AN earthquake of magnitude 4.9 with an epicentre in Alboran has been clearly felt in Melilla, and also in several locations in the provinces of Malaga, Granada and Almeria. According to data from the National Geographic Institute (IGN), the earthquake was registered at 1:20 pm on Saturday afternoon, and it was felt in Melilla with […]
A CATALAN town has created a unique crime fighter to tackle the scourge of dog poo. Superhero SAC – Super Anti-Caques – visits schools and homes to spread the message that it is vital to clean up after pets. The creation in Campdevanol comes as the town registered all its 300 pets and took DNA
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ALL governments who go to war often have secret agendas! As America and Britain pull out of Afghanistan, how many of you have asked what were we doing there in the first place? Was it to do with weapons of mass destruction, the 911 atrocities, both, or something else? Who even seems to care what
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TUCKED within a jumble of narrow cobbled streets in the honey coloured stone medieval heart of the city of Caceres is a doorway to another world. For it is here in the kitchen at Atrio under the masterful alchemy of chef Toño Perez, that Spain’s ubiquitous jamon iberico is elevated to heavenly dimensions. A tasting
WHAT do you get the builder who has everything? A ‘designer’ high-viz jacket that costs €3,000 of course. Spanish fashion house Balenciaga has designed the coat which has gone up for sale on appropriately named e-commerce platform FarFetch for a whopping €2,990 – and been roundly mocked on social media. “What? Just 3,000 to look
THE most costly property in Spain is located on the Costa del Sol and has an eye-watering €29 million price tag. According to recent data from the real estate portal Idealista, a villa in La Zagaleta (Benahavis) has been listed as the most costly property for sale in Spain. Super luxury housing is immune to
VALENCIA’S Bioparc zoo is well and truly earning its stripes as a prime animal conservation and protection site. Just one week after carers stepped in to hand-rear a newborn gazelle of a highly endangered species (as reported by The Olive Press), the park this week celebrated the birth of one of the most threatened types
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IT was a bloody feud between two Irish gangs that started on the streets of the Costa del Sol, moved to Dublin and back, and resulted in the deaths of 18 people. It brought daylight gunshots to the gilded streets of Marbella, featured fake cops in a notorious boxing match assasination and led to the
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A little girl battling cancer has received a flood of cash to help pay for her potentially life-saving treatment, thanks to Pimlico Plumbers. Youngster Chloe Balloqui has been fighting Neuroblastoma, a cancer of the nervous system ,since she was a tot and her battle has captured the hearts of millions across the globe. The 10-year-old
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Police have released a CCTV image showing two-year-old girl Gracie-May Rogers with her parents prior to boarding a flight to Alicante from Glasgow Airport. As we reported yesterday, police have launcheda major investigation after she was abducted from Lancaster and taken abroad from the airport. She was last seen with her mother Kelly Gibson at
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