January 2022

Tickets go on sale for new low-cost high speed train journeys between Madrid and Valencia in Spain

TICKETS go on sale this Thursday for a new high-speed ‘low-cost’ rail service between Valencia and Madrid. The Avlo service, starting on February 21, is being run by state operator Renfe, who already have AVE fast trains on the same route. Services will depart from Valencia at 09.28, 16:15 and 21:10 hours and from Madrid […]

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2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Santa Eulalia / Santa Eularia with pool garage – € 320,000

Apartment Santa Eulalia / Santa Eularia, Ibiza   2 beds   2 baths € 320,000 FOR SALE***** Great apartment in Es Canar (Santa Eulália), distributed in 2 double bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, large living room, fully equipped kitchen, terrace. The house is in an urbanization with communal pool, has air conditioning and parking included in the

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Six people die in nursing home fire in Valencia area of eastern Spain

SIX nursing home residents have died in a fire at a Valencia area property. 17 people, including emergency workers, needed hospital treatment for burns and smoke inhalation following the blaze in Moncada. Authorities said that three people were seriously ill. The blaze broke out late on Tuesday night at the home in the centre of

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‘He could be your neigbour’: Hunt for 12 most wanted British fugitives believed to be hiding out in Spain

AUTHORITIES have launched a new appeal to find 12 of the UK’s most wanted criminals thought to be hiding out in Spain. Among those on the list are alleged murderers, drug traffickers and violent gangland criminals who trade in firearms and ammunition. The faces of 12 fugitives have been made public on Wednesday in the

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World’s oldest man, Spaniard Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia, dies aged 112—three weeks shy of his 113th birthday

THE world’s oldest man, Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia, from northwestern Spain, has died at his home in Leon this Tuesday, January 18, at the age of 112 years and 341 days. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Garcia was named the oldest living man just four months earlier in September when he

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Two local mayors slam town centre proposals for solar farm on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TORREMENDO’S proposed solar panel farm, set to power hundreds of homes using the sun’s power alone, has been opposed by Orihuela City Mayor, Emilio Bascuñana. He and councillors for Rural Development and the pedánea (mayor) of Torremendo itself, Sonia Bautista, both announced their opposition this week. The facility, destined to occupy an area of ??361,236

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British expat found dead in Spanish home after desperate UK relatives contact friend in Murcia

THE body of a British man was recovered from his Murcia region home after relatives in the UK could not contact him for three days. Emergency services discovered the 68-year-old lying on the ground in his house on the Camposol urbanisation in Mazarron this Tuesday. Worried family members decided to call a friend in the

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Parents shocked as young son gets unauthorised COVID-19 vaccine jab at Valencia school in Spain

PARENTS of a Valencia area child have gone to court after he got an unauthorised COVID-19 vaccination on Monday. The boy attends school in Paterna and his parents are upset he got jabbed despite bringing along a signed document that refused permission for the inoculation. Within hours of his inoculation, court papers were filed. They

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