RESIDENTS IN THE centre of Madrid have long complained about the council’s failure to clean up the rubbish, and pictures of overflowing containers and recycling points are regular fixtures on social media. But now there is a new problem in the Spanish capital: giant rats. As can be seen in a video shared by councillor […]
A proposal for an octopus farm in Spain’s Canary Islands has sparked criticism from scientists who fear for their welfare According to reports by the BBC, confidential documents have revealed plans to raise a million octopuses annually on a farm in the Canary Islands. In the Canary Islands, Nueva Pescanova has formulated plans that involve
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A staggering 273 tonnes of drugs were seized last year and almost 6,000 arrested or investigated for drug trafficking and smuggling across 4,698 police operations in all of Andalucia in 2022, according to shocking figures released by the Spanish Interior Ministry. Running in at a tonne and a third of drugs seized each and every
DENIA is to get a 2,500 seater sports pavilion costing €11.4 million which will be built next to the municipal athletics track. The pavilion would be capable of hosting sporting and non-sporting events, and will be home to a multi-sport central court. Basketball, seven-a-side football, handball, and rhythmic gymnastics will be some of the sports
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A NEW project to create an author directory in Gibraltar will showcase the best writing talent the Rock has to offer. The Ministry of Culture set up the Gibraltar National Book Council (GNBC) earlier this month to promote local literature. The author directory is one of a number of initiatives and projects to support the
WHEN NEWS broke on Wednesday that the vice-premier of the Madrid region was claiming benefits to help pay for his heating bills, despite earning nearly €105,000 a year, leftist parties were clamouring for him to quit. But it has since emerged that the spokesperson for the Mas Madrid group, Monica Garcia, is also benefiting from
COURTS in the province of Spain’s Malaga tried only 11 women for domestic and gender violence during 2022 compared to more than 2,000 men, latest figures revealed. The Spanish justice system only found one of those women guilty of abuse, compared to almost 1,400 men. The staggering comparison came as the General Judicial Council delivered
A brave expat saved the life of an elderly man from a burning apartment building in the Costa del Sol today. Brit Thomas Barnes heroically risked his life to enter the burning building in Fuengirola at midday today and pull out one occupant of the house. But he was unable to rescue a woman in
The Spanish Congress has approved a controversial animal welfare bill that excludes hunting dogs and increases penalties for mistreatment of pets by owners and those working with animals. The law will come into force once it has passed all the necessary approval procedures at which point it will be published by the Official State Gazette
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A 22-year-old man has been arrested in Elche for using fraudulently obtained credit card numbers to rack up €7,000 in charges at a local brothel and hotel. Police in Benidorm received three complaints in a short space of time from people who noticed various charges had been made on their credit cards without authorisation. The
