Lucky cat uses one of its nine lives after miraculously surviving 20 metre cliff plunge on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A CAT used up one of its nine lives after falling 20 metres to the rocky ground at Benissa’s Pinets cove. The lucky feline is
Controversy over comedy bullfighting show featuring dwarf matadors as president of Spain’s Murcia region gets asked to block it
AN ANIMAL protection organisation has written to Murcia’s acting president, Fernando Lopez Miras, asking him to stop a comedic bullfighting show featuring dwarf matadors. The
Company in Spain’s Lleida province offers €700 courses for combatants in Ukraine
A COMPANY in the Catalan province of Lleida is offering courses for people who want to go and fight in Ukraine against Russian forces. The
Spanish man charged with ten counts of raping British child in Gibraltar
A SPANISH man is due to appear in court tomorrow over allegations he raped a little British girl ten times. Gibraltar Royal Police stated that
Forest fire on Spain’s Tenerife caused ‘€80 million’ of damage, authorities report
THE AUTHORITIES in Tenerife are estimating that the forest fire that broke out on the Canary Island on August 15, and that razed 15,000 hectares
Police uncover network of illegal water wells being used to irrigate farmland in Spain’s Murcia region
THE GUARDIA CIVIL has busted a network of illegal water extractors in the Mazarron area after discovering 51 clandestine wells used to irrigate farmland. Operation
WATCH: New wave of illegal immigration on repurposed narco-speedboats overwhelming authorities in Almeria
NARCO speedboats are being repurposed to bring hundreds of illegal immigrants to Spanish shores, with Almeria becoming ground zero. On Tuesday alone, 186 migrants were
Autumn-style storms known as ‘Gota Frias’ predicted to bring torrential rain to large areas of Spain this weekend
GOTA FRIA storms more typical of October and November will hit mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands this weekend. The early arrival of bad weather
Retired policeman going through separation kills wife and then turns gun on himself in Spain’s Valencia
A RETIRED Policia Nacional officer held his wife hostage in Alzira on Wednesday before shooting her dead and turning the gun on himself. The deceased
1 bedroom Apartment for sale in Palma de Mallorca – € 350,000
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Residents angry about quarry getting environmental go-ahead to reopen on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A RESIDENTS group in San Miguel de Salinas say they don’t want a clay quarry to reopen because of heavy lorries using narrow roads and
Shocking surge in youth suicides exposes cracks in Spain’s child mental health support
SPAIN is grappling with a rise in youth suicides that poses serious questions about the country’s child mental health services, new figures show. Last year,
Thieves rob tourists walking around streets of Costa Blanca city in Spain
THE POLICIA NACIONAL in Alicante have arrested two men who robbed a group of French tourists. The Algerian nationals aged 20 and 29 took a
Socialists reject Popular Party’s proposal to end political stalemate in Spain
THE SOCIALIST PARTY on Wednesday rejected outright a proposal from the conservative Popular Party for a two-year government headed up by its leader, Alberto Nuñez
Mother of embattled Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales hospitalised during hunger strike
THE MOTHER of embattled Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales was hospitalised last night, during a hunger strike she began earlier this week in protest against
One dead and six hospitalised after Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Caceres, Extremadura
AN 85-year-old man has died in Caceres from Legionnaires’ disease, with six others affected and hospitalised. As of Tuesday, August 29, four patients are currently
Legendary artist Pablo Picasso to feature in BBC TV series marking 50 years since his death in Spain
LEGENDARY Spanish painter Pablo Piccaso’s penchant for women will be featured in a new BBC TV documentary series, ‘Picasso: The Beauty and the Beast’ to
NO DOUBTS: Gibraltar reacts to Spain’s protests as tensions flare over sovereignty of waters around the Rock
THE Government of Gibraltar has reacted to Spain’s diplomatic protest over the ‘serious incidents’ involving Spanish fishermen in the waters surrounding the Rock. A note
Doctor Who, Broadchurch, and Good Omens TV star David Tennant to film new Jilly Cooper drama on Spain’s Costa del Sol
ONE OF British television’s most successful and popular actors is coming to the Costa del Sol this September to shoot a drama series about- British
Tomatoes aplenty in exciting La Tomatina fight with extra participants in Spain’s Valencia area
AN estimated 18,000 people turned the streets of Buñol red on Wednesday in the annual ‘La Tomatina’ tomato fight. Numbers were up by 2,000 more
Cruel practice of setting fire to frame attached to bull’s horns is banned by Costa Blanca town in Spain
EL VERGER in Alicante province has banned bull runs known as ‘els bous embolats’ which involve balls of flame being attached to the animal’s horns.
EXPLAINER: Why going back to school is such an expensive business in Spain
SEPTEMBER’S start of the new school year in Spain is dreaded by most youngsters after the long summer break, but there’s a different concern for
Two bodies found near Costa del Sol town confirmed not to be missing Argentinians
TWO dead bodies have been found by a recreational boat near the coast of Fuengirola, on the Costa del Sol. The corpses were spotted 8
2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Finestrat with pool garage – € 370,000
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Spain’s Popular Party makes offer of two-year term in office to Socialists in bid to break political deadlock
THE LEADER of Spain’s conservative Popular Party (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, on Wednesday made an offer to caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of the Socialist
Popular Gran Canaria beach closed due to contamination from ‘poo bacteria’
A POPULAR beach has been temporarily closed by the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria city council after faecal bacteria was found to have contaminated the