May 2023

ORCA whales caused major damage to a boat off the southern Andalucia coast on Thursday, according to the maritime rescue service. It’s the latest in a string of similar incidents that have happened this year. Orcas though classified as killer whales are an endangered species that belong to the dolphin family and grow to be […]

A HEAVY storm has caused severe flooding in the Murcia town of Molina de Segura, prompting its mayor to ask the national government to declare the area as an emergency zone. Molina mayor, Eliseo Garcia, said the move would allow quicker processing for compensation and repairs caused by the storms. The rain reached levels of

TWO men aged 23 and 24 have been arrested for sexually assaulting a woman in Adra (Almeria) last May 14.  It has been reported that the victim met the two alleged attackers at a party and was taken in their car to an area near the edge of a cliff.   The accused are said to

A WOMAN was assaulted and robbed of her purse and wallet in Batan (Madrid) on Wednesday night (May 24).  The incident took place only two days after another woman, aged 67, was also robbed of her purse in the same area.  A third one (60) had previously been mugged after being pushed to the ground

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A study by IE University and the Spanish Golf Courses Association has shown that golf tourists have invested €4.2 billion in Spanish property, purchasing more than 280,000 homes. Britons top the list of foreigners taking to the fairways in Spain, while Irish golfers are the ones who spend most per day while holidaying here. In

SPECIAL boxes have been installed at traffic lights to help visually impaired pedestrians cross La Manga’s Gran Via. The enhanced lights are at pedestrian crossings next to the municipal library, the Plaza Bohemia and the Villas La Manga hotel. The award-winning Pasblue unit is a small box which is activated by users via their mobile

CONSTRUCTION work has started on a breakwater at the mouth of Molinell river in the Oliva and Denia area to protect and restore sand to Denia’s Les Deveses beach. The beach has been hit with some of the Valencian Community’s worst coastal erosion down the years, with some sections having totally disappeared. Machines are already

BESTSELLING Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has won this year’s Princess of Asturias Award for literature. The Princess of Asturias Award jury praised the ‘uniqueness’ of the 72-year-old Kyoto-born writer’s essays, short stories and novels, which have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold millions of copies. The €50,000 award is one of eight

THE Guardia Civil have recovered 17 stolen racing pigeons in Massanassa all because a getaway vehicle used by the thieves was travelling very slowly. An overnight Guardia patrol was monitoring industrial estates when they stopped a suspicious slow-moving car. Inside they saw 17 pigeons flapping around with no cages to keep them safe. Two men