A PIPING hot raclette, a burger and chips and a few stale tapas used to be the basic offering in the Sierra Nevada two decades ago. Today a Moroccan Harira soup, ramen and gyozas or a spicy red tuna burrito are more likely to be on the menu for your evening’s grazing. Just as the […]
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POLICE have re-arrested the criminal mastermind of a gang who allegedly stole luxury cars on the Costa del Sol and sold them to drug smugglers soon after his release from prison. Policia Nacional detectives cottoned on to the connection between the sharp increase of four-wheel drive car robberies and the man’s recent release from prison
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IF you live in the Torrevieja area of Alicante Province, then it is highly likely you may have come across over 20 collection points in shops and bars for the Helping Hand Food Bank charity. It provides food, clothing and essential hygiene goods to local needy families. Unsurprisingly things get even busier over the Christmas
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It is a special feeling to walk down Calle Marques de Larios in central Malaga and see golden heavenly angels above your head and groups of excited people dancing in the street. It immediately evokes that pure childlike joy every kid experienced when they bounced out of bed on Christmas mornings and headed straight for
THE release of the new Netflix documentary, Harry & Meghan, has set off a firestorm – but not perhaps the one people expected. A school girl TikTok user was shocked and incredulous to see that the Spanish name for the series translated Harry’s name, raising the ire of a firestorm among indignant Spanish users. “In
A man who murdered his wife after lacing her glass of sangria with MDMA before drowning her in a jacuzzi in Menorca has been jailed for 25 years. Throughout the trial Eduardo Enrique Estela pleaded his innocence, claiming the 2018 incident was accidental and that he and his wife had both deliberately wanted to get
THE galleries of the Russian Museum in Malaga once again displays Russian art, but this time without works on loan from the State Museum of St Petersburg, rather from British art collector Jenny Green. Back in May, after seven years of alliance between Malaga City Council and the State Museum of St Petersburg, Malaga returned
Flat Capdepera, Majorca 2 beds 1 baths € 220,000 Fantastic apartment only 200m from the wonderful beach of Font de sa Cala. This apartment is located on the fourth floor of an apartment complex with elevator. Upon entering the apartment we find the living room and access to a terrace with enough space
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CHRISTMAS cards sent by Spain’s Royal Family this year have a sisterly touch about them on the front. The card chosen by King Felipe and Queen Letizia for the 2022 festive season features a photo of Princess Leonor, 17, and Infanta Sofía, 15, taken at Madrid’s Zarzuela Palace in the autumn. The teenagers are seen
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A British ‘Good Samaritan’ may have saved the life of an elderly Czech homeless man living with his dog in a cold seaside Civil War bunker. Retired police officer, Derek Hepple, 80, lives next to Santa Pola’s Tamarit beach in Alicante Province and came across ‘George’ a month ago on his daily coastline walks. He’s
