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New curfew and longer bar hours for Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

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EXPLAINED: The new Costa Blanca and Valencia restrictions after Spain’s State of Alarm ends

Alex Trelinski - 8 May, 2021 @ 14:52

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COVID-19: Madrid to close gyms, bars, nightclubs and restaurants as coronavirus situation turns ‘very worrying’ while Spain’s case load nears 4,000

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Obligatory use of face masks in Spain to combat coronavirus is delayed

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Warning: Spanish heat wave set to continue

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Five people arrested over lethal listeria outbreak in Spain which caused seven abortions and killed three

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British family in ‘living hell’ after sons horrendous accident on holiday at Benidorm resort

Samantha Mordi - 1 Sep, 2016 @ 12:45

Family despair as young son could spend two months in hospital, as travel insurance refuse to fly him home after horrific accident

COVID-19 case count continues downward in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

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Latest COVID-19 case numbers and hospital admissions from the Costa Blanca area of Spain

Alex Trelinski - 16 Jun, 2021 @ 20:00

HOSPITAL admissions for COVID-19 have crept up a little after this year's record low of 105 was announced yesterday. Today's figures(June 16) from the Valencian...

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Cancer patients and pregnant women in Alicante’s Marina Alta comarca can receive rapid COVID-19 tests – details here

Joshua Parfitt - 22 Apr, 2020 @ 15:20

CANCER patients and pregnant women can receive free coronavirus tests thanks to a campaign launched by health activists in Alicante's Marina Alta comarca. The rapid...

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Top tips to help relieve IBS pain

Staff Reporter - 10 Dec, 2017 @ 13:00

IRRITABLE bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic, relapsing and often life-long condition which affects over four million people in the UK. Whilst not technically...

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British mother forcibly separated from baby after Spanish hospital claims it isn’t hers

Tom Powell - 4 Jul, 2015 @ 02:22

EXCLUSIVE: British tourist forcibly separated from her baby after giving birth while on holiday in Spain

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Helplines for elderly British expats in need of shopping, medicines or company during coronavirus lockdown in Spain’s Marina Alta

Joshua Parfitt - 15 Mar, 2020 @ 20:16

HELPLINES are available for elderly English-speaking expats in need of help during Spain's coronavirus lockdown. The numbers of volunteers, organised through charity Help of Denia and...

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Spanish vaccine against Covid enters second phase of clinical trials

Ron Howells - 15 Nov, 2021 @ 19:00

A VACCINE developed in Spain against Covid has entered the second phase of clinical trials involving 1,000 volunteers. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday,...

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Judges endorse COVID-19 passports for all bars and restaurants in Costa Blanca area of Spain

Alex Trelinski - 22 Dec, 2021 @ 20:30

THE Valencian Superior Court(TSJ) has approved a new list of indoor areas where a COVID passport will have to be used. The TSJ backed the...

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Smoking bad for your pet’s health too

Tom Powell - 16 Jan, 2016 @ 09:51

Do it for the dog

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Military ready to intervene in Spain’s coronavirus crisis

Laurence Dollimore - 12 Mar, 2020 @ 12:58

THE Defense Ministry is ready to intervene in Spain's ongoing coronavirus crisis. The military has revealed it is prepared to deploy and operate emergency health...

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Junta calls for night curfew in Spain’s Marbella and Estepona—pending on authorisation by Andalucia’s High Court of Justice

Cristina Hodgson - 29 Jul, 2021 @ 09:15

THE Junta has requested curfew, between 2am and 7am in the morning, in the holiday hotspot towns of Marbella and Estepona. Following yesterday’s meeting by...

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Kangen water is the latest health-fad to sweep the world

Rob Horgan - 16 Jan, 2016 @ 14:23

Swapping tap water for its alkaline equivalent, Rob Horgan goes in search of a new lease on life

Hospital admissions dip below '300' mark as COVID-19 cases continue falling in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

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COVID-19 cases fall on a week-to-week basis in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Alex Trelinski - 27 Jul, 2021 @ 20:30

A fresh set of COVID-19 infection figures are tentatively suggesting a possible slowing down of new cases in the Valencian Community. Health ministry figures today(July...

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ANALYSIS: What we know about COVID situation in Spain as infection rate soars

Fiona Govan - 10 Dec, 2021 @ 19:00

SPAIN is currently in the grip of what it calls the sixth wave and for the third time since the pandemic started the infection...

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EXCLUSIVE: Two factories in Spain’s Andalucia recycle one million sanitary masks a day

Cristina Hodgson - 14 Apr, 2020 @ 16:05

A factory in Spain’s Cordoba, recycles 500,000 sanitary masks a day.

