January 2022

I HAVE always been keen on maintaining my Christmas traditions. Once again, I spent most of the Christmas and New Year period at the radio station, presenting ‘Best of Shows’, drinking far too much coffee and making clandestine raids on the festive chocolate selection in reception. You can always tell when the Christmas holidays are […]

SURELY there must be something good to come out the COVID-19 pandemic. A worldwide realisation that all of us – governments, anti-vaxxers and Bill Gates alike – are truly together in our battle against the pandemics of the flesh and of the heart. No? Okay, wrong planet. But at least one Spanish company have made

MANY readers will remember their early laughable attempts at speaking Spanish on arrival in Spain. A new TV show The Language of Love takes this to a new level, hoping a group of Brits and Spaniards can find love while living together here. In the show, hosted by Davina McCall, a dozen girls and boys

A LEGION of politicians piled fury on Alberto Garzon’s comments about the quality of Spanish meat because he criticised their two most important loves: gammon and patriotism. But no-one should ignore his claims that mega-farms ruin the environment. His own government ordered an inspection into Spain’s pig farms just last month.  Why? Because the EU

OVER 22,000 coronavirus cases were reported this Friday in the Valencian Community but hospital admissions are over 50% lower than 12 months ago. The regional Health Ministry today announced 22,081 new COVID-19 infections, verified by PCR and antigen tests. On January 14, 2021 there were 6,240 infections. There are early indications that the current infection

WE’RE not saying that left-wing politicians in Spain never lie, just their lies tended to be less satisfying to unpick. Lefty lies in 2021 were far more depressing – like Alberto Garzon’s (Izquierda Unida) lie that Spanish pork was ‘bad quality’ – than the likes of Vox’s leader who accidentally called his own nasty supporter

AN alarming three quarters of the least transparent town halls are in Andalucia. A survey of 500 councils has named and shamed the local authorities that keep their residents in the dark when it comes to spending their cash and complying with regulations. Some 15 out of the worst 20 offenders are in the south

HALF of Spain will feel the chill this Saturday (January 15) as AEMET issues yellow weather warnings for ‘low temperatures’. Swathes of regions in Castilla y Leon, La Rioja, Navarra, Aragon, Castilla–La Mancha, Catalunya, the Valencian Community and the Balearic Islands are all expecting a cold blast to last until Monday. Guadalajara in Castilla–La Mancha

MURCIA’S current COVID-19 restrictions will be maintained until February 4. The region’s Superior Court has approved the extension of the measures which were due to expire this Friday night. Indoor capacity for hospitality and nightlife businesses will be a maximum of 75%. Dancing is not permitted and table maximums stay at ten people indoors and

THE Rock is considering turning to lateral flow home testing for COVID as the GHA works to increase testing capacity. But the measure will not be introduced yet and COVID-19 tests will continue to be available only through the GHA or private clinics, said Director of Public Health, Helen Carter.  “The successful control of the