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Orca whales abandon Strait of Gibraltar for Galicia as Mediterranean Sea temperatures rise

ORCA whales are abandoning the strait of Gibraltar and heading to Galician waters, biologists have said. Experts suspect that Orcas are leaving the Strait for

10 Nov, 2020 @ 09:15

Environment·Nature

EXCLUSIVE: Expats are clogging up a ‘saturated’ Spanish administration with unnecessary TIE applications, claims Costa Blanca broker

THE EXPAT Centre in Ciudad Quesada has spoken out about the sheer volume of British applicants applying for Spanish residencia in recent weeks. Understandably, Brits

9 Nov, 2020 @ 21:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·National News

Benidorm’s hospitality sector and shop owners announce new mass protest on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THREE Benidorm-based hospitality and trade groups want businesses to close this Thursday(November 12) so that they can join a protest calling for more financial help

9 Nov, 2020 @ 20:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

MUST WATCH: Films that make Spain’s 46th Huelva Film Festival unmissable

RUNNING from November 13-20, Huelva’s 46th Film Festival is the oldest Ibero-American celebration of cinema in Europe. Entirely online for the first time ever, here’s

9 Nov, 2020 @ 20:00

Huelva·La Cultura

Unhappy ending for chiropractor in Valencia City

A MALE chiropractor operating in Valencia City has been arrested for sexually abusing two clients by fondling two clients in their buttocks and breasts, police

9 Nov, 2020 @ 19:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Two years of daily Covid-19 infection figure announcements ends in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

COVID-19 death toll and hospitalisations climbing across Spain’s Costa Blanca

312 NEW COVID-19 cases have been reported in Alicante Province since the last Valencian health ministry update on Saturday morning. The Monday(November 9) figures showed

9 Nov, 2020 @ 18:53

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Police Close Down Bar And Arrest British And Irish Nationals Over Drug Sales On Spain S Costa Blanca

Brits and Irish arrested in Benidorm area as police raid bar used for drug sales on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BRITISH and Irish nationals have been arrested after a police swoop on a Benidorm area bar in Albir-Alfaz that sold cocaine and viagra pills. Two

9 Nov, 2020 @ 18:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Woman arrested for skipping €500 taxi fare to Spain’s Costa Blanca from Madrid

A TAXI passenger tried to avoid paying a €500 fare but was caught in a Alicante street after the cab driver chased her down. The

9 Nov, 2020 @ 17:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid

Riddle of strangled dog-walker dumped in ditch on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A WOMAN was strangled when taking her dog for a walk in the Elche area of the Costa Blanca last Friday(November 6). Her body was

9 Nov, 2020 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Spain’s Andalucia detects 1,000 fewer cases compared to last Monday but hospital pressure reaches new high

ANDALUCIA has registered 3,329 coronavirus cases on Monday, around 1,000 fewer than the same day last week. According to the Junta, today’s figures are the

9 Nov, 2020 @ 16:43

Coronavirus·Lead

Boris Johnson says EU deal ‘there to be done’ ahead of new week of negotiation

BORIS Johnson has assured his cabinet that a Brexit withdrawal with the EU is ‘there to be done’, amid signs Joe Biden’s US election win

9 Nov, 2020 @ 16:30

Lead·Politics

Franco’s family agrees to return palace to Spanish authorities on temporary basis

THE Franco family has agreed to hand over the multimillion euro Pazo de Meiras in Galicia to the state until their appeal is resolved. The

9 Nov, 2020 @ 16:15

Lead

British Airways continue flying to Gibraltar during second UK lockdown

MAJOR airline British Airways has confirmed it will continue to provide flights to and from Gibraltar during the second UK lockdown. The carrier says it

9 Nov, 2020 @ 16:00

Gibraltar·Lead

Green group denounces ‘motorcycle gang’ for destroying national park in Spain’s Andalucia

ANDALUCIAN Ecologist group GENA has denounced groups of motorcycle riders for riding in a national park and damaging protected land. The Junta was made aware

9 Nov, 2020 @ 15:45

Malaga

These are the businesses which can keep operating after 6pm in Spain’s Andalucia – including padel tennis clubs and hairdressers

The new measure aimed to tackle the spread of coronavirus will come into force from midnight tonight

9 Nov, 2020 @ 15:05

Coronavirus·Lead

Expat musicians on Spain’s Costa del Sol join forces for charity single amid arts industry crisis

GLOBAL music project Rock The Lockdown have released a charity cover of Queen’s The Show Must Go On in a bid to boost funds and

9 Nov, 2020 @ 15:00

La Cultura

Serial pervert caught sexually assaulting woman on train in Spain’s Mallorca

The victim, 18, was targeted by the detainee, 23, as she travelling on a train to Palma on the morning of October 8

9 Nov, 2020 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Consult this interactive map to see the latest coronavirus figures in your municipality in Spain’s Andalucia

THE Junta de Andalucia has created an interactive map which provides up to date coronavirus data for each of its municipalities. The map was announced

9 Nov, 2020 @ 14:43

Coronavirus·Lead

These are the exceptions for leaving your municipality under new COVID-19 measures in Spain’s Andalucia

FROM midnight tonight, it will be prohibited to leave your municipality in Andalucia unless you have a justified reason for doing so. Under new coronavirus

9 Nov, 2020 @ 14:32

Coronavirus·Lead

‘Milestone’ COVID-19 vaccine offers 90% protection could be available by the end of the year

THE FIRST effective coronavirus vaccine can prevent more than 90% of people from getting the virus, according to manufacturers. Developers Pfizer and BioNTech called the

9 Nov, 2020 @ 14:20

Health·Lead·Other News

Food alert for Salmonella in batch of paprika sold in Mercadona supermarkets throughout Spain

MERCADONA has recalled a batch of paprika from the brand Vera Hacendado after detecting the presence of Salmonella. The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and

9 Nov, 2020 @ 13:30

Lead·Other News

#FreeTommyRobinson money circulating in Gibraltar after his arrest in London

FIVE pound notes branded with #FreeTommyRobinson are circulating on The Rock. It comes after the far-right extremist Tommy Robinson was arrested in London last week.

9 Nov, 2020 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Gibraltar

Notorious Dutch money launderer with links to Colombian cartel cuffed in Spain’s Marbella

A WANTED Dutch expat with links to an infamous South American drug cartel has been arrested in Marbella in connection with large scale money laundering.

9 Nov, 2020 @ 12:30

Lead·Malaga

Strongest earthquake yet in recent sequence hits Spain’s Murcia region

AN EARTHQUAKE measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale shook parts of the Murcia region today at 1.46am(November 9). It’s the strongest-recorded tremor in a recent

9 Nov, 2020 @ 12:28

Lead

Potes in Cantabria voted the most beautiful inland town in Spain

STEEPED in history and embraced by the rugged slopes of the Picos de Europa, the Cantabrian village of Potes has been declared Spain’s prettiest inland

9 Nov, 2020 @ 12:00

Lead·Travel News

Over 9,000 COVID-19 deaths recorded since start of pandemic in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Spain’s Murcia region extends restrictions amidst warning of public health system ‘collapsing’ by end of November

MURCIA’S public health system could ‘collapse’ by the end of November according to regional president, Fernando López Miras, The dire warning was made as part

9 Nov, 2020 @ 11:30

Coronavirus·Lead·Mar Menor

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