A 63-year-old motorcyclist had to have a leg amputated after a drugged-up driver collided with him in Mutxamel, Alicante Province. The crash happened on July 28 on Calle Periclasa. Witnesses said a car veered onto the wrong side of the road and hit the biker head-on. The motorist failed to stop with the motorcyclist suffering […]
THERE will be a 30% reduction on bus and train prices from September 1, the Junta de Andalucia has announced. The discount will be applied to travel cards and means that the cost of a suburban bus journey within Malaga will be 57 cent, down from the current cost of 82. The measure is aimed
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IN the wake of headlines sparking outrage over ‘new rules’ that mean Brits are required to show proof of finances on entry, Spain’s Tourist Office has released a statement to ‘set the record straight’. As the summer holidays approached, a spate of alarmist headlines appeared warning holidaymakers heading to Spain that they could be turned
THE current heatwave has seen a record temperature high for the waters of the Mar Menor lagoon in Murcia. The Mar Menor Scientific Committee said on Monday that lagoon water temperatures reached an average high of 31.25 degrees on July 28. That’s the highest figure recorded since data started being collated with some very shallow
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THE Laguna de Fuente de Piedra nature reserve hosted the return of the traditional ringing of flamingo chicks after a two year Covid hiatus. Photo: Cordon Press The custom involves the placing of plastic rings with digits on the hatchlings that allow them to be tracked. Photo: Cordon Press Since 1986, some 20,000 flamencos have
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NEWLY discovered art engravings found just outside Barcelona have been dated at 14,000 years old. Archaeologists from the Autonomous University of Barcelona made the discovery of the ancient engravings earlier this week and have now determined they were engraved during the Upper Paleolithic era. In addition a full 3D scan revealed the engravings were of
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A 10-year-old girl died on Sunday after falling from an eighth-floor balcony of a Valencia City apartment. The accident happened at around 8.00 am in the Patraix district of the city. The youngster lived in the apartment with her parents and several children. A neighbour tried to help the child before paramedics arrived, but nothing
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GIBRALTAR Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has won a libel case against a Vox politician. The chief minister was awarded damages of £20,000 to be paid Augustin Rosety Fernandez de Castro, the 75-year-old Cadiz Member of Parliament for the far-right party. Picardo took action after the posting by the politician of tweets Picardo deemed to be
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Villa Benitachell / Benitatxell, Alicante 4 beds 4 baths € 521,000 Renovated villa with sea views and a private pool located in the Camelia’s Residential of 294 M2 built (190 M2 of housing, 80 M2 of the terrace, 24 M2 of the garage, and a plot of 763 M2), the villa consists of
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SPAIN’S health authorities have reported the second death related to monkeypox within two days. Both fatalities were young men, confirmed the Health Ministry in Madrid on Saturday. The first death was reported on Friday and occurred in the Valencia region. Authorities there said the cause of death was encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain associated
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