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Loan shark warning in Spain: How a woman who borrowed €120 amassed a €16,000 ‘debt’ with mobsters who ‘attacked and threatened her’ to pay up

SIX people have been arrested in Alicante for allegedly trying to extort €16,200 out of a woman for two loans totalling €120. The Policia Nacional say the loan sharks physically attacked the victim and threatened to shoot her. The woman- who lives in north of Alicante- was in a tough financial state and heard about […]

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Female patient, 70, hurls xenophobic abuse at ‘foreign’ doctor trying to treat her in southern Spain

A FEMALE doctor was verbally abused by an elderly patient at a Sevilla province health centre on the grounds that she wasn’t Spanish. The incident happened on Tuesday evening at the centre in Lora del Rio, according to the Medical Union of Sevilla. The on-duty doctor working in the emergency department tried to help a

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Malaga to New York flights take off this weekend: United Airlines starts direct route a month earlier due to popular demand

TRANSATLANTIC flights between Malaga and New York-Newark airport resume this Saturday with operator United Airlines starting a month earlier than last year. The direct United service started in 2023 and will operate thrice-weekly between the Costa del Sol and the States. The expanded Malaga flights builds on United’s schedule in Spain which includes a daily non-stop

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British expat, 48, is rescued from devastating fire at his two-storey home on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Are you the expat mentioned in this story? Email [email protected] A BRITISH expat has been rescued from his home in Manilva after becoming trapped by a devastating fire. The 48-year-old was screaming for help in the upstairs of his house when Guardia Civil and Policia Local arrived at the scene. The inferno took place on

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Manhunt for British and Irish ‘gangsters’ who ‘shot up restaurant in Marbella after arguing with staff the night before’: Pair abscond after being released on bail

A MANHUNT is underway for a Brit and an Irishman accused of shooting up a restaurant in Marbella after they were released from prison.  Alleged gangsters Darren H and Gerrard S are said to have fired 15 shots at an eatery in Puerto Banus on March 11.  The pair were arrested on March 25 following

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Madeleine McCann anniversary: How Brit toddler’s disappearance 17 years ago today shares striking similarities to that of German girl Inga Gehricke – including paedophile suspect Christian Brueckner

IT was May 2, 2015, when five-year-old Inga Gehricke went off to collect firewood for a family barbecue, never to be seen again. Just like British toddler Madeleine Mccann – who was abducted 17 years ago today – she vanished almost without a trace. While incredibly similar to her UK counterpart in looks, with blonde

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‘I’m a prisoner in my own body’: Man, 52, who will be euthanised in Spain today explains his reasons in final social media post

A SEVILLA province man has taken to social media to explain why is he is being euthanised this Friday. The Castilblanco de los Arroyos resident, 52, has had his request granted after a long campaign and used social networks to say goodbye. “I’ve been lying in a hospital bed for five years, tired of living

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Portugal is set to remove tolls on roads that enter Spain via Andalucia, Galicia and elsewhere

THE national parliament in Portugal on Thursday approved a draft law from the Socialist Party that will see tolls on a number of roads scrapped. Some of these routes connect the country with regions in Spain, such as Andalucia, Castilla y Leon and Galicia.  The plan from the leftist party will be applied to currently

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