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Teachers will get COVID-19 training but only after new school year starts on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TEACHERS in Valencian Community schools are to be taught to identify COVID-19 symptoms amongst their students. The sessions though are scheduled to commence after next

4 Sep, 2020 @ 12:22

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Education·Lead

British man's body found floating in Costa Blanca marina after falling off his boat

Young tourists quarantined after testing positive for COVID-19 during holiday on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A GROUP of young tourists from Spain’s northern Basque Country are behind a COVID-19 outbreak of 19 cases in a Costa Blanca resort. Their holiday

4 Sep, 2020 @ 11:33

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Stephen Spielberg was influenced as a student by David Lean, who directed most of ‘Doctor Zhivago’ and a great part of ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ in

4 Sep, 2020 @ 11:32

Silver Screen Spain (on the road with Thelma)

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Rui Pinto es un estafador ordinario

El 4 de septiembre tendrá lugar el juicio del estafador, ladrón y chantajista portugués Rui Pinto. Delincuente experimentado y peligroso, él, en la primera reunión,

4 Sep, 2020 @ 10:55

Crime & Law

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Spain’s Andalucia to invest €100,000 in drones to halt spread of West Nile virus

The funds will go towards developing a ‘novel spraying through drones’ to fumigate ‘specific areas of marshes and rice fields’ where the mosquito larvae are

4 Sep, 2020 @ 10:51

Lead·Sevilla

Caixabank and Bankia merging to become Spain’s largest financial entity

Details of the negotiations are being kept firmly under wraps but both giants have confirmed that talks are underway

4 Sep, 2020 @ 10:42

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Spanish government issues warnings about residents receiving unsolicited seed packets from China

Deliveries have also been widely reported in the US, Japan, Taiwan, Canada, Portugal and Holland. About 100 households in England have allegedly received the seeds.

4 Sep, 2020 @ 10:01

Health·Lead·National News·Other News

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Four French tourists arrested Spain after ‘sexually assaulting two minors’ in Andalucia

The incident occurred near the Alameda de Hercules area of Sevilla on Saturday afternoon

4 Sep, 2020 @ 09:58

Lead·Sevilla

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Velez-Malaga joins fellow Andalucia coastal resorts in introducing COVID-19 beach curfews

VELEZ-MALAGA has joined its Andalucian neighbours in implementing a beach curfew to help stop the spread of COVID-19. The restrictions announced yesterday by Councillor for

4 Sep, 2020 @ 09:54

Lead·Malaga

Senior Couple Resting At Park Reading A Book

ASK GRANNY: Add a Little Romance to Your Life

Many of us are finding more time to read during the pandemic. And with libraries closed, we’ve found creative alternate ways to find great reads.

3 Sep, 2020 @ 22:21

Ask Granny

Spain adds almost 9,000 COVID-19 cases Thursday – but 70% are asymptomatic and health boss says disease is slowing down

In his press conference today, director of health emergencies Fernando Simon said more than 30% of new cases are being reported in Madrid

3 Sep, 2020 @ 19:21

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

Emergency Flood Money Arrives In Spain S Mar Menor As First Anniversary Of Disaster Approaches

Emergency flood money arrives in Spain’s Mar Menor as first anniversary of Gota Fria disaster approaches

AN AREA of the Mar Menor that was ravaged during the Gota Fria storms almost a year ago has picked up €2.8 million to pay

3 Sep, 2020 @ 18:14

Costa Blanca·Mar Menor

Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotel owners in Spain claim that UK travel quarantine ‘ruined everything’

COSTA BLANCA hoteliers have blamed the UK travel quarantine for reduced August bookings and have called for a Europe-wide system of working out travel restrictions.

3 Sep, 2020 @ 17:38

Benidorm·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Popular expat town suffers first COVID-19 outbreak since pandemic began on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ROJALES, which includes the popular expat community of Quesada, has suffered its first COVID-19 outbreak since the start of this year’s pandemic. The Valencian Community’s

3 Sep, 2020 @ 15:06

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Temper Tantrum As Man Assaults Two Female Hospital Doctors In Spain S Valencia City

Enraged patient assaults two female hospital doctors in Spain’s Valencia City

A MALE PATIENT at Valencia’s Hospital Clinico threw a chair and attacked two female doctors on Sunday(August 30), with one of them thrown to the

3 Sep, 2020 @ 14:55

Costa Blanca·Valencia

Oxford COVID-19 vaccine expected to be rolled out in Spain’s Andalucia by end of December

The most vulnerable in society will be made a priority

3 Sep, 2020 @ 14:30

Coronavirus·Lead

BREAKING: Spain’s Andalucia sees over 1,000 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours with Malaga accounting for almost half

The Costa del Sol province far outpaces its seven neighbours, with Cadiz and Almeria coming in a joint distant second

3 Sep, 2020 @ 14:06

Coronavirus·Lead

Children over 11 ‘should’ wear masks indoors at Gibraltar schools

THE Government has defended itself from the criticism of Opposition parties for not protecting children enough at school as they reopened.

3 Sep, 2020 @ 14:04

Gibraltar·Lead

‘Several days’ of home alone for abandoned six-year-old boy in Spain’s Valencia City

A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy was left home alone for several days by his parents in a Valencian Community town, according to the Policia Nacional. Agents were

3 Sep, 2020 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Shootout between drug traffickers and Guardia Civil leaves three officers with ‘serious’ injuries in Spain’s Cadiz

The agents came under fire during a raid on a suspected marijuana plantation

3 Sep, 2020 @ 13:48

Cadiz·Lead

Neymar tests positive for Covid-19 after Ibiza holiday along with two other PSG stars

NEYMAR is one of three PSG stars to have tested positive for COVID-19 after a enjoying an extravagant break on the White Isle. The Brazilian

3 Sep, 2020 @ 13:11

Health·Lead·Mallorca·Other News·Sport

Swiss police arrest fugitive over girlfriend’s body found in car boot in Spain’s Valencia City

SWISS police have arrested the 29-year-old boyfriend of a Valencia woman, whose body was found in the boot of her car last Sunday. Janner Jiminez

3 Sep, 2020 @ 13:04

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Coin in Spain’s Malaga rules out field hospital after new COVID-19 outbreak detected in disabled centre

According to mayor Francisco Santos, the centre has been disinfected and residents isolated so that care can continue to be provided

3 Sep, 2020 @ 12:46

Coronavirus·Lead·Malaga

Dictator Franco’s family told by authorities to hand palace back to Spanish state

GRANDCHILDREN of dictator Francisco Franco have been ordered to return what was once their ancestor’s Summer palace to the state. A year ago, the Spanish

3 Sep, 2020 @ 12:40

Lead·National News

Slow Covid 19 Tests At A Hospital On Spain S Costa Blanca Forces Doctors And Nurses Into Self Isolation

Slow COVID-19 testing at a hospital on Spain’s Costa Blanca forces doctors and nurses into self-isolation

COSTA BLANCA hospital staff have been forced into quarantine after operating on a patient with COVID-19, after initial tests showed her to be in the

3 Sep, 2020 @ 12:03