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SPAIN BLAST: Two workers fighting for their lives after suffering serious burns while another employee missing from Tarragona petrochemical plant

TWO workers are fighting for their lives after suffering serious burns to their bodies when a petrochemical plant exploded in Tarragona earlier this evening. Another

14 Jan, 2020 @ 21:10

Lead·National News

British woman dies while waiting for Thomas Cook rescue flight from Spain holiday hotspot

A BRITISH woman has died after arriving at a Spanish airport to catch a rescue flight home following the closure of Thomas Cook. The 67-year-old

25 Sep, 2019 @ 10:54

Lead·Travel News

Spain’s Malaga on YELLOW ALERT for extreme heat as wildfires reported in Madrid, Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca

It comes as a heatwave has been scorching Europe, with a record high of 45.9°C registered in Montpellier, France

1 Jul, 2019 @ 15:44

Environment·Lead·Malaga·National News

British expat cycles 320km despite four knee operations to raise money for cancer on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AFTER four knee operations, a bulging disk and 30 years of excruciating back pain, most 58-year-olds would choose the bar stool over the bike saddle.

15 Apr, 2019 @ 15:54

Costa Blanca·Sport

GREEDY SAMARITANS: criminal gang who slashed tourists’ tyres at toll booths along Costa Blanca and then robbed them finally arrested

TYRE slashers who targeted tourists’ vehicles along the Costa Blanca and then robbed them while pretending to help have been arrested by Police in Catalonia.

2 Apr, 2019 @ 12:59

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

5-year-old Irish boy in intensive care after being hit by drink driver in Spain

The child is believed to be stable at a hospital in Tarragona, after being injured in a hit-and-run in the resort of Salou on Monday

27 Jun, 2018 @ 12:19

Crime & Law·Lead

Britain’s Sam Horsfield dominated Tarragona green to claim his place in the European Tour

Horsfield scored 63 winning an impressive 27 under par with eight shots left to clear, to secure his European Tour card in style.

24 Nov, 2017 @ 17:21

Sport

Spain’s waters at highest temperatures EVER after hottest June for 50 years, threatening marine life

Marine environmentalists have repeatedly warned of the impact of warmer seas on marine life due to its ability to encourage invader species

3 Jul, 2017 @ 14:27

Environment·Lead·National News·Nature

Man killed in freak human tower accident in Tarragona

The 51-year-old victim was crushed by a metal structure during a training session in the Catalan port city. Two other team members, aged 50 and

16 Mar, 2017 @ 15:08

La Cultura·Lead

Two-year passport battle for 97 expats and Spaniards caught up in car import scam

EXCLUSIVE: The group are being investigated for fraud and being part of a criminal organisation after using a shady British-owned company that dealt with the

18 Aug, 2016 @ 09:41

Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s North Korean ‘ambassador’ arrested for arms trafficking ring operating in southern Spain

Alejandro became intrigued with North Korea when he was growing up

17 Jun, 2016 @ 18:19

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

British teenager crawled past bodies with a broken back in Spanish bus crash

Tallulah Lyons, 19, was one of 34 people injured in the crash in Tarragona, yesterday

21 Mar, 2016 @ 13:46

Lead·National News

13 die as coach carrying foreign students crashes in Spain

The students on the bus were enrolled at Barcelona University as part of the European Erasmus exchange programme

20 Mar, 2016 @ 12:14

Featured·National News

Spanish mermaid academy makes a splash!

Spanish academy lures hundreds of would-be mermaids from all over the world

14 Sep, 2015 @ 15:45

Lead·National News

Tarragona men have Spain’s ‘worst semen’

The city is investigating what's causing the low sperm mobility

21 Aug, 2014 @ 12:45

Health·Other News

Twist in the tail for Spain’s strangest swimming school

Europe's first mermaid academy opens

13 Aug, 2014 @ 13:26

National News

Inheritance Tax scrapped in Catalunya

Paul Whitelock looks at the detail of the decision and provides further information about this potentially punitive tax for residents and non-residents with assets in

14 Apr, 2011 @ 11:59

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