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What you need to know about Spain’s plans for an Emergency Warning System with mobile phone alerts
WITHIN the last two years alone, Spain has been hit by the biggest snowfall in living memory (Storm Filomena), a volcanic eruption (La Palma),...
Fatal fire: Mother and son die in tragic house blaze in Spain’s Granada
A MOTHER and son have died in a tragic fire at a home in Granada after firefighters tried to rescue them.
A woman and her...
Winter warning after mother and two children die from carbon monoxide poisoning in Spain
THREE members of the same family have tragically died from suspected gas poisoning while they were asleep in their home in Castilla y Leon.
The...
Teenage tourist, 18, in coma in Spain after headache turns out to be blood clot on brain
AN 18-year-old tourist who collapsed on holiday in Spain has been put into an induced coma and had two brain surgeries in 48 hours.
Jamie...
Social services in Barcelona had visited migrant family 88 times before fatal blaze
TWO children from a family of refugees were killed early Tuesday in a fire that destroyed an abandoned bank squatted by migrants in the...
House fire kills two children and an adult in Spain’s Almeria
TWO children and an adult were killed in a fire at a house in Almeria.
They all tragically died at the scene of the blaze...
Chef Jose Andres to donate money from Spain’s top humanitarian award to La Palma’s victims
CELEBRATED chef Jose Andres who scooped Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias Award for his humanitarian work feeding those in the midst of crisis and...
Costa del Sol fire tears through popular Palms bar in Sabinillas
A LATE night fire on the Costa del Sol has left the building housing a beloved bar significantly damaged after flames tore through the...
CORONAVIRUS: Spain declares state of emergency and today’s other main updates
120 people have died and 4,200 have been infected
WATCH: Malaga activates EMERGENCY protocol due to flooding as weather warnings extended to SATURDAY for Spain’s Costa del Sol...
MALAGA has activated its emergency protocol for flood risk due to heavy rainfall which has been affecting the province since the early hours of...
189-seat passenger plane makes emergency landing on Spain’s Costa del Sol after its engine shuts down mid-flight
AN 189-seat passenger plane has been forced to make an emergency landing on the Costa del Sol.
The Austrian Lauda aircraft was forced to turn...
Floods close Orihuela road network, Red Cross providing shelter
ORIHUELA City Council has just issued a press release stating that all citizens must refrain from driving the streets, due to the torrential rain...
Wildfires in Spain’s Gran Canaria declared ‘unstoppable’ as 8,000 evacuated
"One of the most painful images I've seen in my life"
IN VIDEOS: Driver dead after torrential rain floods Spain, as cars submerged and ’emergency plan’ launched
Dramatic footage shows streets turned into rivers as cars are fully submerged by rising waters
British expat filmmaker in coma after balcony horror plunge in Spain ‘is stable’ as family FINALLY get to see...
Doctors confirmed Carl is now in a ‘stable’ condition after a crucial brain scan, following an operation on his fractured skull
UK spends £23m stockpiling food and fuel in Gibraltar and other territories to prepare for no-deal Brexit
Ammunition, spare parts, fuel and food are being gathered at military bases in Gibraltar, Cyprus and the Falklands
HUGE drill scrambled from Madrid motorway to save little Julen trapped in well in Spain for over 100 hours
Efforts to save the Malaga tot, who has spent over 100 hours trapped, now focus on two tunnels
Flight from East Midlands to Mallorca diverted to Gatwick after mid-air emergency declared
Not yet known why crew sent a '7700' emergency signal to air-traffic controllers
Spanish woman dies after emergency open-heart surgery in the street
She was in critical condition after being stabbed
Ryanair flight to Spain declares in-air emergency
A Ryanair flight from Liverpool to Alicante and a Germanwings flight from Dusseldorf to Faro have both been redirected
Ryanair refuses double transplant emergency in Spain
A sick child in need of a double transplant was refused on to a Ryanair flight
Bank of Spain bursts into flames, with three injured in the blaze
Emergency services are fighting to bring the fire under control
Fire rages on Puerto Banus luxury yacht
Firefighters struggled to bring the fire under control and prevent it spreading to neighbouring yachts
Malaga Ebola scare turns out to be malaria
The Ebola scare that forced emergency protocols at Malaga's Carlos Haya hospital turns out to be a false alarm
The magic formula for claiming on household insurance
Columnist and financial expert Danni Worth, of Op de Beeck & Worth, on how to stake your claim
Young hero saves fellow passenger on Malaga flight
Aimee Pye from Liverpool jumps to the rescue of passenger that was having a seizure
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U-TURN CAMPAIGN: Plea as petition for expat drivers in Spain nears 5,000 signatures
A PETITION demanding an answer from the British government over the right for expats to drive in Spain is nearly halfway there.
Nearly 4,500 people...
