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Nearly 500 dog owners have been fined in a clampdown of illegal dogs in Malaga this year. Fines of up to €700 have been handed
Fruit fraudsters with connections to Italian mafia arrested in Spain’s Valencia
NINE alleged members of a criminal gang connected to the Italian mafia have been arrested in La Safor district (Valencia Province) for allegedly conning Valencian
Balearic Island’s leads the way in vaccination of Spain’s secondary school students
THE Balearic Islands will start the academic year on September 10 with one of the highest rates of vaccinated secondary school students in Spain. The
Elderly holidaying couple are killed on a pedestrian crossing in the Costa Blanca area of Spain
A couple on holiday from Madrid were killed on a Torrevieja pedestrian crossing last night(August 23). The French driver of the van that hit them
90% of COVID-19 cases in Spain are down to the highly-infectious Delta variant
NINE out of ten COVID-19 cases in Spain are down to the Delta variant, according to Ministry of Health figures. The more contagious coronavirus variant
Unidentified brown stain forces closure of three beaches in Spain’s Valencia
The same experts pointed out that similar incidents have been reported along the Valencian and Catalan coastlines in previous summers, and that it is completely
Police fines of €760 for dumping waste on Spain’s Costa Blanca as two popular expat cities plead with public to act responsibly
TORREVIEJA and San Fulgencio have both taken to social media in joint pleas for the public to correctly dispose of waste – or face fines
Baby loggerhead sea turtles hatch from nest in Spain’s Mojacar
EIGHT loggerhead turtles have hatched on the beach of Granatilla in Mojacar (Almeria). The nesting was detected on July 5 by a citizen who called
Spain’s Met Office places 9 regions in Spain—including Andalucia—under alert for abrupt change in weather
SPAIN’S national weather agency AEMET has activated yellow weather warnings in Andalucia, Aragon, Castilla y Leon, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, Galicia, Madrid and Valencia for
Weekend COVID-19 cases are 60% down on early August figures in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
COVID-19 infections have recorded another weekend fall in the Valencian Community. The total, which takes in reports from Friday to Monday, has been declared today(August
Swimmer gets bitten by a fish at a popular Costa Blanca tourist beach in Spain
A fish took a tiny bite out of a Costa Blanca swimmer at a popular tourist beach today(August 23). The middle-aged female bather was at
Two military bases in southern Spain will receive Afghan refugees who worked for US government
SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has struck an agreement with President Joe Biden to allow two military bases in southern Spain to receive Afghan refugees
Cut-price local holidays return for Costa Blanca and Valencia residents in Spain
HOLIDAY discounts of up to 70% in the Valencian Community are available again this autumn for regional residents. The Viatgem voucher scheme came in last
Britain’s most notorious conman Mark Acklom heading back to prison in Spain after early release from UK jail
SERIAL fraudster Mark Acklom has agreed to be extradited to Spain when he is released early from a UK prison later this month. Acklom who
Frontex would be ‘honoured’ to step in at Gibraltar frontier in proposed solution to post-Brexit strife
THE chief of European border agency Frontex has said ‘it would be an honour’ to handle control at Gibraltar’s frontiers under the post-Brexit agreement currently
Third prison fire in two weeks leaves one inmate dead in Spain’s Castellon
AN inmate at Castellon’s Albocasser prison died in the early hours of this morning (Monday) after setting fire to the mattress in his cell in
Benidorm thief goes on restaurant cash register spree in Costa Blanca area of Spain
BENIDORM’S Policia Local have arrested a thief who went on a restaurant robbery spree in the city. The serial stealer mainly operated around the Levante
Teen dies after an electric scooter accident in Mijas
A teenager has died at a hospital in Marbella nearly one week after falling off an electric scooter in Mijas. The crash occurred at around
Paralympics Spain: Which Andalucian athletes are competing in Tokyo?
THE Paralympics are just around the corner meaning the Paralympics Spain team are in the final stages of preparation. 139 Spaniards have been selected to
FALLAS ARE GO! Monuments begin arriving at their usual locations ready to be set up for the strangest festivities ever in Spain’s Valencia
FINALLY, more than two years later, the Fallas have returned to Valencia city. By far the region’s most characteristic and world-famous festivity, last year’s cancellation
British tourist dies while on holiday in Marbella after getting run over on motorway
A BRITISH holidaymaker has died after he was hit by a car on a motorway on the Costa del Sol. The 20-year-old was killed on
Costa Blanca teenager speaks about homophobic assault in Spain that ‘could have killed him’
A Petrer teenager says he was the victim of a homophobic assault outside the town’s sports centre last Friday night(August 20). Adrian Palazon, 17, said
Violent teenage robber floors tobacco shop owner with martial arts kicks on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN Alicante tobacco shop owner was subjected to martial arts-style kicks on her body after confronting a teenage thief. The 19-year-old youth was caught by
Couple who offered ‘spirtual healing’ retreats with toad venom and ayahuasca arrested in southern Spain
A COUPLE have been arrested in Callosa de Segura, inland from the Costa Blanca in Spain’s Alicante province after posting videos of their weekend retreats
Four arrested in Spain’s Malaga for distributing 10,000 antigen tests without complying with health regulations
POLICIA NACIONAL, in coordination with the Provincial Inspection of Health Services of the Junta have dismantled a criminal organisation dedicated to the distribution of unregulated
LISTED: 416 municipalities in Spain’s Andalucia at extreme risk of COVID-19—including the eight provincial capitals
416 MUNICIPALITIES in Spain’s Andalucia, out of a total of 778, are at extreme risk of COVID-19 for exceeding a 14-day cumulative incidence rate of