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Underground cave complex threatens to swallow Spanish town

LOCATED 33 km southwest of Madrid, Navalcarnero is a small town with a big problem –a poorly constructed network of caves that lurks beneath the community.
The picturesque town made the headlines...Read More

Big freeze grips Britain while Spain thaws out

AS ARCTIC conditions swept into Britain last week, parts of Spain also witnessed plummeting temperatures, with cities Burgos and Soria reporting temperatures as low as 3°.
Over the weekend of January...Read More

Bowie album lands at No.1 as a constellation is named in his honour

AS DAVID BOWIE's Blackstar album knocked Adele from the number one spot on the Billboard 200 chart to give him his first US No. 1 album, Belgium astronomers announced that the late, great rock god will...Read More

Match-fixing revelations rock tennis

A DRAMATIC day for tennis saw the BBC emerge with controversial revelations following an investigation with Buzzfeed over wide-spread match-fixing in world tennis, while world number 1 Novak Djokovic...Read More

Worker is a shining example for us all in Fuengirola and Mijas

ANTONIO ALARCON is a happy go lucky 44-year-old council worker in the Fuengirola-Mijas area. After finishing school in Mijas he studied computing for two years.
Nothing out of the ordinary there I hear...Read More

Attempted landing of rocket on drone ship at sea is a disaster

ONE OF the main difficulties surrounding the launch of satellites into space is the cost of the booster rocket and the potential damage that can be done when it returns to earth.
Billionaire Elon Musk...Read More

Slave labour and Spain's secret cigarette production

APPROXIMATELY 10 per cent of cigarettes sold in Spain are illegal, and up to 90 per cent of them are produced by gangs based in the country according to reports from Customs agents.
The Police have...Read More

Ironman brings economic strength to Alcudia

IRONMAN 2015 sports event had an economic impact of some €9,050,612 with host town, Alcudia, benefiting greatly. A recent study carried out by the business economics department at the University...Read More

Stephane Peterhansel grabs 12th Dakar title, Price clinches first

Stephane Peterhansel cemented his place in the Dakar Rally’s Hall of Fame with a stunning 12th victory in the world’s toughest rally raid event on Saturday.

The Team Peugeot Total driver,...Read More

Briton killed in the Costa Blanca

SEVERAL UK citizens have been arrested in Spain after a British man was killed in a Costa Blanca resort in the early hours of Saturday morning, January 16.
The Foreign Office has confirmed that the man...Read More