 | TO mark World Breastfeeding Week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended that governments guarantee paid maternity leave of at least four months to promote and facilitate breastfeeding.
The...Read More |
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 | A THOMSON Airways passenger jet flew the body of Cilla Black back to Gatwick Airport in the UK from Malaga on at 11am on Friday (August 7), following her death after a fall at her Estepona home on August...Read More |
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 | PLANS for the controversial Ibiza Shore TV series have been dumped in the face of opposition from local people who thought the show would embarrass the island.
The programme would have formed one of a...Read More |
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 | THE fatal accident inquiry into the Glasgow bin lorry crash that killed six people has heard that a doctor would have declared driver Harry Clarke ‘unfit to drive’ had his history of fainting...Read More |
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 | INFOCA firefighting teams are dealing with a blaze that was reported at 9.40am on Friday (August 7) in the Rambla de Risco in Cantoria (Almeria).
Two helicopters, three groups of specialist firefighters...Read More |
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 | A MOROCCAN man died in El Ejido on Thursday, August 6, after being hit by a car in the Las Palmeras district.
Initial investigations suggested that the 50-year-old man, who died en route to hospital,...Read More |
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 | THE two top men in Mijas have kissed and made up, at least for the cameras, following a private meeting at which they agreed to maintain the pact between parties and get on with running the town.
Mayor...Read More |
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 | TWO Romanians, aged 30 and 22, were arrested by National Police in Palma for using stolen or forged credit cards to purchase large quantities of tobacco to resell.
The couple was arrested after the owner...Read More |
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 | NERJA’S Partido Popular opposition has requested reports on the employment of the current mayor, Rosa Arrabal’s husband for an administrative post at the town hall.
PP representative Nieves...Read More |
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 | THE latest case of police officers making use of the so-called Gag Law which came into effect recently has seen a Malaga lorry driver fined €300 for calling an officer “mate.”
The driver,...Read More |
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 | SANTA POLA has delivered more aid to residents this year than over the same time last year, virtually exhausting the budget already.
Councillor for Social Action, Lorenzo Cervera, said last year a total...Read More |
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 | APPROXIMATELY 2,500 homes in Nijar, particularly in the coastal areas of San Jose, Los Escullos, El Pozo de los Frailes and La Isleta del Moro, were left in the dark due to a power cut on Wednesday night...Read More |
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 | LA HERRADURA’S Centro Civico hosted a round table event on ‘Journalism and Democracy in Spain’ on Wednesday (August 5).
Talks were given by university professors and well-known...Read More |
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 | BRITISH Formula One driver Jenson Button and his wife, Jessica, were left shaken after a burglary in their rented French holiday villa, where it’s thought they may have been gassed by thieves while...Read More |
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 | HIGH temperatures and large numbers of tourists in July have caused electrical demand in the Balearic Islands to reach record highs.
According to Consumer Group Som Energia, the use of electricity reached...Read More |
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 | BANCOSOL, the Costa del Sol food bank, is running a food drive on Friday and Saturday (August 7-8) on the Costa to collect for people in need.
Over the two days, those able to spare a little something...Read More |
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 | ALTEA Town Hall and the Department of Youth is collaborating on the organisation of the third edition of the Bellyflower Festival, a fusion event celebrating the music and dance of the Arab culture.
The...Read More |
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 | AROUND 30 people gathered in Plaza España in Palma to mark 20 months since the disappearance of teenager Malen Zoe Ortiz Rodriguez in Calvia.
Her mother led a noisy protest demanding that the...Read More |
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 | MALAGA Province public hospitals have registered a waiting time of just 48 days for the 71 most common surgical procedures, for which the Health Board guarantees a maximum wait of 120 days.
The figure...Read More |
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 | MOTORISED shopping trolleys will soon be making life easier for people with disabilities in supermarkets, partly thanks to the efforts of a Pedreguer company.
Joan Bertran, president of the Esclat Association...Read More |
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 | A FOREST fire in Extremadura has forced 1,400 people from their homes in two towns in the Sierra de Gata mountains. The massive blaze means the total number of hectares scorched in major fires this year...Read More |
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 | AN ENDANGERED Bonelli’s eagle has been found in a reservoir in Aulago, Gergal, by a passerby and handed over to the Guardia Civil for care.
Officers from Fiñana were sent to collect the...Read More |
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 | VELEZ-MALAGA’S Las Naciones school parents are thinking of protesting by not taking their children to school in September following the arrival of two more temporary huts on the grounds.
As parents...Read More |
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 | A FIVE-vehicle crash on the N-332 at Torrevieja resulted in numerous casualties being taken to Torrevieja Hospital.
The accident happened on Wednesday (August 5) close to where another fatal accident...Read More |
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 | AS part of an on-going court case concerning Lance Armstrong’s sponsorship fees, the American federal government has requested copies of the shamed cyclist’s medical records concerning his...Read More |
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 | A SPANISH town faces a €30,000 fine after a bull was ‘executed’ by shotgun in the street. The bull had gored a man to death the previous day. Guardia Civil have been investigating the...Read More |
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 | TWO men aged 19 and 30 have been arrested for their suspected involvement in an incident outside a Mojacar disco in the early hours of Tuesday August 4, which resulted in four people receiving pellet...Read More |
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 | FOREST fires this year are causing more destruction than in previous years due to the extreme heat, new Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment reports seem to reveal.
The latest Ministry statistics,...Read More |
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