Costa Blanca cops keep confined kids content with lock-down learning literature
ORIHUELA Policia Local have produced two activity books to help stimulate the minds of children during lock-down. The books are aimed at children aged between
World’s largest tomato fight, La Tomatina, cancelled in Valencia due to the coronavirus pandemic
THE world’s biggest tomato fight, the Tomatina, is the latest of Spain’s iconic festivals to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. First fell the
Costa Blanca council give out PPE to front-line staff struggling to get stock
ORIHUELA City Council are distributing essential Personal Protective Equipment to businesses that remain open throughout lock-down. Given that access to PPE involves ‘great difficulty’, the
Australian police help Spain’s authorities track down alleged child sex abuser who operated on dark web
AUSTRALIAN police have helped law enforcement authorities trace a child sex abuse video discovered by Belgian and French investigators to a Spanish man. The suspect
€17 MILLION: Leaked documents reveal total cost of faulty COVID-19 tests Spain ordered from China
LEAKED official documents have revealed the true cost of Spain’s faulty COVID-19 testing kit debacle. Obtained by Spanish newspaper El Mundo, the papers show how
Outrage as expats with second homes in Spain’s Mallorca plead to return to island during COVID-19 lockdown
The group criticise the current lockdown restrictions which they consider to be a 'violation of property law'
Cancer patients and pregnant women in Alicante’s Marina Alta comarca can receive rapid COVID-19 tests – details here
CANCER patients and pregnant women can receive free coronavirus tests thanks to a campaign launched by health activists in Alicante’s Marina Alta comarca. The rapid
Netflix adds 16 million new users during the pandemic
NETFLIX has added 16 million new users during the coronavirus crisis.
Plexiglas screens, thermal cameras and safety ‘certificates’ – how Spain’s restaurants and hotels plan to open to a COVID-19 world
Would a hotel buffet be relaxing if staff steam-clean your table between hermetically-sealed meals? How would a candlelit dinner work without the ability to squeeze
Mysterious millionaire donates €1 million to the University of Castilla-La Mancha to help in the fight against coronavirus
A MYSTERIOUS millionaire has donated €1 million to the University of Castilla-La Mancha to buy robots that test for COVID-19.
The Mayor of a city in Spain’s Catalunya resigns after getting caught breaking lockdown rules, drunk driving and attacking a police officer
THE Mayor of a town in Catalunya has resigned after getting caught breaking lockdown rules, drunk driving and attacking a police officer.
Flu vaccinations will be MANDATORY for pensioners in Spain’s Andalucia this year as health bosses fear a complicated winter due to coronavirus
FLU vaccinations in Andalucia this year will be obligatory for all over 65s and people at risk. The measure was revealed by regional health minister
Life will return to a ‘new normal’ in second half of May, says Spain PM Pedro Sanchez
SPANISH prime minister Pedro Sanchez has said life will return to a ‘new normal’ in the second half of May. His comments were made before
ASK GRANNY: A Word of Encouragement in a Time of Trouble in Spain
This pandemic will go down in history. Of course it will, it’s the most catastrophic event, barring wars, in most of our lifetimes. It’s out
BREAKING: Spain struggling to bring down coronavirus death and infection rates after two-week plateau
SPAIN is struggling to get its COVID-19 death and infection rates down after experiencing a two-week plateau. Figures released by the Health Ministry today show
Fifteen Tips for Seniors Living in Quarantine
We often think of natural disasters when we contemplate a crisis. We think of hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, fires. We usually don’t think of the dangers
Spanish government sets the maximum price for surgical masks at 96 cents
“The Government has taken this measure in order to avoid abuses.”
Spain leading one of 70 investigations around the world in race to find coronavirus vaccine while UK to begin human trials this week
Human coronavirus vaccine trials are also to start this week in the UK.
Thousands sign petition to demand Spain’s Balearic Islands reopen to curb COVID-19’s ‘devastating’ emotional, physical and economic damage’
The petition calls on Pedro Sanchez to employ 'common sense' in lifting the lockdown restrictions across the region
U-TURN: Children aged 14 and under in Spain CAN go out for walks, says Government after earlier COVID-19 advice said ‘only for essentials’
From Monday, some 8.3 million minors who will have been confined to their houses for six weeks, will be able to go and get some
Nearly 800 COVID-19 lockdown breaches in Gibraltar, police chief reports
As active COVID-19 cases remains unchanged, the government will be allowing the elderly to leave their homes soon to take a walk as long as
WATCH: Police arrest ISIS ‘jihadi rapper’ in Spain’s Andalucia in early morning raid
A BRITISH ‘jihadi rapper’ hiding in Andalucia has been arrested along with two other people. Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, 28, is the terrorist suspect detained by
Mountain goats roam empty streets and scale houses close to Sevilla’s Sierra de Esparteros
RECLUSIVE mountain goats have been photographed roaming empty streets and scaling houses near to Sevilla’s Sierra de Esparteros mountain range. Images of a drove of
Valencia players agree to a 9-18% wage cut due to coronavirus, while non-playing staff put on ERTE despite previous assurances they wouldn’t be
VALENCIA players have agreed to take a 9-18% pay cut due to COVID-19.
Barcelona will sell the naming rights to the Camp Nou for one season, in order to donate funds to charities fighting coronavirus
BARCELONA have announced that they will sell the naming rights to the Camp Nou for one season, with all proceeds being donated to help combat
Spanish director Pedro Almodovar says he’s been phoning up pals to ‘check on their libidos’ during Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown
LEGENDARY Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar has been phoning up his pals to check on their libidos during lockdown. In an essay penned for IndieWire the