April 2023

Owner of pit bull dog that killed British woman is arrested in Spain’s Valencia area

THE OWNER of an abandoned pit bull dog that killed a British woman in the Macastre area of Valencia province last February has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. The 35-year-old Spaniard faces reckless homicide and dog abandonment charges. The animal had no microchip identification and the Guardia had to start an extensive process to […]

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Driver accused of killing two people in Madrid city centre hands himself in

A 31 YEAR-OLD MAN accused of running over and killing two people aged 72 and 81 in Madrid city centre last Thursday has handed himself in. He is believed to have driven a car at an extremely high-speed, attempting to escape from the Guardia Civil.  During the chase, the vehicle allegedly ran over two people,

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Police arrest woman who could not pay restaurant bill in Spain’s Valencia

A WOMAN who could not pay a restaurant bill has been arrested by the Valencia Policia Local. The 34-year-old customer spent six hours on Thursday eating and drinking at a restaurant terrace on the city’s Plaza del Mercat. When it came to settling her €68.20 bill, she told the waiter that she could not pay

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Spain’s Malaga to host largest kite exhibition in the world this weekend

MALAGA will paint the sky with colours as it brings together the best kite pilots in the world this weekend. This weekend will see the best classic and acrobatic kite pilots gather on the beaches of Las Acacias and Misericordia for the ‘International Kite Fest.’ The unique kite festival, which kicks starts tomorrow, Saturday 29,

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UK officials meet with Gibraltar’s top ministers to discuss updating the constitution

LEADERS of Gibraltar’s government have had top level meetings with UK officials that will look to ‘update and modernise’ the British territory’s constitution. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and met with the UK Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the Rock. The Committee will ‘conduct an inquiry into the status of the UK’s Overseas Territories

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Drivers warned as 1.3 million trips expected on Andalucian roads during Spain’s Labour Day weekend

SPAIN’S Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) will launch a special traffic operation this Friday, April 28, for the long weekend ahead of Labour Day on Monday in which authorities are expecting 1.3 million long-distance journeys on Andalucian roads. The special safety traffic operation underway aims to ensure compliance with traffic rules, speed, alcohol, use of

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Skeletal remains of a woman stuffed inside a suitcase discovered by gardener near Spain’s Marbella

A GARDENER dug up more than he bargained for when he came across a suitcase containing the skeletal remains of a woman. The grisly discovery was made in an urbanisation in the peaceful town of Benahavis a few miles north of Marbella by gardener Bartolo Gallego on Thursday. Gallego first thought he had come across

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Spain records its hottest-ever April day as country swelters under the unseasonal heat

SPAIN’S blistering late April heatwave has brought the highest-ever recorded temperature for the month- 38.7 degrees. The figure was logged on Thursday at 5.00pm at Cordoba airport in Andalucia. 38 degrees was reached at Fuerteventura airport back in 1980 with April temperatures never exceeding that mark since then. State weather forecaster Aemet believes that the

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Thieves rob hotel guests on Spain’s Costa Blanca by doping them with drugs

TWO thieves targeted Alicante hotel guests with at least six victims being involuntarily drugged. The men- aged 19 and 21- have been arrested in the city by the Policia Nacional and hit with a string of charges. They include robbery with violence, theft, trespassing and crimes against public health involving the drugging of the victims.

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British man taken to hospital after base jump goes wrong at Benidorm hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BRITISH base jumper was injured on Thursday after his leap off the Gran Hotel Bali in Benidorm went badly wrong. The Brit- named by the Informacion newspaper as Rich Mall- was competing in the Base Jumping World Championship at the Gran Hotel Bali. Base jumping is a sport where people jump from fixed objects

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