EUROPEAN travellers visiting the UK will no longer be allowed entry by showing an ID card and from October 1 must present a valid passport. Until now, citizens from across the EU have been able to travel using just their identity card to enter the UK, but from Friday this will no longer be permitted. …
Singer Shakira was attacked by a pair of marauding wild boars who snatched her bag while she was walking with her son in a park in Barcelona on Wednesday. The hairy hogs ambushed her and made off with her handbag, before trying to escape with it into the woods Image – Pixabay Shakira let her …
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POLICE have had to turn zookeepers after they seized 30 fruit bats, a boa constrictor and a python from an animal fair in Madrid. Agentes de la Unidad de Medio Ambiente intervinieron una boa imperator, una pitón y 30 murciélagos “Eidolon Helvum”, más conocido como murciélago de la fruta, en Expoterraria, que se celebraba en …
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SPANISH beekeepers care for an astonishing 3 million hives, making it the leading EU nation for honey production. A survey by EU Agriculture designed to show the robustness of each country’s pollinators, which are vital for crops to flourish, revealed the figures for each country. ? #Beehives in ??: 18.9 millions. Beehives by country (thousands):?? 2,967?? …
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LOVERS of Spanish nougat ‘turron’ had a treat at Alicante’s Gastronomy Fair 2021 – they had the chance to tuck into the biggest turron bar in the world which measured a massive 56 metres long. Nougat maker Roberto Pico was in charge of making the monster bar which beat the previous record of 55 metres …
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A MAN whose partner and son were killed when his house collapsed has been threatened with a fine by telecommunications company MasMovil for not returning the router that lies buried among the rubble of his former home. On August 25 the house in Peñíscola, Castellón collapsed in an incident which has left the small town …
Looking for a destination that is picturesque but also tourist-free, well look no further, here is a list of the top ten hidden destinations to visit on your next holiday. El Rocío, Andalucía Nuestra Señora del Rocío – Pixabay This small town feels very apart from the outside world and is only half an hour …
THE sale of fruit and veg in plastic packaging is to be banned in Spain from 2023. A royal decree is in the process of being passed, which will ban plastic wrappings weighing less than 1.5 kg. However, there will be some exemptions, including the packaging of food ‘at risk of spoilage when sold in …
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THE controversy over the introduction of a tourist tax in the region of Valencia rumbles on in the region’s parliament after a debate which lasted almost ten hours on Wednesday. The introduction of the tax is a divisive issue with left wing parties Compromís and Unidas Podemos supporting the idea. The governing socialist party (PSPV) …
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Finca/Country House Orgiva, Granada 3 beds 2 baths € 345,000 A beautiful modern three bedroom country house with a pool, and land, located 4km east of Orgiva and reached by good asphalt road. Located in the area known as Tijola, which is essentially a linear village located on either side of the road …
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