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Repairing the damage in Almeria

AS promised by the Spanish government following the storms in December and January work is underway to repair damage to Almeria’s beaches.
Government delegate for Almeria, Andres Garcia...Read More

Spanish man arrested for alleged double murder of his own children in Germany

A DIVORCED 38-year-old man from Sevilla has been arrested in Vaihingen an der Enz, Germany, on suspicion of killing his two young boys.
The lifeless bodies of the children, aged 4 and 5, were...Read More

American company produces the first true transgender doll

THE Tonner Doll Company believes that it has created the world’s first transgender doll - in the image of transgender icon, teenager Jazz Jennings - which it unveiled at the recent New York Toy...Read More

How the mighty have fallen in the Bankia case

THE former Spanish Minister of the Economy and head of the International Monetary Fund Rodrigo Rato has been given a four-and-a-half year jail sentence after being found guilty of embezzlement.
Although...Read More

Music of the Night at La Sala

IF you can’t get to the West End theatres in London, then the West End will come to you on March 23 and 25 in particular when three stars of the musical stage appear at different La Sala restaurants.
In...Read More

Malaga clean-up bill could hit €10m after province hit by more storms

MALAGA city endured the most severe downpour since records began, causing damage put at €10m to the Costa del Sol capital in just a few hours.
Monitors show more than 87 litres of water...Read More

Voters lethargic as Labour lose one and win one in by-elections

MORE often than not, by-elections are caused by the death of an incumbent MP but in the case of both Copeland and Stoke, the elections were caused by Labour frontbenchers resigning to take on better jobs...Read More

Leicester City sack Premier League-winning manager Claudio Ranieri

CLAUDIO RANIERI has been sacked by Leicester City just nine months after leading the club to the Premier League title.
“The board reluctantly feels that a change of leadership, while admittedly...Read More

Spanish King’s brother-in-law not heading to prison after all

THE KING’S brother-in-law, Iñaki Urdangarin, is to remain free and will not be required to post bail while he appeals his sentence, a court has decided.
The Palma de Mallorca court’s...Read More

Rescuers seek owners for homeless pot-bellied pigs in Alicante

RACHAEL and Hannah have adopted 20 of the Vietnamese pigs that have colonised Javea’s El Saladar district.
The pigs were some time ago released from a local smallholding and bred uncontrollably. ...Read More