October 2023

A FRENCH senator has called for Brits who have owned second homes in France from before Brexit to be granted ‘special status’. The proposal could become part of a new immigration bill that is expected to be presented to the French parliament shortly. It would be music to the ears of high-spending Brits in France, […]

AN out-of-control bus mounted the pavement in Cadiz and ploughed into pedestrians killing three. Two more were severely injured in the incident, which occurred at approximately 4:00pm today when a bus was entering Cádiz via the Constitution of 1812 bridge. The bus veered into the oncoming lane of Avenida de las Cortes de Cádiz, ploughing

THE MAYOR of Pantoja in Toledo province faces a Guardia Civil sanction for carrying a large shotgun during his town’s fiesta parade. The Partido Popular’s Julian Torrejon carried the unloaded weapon during the parade of floats on September 25, with the opposition PSOE socialists describing his behaviour as ‘unusual and unjustifiable’. Video footage and photos

ANIMAL lovers are up in arms after a horse which had been abused and abandoned in the middle of Almeria city was rescued moments before death. The mare had been callously tied to a lamppost without food or water on Avenida del Mar in the La Chanca neighbourhood on Saturday. Eventually, starving and emaciated, it

A YOUNG woman has become the first known person in Spain to be fined for breaking the new Animal Welfare law, but she ended up being let off. The Policia Local in Ronda de don Bosco, Vigo, spotted her Dalmatian dog tied up outside a pharmacy for a few minutes and gave her a €500

RESIDENTS of one Fuengirola neighbourhood have been marvelling at the handiwork of a local ‘graffiti-loving troublemaker’ who has livened up the streets with an incredible, full-building mural. Proud Fuengirola native Alejandro Bermejo del Río, better known as Not Japi, was sought out by the town hall after they saw his previous murals in and around

ELCHE startup PLD Space launched the first-ever private European rocket into orbit on Saturday morning. After two postponements in the spring, the first launch of Miura 1 took place at 2.19am from Huelva. The flight lasted 306 seconds with Miura 1 reaching a maximum altitude of 46 kilometres, before falling back down to Earth and

THE OLDEST pair of shoes in Europe found in a Granada area cave may be much older than first thought, according to scientists. Experts used carbon-dating techniques on 76 objects from the Cueva de los Murcielagos, at Albuñol which were dug out by miners in the 19th century. About 20 pairs of the sandals are

SPAIN experienced its hottest summer last year in 700 years, according to analysis of tree rings from north-east Spain which contain key insights about weather and precipitation. The data was collated by experts from the National Research Council after the summer of 2022 featured record high temperatures due to hot air mass coming from North

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