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First Date Ends In Rape Charge In Spain S Murcia Area After Couple Talk For Weeks Via Social Network Chatroom

Woman raped on first date with man she met ‘online’ during Spain’s coronavirus lockdown in San Javier, Murcia

A WOMAN has been raped after meeting a man on their first date following the easing of Spain’s lockdown restrictions. The victim reported the incident

6 Jun, 2020 @ 10:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Public parks and gardens reopen in Torrevieja on Spain’s Costa Blanca with council to clean ‘slides and seesaws’ every two days

PARKS and gardens in Torrevieja have now reopened after nearly three months of being outlawed under Spain’s state of alarm. Torrevieja Councillor for Parks and

6 Jun, 2020 @ 09:30

Costa Blanca

TRIVIA: Previous cancellation of Costa del Sol’s Malaga Feria was in 1941 because of typhus

Wars, epidemics and economic problems have been the key causes of previous cancellations.

6 Jun, 2020 @ 09:00

Lead·Malaga

Danish ‘drug kingpin’ arrested in Dubai over San Pedro and Estepona shootings and is linked to two bomb attacks on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A DANISH fugitive has been arrested in Dubai over a pair of gangland killings on the Costa del Sol. The man of Iranian heritage is

5 Jun, 2020 @ 21:44

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

COVID-19 caused by nature disdain, says Gibraltar Government

The COVID-19 pandemic is a reminder we need to care for nature like we care for ourselves, said the Gibraltar Government on World Environment Day.

5 Jun, 2020 @ 20:26

Environment·Gibraltar

ASK GRANNY: Time for a Road Trip – Kids in the Car

As summer nears, many of us are contemplating road trips to wonderful places. Road trips are fun. Road trips are exciting, but…how to entertain the

5 Jun, 2020 @ 20:19

Ask Granny

Giant ‘bastard snake’ caught after resident found the 2m reptile on patio in Spain’s Alicante

A POLICE officer has removed a two-metre long ‘bastard snake’ discovered on the patio of a resident in Bigastro, near Orihuela on Spain’s Costa Blanca.

5 Jun, 2020 @ 20:00

Costa Blanca

CONFIRMED: 6,000 Germans to jet into Spain’s Balearic Islands this month in pilot test for summer tourism

4,000 German nationals will be permitted to enter Mallorca, 1,000 to Menorca and 1,000 to the Pitiusas, made up of Ibiza and Formentera

5 Jun, 2020 @ 19:55

Business & Finance·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Two British expats given 24 years in prison for blowing up cash machines on Spain’s Costa del Sol

TWO British men have been given a total of 24 years in prison for using explosives to rob cash machines across Malaga and Cadiz. A

5 Jun, 2020 @ 19:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

British woman arrested after lying that €140 had been illegally withdrawn from her bank account

A 58-year-old British woman has been arrested by Guardia Civil in Jacarilla, near Orihuela, for filing a bogus report that money was stolen from her

5 Jun, 2020 @ 19:43

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Andalucian Government invests €22.5 million in promotional campaigns to attract tourists, featuring Hollywood star, Antonio Banderas

THE Junta de Andalucia has announced that it will invest €22.5 million in promotional campaigns to attract tourists this summer.

5 Jun, 2020 @ 19:42

Lead·Travel News

Mother kills own daughter by setting fire to mattress in order to ‘wake her up’ in Spain’s Murcia

A MOTHER has killed her own daughter after setting fire to the mattress she was sleeping on in order to ‘wake her up’. The tragedy

5 Jun, 2020 @ 19:29

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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Spain’s notorious Pamplona Wolfpack rape gang ‘let off’ after court verdict on second attack

THE convicted rape gang known as ‘La Manada’ or ‘Wolfpack’ has seen four of its members convicted for a second attack just two months before

5 Jun, 2020 @ 19:24

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Two arrested in Benidorm after robbing foreign cars at ‘40 golf courses’ across Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO men have been arrested in Benidorm after robbing foreign-owned cars at golf courses across eight provinces in Spain. The men reportedly spent a week

5 Jun, 2020 @ 19:13

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

11 beaches on Spain’s Orihuela Costa to get lifeguards TOMORROW to cope with de-escalation demand on the Costa Blanca

LIFEGUARDS on Spain’s Orihuela Costa will restart services a week ahead of schedule to cope with demand during de-escalation from the coronavirus state of alarm

5 Jun, 2020 @ 18:58

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

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Town hall in Spain’s Andalucia conned out of €400,000 in online scam

THE Ayuntamiento of Cordoba has become the latest victim of cyber crime after an online scam left it €400,000 out of pocket. The Urban Planning

5 Jun, 2020 @ 18:53

Cordoba·Lead

BREAKING: Spain only registers one coronavirus related death in last 24 hours, but Health Ministry figures still continue not to add up

SPAIN has registered only one coronavirus related death in the past 24 hours, but the figures reported still continue to leave questions unanswered.

5 Jun, 2020 @ 18:49

Health·Lead·National News

BREAKING: Entirety of Andalucia, including Malaga and Granada will pass into Phase 3 on Monday

THE entire region of Andalucia will pass into Phase 3 on Monday, including Malaga and Granada, it has been announced.

5 Jun, 2020 @ 16:00

Granada·Lead·Malaga

Gareth Bale not keen to return to Premier League, likely to finish career at Real Madrid

xGARETH Bale will likely finish his career at Real Madrid, his agent Jonathan Barnett has said.

5 Jun, 2020 @ 15:11

Lead·Madrid·Sport

Spain among top 5 EU countries for recycling clothes

SPAIN is in the top five of EU countries for most Google searches regarding recycling clothes, it has been announced.

5 Jun, 2020 @ 14:32

Environment·Lead

Andalucia leader for organ donation in Spain during COVID-19 lockdown

The PP leader emphasised the solidarity of Andalucians reflects the compassion felt within the community

5 Jun, 2020 @ 13:23

Health·Lead

‘Sadistic killer’ who stabbed German expat seven times in Spain’s Mallorca FIRST to be trialled with jury during Spain’s state of alarm

The German national was killed instantly, with the autoposy confirming that the knife had pierced her lungs and heart

5 Jun, 2020 @ 13:06

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Cat-astrophe avoided as over 40 cats freed from La Linea home

THE cats were rescued by a feline charity from the squalid home of a senile woman in the Bellavista neighbourhood of La Linea last Tuesday.

4 Jun, 2020 @ 21:41

Gibraltar

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Spain has not reached ‘herd immunity’ as government study suggests 5.2% of population have caught and beaten coronavirus

THE second part of a nationwide study on Spain’s coronavirus pandemic has suggested 5.2% of the population are now immune against the contagion. The Instituto

4 Jun, 2020 @ 21:09

Lead

British expat pensioner probed over 544 dogs abused in ‘squalid conditions’ in Spain as police find animal bones and cremated puppy

POLICE have begun probing a British pensioner who allegedly kept 544 dogs in ‘squalid conditions’. The unnamed 69-year-old rented a former rabbit farm, where he

4 Jun, 2020 @ 20:30