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CANARY ISLANDS: Migrant arrivals surge to more than 1,000 in 48 hours
MORE than 1,000 migrants have arrived in hundreds of small boats on the coats of Spain’s Canary Islands in just 48 hours. It is thought...
Red Cross COVID-19 outbreak in Spain’s Malaga is ‘stabilised’, says Junta
The testing is expected to be completed shortly and the outbreak to be classified as ‘controlled.’
100 people isolated on Spain’s Costa del Sol in new COVID-19 outbreak
It’s expected that once the results of all the RCPs are obtained, more positive cases will appear
Calls for aid to Red Cross Malaga increase by 256% in first four months of 2020, compared to entirety...
RED Cross Malaga has responded to 256% more calls in the first four months of this year, compared to the entirety of 2019.
Warning of coronavirus ‘scam’ in Spain which sees robbers posing as Red Cross medics to ‘disinfect homes’ and ‘carry...
THE Red Cross has warned against a scam targeting the most vulnerable amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown in Spain. A letter uploaded to social media...
Hundreds of families STILL getting help from Spanish Red Cross five months after Costa Blanca flooding
DESPITE devastating the region FIVE MONTHS ago, Spain’s Red Cross are still helping out families that were affected by the gota fria and floods...
IN VIDEOS: Driver dead after torrential rain floods Spain, as cars submerged and ’emergency plan’ launched
Dramatic footage shows streets turned into rivers as cars are fully submerged by rising waters
Sea and air search launched for British diver and ex-soldier, 70, who vanished while diving in southern Spain
Cabo de Palos is popular with scuba divers and has one of the most important nature reserves of the whole Mediterranean
Pregnant migrant rushed to hospital after boat lands in Velez Malaga
Six others were also transferred to the Hospital Comarcal de Velez-Malaga, where two were treated for hypothermia and four for abrasive wounds
Almeria paints town red for tomato festival
With music, live cookery shows and tomatoes galore, Almeria's tomato festival reminded participants just how vital the crop is to Andalucia
Give peas a chance
From Victorians to Peace Festivals, headteacher Miss Kirkham describes another wacky month at the British School of Marbella
Summer boost for low income Axarquia families
A programme organised by the Velez-Malaga Red Cross and La Caixa helps these children excel academically
Barcelona beaches closed to public after shark sightings
The six beaches have since been reopened, after authorities failed to find the three sharks
Maurice Boland gets his gong!
'Mobo' became the first expat to receive the Cruz Roja's Bronze Medal
Queen Sofia heads to Malaga
The Spanish royal will appear in the city to mark 150 years of the Red Cross Movement
Food parcel plea to help Spaniards
Red Cross issues appeal for €30m to help 2.3 million people considered ‘extremely vulnerable’
Charity starts at home on the Costa del Sol
We consider the issue of homelessness on the Costa del Sol
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15 years jail time for coach who abused students in Spain’s Castellón
By Rob Kiteley CARLOS FRANCH CALPE, a former gymnastics coach, has been sentenced to 15 and a half years in prison for abusing his students. The...
