August 2021

Have you seen this man? Police release photo of dad on the run after killing toddler in Barcelona hotel to spite mother

POLICE in Spain have released an image of the man accused of killing his two-year-old son in a Barcelona hotel room on Tuesday evening. The Catalan force, Mossos d’Esquadra released the name and an image of the suspect and asked for the public’s help in finding him. Martin Ezequiel Alvarez Giacco has been on the […]

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Ugly-looking head belongs to washed-up shark skeleton on a Costa Blanca beach in Spain

A different kind of shark sighting hit a Costa Blanca beach yesterday(August 26) after a skeleton washed up at El Pinet in La Marina. After a month of blue sharks getting close to beaches, a strange-looking specimen surprised sunbathers. Elche Policia Local officers took photos of the perfectly preserved skeleton that washed ashore yesterday morning.

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Malaga tourist gets mugged for €10 and almost strangled to death by two youths on Spain’s Costa de Sol

TWO Malaga teenagers have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for trying to strangle a Madrid tourist who asked for directions. The traveller had just arrived at the city’s bus station on August 21. He spotted the youths and asked them if they knew where a particular bus stop was. The 18 and 19-year-old Spaniards

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Spain completes final dash to leave Afghanistan as thousands face being left behind

SPANISH troops have completed a frantic countdown to rescue people from Afghanistan as the airlift looks set to end this afternoon.  Just hours of evacuation flights remain before American soldiers start packing up to quit Kabul by Tuesday’s deadline. The final Spanish evacuation flights departed this morning as soldiers fled with families after the US

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Violent man breaks restraining order and threatens to throw woman off an El Campello balcony on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN El Campello man breached a restraining order to threaten a woman’s life if she did not have sex with him. Police surrounded the woman’s home on Calle Jaime I on Wednesday night, after she escaped and called emergency services. The violent man entered her property with a copy of the front door key. He

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WATCH: Dramatic footage of drones saving three drowning women on Spain’s Costa Blanca

DRAMATIC footage of drones saving women from drowning on Costa Blanca beaches has been released. Both flying robots were launched from the shore, with life-jackets attached. The first woman was said to be about 150 metres out to sea at Guardamar del Segura, despite a yellow flag being hoisted that morning due to strong currents.

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Spain keeps its amber status on UK COVID-19 travel lists

SPAIN, as expected, has maintained its amber classification on UK COVID-19 travel lists. Yesterday’s update from the British government brought no changes to Spain and other key European holiday destinations like Greece and Italy. Falling infection rates cemented Spain’s amber status which will be maintained until mid-September. Current rules for fully-vaccinated UK arrivals from Spain

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Youth football team coach in Spain’s Valencia found in possession of 50,000 files of child porn

A YOUTH football team coach in Valencia who was arrested in 2019 on suspicion of child abuse has been found to be in possession of 50,000 files of paedophiliac material – including many of his own creation. The accused, a retired soldier, coached boys and teenagers aged 10 to 15 in an undisclosed town in

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Madrid woman falls six metres from her balcony to land on car in Spanish capital

A Madrid resident survived a six metre balcony fall by landing on a parked car. The incident happened yesterday morning(August 26) on Calle Nicolas Usera in the Spanish capital. A 45-year-old woman was watering her plants on her second floor balcony when she somehow slipped. She dropped six metres down from the terrace onto the

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Clock ticks down as Spain tries to get 70% of the country fully vaccinated by end of August

TIME is running out for the Spanish government to reach its self-imposed target of having 70% of the population fully vaccinated by the end of August. Latest figures show that 32 million people have received the full course of shots against COVID-19, meaning 67.9% full coverage. That means five days remain and a million more

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