Bankia faces bailout

By Tom Cain
THE FORMER head of the International Monetary Fund, Rodrigo Rato, resigned as president of failing bank Bankia and its parent company Banco Financiero y de Ahorros (BFA) on Monday as the government and Banco de España is prepared to step in with a €10,000 million bailout package to stop it going under.

Jail sentence for burning cat alive

By Tom Cain
THE FIGHT by an animal rights activist to get a case of animal cruelty prosecuted has proved fruitful and after three years of fighting, the person accused of torturing and killing a cat had to face a judge on Tuesday.

Airport to open long-stay parking

By Tom Cain
AIRPORT operator Aena is carrying out improvements to the parking area in front of the old terminal so that it can be used by passengers as a long-stay car park.

'Police' highway robbers detained

By Alex Watkins
TWO men who pretended to be police officers in order to rob elderly foreigners on the AP-7 motorway have been arrested.

U-turn over motorway charges

By Dave Jones
IN the same week that government sources caused national uproar by indicating that universal motorway toll charges were imminent - public works minister Ana Pastor played down the controversy, stating that general charges 'were not on the cabinet's agenda'.

What a nice day

By CBN Newsdesk team
Thousands of people turned out along the Costas on Friday (May 6) to unite together on Be Nice Day, organised by Bay Radio to raise funds for their chosen charity and Cáritas.

Local police storm town hall

By Tom Cain
Around 50 local policemen from Benidorm stormed the town hall on Wednesday morning in protest at wage cuts being imposed as part of the council's austerity measures.