August 2021

POSITIVE trends are continuing with reducing COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalisations in the Valencian Community. The Tuesday(August 24) update from the regional health ministry declared 623 cases compared to 765 infections a week ago. The July 20 total was 2,112 infections. The regional breakdown has 338 cases in Alicante Province followed by Valencia Province on […]

A SPANISH shoemaker who has survived two pandemics and a close brush with death during the Spanish Civil War is now thought to be the oldest man alive. Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia who celebrated his 112th birthday on February 8 took the crown as the world’s oldest man on the death of Puerto Rican

A Murcia region man is suspected of killing his girlfriend’s ex-partner and then putting the body into a blazing car. Two people have been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Los Alcazares over the incident. They are understood to be the alleged assailant and the victim’s former partner. A passing lorry driver reported a car

A BABY-FACED con artist who became Spain’s most notorious gatecrasher has been hospitalised following an alleged brawl at a concert in Marbella.  Former law student Francisco Nicolás Gómez Iglesias, 27, who earned the moniker ‘Little Nicolas’ while on trial for passing himself off as an envoy of Spanish royalty, claims he was assaulted while attending

An 19-year-old woman who was unvaccinated and had no underlying medical conditions has died from Covid-19 in Mallorca, becoming the youngest person to die from the virus in the Balearic Islands.  Health authorities on the island confirmed that the woman, who has not been publicly identified, died on Saturday (August 21) at Son Espases hospital

AUTHORITIES in Fuengirola are warning residents about a fake kidnapping scam circulating through the area. A WhatsApp message telling people to watch out for kidnappers at the Miramar Shopping Centre has been declared fake by Spain’s National Police. Detectives have officially confirmed that the post, which has been shared widely on the messaging platform and

SPAIN’S government will not declare the Mar Menor an ’emergency’ area as it continues its war of words with its regional counterpart. Madrid’s refusal follows eight days of dead fish and other marine life washing onto the shoreline in the latest environmental set-back for the Murcia lagoon. The Council of Ministers ruled out ’emergency’ status

Police are looking for a group of youngsters who filmed themselves slapping a drunk man in the face ‘for a laugh’ while on a night out in Cala Millor, Mallorca. Several young men used their mobile phones to record another one as he knocked the older man, who was obviously inebriated, to the floor. The

IT’S been a long time coming. Spain’s most scenic cycling competition  (finally!) returned to the roads last week – and today it will be passing through Andalucia.  The Vuelta a España 2021 brings the Grand Tour season to a close and the Rincón de la Victoria on the Costa del Sol is making the final

Nearly 500 dog owners have been fined in a clampdown of illegal dogs in Malaga this year. Fines of up to €700 have been handed out for unregistered dogs and for fouling the streets. The campaign by local police has seen 2,227 checks so far this year. Of 171 samples of excrement some 25 were