March 2023

British woman who lost all limbs in Spain asked if she would accept male hands as transplant

A British woman awaiting a rare double hand transplant after contracting a horror infection in Spain was asked if she’d accept limbs from a man, or a black person.  Kim Smith lost all of her limbs after she contracted sepsis following a common urinary tract infection while she was on holiday in the Alicante region […]

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British arsonist who caused Benidorm natural park blaze gets ten-year ban on entering Spain

A British man will be expelled from Spain for ten years after deliberately starting fires that devastated over two hectares of the Sierra Helada natural park in Benidorm. The expulsion order on the 63-year-old will take effect on May 31, after he was arrested on June 22 last year. The unnamed man- from Scotland- has

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Longest classic car race in Europe roars into Spain’s Ronda tomorrow

Europe’s longest classic car race, the Spain Classic Raid IX, will burn rubber on the streets of Ronda tomorrow. The participants of this race are scheduled to make a pitstop at the town’s bullring on Saturday March 18 before revving on. The route runs from Cadiz to Santander, spanning the length of Spain, over eight

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PIPIN’ HOT: Gibraltar Sea Scouts bagpipe band star at Andre Rieu concert in Spain’s Malaga

THE Gibraltar Sea Scouts bagpipe band made a stunning surprise appearance at a Malaga concert by legendary violinist Andre Rieu. Halfway through the show, the band marched into the Palacio de los Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena, aweing the 10,000 people watching the show. The band then joined the 60 piece Johann Strauss orchestra on

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Spain’s Sevilla airport expects a historic summer of flights this 2023

SEVILLA Airport’s summer season kicks-off on March 26, with a historic schedule that will remain in force until the last weekend of October. In order to cover the forecast summer demand, airlines have scheduled routes to almost 80 destinations, 18 of which are to Spanish cities and another 60 to European and North African cities,

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Authorities in Portugal, Spain bust gang that was illegally trafficking in protected eels

SPAIN’S National Police force has busted a gang that was trafficking in protected species of eels.  The joint operation, which also involved the Portuguese and Galician authorities, seized 400 kilos of elvers, and also found nearly €77,000 in cash.  The main members of the organisation were in Portugal, with links to Spain, and they were

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Committee member for one of Valencia’s ‘fallas’ suffers homophobic attack during fiestas

A MEMBER of one of the committees in charge of creating the huge papier-mache fallas at the Valencia fiestas of the same name has been hospitalised after suffering a homophobic attack at this year’s event.  Tomasos-Carles Cervera was attacked late on Saturday night after being followed by a group of four people who began verbally

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