollution. It’s an area that should be talked about in
CATALAN singer, Sergio Dalma urged his audience to ignore social distancing guidelines amid a new coronavirus spike in Spain. The musician was forced to suspend his gig by organisers after he stopped
By Tracy Storer, Senior Partner, Chorus Financial. If you’ve had more than one job since your career begun, it’s likely you’ve got pensions with different providers. It can be difficult to keep
A Cartagena lottery shop manager has been convicted of defrauding a lucky ticket holder of a €55,733 prize over two years ago. Murcia’s Provincial Court this month sentenced the unnamed man to
POLICE in Murcia have intercepted a truck with over 103 kilos of marijuana concealed in a hidden compartment. Drugs were also found in a car that the truck was transporting Policia Nacional
A Murcia couple have been arrested for trying to kill a woman by burning and suffocating her The Los Ramos district residents sprayed a flammable liquid at her and then set it
THREE Afghan men have had rape charges dropped against them by Murcia’s Provincial Court. The local students were accused of assaulting three American sisters in Murcia City on New Year’s Eve, 2019.
A 70% rise in COVID-19 cases in the last week has forced the Murcia government to ban alcohol sales in shops after 10.00 pm. They’ve also placed a ten person limit on
SPANGLES, the female choral society based in Murcia, are performing after 18 long months of online coaching and safely-distanced, masked rehearsals. They performed in public for the first time at La Torre
MURCIA archaeologists have dug up an ancient sarcophagus at the site of a Roman community in Mula. The find was made during the annual summer dig at the Los Villaricos settlement, involving
TWO men brandished a gun at a Lidl supermarket in San Javier this morning(July 15) to steal a full trolley of food items. The duo then whizzed off in a car that
THREE Alhama de Murcia emergency health workers have complained about a man who lost his temper over the removal of his pregnant wife’s hajib. A doctor, nurse, and medical assistant claim that
A gang defrauded Spanish car rental companies by hiring vehicles and then leasing them out to criminals who wanted to stay anonymous. 12 people have been arrested by the Policia Nacional over
BARS and restaurants in 13 Murcia region municipalities will cut indoor capacity by 70% to 30% from tomorrow(July 14) due to rising COVID-19 cases. The Murcia region has seen coronavirus infections double
INDOOR nightlife will soon be banned in Murcia as COVID-19 cases continue to rise. The Covid Monitoring Committee of the Region of Murcia met on Thursday afternoon and agreed that all indoor
A judge investigating the illegal dumping of improperly-treated water into the Mar Menor has been given a new list of potential polluters. Judge Angel Garrote has ordered 42 agriculture-based companies and individuals
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