September 2022

Marijuana plantation found inside Valencian home after owner refused to pay electricity bill

A MARIJUANA plantation inside a home was discovered when the owner refused to pay their electricity bill. The house in the quiet Valencian town of Albalat Dels Tarongers was raided with police finding more than 750 potted plants and almost 2,500 buds. Officers say the ‘farmer’ had put in place a special heating system as […]

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LET’S EXPLORE SPAIN: HOW MALAGA’S COLOURFUL AXARQUIA REGION AWAKENED FROM ITS SLUMBER

By David Baird WAKING up on the summit of El Lucero is a little like having a ringside seat at the birth of the world. As the dawn sky shifts from purple to gold, you glimpse the mountains of Africa rising on the horizon above a silver sea. To the north pine forests swim in

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New cases of West Nile virus detected in Spain’s Tarragona province 

The public health department in Catalonia has detected one confirmed case and one possible case of West Nile virus in Tarragona province, news agency EFE reported. Both of the patients are said to be doing well.  A 90-year-old man from Reus has been confirmed to have the virus and his wife, 85, is the suspected

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Police arrive late to shootout in Gibraltar Campo city of Spain’s Algeciras

POLICE are investigating a number of shootouts reported by residents in three neighbourhoods of Algeciras on Thursday. National Police agents found a number of bullet casings and a gun cartridge at the scene of the shootings, believed to be carried out by rival gangs. Residents raised the alarm by calling the 112 emergency switchboard. But

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Aft of wrecked ship to be lowered to seabed to prevent more pollution during weekend storm

GIBRALTAR authorities have agreed to lower the aft section of the beached OS 35 bulk carrier to the seabed before an incoming storm on the weekend. Both the Gibraltar Government and its port authority agreed to a heavy weather plan drafted by salvage company Resolve in order to avoid further damage to the ship and

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Spain’s monarch Felipe will coincide with father Juan Carlos at Buckingham Palace reception and Queen Elizabeth’s funeral

SPAIN’S King Felipe VI will coincide with his father, disgraced emeritus king Juan Carlos, at a reception in Buckingham Palace on Sunday. The pair, along with their wives, will all be travelling to the English capital for the funeral the next day of Queen Elizabeth II.  The presence of Juan Carlos at the event poses

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Spain’s Malaga Dog Party returns after two years hiatus due to pandemic

MALAGA City Council has announced that the Malaga Dog Party, an event that is described as ‘one hundred percent’ about animal protection and seeks to ‘raise awareness’ of some of the issues surrounding dog adoption, will once again take place after a two year hiatus due to the pandemic. Live music, parades, talks, a raffle,

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WATCH: Guardia Civil chopper picks up body of Brit who fell 120m to his death from a cliff in Spain’s Formentera

A MAN who fell 120 metres to his death while visiting a lighthouse on the eastern edge of remote Balearic island Formentera, has now been confirmed to be British. Authorities at first described the 55-year-old as Lebanese but later identified him as having a UK passport and that he had lived in London. He had

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