A RESORT town on the Atlantic coast has become the first in Spain to be declared ‘tsunami ready’. Chipiona, a holiday hotspot of 19,000 people just north of Cadiz, was given the award by a United Nations body in a ceremony on June 21. It becomes just the third community in Europe – after Cannes […]
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MISSING Brit Jay Slater ‘fled Airbnb’ in a remote Tenerife village ‘after admitting to stealing a €14,000 Rolex’, an ex-detective has claimed. Former detective Mark Williams-Thomas has alleged the 19-year-old was ‘scared’ to return to the Airbnb, despite having almost no phone battery. The apprentice bricklayer had been at a rave in Playa de
CADIZ becomes the latest Spanish city to announce a ban on new Airbnbs in the historical centre. Mayor Bruno García said landlords will no longer be able to register their properties with the Junta for tourist licences. Previously, weeding out Airbnb flats involved identifying and reporting non-compliant properties to the Junta for delisting from their
AFTER a month of mixed weather across Spain in June, the heat is finally arriving on the Iberian peninsula. According to state weather agency Aemet, temperatures are going to rise across the country to hit as high as 40C in certain parts. The scorching weather comes after a so-called ‘Dana’ weather front brought with it
THE Hard Rock Hotel in Marbella has been taken off the property market – its owners will, instead, keep the establishment on their portfolio, thanks to its ongoing profitability. Stoneweg Hospitality and Bain Capital Credit are the two firms that own the hotel, which began to take shape as a project back in 2021. According
EXPERTS predict that Spain is ever more likely to be hit by a tsunami, and partly attribute this to the effects of climate change. According to a study titled ‘Probabilistic Tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea’, the Alboran Sea is one of the areas off the Spanish coast that experiences the highest levels of seismic activity,
BRONZE crucifixes stolen from cemeteries around Toledo province have been recovered from vehicles and homes. The sacred items were going to be broken up and melted down to get cash for the metal. Searches in the Madrid area recovered a one tonne sack stuffed with crucifixes. READ MORE: CRUCIFIXES IN VAN The Guardia Civil has
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A FAMILY-LED gang that allegedly processed cocaine imported from Columbia at clandestine laboratories in Fuengirola and Ciudad Real has been busted by the police. Nine people have been arrested following a year-long joint operation between the Guardia Civil and the Policia Nacional. Seven simultaneous raids were carried out in the Madrid, Malaga, and Ciudad Real
EIGHT migrants have been rescued off the Alicante province coast after their boat capsized with three more still said to be missing. A merchant ship sighted the group in the water some 26 nautical miles east of Benidorm. The craft along with a Maritime Rescue vessel and a helicopter brought eight people to safety. READ
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