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Bar and shopping hours to be extended in Spain’s Murcia region as COVID-19 cases drop
MURCIA will allow bars and shops to open after 8.00 pm from this Wednesday night(February 24) as new COVID-19 infections continue to fall in...
Amazon’s autumn opening for big distribution hub in Murcia covering south-eastern Spain
A new Amazon logistics centre will open in Murcia City this autumn with 1,200 jobs set to be created over three years.
The 160,000 square...
Warning of €450 million summer losses if UK tourists can’t go to the Mar Menor and Costa Calida areas...
MURCIA'S Tourism Minister says the region's tourist sector could lose up to €450 million this year if British people do not come for a...
Scammers rented out non-existent homes in Costa Blanca and Murcia areas of Spain
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...
Sucked dry: How water theft to irrigate farmland is draining Spain’s precious wetlands and causing irreversible ecological damage
Environmentalists have sounded a harsh warning over illegal water extraction that is threatening to drain Spain’s wetland reserves and cause irreversible ecological damage.
Petrol station worker stabbed by couple who filled up at Murcia forecourts in Spain and didn’t pay
A Murcia couple have been arrested after a spree of petrol station visits that saw them fill up their car without paying.
The man, 47,...
Night closures to end but COVID-19 passport continues in Murcia area of Spain
NIGHTLIFE businesses will be able to stay open after 1.00 am in the Murcia region from later this week.
The change will take place once...
Supermarket sweep as serial robber is caught shopping after police spend months trying to catch him in Spain’s Murcia...
AN eight-month probe to capture a serial robber has culminated in his arrest in a Murcia region supermarket.
The Guardia Civil swooped on the shop...
Spain’s most ‘smokiest’ regions revealed on ‘World No Tobacco Day’
EXTREMADURA and Murcia have the highest percentage of daily smokers in Spain's regions according to figures released on 'World No Tobacco Day'.
Statistics compiled for...
Teenager dies after lifeguard tower partially collapses on Mar Menor area beach in Spain
AN 18-year-old man died on Tuesday after a late-night drinking session on a San Pedro del Pinatar beach turned to tragedy.
Up to a dozen...
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Ever since we opened the doors to our first office back in 2014, Chorus Financial have aimed to offer the very best solutions for...
Heroic police dog pounces on gunman to end armed siege in Spain’s Murcia
ONE of Spain's top police dogs helped to bring an end to a 36-hour armed siege in Murcia on Saturday.
Elko works for the Policia...
Fraudsters had stocks of fake-branded clothes with total €10 million price tag in Spain’s Murcia
A four-month police probe to bring down a big counterfeit clothing distributor has resulted in three Murcia City arrests.
Over 70,000 fakes with a retail...
Murcia woman in Spain who recently joined British Royal Navy acted as honour guard during Coronation parades
A MURCIA woman had a weekend to remember, barely a year after enlisting in the British Royal Navy.
20-year-old Marina Garcia from Puerto de Mazarron...
EU fine threat over endangered turtle doves in Spain’s Murcia region
THE Murcia government faces a European Union fine if it does not do more to protect the European turtle dove.
The endangered migratory bird...
CROWN IMPERIAL as Bronze Age burial area in Murcia suggests that women could have ruled ancient Spain
AN ancient burial site in the Murcia region suggests that women may have ruled the roost in the early Bronze age.
That possibility is being...
“He’s a bit good”: How a 17-year-old from Murcia is taking the motorcycle racing world by storm
SPAIN has often been called the mecca for motorcycle racing, with world champions being cultivated from the moment they can sit on a bike....
Fishing boat catches a human skull in its nets off the Murcia coast in Spain
A fishing boat has netted a human skull in Murcia region waters.
The shock catch happened yesterday afternoon(June 30) off Puerto de Mazarron.
The discovery was...
Green ‘buffer zone’ could be created to fight Mar Menor lagoon pollution in Spain
A green 'buffer zone' of 390 hectares has been suggested in a bid to reduce pollution in the Mar Menor lagoon in Murcia.
The proposed...
‘Most-wanted’ European fugitive is arrested on popular expat urbanisation in Murcia area of Spain
A Latvian man, branded as one of Europe's 'most wanted fugitives' has been arrested on a Torre Pacheco urbanisation in the Murcia region.
The ENFAST(European...
Costa Blanca-based ‘smishing’ con fleeces €600,000 out of unsuspecting bank customers in Spain
A nationwide con saw 106 bank customers robbed of €600,000 from their accounts after they unknowingly provided access to their 'log-in' and personal details.
Operation...
Irish teacher stabbed in back by teenage student at prestigious private school in Spain’s Murcia area
A 13-year-old student at a Murcia City bilingual private school knifed his teacher in the back during a lesson this Wednesday morning.
Reports described the...
Far-right ‘ultras’ charged with hate crimes after tearing down gay ‘rainbow’ flag from public square in Spain’s Mar Menor...
TWO far-right extremists have been charged with hate crimes after tearing down and trampling on a gay 'rainbow' flag hoisted in a Los Alcazares...
One of UK’s ‘most wanted’ accused of £30 million fraud is arrested in Spain’s Murcia region
A 25-year-old British man on the run since 2020 for crimes of fraud and money laundering has been arrested in the Murcia area of...
British bar owner on Spain’s Mar Menor stabbed after trying to stop assault on woman
A British bar owner from Los Alcazares received multiple stab wounds on Friday after trying to stop a woman being assaulted in the street.
The...
Murcia farmer jailed for 42 years for sexually assaulting female workers in Spain
A Cartagena farmer has been jailed for 42 years after Murcia's Provincial Court found him guilty of sexually assaulting six female labourers and employing...
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