TWO UK nationals in Spain have been named in the New Year’s Honours list. Beverley Corbett, who is a volunteer at charity Noah’s Ark, has been awarded an MBE, while Michele Masson, who is the president of a charity called Help Vega Baja, has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM). Both have been recognised […]
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A serial sealer targeting tourists in Spain and across Europe has been arrested yet again- this time in Mallorca. His extensive criminal record and focus on airports has led to a judge issuing a restraining order which bans him from setting foot within 500 metres of Palma airport. The 37-year-old man travels under a bogus
PRESENT arms, take aim, fire! When it comes to food, Spain is a warring nation so watch out for that grapeshot – it really does come from the vine! From wine warfare to a ‘Battle of the Flour’, nowhere does it quite like Spain, so if being on the frontline of a frenzied food fight
STAFF working for Mercadona supermarkets in Spain will get a 5.8% salary increase- in line with inflation- this January. Workers got a 6.5% inflation-matching rise at the beginning of the year. Details of next month’s increase were triggered by Friday’s announcement of Spain’s December inflation rate of 5.8%. “The aim is to maintain the purchasing
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A blackmail gang has been arrested in Alicante and Valencia after pocketing over €200,000 by threatening users of an escort website. Six people have been detained by the Policia Nacional with 12 victims identified so far across Spain. Website users who contacted women by phone were called a few days later by gang members posing
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THE southernmost ski resort in Europe, Sierra Nevada, has reached full capacity for the first time this season. This past Wednesday, December 28, the ski resort informed via all its social media platforms that full capacity for the current 27.4 skiable kilometres available—limited to 8,000 skiers—was foreseen for this Thursday, December 29. According to a
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AN elusive teenage thief who robbed 17 holiday apartments in Javea has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. The 19-year-old man showed loads of agility and no vertigo issues to scale apartment block walls to access open windows and balconies. He was difficult to track down as he moved to Javea a year ago and
A BANK in Gibraltar has agreed to refund worried customers who lost up to £2,000 each during a Christmas Day fraud attack. Local residents were horrified to wake up and find that money had inexplicably drained out of their Natwest accounts. At least 12 Natwest account holders reported losing a total of nearly £18,000 during
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Colds and the flu are spreading like wildfire through Malaga as the citizens prepare to welcome in the new year. Primary healthcare and emergency care centres have been seeing a significant increase in respiratory infections caused by the viruses. Cases of colds and flu have shot up in December and emergency care centres are receiving
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A SPINSTER who died in Spain’s Valencia region at the age of 100 on October 1, 1988 left behind no will, but a considerable inheritance. It has taken 34 years to decide who the money should go to. Josefa Martell, known according to Spanish daily El Pais as ‘la tia Pepa’, or ‘Aunty Pepa’, never
