THE UNUSUALLY warm weather registered in Spain during the month of April are continuing into May, with an ‘episode of high temperatures and a lack of rain,’ according to the Aemet state weather agency. On Tuesday, for example, May 2, temperatures are between 1ºC and 3ºC higher than average in parts of the country. In […]
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THE STRANGE site of giant fruits and vegetables have greeted people around Valencia city allowing plenty of unusual photo opportunities. It’s a novel way of celebrating the 95th anniversary of the city’s Central Market which opened for trading in 1928. The most interesting images can be entered to win a prize by uploading them to
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A VIOLENT British gangster who a judge let loose on the streets of the Costa del Sol was, incredibly, already on bail over a separate attempted murder nearby last September. The armed thug, who has TWICE drawn guns on police sent to arrest him, was bailed last week on manslaughter charges after throwing the punch
A LEADING politician and a number of leading lawyers are among the high-profile investors of a collapsed crypto scam that has shaken the Rock. According to a report in the Financial Times various investors ‘occupied positions of influence in legal and political circles’ in Gibraltar. “At least one investor was a sitting member of the
SIX INDIAN NATIONALS have been arrested after a street fight between employees from two Indian fruit minimarkets in Can Pastilla (Palma). A total of 15 employees of the two shops clashed in a fight using knives, sticks and an iron bar on the early morning of Tuesday. Members of the public believe the brawl started
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HEADS along the Marbella promenade have turned and been craned upwards at a passing giant that closely resembled NBA legend Michael Jordan. Sauntering along in white sun hat and flanked by two men of almost equal size, only a few passersby suspected that they might be in the presence of sporting royalty. Michael Jordan enjoyed
A WAR OF WORDS has broken out between politicians in Seville and Zaragoza over which of the Spanish cities is the fourth-largest in the country. The row, which comes in the run-up to local and regional elections on May 28, has been sparked by provisional population figures based on the municipal roll (padron) as at
A PROJECT to conserve and raise numbers of the gallipato amphibian is getting positive results in the Valencian Community. The gallipato- part of the salamander family- is one of the most threatened amphibians in the region and is on various watch lists for species that could disappear. Bioparc Valencia has been working with the Valencian
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EXPERTS have been taking water samples at the port of Denia to work out why the water has turned a muddy brown colour. Members of the Denia Policia Local’s Environmental Unit along with scientists from the Montgo Scientific Station got into the murky waters on Tuesday to find out the source of the discoloured liquid.
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A 43-YEAR-OLD Chiva (Valencia) neighbour has been arrested after allegedly scamming three people over €80,000 by faking car sales. It is believed that his first victim, a Benetusser resident, was asked to pay €4,500 to formalise the purchase of a car that she never got. The accused is alleged to have later done the same
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