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The ‘hotel of a million stars’ is the perfect holiday for detox and Spanish immersion courses

Staff Reporter - 31 May, 2016 @ 12:20

A slice of wilderness in the heart of Grazalema Natural Park

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Italians ditch Med diet for fast food

Rob Horgan - 18 Jan, 2016 @ 09:35

Spaniards are remaining faithful to the Mediterranean diet when all around them appear to be jumping ship

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Canine disease spreads to humans

Wendy Williams - 15 Apr, 2012 @ 09:49

Cases of leishmaniasis have increased from 15 in 2009 to 228 last month

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People with depression in Spain 50% more likely to die

Joanne Oakley - 24 Feb, 2020 @ 16:45

The most vulnerable group was found to be men between the ages of 18 and 64 years old

Spain's Costa Blanca to see 'vast majority' of COVID-19 restrictions scrapped this weekend

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EU COVID-19 certificates will not be used soon for Costa Blanca hospitality and leisure businesses in Spain

Alex Trelinski - 27 Jul, 2021 @ 16:03

VALENCIAN president, Ximo Puig, has temporarily side-lined his own region's suggestion that EU COVID-19 certificates could be used to get entry to leisure and...

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Spanish nurses rushing home post Brexit

Samantha Mordi - 6 Oct, 2016 @ 17:00

The NHS has started to look further afield

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Flu EPIDEMIC to rock Andalucia next week as illness spreads through Spain

Staff Reporter - 11 Jan, 2019 @ 14:57

It is moving down through Spain and is already above average in the Balearics, Navarra, Catalunya and Melilla

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Spain’s Andalucia postpones this week’s COVID-19 committee of experts meeting

Cristina Hodgson - 21 Apr, 2021 @ 10:00

THE Junta has delayed this week's meeting of the Advisory Council on High Impact Public Health Alerts (the so-called committee of experts). According to Jesus...

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Fresh fish cuts cancer risk

Wendy Williams - 21 Jun, 2012 @ 09:24

New study has shown that eating it at least once a week reduced the risk of colon and rectal cancer

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Cancer on the rise

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 27 Oct, 2010 @ 09:00

The number of people with cancer is expected to grow in Spain by 30 per cent in the next 10 years

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COVID-19 cases rise again but hospital admissions hold steady in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Alex Trelinski - 7 Jul, 2021 @ 19:04

1,587 new coronavirus cases have been reported in the Valencian Community today(July 7) as the region is set to announce new restrictions tomorrow. The move...

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New COVID-19 record but hospital admissions are way down on 2021 numbers in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

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New COVID-19 record but hospital admissions are much lower than 2021 numbers in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of...

Alex Trelinski - 25 Jan, 2022 @ 20:30

A new pandemic record daily total of 39,585 cases was reported this Tuesday in the Valencian Community. Exactly a year ago, the total was 8,423. The...

Man slashes fatally slashes uncle's throat during argument at Alicante area house in Spain

Man fatally slashes uncle’s throat during argument at Alicante area house in Spain

25 Jan, 2022 @ 20:00

HOW TO WATCH: Spain decides Eurovision song in three-day Benidorm Fest this week

25 Jan, 2022 @ 19:30

Hunters Spain Wild Boar 3000 Euros Oliva Valencia

Oliva in Valencia region becomes first town in Spain to pay hunters €3,000 to shoot wild boar

25 Jan, 2022 @ 19:00

Valencia launches its own ‘Camino de Santiago’ to support severely depopulated villages

25 Jan, 2022 @ 18:30

Gibraltar’s Chief Minister dismisses ‘false nonsense’ circulating over mark-up of lateral flow tests on the Rock

25 Jan, 2022 @ 17:45

Anti-vaxxers scammed in Spain:”I paid €200 for a fake COVID certificate and it never arrived”

Fraudsters charge anti-vaxxers in Spain up to €1,000 for bogus COVID-19 passports and PCR test results

25 Jan, 2022 @ 17:00

Organic waste bins installed across Valencia city

25 Jan, 2022 @ 16:15

What is the ‘moon landing’ method used to rob highstreet shops in Valencia?

25 Jan, 2022 @ 15:45

Battle of the sexes: New format chess festival in Gibraltar pits women against men for £100,000 prize

25 Jan, 2022 @ 15:30

Drink Driver Almost Doubles Costa Blanca Motorway Speed Limit Before Getting Arrested In Spain

Drink-driver whizzes car to almost twice the Costa Blanca motorway speed limit in Spain

25 Jan, 2022 @ 15:00

36 years in prison and €17,700 fines for ‘forcibly’ evicting squatters in middle of night in Valencia

25 Jan, 2022 @ 14:15

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