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Police find killers of two British tourists struck by loose 'narco boat' on a Mar Menor road

Two British tourists are killed in Spain after a suspected ‘narco-boat’ falls off a trailer: Manhunt is launched for driver

TWO British tourists died after a suspected ‘narco boat’ fell off a trailer and slammed into cars on a dual-carriageway in Spain’s Murcia region. The

18 Nov, 2024 @ 11:08

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Free sun cream dispensers are installed around popular resort in southern Spain

FREE dispensers containing factor 50 sunscreen have been installed on Los Alcazares beaches along the Mar Menor coast. The project comes from the local council

20 Aug, 2024 @ 18:00

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Special nets will stop jellyfish getting close to tourist beaches in Spain's Mar Menor

Spain’s Mar Menor re-introduces jellyfish nets amid a surge in numbers

NETS to keep jellyfish away from beaches on the Mar Menor lagoon are being installed for the first time since 2021 Barriers have been put

31 Jul, 2024 @ 18:00

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

British-Norwegian gang which ‘created and sold fake IDs’ in Spain is busted

FOUR British and Norwegian men have been arrested for running a gang that produced fake ID cards to rip-off phone companies and banks. Six people-

17 Jul, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

British tourist ‘stable’ after drunk-driver killed her husband on a pedestrian crossing in Spain

THE condition of a British tourist who was knocked down by a drunk driver on a pedestrian crossing outside her Mar Menor hotel last Tuesday

16 Jul, 2024 @ 15:00

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

British tourist dies as wife remains seriously ill after drunk driver hits them outside their hotel in Spain

British tourist dies as wife remains in serious condition after drunk driver hits them outside their hotel in Spain

A BRITISH man has died in hospital after he and his wife were hit by a drunk driver outside their Mar Menor hotel on Tuesday

11 Jul, 2024 @ 21:00

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

British couple seriously injured after drunk-driver knocks them over outside their holiday hotel in Spain

A BRITISH couple were seriously injured on Tuesday evening when they were mowed down by a drunk-driver outside their Mar Menor area hotel. The husband,

10 Jul, 2024 @ 18:10

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

‘Most Wanted’ Brit arrested for masterminding vacuum-packed gun sales to criminal mafias along Spain’s east coast

A BRITISH drugs fugitive has been arrested at a Murcia villa which contained a suitcase with 35 guns inside plus 750 bullets wrapped in towels-

8 Jul, 2024 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Elderly couple are killed in horror car crash in Spain after travelling on the wrong side of a dual carriageway

AN ELDERLY couple died when their car drove on the wrong side of a Murcia region dual carriageway and collided with another vehicle. The fatal

4 Jul, 2024 @ 21:30

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UK team taking part in ‘biggest air show on the planet’ over Mar Menor lagoon in Spain

OVER 50 aircraft from Spain and Europe will be involved in the first-ever San Javier Air Show this Friday through to Sunday. Amongst those flying

30 Apr, 2024 @ 16:30

Lead·Mar Menor

Frenchman, 35, who ‘stole €450,000 worth of windsurfing equipment’ from the Mar Menor in Spain is arrested

A THIEF took €450,000 of windsurfing gear from a European championship event on the Mar Menor and drove his haul to an Alicante province warehouse,

9 Apr, 2024 @ 14:43

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Mar Menor·Other News

These Costa del Sol ‘pueblos’ are the best options for Americans looking to retire in Spain – according to a leading US magazine

SPAIN is becoming an increasingly popular destination for American visitors – and not just tourists, but also retirees looking for a place to live. For

2 Apr, 2024 @ 12:06

Costa del Sol·Lead·Travel News

Laboratory cooking up powerful marijuana-based drug is shut down by police in Spain’s Murcia

A clandestine laboratory concocting a cannabis extract drug called rosin has been busted by the Policia Nacional in the Murcia region. 17 people of various

