January 2022

A GERMAN TV investigation has uncovered a series of fresh witnesses and information linking a convicted paedophile to the snatching of Madeleine McCann. The documentary will provide ‘shocking’ new evidence that heavily incriminates career criminal Christian Brueckner. Numerous close friends and associates of the rapist, 45, will explain why German prosecutors are ‘100% sure’ he […]

FOR many people a trip to Madrid or a week on the Algarve is an adventure now the pandemic is, hopefully, starting to ease.  And then there are those who want to stretch themselves and do something really out of the ordinary. Well saddle up and head for a riding escape in the Sierra Morena,

SPAIN is clamping down on the advertising of unregulated cryptocurrency investments. Concerns about investors being ripped-off by bogus claims have prompted a new rule that obliges all crypto advertisements in the country to carry a warning from February 17. The CNMV, the government agency that regulates securities markets in Spain says that the following disclaimer

A traditional ceremony involving horses jumping through bonfires returned on Sunday to the Avila area of central Spain. Las Luminarias celebrates Spain’s patron saint of animals, San Anton, and was cancelled in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event, staged for over 200 years, saw 120 horses going through the cobbled village streets of

FAMILIES in Spain have been warned to be on their guard, as burglars have found a new technique to get into people’s homes. The thieves are using a sneaky trick involving glue to work out if anyone is at home. Taking to Twitter, the National Police have warned of a new method being used by thieves, which

POLICE in Spain have arrested an alleged drug kingpin in one of the major heroin busts in recent years.  Known as the Pablo Escobar of Spain, the ringleader was intercepted at a gas station near Toledo, with 85 packages containing 55 kilograms of heroin in the car.  Escobar, the Colombian drug lord of the 1980s,

AN Alicante area teenage boy has been arrested by the Policia Nacional over online sextortion. The boy, 17, from Alcoy used eight bogus social media profiles to pretend he was a female. At least five victims were blackmailed over intimate material, with the possibility that others suffered at his hands. The teenage boy was aged

THOUSANDS of new and updated maps of the Sierra de Orihuela have been produced by the local city council. Previously uncharted trails, ravines, climbing areas and cycle routes are now highlighted, some four years after the last version was produced. The new Sierra de Orihuela map also includes tips for practising mountain sports to prevent

A bogus gas inspector has been caught in Denia with police warning residents to be careful over who they let into their homes. The fraudster tricked elderly expats in the Calle Corneta area of the city into believing that he was carrying out legitimate checks and maintenance. Home owners were told that he had to

Finca/Country House Cómpeta, Málaga   2 beds   1 baths € 195,000 Charming country villa between Cómpeta and Torrox with a total of 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1 kitchen and 1 living room. Fantastic views of the mountains and surrounding countryside. Private pool. Interior: The villa is distributed all on one level. The interior accommodation