August 2022

THIS Friday, August 12, kicks off the DGT’s (The Directorate-General for Traffic) Special Operation August 15. More than 7 million vehicle movements are expected over the next few days, stretching the Spanish road network to the limit as summer holidaymakers go about their outbound or return journeys. Between today, from 3pm, and until Monday , […]

A ten-year accumulation of old bed mattresses is being removed from Santa Pola’s eco-park and taken to Europe’s only plant dedicated to mattress recycling. Over 45,000 mattresses are being taken away by the ecoAqua company. Lorries are transferring the mattresses to the recycling plant 100 kilometres away at Ontinyent in Valencia Province. The plant will

A Denia police patrol boat rescued two boys on Wednesday who were drifting out to sea on a windsurfer. The youngsters had one oar and tried to get back to shore, but a combination of the tide and wind took them further away. They had travelled half-a-mile away out to sea. A police Maritime Surveillance

A WILD boar has astonished beachgoers in Malaga after a showy exit out of the sea and onto the sandy beach, before it disappeared again. The persistent high temperatures in Malaga are causing two-legged and four-legged creatures alike to take to the seaside for a cooling dip. And last Wednesday, August 10, was proof that

THE vast majority of younger people in Spain are continuing to live with their parents. Latest figures from the Emancipation Observatory show that only 15.6% of people aged 30 years and under were living independently at the end of 2021. That’s 3% lower than before the Covid-19 pandemic struck in March 2020. The age at

THE archaeological remains of a Roman camp in northwestern Spain have been revealed in their entirety as water levels at the reservoir in Galicia drop in the prolonged drought. Known as Aquis Querquennis, the vast site once served as a fort and military barracks for Roman legions during the building of the Via Nova road

A 59-year-old Pucol man died on Thursday trying to save his daughter after she got into difficulty at a Valencia area swimming blackspot. Firefighters were notified at 11.20 am that two people were trouble in a Manises dam bathing area. Several drownings were recorded there in 2010 and 2016. The father and daughter were swimming

EASYJET pilots in Spain will start a series of weekend strikes on Friday in a row over pay and conditions. Unions want a return to pre-pandemic working conditions and extra negotiations over a new pay agreement. Three 72-hour strikes have been called on successive weekends with the first between August 12 and 14 They will

Apartment Barcelona, Barcelona   3 beds   1 baths € 540,000 We find this spectacular and bright apartment of 95 sqm completely renovated in the Eixample district, in an old renovated building with elevator. It is located in an unbeatable residential area, near the Parc de Joan Miró, the Arenas shopping center and Gran Via.

A drunk lorry driver kept veering his vehicle between lanes for 30 kilometres on two Costa Blanca motorways. When he was pulled over by the Guardia Civil, the 36-year-old man was found to be over twice the alcohol limit for a professional driver. He could get a jail sentence of between six months and two