WILDLIFE on the island of La Palma is facing a crisis as its volcano continues to erupt. Manuel Nogales from the The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), who has been studying biodiversity in the area for 40 years, hammered home the disastrous effects of the eruption, saying: “For wildlife, the scenario is that of a […]
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SPAIN has extended the existing entry ban on non-essential travel by non-vaccinated travels from a long list of non-EU countries for another month. The Interior Ministry published the decision to extend the ban that was introduced on July 17 in the Official State Gazette (BOE) on Thursday. The ban will now last until the end
VEHICLE repair specialist, Premier Bodyshops, celebrated a classic car open day on Saturday, September 25. Aiden Hammond, the company director said that the ‘whole street was full of amazing and rare classics’, many of which were restored by Premier. A Bird’s-eye view of the classic cars on the open day – @premierbodyshop The event had
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HALF of Andalucia’s health districts are set to be given the green light to transition into Alert Level 0. Following a meeting by the territorial committee of High Impact Public Health Alerts on Wednesday afternoon, Junta president, Juanma Moreno, has announced the measures that will be in place in those municipalities that drop to Alert
ALMOST imperceptible against the glassy waters of Bilbao’s River Nervion, an eerie human face stares out from the tide. But the unsettling lifelike body – which reveals itself daily as the tide recedes – is a new, thought-provoking art installation under the Zubi Zuri bridge in the north of Spain. Contemporary artist Ruben Orozco designed
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IT is seven years since flamenco guitarist and songwriter Paco de Lucia died suddenly from a heart attack while on a family holiday in Mexico. But for many, the legend of the pioneering Spanish musician lives on. Not least in the coastal town of Algeciras in Cadiz, where De Lucia was born and raised. And
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HEINEKEN’S pints are becoming greener than ever thanks to a new fleet of eco delivery trucks launched in Sevilla. Specially designed for the most sustainable transport of cayas by Andalucian brand Scoobic, the zero-emission vehicles mean the beers can arrive at bars with a lower CO2 footprint. The firm has now rolled out a new
BOLLYWOOD royalty Deepika Padukone will be reportedly jetting into Mallorca to shoot scenes for her upcoming movie Pathan. A source said that the aim is to make the film, which also starsShah Rukh, a visual spectacle that no one has seen before with its director Siddharth Anand going out of his way to achieve this
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SPAIN’S train drivers and railway workers have called an eight days of strike beginning Thursday September 30 and lasting into the bank holiday weekend. The union for train drivers and railway assistants (Semaf), which represents 85% of train drivers working across Spain announced the strikes on Tuesday afternoon. The move is likely to cause travel
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ORIHUELA’S El Escorratel social centre has now packed away vaccination equipment and returned to its traditional function, after immunising 90% of local people aged 12 and over. On the morning of September 29, the Mayor of Orihuela, Emilio Bascunana, joined colleagues in publicly thanking the health staff of the Orihuela Health Department for their work
