A BRITISH man threatened a Palma taxi driver before trying to escape on a bus, but got locked in as police arrived to arrest him. The incident happened at around 7.00am last Thursday when the Brit, 48, got into a cab in an abusive manner. “Arenal, Arenal. I want to go to the Arenal,” he […]
HE went to university in Leeds, was once a member of the Liberal Democrats, and has been likened to both Javier Milei, the firebrand populist Argentine President, and Nayib Bukele, the hard-right leader of El Salvador. Alvise Perez, a 34-year old online influencer from Sevilla, was one of the surprise packages of Sunday’s European elections
A DRUNK German tourist stole a €350,000 digger from a Playa de Palma quarry and overturned it- with the unit written off as unrepairable. The incident happened on Sunday on the Cami Porciuncula. A near-by resident contacted the company owner to tell her that a 26-year-old man had overturned the digger and had come to
A MAJOR airport in Spain has been forced to stop all flights from landing or taking off amid severe weather conditions. Palma de Mallorca airport made the decision this afternoon due to strong storms and rain. More to follow…
ALICANTE province and especially the Costa Blanca continues to be one of the most popular areas of Spain for foreign house buyers. The Registrars report for 2023 says that 44% of transactions carried out were by non-Spaniards, accounting for 12,203 properties. The United Kingdom market accounted for 12% of the transactions in the province, some
HEALTH Minister Gemma Arias Vasquez slammed the UN Special Committee on Decolonisation for failing to remove Gibraltar from its list of countries that need to be decolonised. Fabian Picardo’s heir-apparent, Arias Vasquez became the first Gibraltarian woman to speak at the United Nations in New York when she appeared before the committee, which is also
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A YOUNG boy who almost drowned in a Manilva hotel is said to be ‘recovering favourably’. The 10-year-old was staying at the Pierre et Vacances complex on Avenida Sierra Morena when an incident unfolded on Saturday. Details are scant but according to the 112 emergency service, a call was made at around 3.15pm alerting them
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STUDENTS at Spain’s Sevilla University have denounced being physically assaulted by riot officers from the Policia Nacional, as they broke up a pro-Palestine protest in one of the institution’s deaneries in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Dramatic footage recorded of the incident shows officers in full riot gear trying to gain entry to the
A MANCHESTER-BORN expat considered to have been the money launderer for the international crime organisation led by Irish gangster Daniel Kinahan has been released from a Spanish prison on bail. Johnny ‘Cash’ Morrissey, 64, was arrested back in September 2022 on suspicion of laundering as much as €200 million for the Kinahan drugs cartel. The
