WATCH: Tears and devastation mark Messi’s departure from Barcelona
ARGENTINIAN football legend Lionel Messi broke down in tears as he said goodbye to the club which has been his home for his entire career.
Notorious Italian mafia boss known as ‘The Godmother’ arrested on way to Malaga
ONE of Italy’s most wanted female fugitives was arrested attempting to leave Rome’s Ciampino airport on a flight to visit family in Spain. Maria Licciardi,
Tourists robbed while picking up rental cars at Costa Blanca’s Alicante-Elche airport in Spain
TOURISTS picking up hire cars at Alicante-Elche airport were robbed by three men in a series of distraction thefts. The crooks travelled around Spain committing
Forest fire forces evacuation of 160 residents in Spain’s Valencia Province
THE first major forest fire in the Valencia region this summer forced the evacuation of 160 residents in La Safor (Valencia Province) over the weekend.
Teenage Brit loses two fingers after being bitten by spider while watching sunset on Ibiza beach
A BRITISH teenager is facing the amputation of at least two of his fingers from right hand after being bitten by a spider while on
Elderly woman wakes up to see smiling burglar at her bedside on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A noisy Torrevieja burglar woke up a woman in her bedroom and gave her a smile before running away. A 20-year-man has been arrested by
WATCH: British rapper Sneakbo runs away after angry confrontation in Puerto Banus on Spain’s Costa del Sol
The British rapper Sneakbo was forced to flee to safety after being attacked by thugs on a night out in brash resort Puerto Banus on
Joe Exotic Gets His Own Game
The infamously eccentric Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage né Schreibvogel, better known as Joe Exotic, is currently in a prison cell, but continues to surprise people time
Day trippers to beaches in Spain’s Malaga cause 21 kilometres of traffic tailbacks
DAY trippers have added to the regular summer holiday traffic on the Costa del Sol this weekend—leading to tailbacks tallying some 21 kilometres with painfully
LISTED: Municipalities in Spain’s Andalucia without new coronavirus cases in 14 days
FIGURES reveal that 101 municipalities in Andalucia have no new COVID-19 cases in the last two weeks—13 weeks after the end of the national state
Christmas arrives early in Spain as Vigo begins to install 11million LED lights and ‘biggest tree in the world’
SUMMER may still be in full swing, but in the north of Spain, Christmas has already arrived. The festivities have started early in Vigo in
Inside the lavish palace where Spain’s Prime Minister spends his holidays
AS the weather heats up across Spain, Pedro Sanchez is planning his summer vacation. The prime minister will be staying at a luxury resort in
Neanderthals were world’s first artists, concludes study of prehistoric cave paintings in southern Spain
CREATORS of the world’s first cave art may in fact have been Neanderthals and not early man, researchers have concluded after studying pigments found on
Hip-wiggling Spanish athlete retires after competing in world record eight Olympic Games
AT EVERY Olympic Games over the last three decades, race walker Jesus Angel Garcia Bragado has represented Spain, hip-wiggling over 50kms while never breaking into
Where is the cheapest city to live in Spain? Not Madrid or Barcelona
NEW data reveals the huge differences in cost of living across Spain, with Madrid and Barcelona proving a whopping 30% more than in the cheapest
Boats off Spain’s Cadiz damaged in killer whale encounters
MARITIME Rescue services in Cadiz have had to assist three different boats in three different incidents off the Barbate coast in Cadiz after a pod
Enormous cache of Roman weapons found on the Spanish island of Menorca
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered a large cache of Roman weapons and tools in the protohistoric settlement of Son Catlar, Menorca. A statement released by the University
Nearly 400,000 rapid self-testing Covid kits sold in Spain
ALMOST 400,000 rapid self-testing COVID-19 kits were bought across Spain during the first week that they were made available to the public. A total of
Barcelona council fines landlord €45,000 for ‘real estate racism’ after refusing to rent his apartment to a young Moroccan
BARCELONA City Council has become the first council in Spain to impose a penalty for ‘real estate racism’. City bosses fined a real estate agency
COVID-19 Spain: Spanish stadiums welcome back sports fans from August 13
SPORTS fans will be allowed back into the stadiums in Spain to watch their teams again in less than a week. The Ministry of Health
OLD HACK IN THE SUN: The 80-something ramblings of a British expat in Spain
EVER since I read the Erich von Daniken book, ‘Was God an Astronaut?’, I have always wondered if aliens really existed, and the recent US
What you need to know about Spain’s ban on cash payments over €1,000
SPAIN introduced a new rule in July that outlawed cash payments of over €1,000 for registered companies and professionals in part of a clampdown on
Chiringuito erected on nudist beach in Spain’s Estepona causes beach users to moan
THE first designated naturist beach in Spain, Costa Natura beach in Estepona, is facing conflict over nudism. A spat between beach users at Costa Natura
What a corker! This Spanish bodega has just been crowned best in world to visit
A SPANISH vineyard has beaten the world’s finest to be named the best in the world to visit. Herederos Marques de Riscal in Spain’s La
Why the Mar Menor in Spain has become Europe’s saddest example of environmental vandalism
THE Mar Menor in Murcia is Europe’s largest saltwater lagoon but also one of the continent’s saddest stories over the ravages of pollution. It’s an
COVID-19 hospital admissions fall again as new infections stay constant in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
COVID-19 case numbers have show little change in either daily or weekly comparisons in the Valencian Community, as hospitalisations continue to fall. The number of