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‘I knew she wasn’t going to make it’ – Brit tourist caught in ‘deliberate’ bar explosion in Spain

A BRITISH tourist has described the terrifying moment a bar exploded around her while she was ‘buying a shirt from a market stall.’ Debbie Scholefield,

4 Jul, 2025 @ 15:30

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‘It was like a terror attack’: Witnesses describe the horror of bar explosion in Spain that claimed two lives

A BRITISH immigrant has described the terrifying moment a bar explosion rocked her Spanish neighbourhood, saying it felt ‘like a terrorist attack’ as chaos erupted

27 Jun, 2025 @ 18:45

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Two people die one week after bar explosion in Spain’s Mar Menor area

TWO women who were seriously injured in a bar explosion in San Pedro del Pinatar on June 19 have both died in hospital on Thursday

26 Jun, 2025 @ 18:00

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Bar explosion in Spain that seriously injured two people was caused ‘deliberately’

LAST Thursday’s explosion at a Mar Menor area bar that injured 20 people was no accident- according to the Guardia Civil. Specialists say a deliberate

24 Jun, 2025 @ 16:31

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Funfair attraction owner in Spain arrested for homicide after girl, 2, is electrocuted

TWO people have been arrested over the death of a girl who was electrocuted on metal fencing at a Murcia fairground attraction. Amira, 2, died

19 Jun, 2025 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

BREAKING NEWS: At least 16 people injured- three seriously- after gas explosion at tourist area bar in Spain

EMERGENCY services say that at least 16 people were injured following a gas explosion at a bar in the Mar Menor area of Murcia on

19 Jun, 2025 @ 14:33

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Lawyer rubbishes DNA link to sole suspect in brutal murder of Audrey Fang in Spain

EXPERTS have found DNA belonging to the suspect arrested for the murder of Singaporean Audrey Fang on her body. L’Opinion de Murcia reports that the

19 Jun, 2025 @ 11:24

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Girl, 2, is electrocuted on fairground attraction in Spain after touching metal fence

A GIRL, 2, was electrocuted while she was playing on a fairground trampoline in central Murcia. Eyewitnesses reported seeing her collapse when she touched metal

16 Jun, 2025 @ 12:07

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Spain's biggest air display could attract half-a-million spectators this Sunday

Spain’s biggest air display set for half-a-million spectators this Sunday

KING Felipe will be the guest of honour at the annual air show and display at the Spanish Air Force base in San Javier, Murcia.

13 Jun, 2025 @ 17:25

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

WATCH: Gang arrested for supplying ‘weapons of war’ to drug traffickers in Spain

A GANG selling weapons of war to drug crews around Spain has been brought down by the Guardia Civil. The military-style guns were supplied to

12 Jun, 2025 @ 16:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Police switch off key fuel pipeline for illegal migrant boats travelling to and from Spain

Police shut off fuel supplies for illegal migrant boats travelling to and from Spain

A MURCIA-BASED gang supplying fuel and assistance to migrant boats travelling between North Africa and Eastern Spain has been detained by the Guardia Civil. Seven

9 Jun, 2025 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Judge refuses to deport Audrey Fang murder suspect from Spain to Singapore

A JUDGE has rejected a bid to deport a man to his native Singapore, who has been accused of killing tourist Audrey Fang, and could

29 May, 2025 @ 11:27

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Police seal off 'illegal' areas on Mar Menor campsite with 20,000 holidays 'under threat'

Police seal off ‘illegal’ areas at Mar Menor campsite with 20,000 holidays ‘under threat’

POLICE have sealed off all common areas of the Camping Villas Caravaning site at Playa Honda on the Mar Menor in the latest salvo in

27 May, 2025 @ 15:45

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‘Kamikaze’ driver arrested twice in three days for driving on wrong side of motorway in Spain

AN ELDERLY motorist has been arrested twice in three days for driving on the wrong side of the motorway in the Murcia and Valencia regions.

