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The Spanish ‘businessman’ behind the NHS PPE scandal that cost British taxpayers millions

A SPANISH businessman was handed £21million of UK taxpayers’ money to help supply personal protective equipment (PPE) to the NHS at the height of the

26 Nov, 2020 @ 15:00

Lead·Politics

Spain has ‘several more months’ before COVID-19 brought under control as health minister says country must be ‘realistic’ about vaccine and Christmas plans

In his speech, Illa said the arrival of the vaccine is getting closer but warned it would be a 'progressive process that will require time'

26 Nov, 2020 @ 14:30

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

Bad Bunny to release new ‘Last Tour of the World’ album tomorrow featuring Spain’s Rosalia

REGGAETON superstar Bad Bunny has announced he will release his third album Last Tour of the World tomorrow (November 26). The apocalyptic themed album will

26 Nov, 2020 @ 14:15

La Cultura

SPAIN has scrapped post-Brexit visa requirements for UK artists on short-term tours in what some industry leaders are calling a "big victory".

BREAKING: Spain’s Andalucia detects 3,549 COVID-19 cases Thursday, almost TRIPLING Wednesday’s figure – but hospital numbers drop

A total of 3,169 people overcame the virus in the region between Wednesday and Thursday

26 Nov, 2020 @ 13:51

Coronavirus·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Destructive’ electricity pylons will NOT be built in stunning Alpujarra valley in Spain’s Granada thanks to grass roots movement and Olive Press campaign

Grassroots movement Di No a Los Torres (Say No to the Towers) was quick to argue the high voltage towers would have a ‘devastating effect’

26 Nov, 2020 @ 13:39

Environment·Granada·Lead

Spain to introduce ‘slot machines’ that reward people for recycling bottles and cans

RECYCLING in Spain is about to become rewarding, literally. Following successful trials in Catalonia, national waste management company Ecoembes is setting up ‘yellow slot machines’

26 Nov, 2020 @ 13:30

Environment·Lead

12 arrested in connection to brutal stoning of police officers in drug riddled estate in Spain’s Mallorca

The arrests come after two police officers were surrounded and attacked by a mob in the Son Banya estate

26 Nov, 2020 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Thousands of kilos of rubbish removed from hoarder’s home on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE council has removed over 6,000 kilos of rubbish from a woman’s apartment. Neighbours complained about the health risks in their apartment block in the

26 Nov, 2020 @ 12:29

Alicante·Costa Blanca

COVID-19 cases maintain reduced totals in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

COVID-19 case rises are slowing down in Spain’s Valencian Community

NEW COVID-19 infections in the Valencian Community have registered a weekly fall, as rises continue to flatten out. The latest figures released last night(November 25)

26 Nov, 2020 @ 11:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

A unique medieval fortress found in Spain’s Pontevedra

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered on Mount San Paio, in the municipality of Vila de Cruces (Pontevedra), a medieval fortress dating from the 9th and 10th centuries.

26 Nov, 2020 @ 10:30

La Cultura·Lead·Other News

Barcelona: new jack city?

EXCLUSIVE: BY EUGENE COSTELLO A BRITISH businessman and his wife have been robbed in a car-jacking incident in Spain by criminals posing as ‘good Samaritans’,

26 Nov, 2020 @ 07:17

Barcelona·National News·Valencia

5 Benefits of VoIP for setting up your international business

Voice over Internet Protocol is a communications technology that enables us to receive and make calls over the internet. With VoIP, conversations are possible anywhere

26 Nov, 2020 @ 06:17

Business & Finance

Husband Slashes Wife S Face After Marriage Hits The Rocks On Spain S Costa Blanca

Husband slashes wife’s face with blade after she calls time on their marriage on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ALICANTE woman had her face slashed by a razor blade after telling her husband that their marriage was over. A 44-year-old Moroccan man was

25 Nov, 2020 @ 21:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Gibraltar looks to stamp out domestic abuse with new law and training

MAJOR steps are being taken by the Gibraltar government and police to tackle domestic abuse on the Rock via a new law being discussed.

25 Nov, 2020 @ 21:22

Gibraltar·Lead

Bottom of the class

SPAIN ranks worst among all EU countries when it comes to learning English, a new report has found. The country has swapped bottom place with

25 Nov, 2020 @ 21:00

National News·Valencia

Storms Predicted To Give Spain S Costa Blanca A Real Drenching Into The Weekend

Storms predicted to give Spain’s Costa Blanca a big drenching

HEAVY rain is set to hit the Costa Blanca tomorrow(Thursday) with a yellow alert issued for coastal areas for Friday. Forecasters have predicted widespread downpours,

25 Nov, 2020 @ 20:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

More people could be allowed to get together for Christmas in Spain’s Murcia region

UP to ten people could be allowed to meet to celebrate Christmas and the New Year in the Murcia region. Regional health officials say that

25 Nov, 2020 @ 19:15

Coronavirus·Mar Menor

BREAKING: Spain records 10,222 new coronavirus cases Wednesday as infection rate continues to drop

SPAIN has detected 10,222 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday as the infection rate continues to fall. It comes after the country detected more than 12,200

25 Nov, 2020 @ 18:57

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

Man dies after shooting in Benissa on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO people have been arrested in Benissa on the northern Costa Blanca over the fatal shooting of a 44-year-old man on Tuesday (November 24). The

25 Nov, 2020 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Football legend and former Barcelona superstar Diego Maradona dies at the age of 60

WORLD-RENOWNED footballer Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60 after suffering a cardio-respiratory arrest in his home. Maradona underwent successful surgery earlier this

25 Nov, 2020 @ 18:20

Lead

Exercising twice a week boosts recovery from COVID-19 say scientists in Malaga

SCIENTISTS in Malaga are now studying how exercising twice a week for 50 minutes can help boost recovery from coronavirus. Exercises used in the study

25 Nov, 2020 @ 17:45

Health

Hotels are selling long-term cheap stays to fill empty rooms on Spain’s Costa Blanca

HOTELS on the Costa Blanca are offering cheap long term rental deals to try to fill up their empty rooms. The Campanille Hotel group has

25 Nov, 2020 @ 17:00

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Man arrested for ‘raping 19-year-old woman in field’ in Spain’s Mallorca

Police had launched a manhunt after the woman reported being sexually assaulted in a field in Lloseta on November 21

25 Nov, 2020 @ 16:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Boa constrictor escapes from house in Spain’s Madrid causing alarm with neighbours

AN agent of the Environmental Unit (UMA) in Madrid has caught a large boa constrictor that escaped from a house in the district of Tetuan.

25 Nov, 2020 @ 15:45

Lead·Other News

British driver paid in the night to take car linked to murder of Estepona teen back to UK

A BRITISH vehicle linked to the murder of a Spanish teen stabbed in the heart has been recovered from a transporter vehicle days before it was

25 Nov, 2020 @ 15:38

BREAKING: Spain’s Andalucia records lowest number of new COVID-19 cases since October 4 as deaths and hospitalisations also fall

ANDALUCIA has reported 1,205 coronavirus cases on Wednesday in its lowest daily count in well over a month. According to figures released by the Junta,

25 Nov, 2020 @ 15:24