AN 18-year old boy remains in critical condition in a Malaga hospital after he was hit by a drunk driver in Estepona. The teenager was struck by the vehicle whilst riding an electric scooter in the early hours of Saturday morning on Avenida Jose Martin Mendez. An ambulance and local police attended the scene after […]
THE Atlantic ocean will ‘close’ in the Strait of Gibraltar and form a new volcano filled mountain range in a geological phenomenon known as a ‘ring of fire’. Gibraltar could look like this in years to come as tectonic plates form volcanoes and earthquakes in the region. Photo: Tetiana Grypache and Fernando Parede on Unsplash
MARBELLA’S Puerto Banus marina is continuing to be a massive money earner generating €954 million euros per year to the Costa del Sol’s GDP, according to accounting firm PwC. Marina managers say it has ‘an important impact on job creation and income generation for Marbella’, as it greets five million visitors each year. Despite rumours
THE so-called ‘cocaine chauffeur’ who spent €1 million of taxpayers’ cash on organising drug-fuelled parties for corrupt politicians has finally been jailed. Juan Francisco Trujillo last month admitted his role in the shocking €1billion ERE corruption scheme, which took place in the southernmost region of Andalucia between 2000 and 2010. Trujillo told judges how he
A BRITISH travel agent who fleeced customers of nearly €325,000 from her agency in Magaluf has been narrowly spared jail. Nicola Roberts, 60, was handed an 11-month suspended sentence after striking a plea bargain with prosecutors and repaying almost all the money she embezzled. At a pre-trial hearing in Palma de Mallorca, Roberts confessed to
A MOTORIST rammed two Guardia Civil motorbike riders at the end of a high-speed chase on the outskirts of Valencia City. The driver drove off from a Denia filling station in Alicante province on Monday afternoon without paying for 50 litres of fuel. An eye-witness reported seeing up to 10 Guardia vehicles pursuing her car
THE part-public senior home in Spain’s Madrid region where three women died after a fire broke out there on Sunday suffered a litany of deficiencies and irregularities that could have contributed to the tragedy. That’s according to the preliminary police report about the incident, and to which Spanish media outlets have had access. Two residents
ARACELI Hidalgo, the first person to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in Spain, has turned 100 years old. The great-grandmother is celebrating her milestone birthday with family this Tuesday, January 20. President Pedro Sanchez with Araceli Hidalgo (right), the first woman to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in Spain. Credit: Cordon Press Born in Granada a century
The village was founded a rock that was at one time molten lava. Photo: Ajuntament de Castellfollit de la Roca READ MORE: Huge ‘crystal lagoon’ is coming to this major city in Spain’s Andalucia – featuring artificial beaches and water sports The Sun has praised a tiny village in Spain for its 40 volcanoes and
EMERGENCY protocols were put into action on Tuesday at Barcelona’s El Prat airport after a possible leak of radioactive material was detected on a Swiss Airlines flight. Part of the Terminal 1 at the airport was cordoned off due to the alert, as the Aerocat plan for aeronautical emergencies and the Radcat plan for radioactive
