December 2021

Ancient temple where oracle predicted Julius Caeser’s world domination discovered beneath waves in Spain’s Cadiz

SEVILLE University have found ruins of a temple in the Bay of Cadiz that could have housed the most famous sanctuary in ancient Spain. Researchers used free terrain modelling software to find a submerged rectangular structure between San Fernando and Chiclana de la Frontera. The location fits with history and myth as the site of […]

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Las Tablas de Daimiel: How Spain’s precious wetlands have been sucked dry

THE unique wetlands, Las Tablas de Daimiel, in the central plains of Castilla-la Mancha, have nearly completely dried up over the past three years as its water has been re-routed for agricultural use. The wetlands were previously home to many species of birds and wildlife such as ducks, herons, egrets and freshwater crayfish, but now

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EXCLUSIVE: Incredible survival movie about Andes plane crash to be filmed on location in Spain’s Sierra Nevada

IT is one of the most harrowing tales of survival ever told. The incredible 1972 ordeal of the Uruguayan rugby team who managed to survive a plane crash in the Andes of Chile, in part by eating their dead colleagues. Now, thanks to Spanish director JA Bayona (Jurassic World and the Impossible), a Netflix movie

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Sergio Dalma joins the Starlite lineup with a concert in Malaga on June 18

STARLITE Catalana Occidente’s summer concert series has unveiled the latest act to join its all-star line-up in 2022. Catalunya singer Sergio Dalma will take part in the series of concerts that will take place will take place from June 11 to August 3 over the summer.  He will join the likes of C. Tangana, Il

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Mother murdered new born twins by dumping them in a bag at her Costa Blanca home in Spain

A woman has been convicted of killing her newborn twins at her family home in Elche. The Alicante Provincial Court jury found the 30-year-old guilty of committing the double homicide in January 2020. Prosecutors have requested a 40 year prison sentence. She managed to keep her unwanted pregnancy secret from her family despite putting on

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Two violent bullies viciously attack younger children at same Costa Blanca school in Spain

TWO teenage bullies have been arrested by the Policia Nacional after separate assaults against younger children at the same Alicante school. The attacks happened within days of each at the unnamed educational centre. Police praised school children for calling them after witnessing the assaults. Officers from the Policia Nacional’s Citizen Participation Unit gave a talk

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WATCH: Police in Spain swoop in on drug trafficker who lived life of luxury in Barcelona

SPANISH police have arrested a ‘most-wanted’ international drug trafficker who used proceeds of illicit trade to live a luxury lifestyle of fast cars, private yachts and high-end watches. The Guardia Civil said that the arrest of Moroccan Fikri Amellah in a dawn raid on his Barcelona apartment on Tuesday followed a two year investigation in

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Dates discovered growing in palm grove on Spain’s Costa Blanca described as ‘exceptional’

TWO indigenous varieties of date have been discovered at the Palmeral de Orihuela and already described as “exceptional”. Named ‘Oriol’ and ‘Bolica’, they were selected from samples taken from 35 palm trees throughout the Orihuela orchards to the north of the city. PERFECT DATES: Orihuela officials with some of their palm and olive produce Another

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Police divers find axe and 9cm machete used to stab man, 25, in Spain’s Estepona 

POLICE divers found an axe and machete that is believed to have been used to stab a man during a brutal attack in Estepona,  The knife is thought to have been hurled into the water by the attacker of a 25-year-old man who died was rushed to hospital after being stabbed four times by a

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