13 Mar, 2024 @ 16:15

Alicante·Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Mar Menor·Other News

New move to stop dangerous farmland pollution that's been devastating Spain's Mar Menor lagoon

Companies which dumped brine into Spain’s Mar Menor lagoon are fined €2.3million

SIX companies and farmers have been stung with €2.3 million of fines for polluting the Mar Menor lagoon in the Murcia region. The Ministry of

12 Mar, 2024 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·Environment·Lead·Mar Menor·Other News

Mystery surrounds the disappearance of an expat boy, 15, who vanished while canoeing in Spain’s Mar Menor lagoon two weeks ago – as his mother insists he is still alive

THE mother of a teenager who went missing on January 5 when he was out in a stolen canoe on the Mar Menor lagoon, has

22 Jan, 2024 @ 16:15

Lead·Mar Menor

How new tech will help an endangered lagoon in southern Spain control its nutrient levels from space

SCIENTISTS are creating a special algorithm for the Mar Menor lagoon in Murcia so that chlorophyll pollution can be better analysed through satellite images. Staff

6 Dec, 2023 @ 18:00

Environment·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Infamous ‘ghost’ hotel in southern Spain will finally be destroyed – 50 YEARS after construction began

WORK is scheduled to begin this Thrusday to demolish an unfinished La Manga hotel dating back to 1974. Taking down the 12-storey Lagomar Hotel eyesore

28 Nov, 2023 @ 18:00

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Robbers travel on 'days out' to rob shop safes on Spain's Costa Blanca

Gang from Madrid which robbed safes at shopping centres on Spain’s Costa Blanca is brought down

A MADRID-BASED gang travelled to the Costa Blanca and Murcia areas to rob store safes in large shopping centres after hiding inside premises before closing

25 Nov, 2023 @ 09:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Mar Menor·Murcia·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Angry parents at overcrowded Murcia region school that sent children home gets response from Spain's Ombudsman

Angry parents at overcrowded Murcia school that sent children away hear from Spain’s Ombudsman

PARENTS at a Los Alcazares school have heard back from Spain’s Ombudsman after a lack of classrooms forced children to study at home for the

28 Oct, 2023 @ 10:00

Education·Mar Menor·Murcia

Scientists Investigate 'whitish Mass' Of Water That's Appeared In Spain's Mar Menor Lagoon

Report: 456 tonnes of nitrates ended up in the Mar Menor in 2022

A TOTAL of 456 tonnes of nitrates entered the Mar Menor lagoon in southeastern Spain during 2022, as well as 18.5 tonnes of phosphates. That’s

20 Sep, 2023 @ 14:30

Environment·Lead·Murcia

15 sand dune areas to be restored with natural vegetation in La Manga area of Spain's Mar Menor

15 sand dune areas will be restored with natural vegetation in La Manga area of Spain’s Mar Menor

15 SECTIONS of La Manga del Mar Menor’s coast will see over 117,000 m2 of sand dunes restored in a €1.06 million project announced by

19 Jul, 2023 @ 15:00

Environment·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

New sustainable sports park to transform empty urban area of Spain’s Mar Menor

CONSTRUCTION of a ‘sustainable’ sports park for La Manga should start soon after a contract was awarded for the first phase of the project. The

8 Jul, 2023 @ 12:45

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

‘Fried egg’ jellyfish are washing up on Spain’s Costa Blanca - but are they dangerous?

