November 2021

DELAYS in treatments for patients in the Malaga public health system are likely to continue for months due to a backlog of cases caused by the COVID pandemic. A spokesperson for Málaga Accessible, an association that brings together more than 70 patient organisations, has demanded: “a crash plan” to fix the problem that would involve everything from primary to […]

IT’S one hundred metres, and 300 slippery spiralling steps, to reach the bottom of the siege tunnel of the Casa del Rey Moro. Ronda building front – Cordon Press One of various escape routes out of Ronda during times of siege, there is no better reminder of Ronda’s fascinating historical past. A must-visit, alongside the

PALMA de Mallorca International airport was closed to air traffic on the night of Friday, November 5, after more than twenty passengers escaped from a flight that had landed from Morocco and ran across the runways. The airport was closed for at least three hours as police cordoned off the area and searched for the

IN JUST two months they have transformed from blind hairless pink-skinned creatures to bouncing fluffy bundles of black and white cuteness. And now they need names. Madrid Zoo have opened a competition to name their latest arrivals, twin Giant Pandas who were born on September 6 and are now two months old. The competition is

POLICE have arrested a Yemani man in Cartagena who kidnapped two of his nieces in 2014 and travelled around the world with them. The man, 54, left Yeman eight years ago and also took his two daughters. All four were subjected to isolation and had little contact with anybody. Police officers rescued the girls from

A Columbian-led cocaine gang has been busted by the Policia Nacional on the Costa Blanca. They’ve been accused of large-scale drug trafficking as they distributed cocaine in the Alicante and Villajoyosa areas. They also face money laundering charges. The Policia Nacional said the crew led a ‘life of luxury’ off the profits they made. Three

BENIDORM will host Spain’s search for a winning Eurovision Song Contest entry for at least four years. Broadcaster, RTVE, signed an agreement in July with Valencian president, Ximo Puig, and Benidorm mayor, Toni Perez, for what it described as an ‘annual meeting point for the promotion of Spanish music’. That was taken to mean a

RYANAIR has announced that it will operate more flights to Spanish destinations from East Midlands airport next year. The Irish no-frills carrier, headed by controversial CEO, Michael O’Leary, will offer 130 weekly flights, featuring British holidaymakers favourite summer destinations such as Alicante, Barcelona, Lanzarote, Malaga, Majorca, Rhodes and Tenerife. Spain is one of the UK’s top

THERE is an unusual sight in Vejer this week where each day from dawn to dusk a figure draped from head to toe in scarlet red cloth will be found making a silent protest in the Plaza España. The presence of this ‘red rebel’ serves as a reminder for the very grave climate crisis we

A HOMELESS immigrant from Ghana was shot dead by police in the Madrid district of Villaverde on Friday morning provoking accusations of racism over the killing. The 44-year-old man, who has been identified only by his initials I.M, was shot several times by police at the doors of a health centre after he reportedly attacked