January 2022

A thief with 20 previous arrests has been detained by the Policia Nacional in Alicante. The 33-year-old woman has eight court warrants out against her. Six courts are involved with two warrants issued in Alcoy and Torrevieja. The other judiciaries are in Benidorm, Marbella, Santander, and Teruel. The thefts were said to be committed between […]

WHEN you open a car bonnet you expect to see the usual things – the engine, battery, wires and windscreen fluid tank. Perhaps the only surprise would be the fault you are trying to fix. But an official police statement is urging drivers to beware of stranger things found lurking under car bonnets. Cops are

THE Junta aims to prohibit by law various acts of animal cruelty in its Animal Welfare Law. The preliminary draft of the Andalucian Animal Welfare Law, which began its processing in the Governing Council last April, has already passed the public exhibition phase and is now pending on its submission to Parliament as a bill

POLICE in Spain revealed how they discovered an unexploded bomb more than 80 years after it was dropped by fascist bombers during the Spanish Civil War thanks to a recollection by an elderly resident. Work was halted on a building in the the town of Maella near Zaragoza after a passing comment by elderly resident

MANACOR city council is one of the most secretive councils in Mallorca according to a nationwide survey of hundreds of  councils. The list names and shames the local authorities which are the least transparent and keep their taxpayers in the dark when it comes to spending their hard earned cash. Manacor scored just 23.5% in

HAVE you seen an orange scarf with holes at each end in Albacete? You will have made thousands of people’s day after social media joined a 75-year-old widower’s search for the lost gift from his wife. Angel began sticking up posters around the regional capital of Albacete after he lost the scarf on January 3.

EXPERTS are urging people to take care when they bid to return to a more healthy lifestyle following the festive excesses. According to specialists, suddenly changing diet in a bid to shed a few pounds can be harmful depending on the method used. Carolina Gonzalez, a nutritional doctor and coach from Madrid provides some tips

THE practice of airlines flying empty planes to keep coveted flight slots has been slammed by a Mallorcan politician. The deputy for MES in Mallorca, Josep Ferra, is calling for the end of so-called ‘ghost flights’, calling them an ‘environmental outrage’ – and has put the blame on the EU. The term ‘ghost flights’ refers

SPAIN produces the most successful football managers in the world, a new study has revealed. Results have been analysed from the top ten club leagues in the world, looking at the nationality of the managers who have won league titles, Champions League, Europa League and the Club World Cup since 2010.  Spain ranked as producing

A CERAMICS search engine has been created by potter Ana Illueca for Valencian potters so they can be more easily found online.  All 106 potters are from all three Valencian provinces and were chosen from 153 applicants. They were chosen by an expert committee led by Jaume Coll Conesa, who is the director of Spain’s