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WATCH: Tragedy on the Costa del Sol as dolphin dies on Mijas beach despite team of vets’ best efforts to save stricken animal

EMERGENCY responders gave their best efforts to aid a washed up porpoise in Andalucia before it ultimately passed due to being stranded. Beachgoers in Mijas

14 May, 2026 @ 13:57

Andalucia·Animals·Environment·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Tired all the time? It could be anaemia – an underdiagnosed condition

PATIENTS walk into doctors’ surgeries across the country reporting constant fatigue. This persistent fatigue is one of the most prevalent – and overlooked – symptoms

14 May, 2026 @ 13:15

Health·Sponsored

British pensioner reveals ‘world of difference’ between hip replacement surgery in Spain’s Costa Blanca and the UK

A BRITISH retiree who underwent hip replacement surgeries in both the UK and Spain said his experience at a Valencia hospital won ‘hands down.’ Writing

14 May, 2026 @ 13:15

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

Police find 200kg of cocaine and dead body in suspected Malaga stash house

A SUSPECTED drug stash house in Malaga has been discovered after police responded to concerns about a missing neighbour – and stumbled upon more than

14 May, 2026 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

How Almeria’s searing coastal winds are turning the province into one of Spain’s green energy leaders

ALMERIA has been turned into one of Spain’s green energy leaders because of its searing coastal winds. The region has been recognised in a recent

14 May, 2026 @ 12:03

Environment·Lead

From the death of Marbella’s most corrupt mayor to a royal wedding and a meteorite strike – some of the wild things to have happened on this day in Spain

FROM celestial visitors and royal controversies to the death of an infamous Costa del Sol crook, May 14 has proven to be quite the date

14 May, 2026 @ 11:53

La Cultura·Lead·On This Day in Spain·Other News

Spain set to smash tourist spending record as Brits and other visitors to splash €121 billion in 2026

SPAIN’S tourism industry is set to break records yet again with international visitors set to spend €121 billion in 2026. The World Travel and Tourism

14 May, 2026 @ 11:45

Business & Finance·Lead

Spain’s security services reveal 600 narco speedboats prowl the Strait of Gibraltar after two Guardia Civil die in high-speed pursuit

NARCO speedboats are becoming increasingly aggressive in Spanish waters, a report has revealed – with some now reportedly armed with ‘weapons of war.’ More than

14 May, 2026 @ 11:44

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

WATCH: Alicante police want to speak with three passersby who battered thief trying to steal a motorbike in broad daylight

OFFICIALS are on the hunt for a trio who beat up a bike robber after a video of the assault went viral online. A bike

13 May, 2026 @ 21:06

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Police find a dozen AK-74 assault rifles inside Porsche Cayenne heading towards Barcelona during routine stop

SEVERAL military-grade assault rifles were discovered inside a Porsche Cayenne after its occupants fled from police during a motorway chase in Catalunya. The incident unfolded

13 May, 2026 @ 17:09

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Lorry driver tests positive for cocaine after smashing into school bus carrying 14 children on Malaga motorway

A LORRY driver tested positive for cocaine after crashing into a school bus carrying 14 children on a Malaga motorway. The accident happened last March

13 May, 2026 @ 16:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spanish football legend Sergio Ramos agrees €450m deal to buy boyhood club Sevilla

A CONSORTIUM headed by Spanish football legend Sergio Ramos has reached an agreement in principle to buy La Liga side Sevilla for almost €450 million,

13 May, 2026 @ 15:41

Business & Finance·Lead·Sevilla·Sport

Spain’s wildfire season is already ahead of schedule with more than double the land burned compared to same period in 2024

WILDFIRES in Spain have already exceeded expectations, with more than double the amount of land burned so far this year compared to the same period

13 May, 2026 @ 15:00

Environment·Lead

Pensioner, 81, waits two years for cancer surgery at Costa Blanca hospital as Spain’s health service struggles

