THE Policia Local of Coria del Rio (Sevilla) have rescued a ‘large’ Sulcata tortoise in the Pudio River, a tributary of the Guadalquivir. The Sulcata tortoise, an Afrotropical species is considered to be the largest land tortoise in Africa as it can reach 85 centimetres in length and 100 kilos in weight and is an […]
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It’s the dream of anyone who is exploring an old house: finding wads of banknotes stuffed away in hiding places. That’s exactly what happened to Toño Piñeiro when he was restoring a property he had purchased in his native Sober, a municipality in Galicia’s Lugo province. But there was a sting in the tail: more
MYSTERIOUS sky lights left Malaga residents stunned yesterday morning, Monday September 5. Reports of ‘an unusual celestial phenomena’ and a ‘ghostly apparition’ flooded social media as two intense spotlights slowly crossed the early morning sky, startling star gazers and early birds alike. “We have never seen anything like it,” sailors and fishermen from La Caleta
THE Mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre, has received, this Monday August 5, the title of Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire (honorary OBE), a distinction awarded by the UK from the hands of its ambassador, Hugh Elliott. During the private ceremony, De la Torre expressed his ‘gratitude’ for the ‘immense
SOME 225 motorists have died in Spain during July and August, 10 more than in the same months of 2019, according to official data. “It is a bad figure. A single death on the road is a price that we cannot and should not assume,” said the Minister of Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska. More drivers have
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THE Starlite festival in Marbella welcomed over 362,000 visitors this summer, 80,000 more than in 2019. Nearly half of those attending concerts (48.3%) were foreigners with an average age of 39. This year Starlite Festival in Marbella received more visitors than in 2019. Image Starlite Festival. International auditors Price Waterhouse Cooper calculated that the festival
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POLICE have arrested a ‘radicalised’ terrorist who was allegedly planning a terrorist attack in Catalunya before returning to Syria. An investigation began at the end of May when a grenade from the Spanish civil war was found in a home in Empuriabrava in Catalunya. Jihadist arrested in Spain’s Girona ‘had plans to carrying out terrorist
TWO children have been arrested for viciously assaulting a 16-year-old boy in Alfafar, Valencia Province early on Monday morning. They stole the victim’s bumbag containing a phone and wallet. Guardia Civil officers found the youngster lying in the middle of a road bleeding profusely following the 3.30 am assault in a park. The teenager from
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POLICE have arrested two international drug lords who were hiding out in luxury. Guardia Civil swooped on the Dutch and Belgian citizens who were lying low in Marbella after cops in their home countries had started an operation against cocaine smugglers. The investigation began in 2020 when the Belgian Federal Police and the Dutch Police
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A woman in her thirties has been arrested in Tenerife for faking her own kidnapping and trying to extort €50,000 from her mother. Four people related to the woman’s partner’s family have also been arrested by the Guardia Civil. She posted a video to her parent with her face stained with fake blood and a
