SPAIN’S National Weather Agency (Aemet) has recorded October’s highest ever temperatures with many areas of Southern Spain reaching over 37C over the weekend. Cordoba took the top spot, reaching 38.2C. It was closely followed by Badajoz at 38C, Sevilla at 37.5C and Jaen at 37.3C. Marbella, which only reached 27C on Sunday, formerly held the […]
VALENCIA’S oldest market was reopened on Monday by mayor Maria Jose Catala after being closed for five years. Located near the port on the Plaza del Mercado Nuevo, the Grau Market started trading in 1916. It has seen €2.8 million spent on its renovation which should have taken just 12 months but a combination of
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A NEW witness claims he saw Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner running from the rape of a young Irish expat in Portugal. The hotel worker on the Algarve claims he saw the man dressed in black fleeing the apartment block in Portimao at dawn. He was reportedly able to identify him as blonde-haired German expat
PLANS to expand a health centre serving 30,000 patients on the Orihuela Costa have been shelved in favour of seeking a site to build a second centre, but a politician claims that’s not going to happen. The decision was taken by Orihuela’s Partido Popular- Vox council which overturned a proposal to extend the current facility
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AN anti-tourism campaign in Marbella is targeting cars with UK number plates by slashing their tyres and daubing them with graffiti – as fed-up locals tell the English to ‘go back to your country’ in a string of online posts. At least four vehicles have been targeted on the resort’s exclusive Golden Mile, with photos
ONE OF the nightclubs that went up in flames early on Sunday morning in Murcia did not have a licence and was ordered to close in January 2022. That’s according to the local council’s town planning chief, who spoke to reporters at a press conference on Monday. La Fonda Milagros was one of three establishments
A THREE-DAY party extravaganza organised by a British tour company ended in violent knife fights and multiple arrests in a resort town on the Costa Brava. Four people were wounded in the street brawls that broke out among the young British revellers, with one getting stabbed in the neck, another in the back and a
A FIGHT in a football stand between teenage groups forced police to suspend a match in Javea on Saturday, with two boys arrested and several dangerous objects seized. Groups from Benissa and Javea had been threatening violence via social media leading up to Saturday’s clash between the 14 to 16 year-old boys teams from CD
SPAIN’S disgraced former monarch Juan Carlos I left the Galician municipality of Sanxenxo on Monday morning, concluding his fourth visit to his home country since he went into self-imposed exile in Abu Dhabi back in 2020. After spending a week in the home of his friend Pedro Campos, Juan Carlos, 85, was quizzed by reporters
Pass the Keys is currently seeking Franchise Partners in Spain to meet the growing demand from homeowners in need of a comprehensive short-let property management service. Founded by Alex Lyakhotskiy in 2015, Pass the Keys has revolutionised the UK’s short-term rental industry by offering a hassle-free, fully managed solution for homeowners who are unable to
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