21 May, 2025 @ 12:12

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

British expat in Spain begs for help after animal sanctuary is devastated by floods

A VIDEO has gone viral on TikTok of a British man who dedicates his life to rescuing abused donkeys and brings them to his sanctuary

16 May, 2025 @ 11:18

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Spain’s first-known illegal opium farm is closed down by police in Murcia

POLICE have dismantled the first-known illegal opium farm in Spain and arrested two men. It was being operated by two brothers in the Cartagena area

16 May, 2025 @ 08:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Naked female German tourists perform sex acts on city highway in Spain

Female German tourists strip naked and perform sex acts on motorway – then flee from police in Spain

TWO naked female German tourists performed lewd sex acts on a Murcia City highway before leading police on a motorway chase for several kilometres. The

15 May, 2025 @ 07:00

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‘Forget Barcelona, this is the best city in Spain’: Brit gives surprising tip for tourists this summer

INFLUENCER Jade Gartshore is telling her followers to stop travelling to Barcelona and instead visit her new favourite location: Murcia. The Brit, known on social

11 May, 2025 @ 15:10

Barcelona·Lead·Murcia·Olive Press Travel

Angry patient who attacked two ER doctors gets prison sentence in Spain

A VIOLENT patient who attacked two ER doctors at Cartagena’s Santa Lucia Hospital has been given as 14 month prison sentence following a ‘speedy trial’.

7 May, 2025 @ 17:07

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Audrey Fang murder suspect faces deportation from Spain to be tried in Singapore

A MAN accused of murdering fellow-Singapore national Audrey Fang in Spain faces deportation and the death penalty, if convicted in his home country. The Policia

2 May, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

WATCH: Local councillor for LGBTQI rights suffers homophobic beating in kebab shop in Spain

WATCH: Local councillor for LGBTQI rights suffers shocking homophobic attack in kebab shop in Spain

A GAY councillor says he was physically assaulted by kebab shop staff and suffered homophobic slurs. The incident happened on Tuesday night at the premises

25 Apr, 2025 @ 12:06

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Kebab shop owner didn't pay illegal migrants- including children- who worked for him in Spain

Kebab shop owner didn’t pay vulnerable illegal migrants- including children- who worked for him in Spain

A KEBAB shop owner has been arrested by the Policia Nacional for allegedly exploiting illegal migrants. The 41-year-old man originally from Pakistan had a store

24 Apr, 2025 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Alleged jihadist who studied explosives with 'solid evidence of terrorist activity' is arrested and jailed in Spain

‘Jihadist neutralised’: Moroccan national with ‘solid evidence of terrorist activity’ was studying explosives in Spain

AN ALLEGED jihadist follower of terrorist groups including Daesh has been arrested in Murcia City. The Guardia Civil said he had been active in his

17 Apr, 2025 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

‘Dangerous’ toilet and shower blocks plus 81 illegal homes ‘sealed off’ at unlicensed Mar Menor campsite

TOILET and shower blocks as well as 81 unlicensed pre-fab homes have been sealed off by authorities at a Mar Menor camp site. Cartagena City

11 Apr, 2025 @ 18:00

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Boy, 14, will not be imprisoned despite killing father during family argument in Spain's Murcia

Teenager, 14, who stabbed his father to death during argument in Spain’s Murcia avoids jail

A 14-YEAR-OLD boy who was convicted of stabbing his father to death to protect his mother during an argument, will not be imprisoned. Murcia’s Juvenile

10 Apr, 2025 @ 13:26

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Nursing horror in Spain: British woman, 84, is rescued from illegal care home 'almost in a coma and surrounded by animal filth'

Care horror in Spain: British woman, 84, is rescued from illegal nursing home ‘almost in a coma and surrounded by animal filth’

AN ILLEGAL British-owned residential home in the Murcia region has been exposed after an unnamed 84-year old woman- also British- had to be rushed to

10 Apr, 2025 @ 12:07

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