SAS moves to stop A&E deaths
THE Andalucía health service (SAS) has moved quickly to revise protocols in the region’s hospitals after two patients died in two hospital A&E departments.
In...
Learning from Magaluf
Representatives of Benidorm’s British Businesses Association are travelling to Magaluf in Mallorca on a fact-finding mission to implement the 'Street-Wise' patrol initiative in the...
Dust off your woollies
MANY areas of inland Alicante province could wake up to blanket of white on the hills this morning (Friday).
State weather agency AEMET reported that...
Cataluña remains in limbo
TENSIONS were high in Barcelona on Tuesday as regional Deputies gathered to vote for a new leader following December’s elections to the Catalan parliament.
There...
Missing Briton found
Missing British holidaymaker Robert Dixon has been found after getting disorientated and falling some seven metres down a cliff face at the Tio Ximo...
Call for animal refuge at old Mijas quarry
THE Partido Popular in Mijas has called for the town’s old El Barrio quarry to be converted for use as a refuge for abandoned...
Málaga province posts fourth highest home sales in Spain
MÁLAGA province saw a 13.1% increase in home sales between January and November 2017 compared to the same period the year before, and had...
Italian mafia boss arrested in San Juan
AN ITALIAN mafia boss, who had been on the run since 1993, was caught on Sunday by National Police.
Fausto Pellegrinetti, who was using a...
Downpour alert
METEOROLOGISTS are forecasting 'gota fría' (cut-off low) torrential downpours along the Costa Blanca this weekend and at the beginning of next week - with...
Fatal A&E wait
A 44-YEAR-old man died in a Málaga hospital two weeks ago after having waited five hours in an A&E department following a stroke, it...
Drug gang used radar system to spot police boats and helicopters
POLICE have arrested 10 people in the break-up of a criminal gang that used a radar system to track police vessels and helicopters so...
Calpe FC players arrested during match
Five vans full of police literally took to the football pitch of Calpe FC during Friday evening, arresting nine players for not having the...
Who said snow!
Despite nearing the end of January, the unseasonably warm weather here on the Costa Blanca attracted hoards to the beaches over the weekend. As...
Nerja makes TripAdvisor’s worldwide Top 10
NERJA has become the only Spanish resort amongst the Top Ten trending destinations worldwide in a new review by online travel website TripAdvisor. It...
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Benidorm locks-up again
To avoid residents from other regions breaking the lockdown and trying to reach holiday apartments in Benidorm this May 1 holiday weekend, local authorities...
Deep snow in Alicante province
With the north of Alicante province still on red alert for snow today (Monday), around half a metre has fallen in Banyeres de Mariola...
Brexit passport rule changes
BRITISH people travelling within the European Union should be aware passport validity rules will change after December 31 because of Brexit.
During the current transition...
