June 2024

Teenage boy in Spain stabs his father to death ‘to protect his mother’

A 14-YEAR-OLD boy has been arrested by the Guardia Civil after his father died from knife wounds. The teenager intervened in a fight between his two parents at their home in the Murcia region town of Totana. The incident happened last Thursday with the 51-year-old victim, named as Joaquin, dying of his injuries at Lorca’s […]

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Weather warnings in Spain: Blood rain and HAIL hit Andalucia and beyond due to freak ‘gota fria’ – these are the areas on alert

A SERIES of weather alerts have been issued across Spain amid a freak ‘gota fria’ that threatens to bring ‘blood rain’, hail and thunderstorms. The so-called DANA weather front (an area of high, isolated depression), is bursting through the Gulf of Cadiz today, dragging with it a batch of mud-filled air from North Africa. According

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Spain tipped as favourites to win Euro 2024 as tournament enters knockout stages

SPAIN have become the favourites along with host country Germany to win Euro 2024 as the tournament gears up for the knock-out stages. If both win their last 16 matches, they will meet in the quarter-finals. “It doesn’t cost anything to dream, but we need to keep our feet on the ground,” was the reaction

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British tourists are branded a ‘plague’ in Spain: Malaga locals say their city ‘stinks of guiris and beer at 11am’ – ahead of huge protest this weekend

TOURISTS have been branded a ‘plague’ by locals in southern Spain ahead of a huge planned protest this weekend.  Malaga lawyer Luis Navarrete took to X to blast how a once traditional cafe in the centre of the city is now called ‘John Scott’s’.  He wrote: “Our central cafe is now called John Scotts and

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Michael Jordan visits Spain: US basketball legend, 61, is spotted touring Mallorca after docking his €850 million yacht

MICHAEL Jordan, one of the most celebrated basketball players of all time, has been spotted holidaying on the Balearic Islands.  On Tuesday, the  61-year-old was seen having lunch with his family in Portixol before returning to his yacht.  The Jordans, including Michael’s second wife, model Yvette Prieto, and their twin daughters Victoria and Isabel, are

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Jet2 announces new route between the UK and the ‘coast of light’ in southern Spain

BRITISH tourists may be about to discover Spain’s largely unheralded ‘coast of light’ as Jet2 announces a raft of new flights to the region. Jerez de la Frontera, the home of sherry in Cadiz province, is set to receive direct flights to the United Kingdom starting in the summer of 2025. The new service promises

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WATCH: Narco submarine ‘carrying huge shipment of cocaine’ is intercepted off the coast of southern Spain before Colombian crew are arrested

THIS is the moment a narco submarine suspected of carrying a huge shipment of cocaine was rumbled in the Atlantic ocean. The blue makeshift vessel was being driven by four Colombian men and was heading in the direction of Spain’s southern coast. However when the crew realised they had been discovered by the Spanish authorities,

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Jay Slater latest: Two witnesses are urged to come forward with ‘crucial info’ about missing British teen – as mother reaches her ‘wit’s end’ and search in Tenerife enters its 11th day

AS the search for missing Brit Jay Slater enters its 11th day, two key witnesses are urged to come forward with ‘crucial info’- as mother reaches her ‘wit’s end’.  Top British investigator, Mark Williams-Thomas, has revealed multiple crucial updates in the search for Jay Slater.  He gave a press conference yesterday afternoon, three days after

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Mallorca bar owner charged with reckless homicide following building collapse that killed four people

THE AUSTRIAN owner of a Playa de Palma bar which partially collapsed last month, killing four people, has been arrested by the Policia Nacional on four counts of reckless homicide. Cristian Arnsteiner has also been charged with six crimes of serious injury and appeared before a judge on Wednesday. Besides the four fatalities, 14 people

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