June 2024

THE Spanish summer is fast approaching. With sweaty nights and endlessly sunny days stretching before us, here’s what meteorologists are saying about what to expect for summer 2024.  The solstice — or the first official day of what meteorologists call “astronomical” summer — happens early this year, landing on Thursday, June 20th in the Northern […]

A CATALUNYA village bar has come out top with its entry in the first-ever Spanish Sandwich Championships in Oviedo. Online voters numbering over 100,000 nominated their favourites before a final list of 16 was chosen and the offerings sampled by a jury of food critics and chefs. The Best Sandwich in Spain is called Especial

BENIDORM has introduced an innovative beach recycling point for visitors to leave items like towels, umbrellas, and mats at the end of their holiday. The new area is located at the Biblioplaya de Levante, at the junction of Avenidas Madrid and Europa. It has instructions in Spanish, Valencian and English and indicates that any deposited

A BOGUS priest has been arrested by the Guardia Civil after conning over €15,000 out of two clergymen in Alicante province. He was detained in Aielo de Malferit at one of his last known addresses. Investigators discovered that he had a dozen pending legal claims from courts across Spain. READ MORE: In the Asturias region

A SOFTWARE error on a TUI plane taking off from Bristol for Gran Canaria nearly caused a disaster with 163 passengers onboard. The incident happened on March 4 with the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch describing the issue as ‘serious’. The plane- a TUI Boeing 737-800- had problems taking off due to to a software

THE Government of Spain will investigate a project that would extend the Malaga railway line to Marbella and beyond, sparking hope for the long awaited Costa del Sol train.  The Minister of Transport and Sustainable Movement will call a working group together to consider the Costa del Sol train project.  It will also include the

A BRITISH tourist and a Polish national drowned at a Costa Blanca beach on Friday when they went into the sea to save two children, aged 6 and 7, who had got into difficulty. The tragedy happened at Guardamar’s Playa La Roqueta with up to eight people entering the water to help the youngsters who

A MAN has been arrested in Murcia for allegedly tricking underage girls into sending him pornographic material via a phone app. The 22-year-old Bolivian national is accused of posing as an eight or nine-year-old girl on a gaming app to encourage children to join him on the the Zangi messaging app. He then persuaded youngsters

A POPULAR day trip destination from Barcelona is considering a tourist tax which would see visitors charged €5 to enter the old town.  Beautiful beaches and stunning architecture under an hour away from Barcelona, it’s no wonder Stiges has become a popular day trip from the city.  However, overcrowding and mass tourism has now led

THE DEATH has been announced of Jennifer Cunningham – the owner of a prominent Costa Blanca insurance brokerage and the founder of a hospice charity named after her son. Jennifer lived and worked in Spain since 1992 and initially specialised in providing health insurance. Prompted by regular requests from her clients, she expanded into offering