December 2021

THE family of a British woman who died after falling from a Benidorm hotel said they ‘set a place at the table’ for her as they endured their fifth Christmas without her. Kirsty Maxwell fell to her death on April 2017 after plummeting from the 10th floor apartment occupied by five men from Nottingham while […]

AN alleged armed robber made off with €600 following a raid of a cash machine inside a bank in Malaga.  A 55-year-old man armed with a fake gun burst into bank in Teatinos, Malaga, threatened a man and then fled with bundles of cash in the horror assault, said police.  The drama happened when the

A BENALMADENA family are lucky to be alive after an electrical device sparked a huge fire which burned down part of their house on Boxing Day.  The family of four are now receiving treatment in hospital after a fire tore through their home on the Costa del Sol.  Emergency services were called to reports of a

WHEN it comes to popular representations of bandits, gangs, and other notorious outlaws, English-speakers might initially think of England, with the legendary tales of Robin Hood and his merry men cheerfully battling the Sheriff of Nottingham. Or perhaps the street gangs of the early 1900s recently made prominent by TV show Peaky Blinders capture the

HUNDREDS of protestors took to the streets on Christmas Day in Barcelona in anger at new restrictions imposed by the regional government in a bid to slow the spread of infections amid the more contagious omicron variant.. Spain’s northeastern region  reimposed a curfew from Christmas Eve as well as the need to show COVID-19 vaccine

Apartment Marbella, Málaga   2 beds   2 baths € 235,000 Nicely refurbished corner apartment, fully equipped kichen opening to the sitting room with dining room area. Master bedroom with bathroom en-suite. Guest bedroom with bathroom and with shower. Terrace facing east with views over the garden and the pool, small garden area for private

SOHO BOUTIQUE Hotels have a brand new VIP guest in the form of Hollywood production company Global Television Operations. As part of a year-long project to make seven TV dramas in and around Andalucia, some 10,000 night’s worth of rooms have been booked exclusively with the boutique hotel group. Cast members and production crew will

YOU won’t find mince pies or heavy fruit cake in Spain at Christmas, instead the ubiquitous seasonal cake is a Roscon de Reyes, a deliciously festive brioche ring that celebrates the arrival of the Three Magi or Three Kings on Epiphany. But Spanish don’t wait until the eve of January 6 to tuck into the

SPAIN has granted protected status to a small oil painting that was on the verge of being sold for a mere €1,500 before an expert stepped in with the suspicion that it could be a long-lost masterpiece by Caravaggio. Earlier this year the Culture Ministry imposed a last minute export ban on the artwork after

ABANDONED historical heritage which, behind fallen facades, conceal invaluable treasures; this is the story of the house of the Orleans-Bourbon, a capricious palace recently included on the red list of ruined heritage. Photo credit: Palacio de Orleans – Borbon, Wikimedia Quite the opposite to how it now stands, the Orleans-Borbon Palace, which rises in the