Gas explosion kills one in alleged suicide in southern Cordoba
THE main road through the Cordoban town of Rute was closed to traffic yesterday as police and firefighters tackled a lethal gas explosion in a
Natural Herb Kratom May Have Therapeutic Effects and Relatively Low Potential for Abuse or Harm
A survey was carried out in 2020 by Albert Garcia-Romeu, Kelly Dunn, Roland Griffiths, and David Cox of Johns Hopkins as well as Kirsten Smith
‘Holy Week at Home’ promoted in popular expat town on Spain’s Costa Blanca
SAN FULGENCIO, in Costa Blanca’s Vega Baja region, will celebrate ‘Holy Week from home’ through online concerts and processions. The municipality includes the urbanisation of
MISSING: British girl, 14, vanishes from outside school in Spain’s Mallorca
The teen, named as 14-year-old Taya O’Loughlin, went missing around 8am on Tuesday
Storms threaten to ruin the first days of Easter Week in Spain’s Malaga
WEATHER agency AEMET predicts that a storm brewing in the Gulf of Cadiz may threaten the good weather prevailing in the province of Malaga over
SHIP AHOY! 17th century Spanish galleon replica on show at Valencia Marina
Tickets can be bought at the ship itself, located next to the Veles e Vents complex at Valencia Marina, or at tickets.velacuadra.es.
Andalucian apartment bought using crypto currency in a nationwide first in Spain
AN apartment in the Andalucian city of Seville has become a nationwide first by being the first property to be sold using crypto currency. The
Spain’s Andalucia to begin vaccinating people over 70 mid-April with the 80-and-over age group expected to be fully vaccinated by then
THE Junta expects to start calling over-70s for their first jab in about three weeks. Now that vaccination has resumed with the AstraZeneca doses and
Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels resign themselves to no British tourists arriving in Spain until mid-June
HOTELS in the Benidorm and Costa Blanca area say that internal Spanish travel restrictions have forced them to give up on their normally lucrative Easter
Ryanair gambles on vaccine success by rolling out big summer flight schedule for Spain
LOW-COST carrier Ryanair is to run 2,500 weekly flights to and from Spain as well as within the country over the summer. Ryanair marketing director,
Alicante-Elche airport celebrates a decade of the new terminal which revolutionised the facility on Spain’s Costa Blanca
STAFF at Alicante-Elche airport today created a symbolic ‘number ten’ to celebrate a decade since the opening of the new terminal. March 24, 2011 was
Gibraltar curfew lifted, masks rule eased and bars to open late this week
The COVID-19 curfew will end from March 25 and masks will not have to be be worn in the town centre from 11.59pm on March
NEW COVID-19 cases show an upward rebound as hospital admissions fall in Costa Blanca and Valencia regions of Spain
NEW coronavirus infections have broken the recent downward trend by showing a week-to-week rise and a daily increase in the Valencian Community. Figures released by
Entry into Spain’s Balearic Islands restricted BUT residents can enjoy inter-island travel
This means that from March 26, entry into and out of the Balearic Islands will be prohibited unless for a justified
DO YOU KNOW HIM? Police appeal to expats in Spain to solve 1994 murder of Surrey scientist
British police are appealing to expats in Spain in the belief someone on the Costas may hold the key to solving a 27-year-old cold case.
OPINION: The plans to erect electricity pylons in Benahavis are nothing short of an ecological crime
POWER lines are an eyesore and there are already enough of them tainting the verdant sierras of Andalucia – so why do we need more,
Valencia’s new Shackleton International School offers an innovative way of teaching from September in Spain
A brand new international school with an innovative way of teaching will open in the Valencia area this September in spite of the uncertainty caused
Top Muslim in Spain is arrested and questioned over the funding of terror groups in Syria and the Middle East
SPAIN’S leading Muslim figure has been arrested and released by the Policia Nacional after he was quizzed over terrorist group funding. Ayman Adlbi is in
CaixaBank takeover of Bankia to create Spain’s biggest bank set to be done by this Friday
PLANS to create Spain’s largest retail bank through CaixaBank buying out Bankia have cleared a major legal hurdle and should be sealed by this Friday(March
Police rumble ‘crash for cash’ insurance scam in Spain’s Malaga
POLICE in Malaga have dismantled a ‘crash for cash’ insurance fraud scheme leading to arrests across the city. Police have made 17 arrests in total
Interior of bars and restaurants to close in Spain’s Mallorca just weeks after reopening
THE Balearic government has ordered for the interior areas of bars and restaurants to close in Mallorca this week. In response to a surge in
Surf’s Up! Free watersports lessons in ‘Winter Beach’ programme on Spain’s Costa Blanca
FREE WATERSPORTS lessons such as surfing, paddling and canoeing are to be taught from this weekend on the beaches of Orihuela Costa. The City Council
RUNAWAY VAN knocks over two men in an Aspe street on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A food delivery van caused a commotion in Aspe yesterday(March 23) as it rolled down a slope to hit two men. The van driver had
Project under fire: Benahavis residents protest against plans to erect ugly power lines that will mar local countryside
EXPATS and locals have joined forces to fight plans to prevent an idyllic green valley from being blighted by electricity pylons. Up to 100 people
ROOFTOP OFFICE: Mayor of Castellon village forced to work on the sloping roof of his barn to connect to the internet
THE search for a decent wifi connection, or even just a phone signal, is but one of the many trials and tribulations faced by people
Phone app tip-off triggers police rooster rescue ahead of illegal cockfight on Spain’s Costa Blanca
POLICE rescued two roosters who were about to do battle in an illegal cockfight at an Alicante villa. The organisers and prospective audience were all