August 2023

Embattled ‘kisser’ Luis Rubiales could face sex assault charges as top prosecutors in Spain open probe

NATIONAL COURT prosecutors in Madrid have announced a preliminary investigation into suspended RFEF president Luis Rubiales’ forced kiss on World Cup star player Jenni Hermoso a week last Sunday. The probe revolves around whether or not Rubiales committed a crime of ‘sexual assault’. A court statement on Monday said: “Prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation […]

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More than 1.5 million people in Malaga are living with water restrictions as the province suffers from the drought.

ACCORDING to census data, there are 1,717,504 people living in Malaga; of that, one and a half million of them are currently living with some sort of water restriction measure. These restrictions range from cutoffs of water supply at night to a reduction in the use of drinking water for some activities. Of the 103

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TERROR IN MAGALUF: Man with fake gun causes chaos in Magaluf hotel threatening to shoot clients 

A MAN who caused chaos in a hotel in Magaluf by pointing at clients with a fake gun has been arrested in Mallorca.  The accused, a Spanish national in his 30s according to Guardia Civil, entered the hotel holding a simulation Glock gun that was very similar to a real one.  “He entered the hotel

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Three Dutch passengers overpower drunk Spaniard who tried to open emergency door on flight from Spain’s Costa Blanca to Amsterdam.

THREE Dutch travellers overpowered a drunk Spaniard who tried to open the emergency door on a Vueling flight from Alicante-Elche airport to Schipol, Amsterdam last week. They knocked him to the ground and tied him up in the back row with a seat belt.   The plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Paris

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From today, Spain’s popular Mercadona supermarket chain switches its opening times

IN ANOTHER depressing sign that the summer is coming to a close, Spain’s popular Mercadona chain of supermarkets will from today be changing its opening times.  As its summer campaign comes to an end, the closing time of the Spanish retail establishment will no longer be 10pm, but will return to 9.30pm as it was

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Bulls roam free on Spain’s A-3 motorway after transport truck overturns

A GROUP of bulls managed to escape from their transport truck on Monday, after the vehicle suffered an accident on the A-3 motorway near Buñol in Valencia.  Local firefighters confirmed to news agency Europa Press that the animals got free from the transport at around 11.30am after it tipped over.  They entered the motorway after

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BREAKING: Flight chaos as major fault in UK air traffic control systems means passengers in Spain are stuck on planes on runaways with nowhere to go

THE UK’S air traffic control system has experienced major problems on Monday- one of the busiest travel days of the year with the late August bank holiday- with flights to and from Spain either delayed or cancelled. The National Air Traffic Services admitted that it was dealing with ‘technical issues’ and had ‘applied traffic flow

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Police beaten up by angry family and called ‘sons of bitches’ over illegally-parked car in popular tourist spot on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE MAYOR of Guardamar, has condemned a ‘cowardly and senseless’ attack on two Policia Local officers who asked a family at a terrace bar to remove their illegally-parked vehicle. The two officers were beaten up on Sunday at around 7pm on the city’s Avenida de Europa promenade with the Guardia Civil making three arrests in

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Spain’s Costa del Sol sees boom in car rentals as bookings are at a historic high

DATA provided by the National Business Federation of Car Rental with and without driver (Feneval) shows that the Costa del Sol is the leading location for car rental on the Spanish mainland. A striking 80 and 85% of car rentals throughout Andalucia are concentrated on the Costa del Sol. Bookings for rental cars on the

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