IF a book before bedtime helps whisk you off to the most beautiful and bizarre parts of your imagination, then you’ll be spoilt for choice at this Spanish literary hub, which was just voted as one of the most beautiful bookshops in the world. Located in the historic centre of Lleida, west Catalunya, kooky book […]
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Police in Gibraltar have arrested five people on suspicion of offences relating to the possession and distribution of indecent images of children. Detectives from the Royal Gibraltar Police arrested three Gibraltarian men aged 38, 24 and 19, a Gibraltarian woman aged 36 and a Spanish women aged 30. They also carried out searches of two
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GUARDAMAR will see the return of Hallowe’en activities this year, after missing out in 2020 due to Covid restrictions. María Venerdi and Mª Carmen Durán, from the Department of Festivities and Youth, have organized what they call a “passage of terror” for October 31st. The route has been prepared for children between the ages of
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A broken gate creaks and a sudden gust of wind sends a flurry of dirt skitting into the air. Out of the corner of my eye I see a flash of movement through a broken window and cautiously approach the long abandoned building with my heartbeat pounding loudly in my ear. We are in El
A BOUNCER has been sentenced to nine years in prison for leaving a client in a vegetative state during a nightclub brawl. The injuries occurred on July 20,2014 when a fight broke out between patrons at a club in Alcossebre, a seaside town of 6,000 residents, located in Castellon. The convicted man, alongside two other
A British care giver has been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Murcia after a 90-year-old British woman gave her house and savings. The Guardia said that the Mazarron-based carer exploited elderly British expats who had no family members and could not speak Spanish. She ran a homecare business and was arrested with a Spanish
THIEVES have stolen millions of euros worth of wine from a luxury hotel in Caceres. The wine cellar at Atrio de Caceres where a bottle of Chateau d’Yquem from 1806 costs more than €300,000, was raided soon after 1.30am on Wednesday. A man and a woman entered the hotel and posed as guests, ordering food
A MAN has been arrested over the death of a nine-year-old boy in La Rioja. Francisco Javier A. L, 54, who has previously served time in prison after killing a real estate agent in Logrono in 1998, who cuffed on suspicion of murder by police late on Thursday night (October 28). A number of witnesses
ROJALES Policia Local surprised a woman when she was found driving on the wrong side of the road. The municipality includes the popular urbanisation of Ciudad Quesada, well-known for its high percentage of British expat residents. When stopped and breathalyzed, the 33-year-old was found to be FIVE times over the legally prescribed limit. Police reports
POLICE witnessed a thief doing a good Spiderman impression as he tried to escape down the wall of an Alicante apartment block. A Policia Nacional patrol was dispatched to the building in the northern part of the city after a security alarm was triggered. The alarm call centre told police that they had video footage