A PENSIONER, 81, has been made to wait two years for cancer surgery at a Costa Blanca hospital as Spain’s health service struggles. Jose Luis

13 May, 2026 @ 14:31

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead

International drugs gang headed by Irish man used electrical goods parcels to export narcotics from Spain

AN IRISH national has been arrested in the Murcia region for running an international drug trafficking operation based in Spain. The man was detained at

13 May, 2026 @ 14:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Valencia

Who is Paul Blanchard? The British pensioner and ‘secret spy for Spain’ who claims he infiltrated some of the world’s most terrifying mafias – and has just beaten extradition charges

AS a British pensioner’s battle against extradition ends victoriously, his claims of being a secret 007-style agent for Spain have once again come under the

13 May, 2026 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead

‘I was a spy!’ Spain dramatically drops extradition charges against British accountant who claims Madrid ignored his tip off about 2004 train bombings

A RETIRED British accountant has declared his claims of being a spy are vindicated after Spanish prosecutors abruptly dropped extradition proceedings against him this week.

13 May, 2026 @ 12:36

Crime & Law·International Affairs·Lead·Madrid

Measles outbreak in Murcia with 400 people traced following baptism ceremony

THREE cases of measles have been confirmed in the Murcia region with up to 400 people being traced following a baptism ceremony in Alcantarilla. Those

13 May, 2026 @ 10:34

Health·Lead·Murcia

V-16 is here to stay: Spain’s traffic boss rules out a return to triangles: “There is no going back”

SPAIN’S controversial new emergency car beacon is ‘here to stay’, the country’s traffic chief has warned, amid growing calls to bring back the classic roadside

13 May, 2026 @ 10:25

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Technology

Fury in Torrevieja as hundreds of protesters march for justice against man who kicked ex-partner’s cat to death

HUNDREDS of protesters have flooded the streets of Torrevieja to demand justice for Nala the cat, allegedly beaten to death as an act of revenge

13 May, 2026 @ 07:30

Animals·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja

ON THIS DAY: The chilling tale of the ‘Vampire of Barcelona’ – but was she framed by wealthy Catalan elites?

ON February 10, 1912, Teresita Guitart, a five-year-old daughter of a family of bakers, disappeared. She seemed to have vanished into the middle of nowhere.

12 May, 2026 @ 19:42

Barcelona·La Cultura·Lead·On This Day in Spain

Welsh singing legend Bonnie Tyler placed in induced coma at Portuguese hospital after emergency intestinal surgery

A WORLD renowned UK singer is currently in an Algarve intensive care unit to recover from an urgent operation, but her team insists she will

12 May, 2026 @ 17:44

Entertainment·Health·International Affairs·Lead·Other News

Russian ship that mysteriously sank off Spain’s coast was ‘carrying nuclear reactor components to North Korea’

A RUSSIAN ship believed to be carrying submarine nuclear reactors to North Korea sank off the coast of Spain following a series of unexplained explosions,

12 May, 2026 @ 17:29

International Affairs·Lead·Murcia

Barcelona hosts Europe’s top architecture awards as Belgian and Slovenian projects take top prizes

BARCELONA has been transformed into a living forum for Europe’s most forward-thinking design voices during the two-day event on May 11 and 12. The event,

12 May, 2026 @ 17:18

Barcelona·Lead·Property

Heroic moment bystanders tackle armed jewellery robber at gunpoint in Catalunya

WITNESSES of an attempted hold-up at a jewel store outside Barcelona leapt in to stop the violent crime, leaving the thief empty-handed. A suspect in

12 May, 2026 @ 16:15

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Family recounts harrowing moment vulnerable brother is savagely beaten to death in Sevilla road rage incident

THE family of a ‘vulnerable’ man have recalled the horrifying moment he was savagely beaten to death during a road rage incident in Sevilla. The

12 May, 2026 @ 16:04

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

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