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WATCH: Police helicopter swoops in on lone beachgoer amid coronavirus lockdown on Spain’s Costa Blanca

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdq8XD-uSaY[/embedyt] THIS is the extraordinary moment a police helicopter swooped in on a lone beachgoer during the coronavirus lockdown in Spain. Policia Nacional officers

14 Apr, 2020 @ 18:55

Costa Blanca·Lead·National News

Madrid shuts down makeshift morgue that was set up in ice rink, as it’s no longer needed due to drop in Spain’s coronavirus death count

A MAKESHIFT morgue in Madrid that was set up in an ice rink has now been closed down, due to a drop in the number

14 Apr, 2020 @ 18:17

Lead·Madrid

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

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

14 Apr, 2020 @ 16:05

Cordoba·Health·Huelva·Lead

People in Spain will gain around five kilos during the coronavirus crisis according to experts

PEOPLE in Spain will gain between three and five kilos during the lockdown experts have said.

14 Apr, 2020 @ 14:32

Health·Lead

Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown is ‘illegal’ lawyer claims in letter to European Parliament, warning of ‘de facto dictatorship’

A SPANISH lawyer has complained to the European Parliament that the country’s coronavirus lockdown rules are illegal. Jose Ortega has sent a letter to the

14 Apr, 2020 @ 13:49

Lead·National News

Barmy bathers found flouting lock-down law at Costa Blanca beauty spot

TWO MEN were identified and fined this week for flouting lock-down rules at secluded beaches in Guardamar del Segura. Calls from concerned locals alerted Guardia

14 Apr, 2020 @ 12:55

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Mallorcan sporting hero Rafael Nadal auctions winning French Open shirt for €20,000 to fight coronavirus in Spain

The funds will be used to support hospitals and vulnerable groups as part of the Red Cross Responds campaign

14 Apr, 2020 @ 11:32

Lead·Mallorca·Sport

Charities and police combine to help feed Costa Blanca migrant communities during lock-down crisis

THE ALICANTE Food Bank and several charities have combined forces with Guardia Civil to collect and distribute food parcels among migrant communities in the region.

14 Apr, 2020 @ 08:09

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

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London Diaries – Coronavirus Easter Sunday

EASTER has come and gone and not much has changed in London, similarly to the rest of Europe.

13 Apr, 2020 @ 20:07

No rise in active COVID-19 cases for three days as beaches empty in Gibraltar’s ‘quietest’ Easter weekend to date

The number of recovered cases in Gibraltar continues to rise as those active stayed at 39 for three days and no breach of rules over

13 Apr, 2020 @ 19:32

Coronavirus·Gibraltar·Lead

WATCH: First local policeman from Spain’s Malaga to overcome coronavirus receives a hero’s welcome

Manuel Ortiz, the first local policeman from Malaga to overcome the coronavirus has received an emotive applause on leaving the hospital

13 Apr, 2020 @ 17:46

Health·Lead·Malaga

7 home food safety tips for coronavirus prevention

The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) says there is no evidence that food is a source of COVID-19 transmission.

13 Apr, 2020 @ 17:41

Food & Drink·Health·Lead·National News·Other News

650,000 fined for breaking Spain’s coronavirus lockdown

SINCE the start of Spain’s coronavirus lockdown on March 14, police have issued 650,000 tickets for breaking the emergency regulations. Spain’s Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska,

13 Apr, 2020 @ 17:39

Lead·National News

Empty Bins And Deserted Streets At Sagrada Familia

IN PICS: Dispatch from Barcelona as once bustling metropolis falls silent during Spain’s coronavirus lockdown

Words by Mike Riley WALKING around the streets of Barcelona this Easter has been a rather surreal experience. Areas normally bustling with tourists and locals

13 Apr, 2020 @ 17:39

Lead·National News

A Mayor in Spain’s Castilla y Leon caught breaking lockdown to go ring church bells on Good Friday

A MAYOR from a town in Castilla y León has been caught breaking lockdown to go ring the church bells.

13 Apr, 2020 @ 16:52

Lead

Police in Spain’s Barcelona file denuncia against ten people for breaking lockdown rules by going into a forest and performing satanic rituals

THE police in Barcelona have filed a denuncia against ten people for breaking lockdown rules and going into a forest to perform satanic rituals.

13 Apr, 2020 @ 15:22

Barcelona·Lead

Police officers will be allowed to continue to sing Happy Birthday to children during the coronavirus crisis, despite the order from the Junta in Andalucia telling them not to

A POLICE spokesperson has confirmed that officers will be allowed to sing Happy Birthday to children during the state of emergency.

13 Apr, 2020 @ 14:45

Lead

LOOKING UP: No coronavirus deaths on Costa del Sol in past 24 hours

FOR the first time in three weeks no coronavirus deaths have been reported in Malaga province in daily figures. And just 14 new cases have

13 Apr, 2020 @ 14:37

Lead

Hiker in Spain’s Mallorca branded ‘irresponsible’ after falling on mountain, sparking rescue operation amid coronavirus crisis

The woman was saved by the Guardia Civil and Fire Brigade after falling and injuring herself on the Sierra de Cavall Bernat in Pollenca

13 Apr, 2020 @ 12:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

BREAKING: Spain sees lowest coronavirus infection rate since March 21 as death toll returns to a decline

SPAIN has recorded 517 deaths in the past 24 hours as it returns to flattening the coronavirus curve following a slight spike on Sunday. The

13 Apr, 2020 @ 12:22

Lead·National News

CORONAVIRUS DIARY: Day 30 of Spain’s lockdown and Mamma is starting to see flying objects

Despite lockdown, police checks and the old lady across the road who has better surveillance on the neighbours than the FBI and CIA combined, the

13 Apr, 2020 @ 11:39

La Cultura·Lead

Differences put aside with cross-party agreement to honour Spanish dead in Costa Blanca city

ORIHUELA Town Hall will be lowering their flags in honour of the 17,000+ Spanish people that have died so far of Coronavirus. The city’s mayor,

13 Apr, 2020 @ 11:38

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

RISKING LIVES: Birthday party caught, fined and sent home after lighting barbecue in communal area of Costa Blanca resort

RISKING their own lives, and those of loved ones, a birthday party of seven people was denounced by the Guardia Civil in Guardamar del Segura,

13 Apr, 2020 @ 10:53

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Woman strips naked in street TWICE before mounting police car amid coronavirus lockdown on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A WOMAN has been arrested TWICE today for violating the coronavirus lockdown by stripping naked in the street before mounting a police car. The 41-year-old

12 Apr, 2020 @ 21:52

Lead·Malaga

EASTER MESSAGE: Gibraltar Governor urges strength in testing times

In light of Gibraltar COVID-19 recovery numbers rising, Acting Governor Nick Pyle urges strength during difficult times in his first ever public speech.

12 Apr, 2020 @ 17:48

Coronavirus·Gibraltar·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Why two Jet2 employees are happy with how the airline has handled the coronavirus crisis and why they’re quietly confident things will go back to normal in June

THE COVID-19 crisis has hit every part of society hard with the darkest cloud hanging over the airline industry.

12 Apr, 2020 @ 14:11

Lead·Travel News

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