October 2021

BRITS are leaving Spain in droves according to reports in the British tabloid press this week, but is there any evidence that this is actually true?  Whilst it’s fair to say that some will or already have returned home, an inevitability in light of more post-Brexit red tape, is it a trickle or a tsunami? […]

FURIOUS residents are calling for moves to clamp down on ‘scam’ estate agents after expats rallied together to share their experiences of the cheating business.  Expats created a Facebook post about OPAU to explain why their trust in the business has collapsed. Estate agents OPAU, has franchise offices in Murcia, Valencia and Alicante but the

THE Guadalhorce Valley in Coin has been transformed into the fantastical world of His Dark Materials as filming continues for the hit BBC show.  Filming is underway on the third and final season of the massively popular adaptation of Philip Pullman’s beloved fantasy adventure novels. Season 3 will be based on The Amber Spyglass, and

?? POLICE could soon be rushing to get rid of tattoos ­after Spain’s Interior Ministry proposed measures to regulate the appearance of inked officers in the Guardia Civil.  If approved,  cops would be forced to remove any visible body art within one year, including tattoos on their hands, neck and head.  Currently officers are not

THE latest series of the hit Netflix production, The Crown, has already begun filming in Spain and will soon start shooting in Mallorca.  The fifth season of The Crown, which follows the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II, will be released by Netflix in November 2022. Producers have already been on the island scouting

A gynecologist at a Murcia hospital is in trouble after claims that he wrote down that a teenage patient’s current illness was ‘homosexuality’. The 19-year-old woman’s mother is set to file a formal complaint with the Murcian Health Service. A regional LGBT group, Galactyco, has sent written complaints to the Health Service and Murcia’s Ministry

MALLORCA will be hosting the prestigious LOS40 Music Awards 2021 where a whole host of international artists including Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber Ariana Grande, Coldplay and The Weekend are up for nominations.  The glamorous awards ceremony dubbed ‘the biggest music party in the Spanish music industry’ is expected to take place at the Palma Velodrome

DOZENS of women who were secretly filmed urinating in the street during a fiesta in Galicia are demanding justice after the footage was posted on porn sites. The women – who number around 80 – argue that their privacy was breached and took group action calling for the case to be investigated but a judge

POWER firm bosses in Spain are set to meet with a leading government minister to discuss sky-rocketing energy prices. The El Pais newspaper says that Iberdrola, Endesa, and Naturgy CEO’s have been summonsed to face-to-face talks with Ecological Transition minister, Teresa Ribera. That appeared to be confirmed in a statement from Ribera’s department which said

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