SPANISH police have arrested yet another British fugitive who fled to southern Spain to hide out on the Costa del Sol. The man, indentified as a 29-year-old Brit with the initials LLC, was arrested on Monday, August 30 at a shopping centre in Marbella by a police unit dedicated to catching international drug dealers. The […]
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BEFORE Brexit, British number plates would feature the circle of EU stars with the letters ‘GB’ underneath it, simplifying and standardising travel abroad with a UK-registered car. On January 31 of this year, transport secretary Grant Shapps unveiled the redesigned more patriotic number plate which displayed the ‘GB’ under a Union flag – needlessly signifying
THE popular Oktoberfest beer festival, an event that was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, returns to tourism hotspot Torremolinos. The councillor for Foreign Residents of Torremolinos City Council, Aida Blanes, has announced that the sixth edition of the Oktoberfest in Torremolinos, will be held next week, from Wednesday, September 8, to Sunday,
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A BRITISH expat whose mother died after weeks of ‘criminal neglect’ and ‘abuse’ by staff at Torrevieja Hospital is convinced she’s one of many more who have suffered in a similar way. So much so, he has set up an online collective of families that have suffered at the hands of staff that are there
COVID-19 infection totals have notched up another weekly and daily fall in the Valencian Community. 702 new cases were reported today, compared to 836 infections a week ago, and 1,593 cases back on August 12. Today’s total is also 76 lower than yesterday. Alicante Province is continuing to report the most cases at 380, with
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THE regional health ministry on Spain’s Balearic Islands has reported 119 new positive cases of coronavirus on Thursday, down 56 from the 75 recorded the day before. In total there are 93 cases in Mallorca, 20 in Ibiza, four in Menorca and two in Formentera. Wednesday’s cases were, Mallorca 135, Ibiza 33, Minorca seven and Formentera
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SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has raised the stakes over the country’s vaccination programme by announcing that he wants 90% of the population fully immunised. Speaking today(September 2)on a visit to Toledo in Castilla-La Mancha, Sanchez said: “We now have 70% of the population fully vaccinated and 100% confidence that we are going to win
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A HEARTBROKEN British family has said they are still hunting for answers ten years after their teenage son plunged to his death from a fifth-floor hotel balcony in Spain. Glyn Summers was just 17 and on a college trip when he fell over the balcony railings at a hotel in Barcelona in October 2011. The
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A BRITISH COVID-19 testing group is expanding across the world after ‘a surge in demand for PCR tests’. DAM Health recently opened 13 new coronavirus testing clinics in Spain in response to rising calls for private COVID 19 PCR tests from people across the country who are travelling overseas this summer. Most airlines and countries require proof of a
IT has been revealed that the Balearic Islands welcomed the highest number of international travellers than any other region in Spain for the fourth consecutive month. The data was collected by the Survey of Tourist Movements on Borders (FRONTUR) and released by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) today. This showed that in July, the
