November 2023

A KIND hearted citizen handed in a wallet worth almost €1,000 to Local Police in Malaga. The wallet contained €930 cash alongside important documentation.  It was found in the centre of Malaga city and was promptly handed over to police carrying out special Halloween patrols.  It was returned to the owner, a woman from Reus, […]

THE insane water bills at La Viñuela seems like another fiasco that could have easily been avoided. New water rates designed to punish irresponsible users cannot be considered acceptable if they produce unpayable and, potentially, life-destroying bills. With the nearby reservoir at terrifyingly low levels, it might have seemed a good idea to introduce rates

LAST year, an estimated 35,750 women were diagnosed with breast cancer in Spain, a shocking 7,000 more than in 2015.  This rise is partly due to the growing numbers of younger women diagnosed with the disease.  This year, an estimated 4,132 people under 44 are expected to have been diagnosed with breast cancer here, a

HOTELS on the Spanish mainland have been approached to provide rooms for the wave of migrants arriving in the Canary Islands.  Human rights organisations are making requests to hotels, including in popular holiday destinations such as Alicante and Benidorm. They are asking hotels to provide rooms at around £35 per night to offer proper housing

JULIA Rodriguez Maeso, 23, was killed by a falling tree in Madrid as Storm Ciaran tears through the country. Julia Rodriguez Maeso, Linkedin The young scientist had just begun a promising career in biomedical science when she was struck down by a tree whilst crossing the Calle Almagro with her parents.  From Esparraguerra, near Barcelona,

ANOTHER bastion of Spanish cuisine has been brutalised in the eyes of Spain’s netizens – this time from China. A video has gone viral of a female market stall worker chopping up a cherished leg of Spanish jamon with a meat cleaver. She takes to the leg – which is almost as big as her

SEVILLA is among dozens of Spanish cities and towns that will stage simultaneous rallies this Saturday(November 4) calling for the reopening of the Ruta de la Plata train line. The route linking Gijon in the north with Sevilla in the south closed its passenger service in 1985, with freight trains stopping 11 years later as

ON the surface, Estepona is a charming seaside town on Spain’s Costa del Sol, boasting pristine beaches, a sprawling old town and five-star dining.  It’s no surprise that A Place In The Sun star Jasmine Harman moved her family there full time last month – following in the footsteps of Cilla Black and Rod Stewart. 

CARMONA, Sevilla is set to become a UNESCO World Heritage site, after the Spanish Historical Heritage Association (Consejo de Patrimonio Historico) approved its nomination last week. The association met in Bilbao on October 27 to discuss which Spanish locations should be put forward for consideration as future UNESCO world heritage sites.  Reflecting the ‘natural and

GETTING brunch on the weekend is nothing new, with the trend having exploded on the culinary scene in recent years. Marbella is no exception, with eateries around the resort offering their own deals to entice diners. Enter Nomad, whose ambitious bottomless brunch each Sunday promises to take you on a ‘culinary journey without ever leaving