Seven people dead as rickety migrant boat with 180 travellers capsizes in Spain’s Canary Islands
AT LEAST seven people died on Wednesday when a boat carrying around 180 migrants capsized as it was being escorted to a Canary Islands harbour.
Bather, 43, rescued after currents drag his pink inflatable out to sea off Spain’s Costa Blanca
A BATHER drifted out to sea on an inflatable off Guardamar del Segura on Saturday but was saved by the Cruz Roja. The LS Naos
Dozens of boat migrants arrive on popular tourist beaches on Spain’s Costa Blanca – including children, pregnant woman and wheelchair user
A STREAM of migrant boats have landed on the Costa Blanca in the last 24 hours according to the Cruz Roja. Three boats arrived late
World-famous Pamplona bull-runs start this Friday in Spain
PAMPLONA’S famous bull-running festival starts on Friday(July 7) and continues until July 14 in the streets of the northern city which is the capital of
Popular bathing area at Costa Blanca beach in Spain cleared due to pollution scare
A COSTA BLANCA beach has been closed to bathers for the second time in less than a year after tests showed the water had been
Migrants drown off Almeria coast in Spain after being forced to swim to shore by boat captains
TWO people died on Friday as migrant boat captains forced their passengers to swim to the Almeria shore so that they could flee back to
Help for homeless boosted during cold snap in Spain’s Costa Blanca area
ALICANTE City Council has joined forces with the Cruz Roja to provide extra help for homeless people during the current cold weather. Low temperatures are
Fresh influx of refugee boat landings following dangerous sea crossings on Spain’s Costa Blanca
POLICE have pìcked up four Algerian teenagers walking around Cabo Roig’s Aguamarina urbanisation after landing by boat 40 minutes earlier on the Orihuela Costa. 33
Stranded boat passengers did not have enough life jackets on Spain’s Costa Blanca
NINE people were rescued from a pleasure boat after bad sea conditions left it a mile adrift off Santa Pola. The Guardia Civil have reported
Pedro Sanchez says Spain will reach total of 70,000 Ukraine refugees ‘in a few days’
PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez has said that the total of Ukraine refugees in Spain will reach 70,000 ‘in a few days’. Sanchez was speaking during
Ukrainian refugees get phone call from bogus Red Cross worker in Spain’s Valencia amidst human trafficking fears
TWO female Ukrainian refugees claim they were the victims of a hoax phone call claiming to be from the Cruz Roja(Red Cross). The women said
Spain’s Red Cross warns over fake charity workers collecting door-to-door for Ukraine
THE Cruz Roja has issued a warning that scammers are posing as volunteers and going door to door to collect money for Ukraine. The Spanish
Red Cross ships out awnings from Spain’s Valencia to provide shelter for Ukraine refugees
A shipment of awnings to provide shelter against harsh weather for Ukrainian refugees has been sent by the Cruz Roja(Red Cross) from Valencia to Hungary.
Boy, 15, shocks police with ‘cold-hearted’ account of how he killed his family on Spain’s Costa Blanca
EXPERIENCED Policia Nacional officers have been shocked by the lack of remorse shown by an Elche teenager, who shot his parents and younger brother last
Elderly British couple hit trouble alongside iconic Benidorm viewpoint on Spain’s Costa Blanca
EMERGENCY services rescued a British couple after one of them suffered an injury close to a popular viewpoint in hills above Benidorm. The Brits, both
Tragedy averted as passengers are rescued from sinking pleasure boat in icy waters off Spain’s Murcia coast
A popular tourist boat, the Ole catamaran, sunk off Cartagena on Sunday afternoon with 33 passengers, including six children, on board. A Red Cross rescue
Lifeguard heroes save baby that was choking on an ice cube at a Costa Blanca beach in Spain
LIFEGUARDS saved a baby’s life after it almost choked to death on an ice cube. The drama unfolded on Santa Pola’s Calas del Este beach
Lifeguard gets attacked by swimmer who ignored red flag warning on a popular Costa Blanca beach in Spain
A swimmer assaulted a lifeguard who told him to get out of the sea at Javea on the northern Costa Blanca. Red flags were posted
Hundreds of families STILL getting help from Spanish Red Cross five months after Costa Blanca flooding
DESPITE devastating the region FIVE MONTHS ago, Spain’s Red Cross are still helping out families that were affected by the gota fria and floods that
Migrant footballer hauled from sinking dinghy following in Frederic Kanoute’s footsteps
Amadou Siribe playing with La Linea’s top team Real Balompédica Linense.