A 31 YEAR-OLD MAN accused of running over and killing two people aged 72 and 81 in Madrid city centre last Thursday has handed himself in. He is believed to have driven
SPAIN’S blistering late April heatwave has brought the highest-ever recorded temperature for the month- 38.7 degrees. The figure was logged on Thursday at 5.00pm at Cordoba airport in Andalucia. 38 degrees was
A NEW housing law that will see rents controlled and new limits on evictions today passed Spain’s lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies. It will now be sent to the
A BRITISH resident of Madrid is ‘making history’ by becoming the first UK national to ever run in an election in the northern Basque Country region. Richard Lewington, 41, is the current
A NEW book about Emeritus King Juan Carlos claims that he fathered a daughter during an extra-marital relationship in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. The explosive revelation comes from journalists Jose
Two people aged 72 and 88 have died after being hit by a car that was being chased by Guardia Civil at Madrid city centre minutes ago. The incident took place at
A POLITICIAN from the conservative Popular Party is facing prosecution after the Spanish Civil Guard caught him driving an official car at 215km/h on a highway with a 120km/h limit on Sunday
SPAIN’S dirtiest cities have been named in an OCU consumer group survey that quizzed 6,863 residents in 69 locations. Mallorca’s Palma, Alicante, and Sevilla got the lowest rankings, while Oviedo, Bilbao, and
NETFLIX has lost a whopping one million users in Spain since it decided to put an end to account sharing last February. The figures come from the first quarter of 2023. The
A STATUE of Spanish Former King Juan Carlos I holding a hunting rifle has been erected without permission in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol. The polyurethane sculpture is 170cm (5.6ft) tall and displays
THE BILBAO branch of a franchise of Italian restaurants has removed plastic plants used for decoration from the ceiling, after a blaze broke out in its Madrid venue on Friday night, killing
SPANISH workers suffered the most of any large Eurozone country as their real wages got hit by high inflation in 2022. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD) report, ‘Taxing Wages’ worked
THE PERCENTAGE of Spain’s population that is at risk of poverty or social exclusion fell by nearly two points in 2022 to 26%. That’s according to the latest Life Conditions Survey published
SPAIN is one of the main hubs in Europe for the import of cocaine and hashish, meaning that the country’s authorities are constantly making narcotics seizures as they bust drug gangs. But
SPANISH sports journalist Guillermo Valades, also known as Willy, allegedly asked for donations from his workmates to treat a made up terminal cancer. The 55-year-old is believed to have told his closest
FOUR-MONTH season tickets offering free train travel on Renfe services between May 1 and August 31 have gone on sale around Spain– but there are some key stipulations. The passes are for
DISGRACED former king Juan Carlos I has extended his current visit to Spain so that he can undergo medical checks. The father of current monarch Felipe VI arrived in Galicia last week
CLASHES broke out between police and far-right supporters over the controversial exhumation of Falange founder José Antonio Primo de Rivera. The remains of the father of fascism in Spain were removed from
THE UK will try to thrash out a deal in the 13th round of talks on Gibraltar’s relationship with the EU this April 24-25 in London. Gibraltar’s Attorney-General Michael Llamas will represent
THE UK’s ambassador to Spain said Spanish officers could be allowed to police airport arrivals in Gibraltar, a British national daily newspaper claimed. The Telegraph reported that ambassador Hugh Elliot breached the
TWO PEOPLE have died in a Madrid restaurant after a waiter flambeed a pizza dish, accidentally setting alight plastic plants that were hanging on the walls and ceiling. One of the dead
THE Costa del Sol has worked hard to shake off its image as a hotspot for criminals and scammers. But the fact is there are still hundreds operating on the coast –
THE ISLAMIC Community of Spain has made documents available on request for Muslims who would like to take a day’s holiday to celebrate Eid, which marks the end of Ramadan. If Eid
A 22-YEAR-OLD woman has died after falling 30 meters and hitting her head while climbing in El Chorro, Malaga. The woman was scaling the ‘Arab Stairs’ in the municipality of Alora when
A SEX offences trial of Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner in Germany has not been cancelled. Despite global headlines to the contrary yesterday, a date had not yet been set for a
A 21-year-old Spaniard has been arrested for allegedly crashing a stolen car into a traffic sign in Castellon de la Plana. He is believed to have first stolen the vehicle and then
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