October 2023

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AN OPERA production in Barcelona has hired an experienced ‘intimacy director’ to ensure performers are comfortable taking part in passionate scenes- a first for Spain in any live or recorded entertainment. The role’s creation came after the #MeToo movement rocked Hollywood but also the opera world with sexual harassment accusations involving the likes of Spain’s

A PHONE app that could help save the life of a food allergy sufferer has been inspired by a Cadiz allergy specialist thanks to treating a girl whose father is into modern technology. The free app called AllergApp can ‘prevent scares and save lives’ according to the creators. Around 3% of children are susceptible to

KITCHEN hellraiser Gordon Ramsay has returned from an around-the-world culinary odyssey – and put the dish he tried in Madrid right at the top. He concluded that the top three dishes in the world emanate from Laos, Vietnam and Spain – specifically the Spanish capital. The celebrated chef highlighted Madrid’s famous ‘cocido madrileño’, which is

A MINOR has been arrested in Barcelona province on suspicion of using artificial intelligence to create child pornography. The youngster is thought to have been taking photos of children from his window and then using the ‘deep fake’ technology to turn the images into content of a sexual nature.  According to the National Police, the

THIS is the moment a Spanish police officer is willingly tasered by colleagues as part of a bizarre training session. A video from Civil Guard training in Seville this week shows an officer being shot in the back with the electrical weapon – sending bolts of electricity charging through his body. He screams in agony

BIZARRE dolls depicting monkeys dressed in baby clothes have sparked a racism debate in southern Spain. A stall at the San Pedro Feria in Marbella was pictured selling the odd souvenirs next to dolls that mostly depicted black children. This led observers to accuse the seller of making a clear comparison between black people and

A TEAM of researchers from the University of La Rioja have found a site of swimming dinosaur prints in northern Spain- of which there is very little evidence in the world. Paleontologist Pablo Navarro Lorbes discovered the site in the La Rioja town of Laguna de Cameros with help from the municipality’s residents in 2020.

A PROTEST by firefighters in the Galician city of Ourense descended into violent clashes with riot police on Monday, leaving several injured after officers charged against the firemen.  The incident took place as the 200 or so striking fire crews tried to access the Provincial Council building in the northwestern city, pulling down barriers and

AN ELUSIVE thief who went on a systemic campaign of stealing from Mercadona supermarket shoppers in Alicante province has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. The 42-year-old man from Elda had a catalogue of 150 similar offences to his name leading to a court order which decreed he should stay 500 metres away from Mercadona