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WATCH: Mexico fireworks explosion kills at least 31 people

AN explosion at a fireworks market outside Mexico City has killed 31 people and injured more than 70 others.
The blast ripped through the San Pablito fireworks market in Tultepec, about 32km outside...Read More

‘Snoopers charter’ in tatters following ruling by European Court of Justice

PRIOR to his rehabilitation back into the Tory hierarchy, David Davis, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union mounted a legal challenge against British government interception of online messages.
Acting...Read More

Police arrest man over motorbike helmet thefts in Malaga

POLICE have arrested a man, aged 30, who was found in possession of nearly 20 motorbike helmets in a second-hand shop in Malaga city centre.
He is accused of stealing bike luggage racks for the helmets...Read More

Elvis song available to download

AS previously reported in Euro Weekly News, the song, A Touch of Heaven by song writing legends Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller has been recorded by Costa del Sol favourite Antony Wolfson who just...Read More

Diabetes the scourge of many

DIABETES as a disease is growing throughout the modern world and it has not spared the people of Gibraltar, so during Diabetes Awareness Month in November, the Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) took a...Read More

Body of missing 65-year-old man found in Bedár

The body of a man who went missing during the storms on Saturday has been found. He was discovered on Tuesday (December 20th) evening near the Bedár cemetery.
The Spanish man, 65, went missing at the...Read More

Controversial new law means blind and deaf people in Spain need medical consent to marry

BLIND and deaf people in Spain will now need to present a medical certificate proving their ability to give consent ahead of getting married.
The move comes following changes to the Civil Code. Previously,...Read More

Guardia Civil inaugurates first official committee of equality

RECOGNISING the important role that women play in the community and within the Guardia Civil, the Director General José Manuel Holgado chaired the organisation’s first annual equality meeting.
In...Read More

Green City: Madrid plots to put gardens on buses

MADRID mayor Manuela Carmen has backed an innovative new project set to grow mini-gardens on top of the city's public buses.

It is one of six proposals made by a select team of council workers charged...Read More

OOPS! Spanish parents are the most likely to lose their children over Christmas

CHILDREN’S Christmas holidays are fast approaching, and with them trips to shopping centres, theme parks, parades and all manner of activities to keep them entertained. This is when parents need...Read More