Jorge ‘Gamebred’ Masvidal has become one of the UFC’s most hardened veterans and popular fighters, but his journey hasn’t been an easy one. Now 36, the Miami native is enjoying something of an Indian summer as a professional fighter, but it took a lot of hard work and plenty of setbacks to get there. While […]
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MOROCCO has banned flights to and from the UK indefinitely because of the rising Coronavirus infection rates, but government officials still don’t have plans to change health rules. Many airlines had already cancelled several flights before the unlimited ban came into force last night, October 20. The North African country currently has a weekly rate
VALENCIA’S Supreme Court has extended a long prison sentence for a woman who murdered her husband of two weeks in an Alicante area car park. Concepcion Martin, 49, nicknamed the ‘Black Widow’, was found guilty in October 2020 of stabbing her partner to death in August 2018. Her caregiver, lover,and accomplice, Fernando Perez, was also
SOME 15,000 asylum seekers will be given a home in Spain thanks to a new change in the country’s immigration laws. The Council of Ministers approved the reform of the Regulations of the Immigration Law on Tuesday, which means unaccompanied foreign minors and young immigrants will be granted residence and work permits once they reach
PALAEONTOLOGISTS in Spain have extracted large nests of dinosaur eggs, belonging to a species that is believed to have lived some 68 million years ago. Currently, the international team of paleontologists, led by the Aragosaurus Groupare, are extracting a nest that contains at least 12 eggs in northeastern Spain. Around 60 eggs, some believed to
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CELEBRATED chef Jose Andres who scooped Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias Award for his humanitarian work feeding those in the midst of crisis and natural disasters has pledged to donate his winnings to those affected by the volcano in La Palma. The 51-year-old chef and his NGO, World Central Kitchen won the Award of Concord
A BRAND new radio device network has been set up for the local police cars of San Fulgencio in the Vega Baja region of Costa Blanca, an area vulnerable to flooding. San Fulgencio includes La Marina Urbanisation within its boundaries, the popular neighbourhood with the highest concentration of British expats in the area. SAN FULGENCIO
BUILDING of the new CaixaForum has passed the halfway mark within Valencia’s City of Arts and the Sciences complex. 55% of the project has been completed with early July 2022 pencilled in for the forum’s opening. On a site visit, La Caixa Foundation deputy general director, Elisa Duran, said that it would be ‘the most
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FIVE people were detained this Wednesday morning(October 20) in a major Policia Nacional operation against a Mallorca drugs gang. The dealers sold cocaine, crystal meth and other drugs in the Playa de Palma area. The fresh detentions followed the arrest a fortnight ago of two people who supplied the drugs to the peddlers. That operation
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A CAMPAIGN to promote civility and respect for public spaces has been launched in Valencia, amid growing concern over anti-social behaviour at night. Hosteleros, which represents hospitality sector businesses and the NGO Controla Club have joined forces, and their motto is “RESPECT: Enjoy your leisure while respecting the city”. Enormous street drinking gatherings, known as