Thousands of fried egg jellyfish take over Murcia’s coast

THOUSANDS of fried egg jellyfish are taking over Murcia’s beaches this summer. Mar Menor’s increasingly warmer temperatures are the consequence of the proliferation of this

29 Jun, 2023 @ 18:45

Environment·Lead·Murcia

48 black flags handed to environmentally ‘destroyed’ beaches and coastal areas across Spain

ECOLOGISTS in Action has handed their unwanted black flags to 48 beaches across the Spanish coast. The environmental group, which exposes a number of beaches

27 Jun, 2023 @ 19:30

Alicante·Almeria·Andalucia·Balearic Islands·Cadiz·Castellon·Environment·Granada·Huelva·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·Valencia·Valencian Community

Dangerous and violent drugs gang brought down in Mar Menor area of Spain

THE GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested 19 people in Los Alcazares who belonged to a ‘dangerous criminal group’ selling drugs and who used knives and guns

23 Jun, 2023 @ 11:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Waterboys Among Star Studded List Of Performers At 2023 San Javier International Jazz Festival In Spain's Murcia

The Waterboys among star-studded performers at 2023 San Javier International Jazz Festival in Spain’s Murcia

SAN JAVIER in Murcia will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first staging of the San Javier International Jazz Festival this summer. The event which

20 Jun, 2023 @ 13:30

Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

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Two British tourists are killed in Spain after a suspected ‘narco-boat’ falls off a trailer: Manhunt is launched for driver

Free sun cream dispensers are installed around popular resort in southern Spain

Spain’s Mar Menor re-introduces jellyfish nets amid a surge in numbers

British-Norwegian gang which ‘created and sold fake IDs’ in Spain is busted

British tourist ‘stable’ after drunk-driver killed her husband on a pedestrian crossing in Spain

British tourist dies as wife remains in serious condition after drunk driver hits them outside their hotel in Spain

British couple seriously injured after drunk-driver knocks them over outside their holiday hotel in Spain

‘Most Wanted’ Brit arrested for masterminding vacuum-packed gun sales to criminal mafias along Spain’s east coast

Elderly couple are killed in horror car crash in Spain after travelling on the wrong side of a dual carriageway

UK team taking part in ‘biggest air show on the planet’ over Mar Menor lagoon in Spain

Frenchman, 35, who ‘stole €450,000 worth of windsurfing equipment’ from the Mar Menor in Spain is arrested

These Costa del Sol ‘pueblos’ are the best options for Americans looking to retire in Spain – according to a leading US magazine

Laboratory cooking up powerful marijuana-based drug is shut down by police in Spain’s Murcia

Companies which dumped brine into Spain’s Mar Menor lagoon are fined €2.3million

Mystery surrounds the disappearance of an expat boy, 15, who vanished while canoeing in Spain’s Mar Menor lagoon two weeks ago – as his mother insists he is still alive

How new tech will help an endangered lagoon in southern Spain control its nutrient levels from space

Infamous ‘ghost’ hotel in southern Spain will finally be destroyed – 50 YEARS after construction began

Gang from Madrid which robbed safes at shopping centres on Spain’s Costa Blanca is brought down

Angry parents at overcrowded Murcia school that sent children away hear from Spain’s Ombudsman

Report: 456 tonnes of nitrates ended up in the Mar Menor in 2022

15 sand dune areas will be restored with natural vegetation in La Manga area of Spain’s Mar Menor

New sustainable sports park to transform empty urban area of Spain’s Mar Menor

Thousands of fried egg jellyfish take over Murcia’s coast

48 black flags handed to environmentally ‘destroyed’ beaches and coastal areas across Spain

Dangerous and violent drugs gang brought down in Mar Menor area of Spain

The Waterboys among star-studded performers at 2023 San Javier International Jazz Festival in Spain’s Murcia

Spain reaches magic 2% of GDP on defence spending mark for first time in 30 years after boosting budget by 50% in past year

WATCH: Police arrest ‘young’ counterfeiter in Malaga selling fake €50 and €100 notes to buyers in Germany through the dark web

WATCH: Spanish PM’s wife is harassed by far-right agitator at Madrid cafe as both sides claim assault

Malaga gang war: 250 police storm city centre district to end bloody feud over goverment-subsidised ‘narco-flats’

Bizarre twist in Almeria narco war as grandson of ‘armed and dangerous’ murder suspect posts video confessing to the killing