TWO children and an adult were killed in a fire at a house in Almeria. They all tragically died at the scene of the blaze in El Alquia on Wednesday morning, police said. Emergency services rushed to the home at 00.10am after neighbours reported smoke and flames coming from the roof of a property on […]
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HOW early would you wake up for a prime parking spot? For residents of Calle Nuredduna in the Mallorca capital Palma, getting up long before the sun rises is the only hope of securing local parking. The queue began to form at 6am on Wednesday, November 17 for those hoping to get their hands on
FIVE of the six health districts in Malaga province have recorded an increase in their infection rate. The rise is particularly marked in the Serrania de Ronda, where the incidence has doubled, from an incidence rate of 47.3 recorded last week to a current rate of 90.9 per 100,000 inhabitants, putting this health district at
A CHILD genius who claims he can predict the weather thanks to his peculiar methods has set a date for what he calls the arrival of ‘pure winter’ in Spain. Jorge Rey, who lives in Monasterio de Rodilla, first rose to fame after nailing the exact date of Storm Filomena earlier this year. In another
SPAIN’S Marbella will host the New York Summit on Thursday, November 18, this will be the first time this important Hispanic leadership event has been held outside the United States. The mayor of Marbella, Ángeles Muñoz, and the executive president of the Inspiring Committed Leaders Foundation, Ray Cazorla, introduced news of the event on Thursday
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SPAIN’S Basque region has announced new restrictions on gatherings to control its latest coronavirus wave. The restrictions, announced today, Tuesday, November 16, come months after Spain stood out as a country that had largely reined in the pandemic, mainly due to its high vaccination rate. The virus has spread unevenly in Spain in recent weeks,
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A Mallorca court has ordered Ryanair to pay compensation of €387 to a man barred from a flight because he would not pay a cabin luggage fee. The unnamed traveller wanted to take additional luggage into the flight cabin because it had medical equipment in it to treat his long-term illness. The Ryanair check-in desk
TWO people have been arrested in Valencia Province for human trafficking after Nigerian women were tricked by voodoo rites into becoming sex slaves. A victim originally from Benin City was freed by Policia Nacional officers. Police have arrested a number of Spanish sex slave gangs in recent years in the Valencia region. That includes a
Antonio Banderas is back on stage and has transformed Malaga’s Soho Theatre into 1970s New York for his latest production, the musical ‘Company’. The cast of ‘Company’ Banderas stars alongside a cast of 11 and a live symphony orchestra of 26 musicians conducted by Arturo Díez Boscovich. The Malaga-born actor also directed the play that
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AN irate motorist drove over a Murcia policeman’s foot after being fined for parking in a no-waiting zone. The driver, 62, parked up his car and went inside an Alhama de Murcia property. When he returned outside, he saw a Policia Local officer writing him out a ticket for his transgression. The hot-tempered motorist got
