A motorist has been fined €751 for taking his Mercedes car onto a Santa Pola beach and driving it into the water to tow away his boat. The Santa Pola Policia Local posted a photo of the car on social media along with a copy of the fixed penalty notice issued to the driver. The […]
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SPAIN’S weather agency has activated an alert in the Balearic Islands for a weather phenomenon known as ‘rissaga’ which causes sudden wave swells of at least two metres. The yellow warning means there is a likelihood of between 40% to 70% that a ‘meteotsunami’ will be experienced on the island of Menorca. A meteotsunami is
THE massive fire in the Vall d’Ebo area of Alicante Province is reportedly still ‘very active’ on Tuesday morning. It’s the biggest blaze in a decade in the Valencian Community and was caused by a Saturday night lighting strike. Around 1,500 residents were ordered to leave their homes and they took initial shelter in facilities
BRITISH expat Mike Sedgwick shared his personal experience of taking the Spanish driving test after finding himself among the thousands of Brits left unable to drive legally in Spain due to delays in striking a post-Brexit bilateral deal on driving licence recognition. “I couldn’t wait for the bureaucracy to be agreed on driving licence exchange
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SEVEN people including three children were treated for minor burns and bruises after an explosion on a pleasure boat in Calpe on Monday. The craft had just refuelled in the port with the blast happening after the engine was started up. Emergency services said the boat did not catch fire. The nationalities of the injured
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THE long weekend of August 15 has proved to be particularly tragic for motorcyclists in Andalucia, seeing the region’s roads claim six lives in six accidents since the start of Operation Exit until yesterday, Monday, morning. The latest fatal accident, which has followed a string of similar accidents occurred in the early hours of yesterday
FIREFIGHTERS are often called out to rescue cats stuck in trees or high places, well yesterday, Monday August 15, firefighters from Malaga city were called out to rescue a 25-year-old man who had climbed up a mountain to recover his drone and then couldn’t get down. According to the firefighters, the incident occured in the
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‘PET-friendly’ Fuengirola plans to maintain its free animal adoption initiative, launched three years ago, with its zero-euthanasia policy. Adopting a dog or a cat is free for those registered in the municipality, an initiative launched by the municipal animal shelter in 2019. The measure was originally introduced to make the adoption of the dogs and
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IT isn’t quite the publicity Barcelona was hoping for. A television interview with tourists about what they love about visiting the Catalan capital demonstrated one of the major bugbears. While a holidaymaker shared what he saw as the delights of Barcelona, a man can be seen in the background picking up a rucksack and making
