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Rampant cat colonies in Torremolinos

URGENT measures will be taken to reduce stray cat colonies in Torremolinos which have been denounced as a public health hazard. Local animal associations will be involved in the decisions to ensure that...Read More

Guardia Civil rescue five critically ill greyhounds from Sevilla farm

GUARDIA CIVIL’S animal protection unit, SEPRONA, has rescued five greyhounds in critical condition from a farmhouse in Sevilla.
Agents investigated the property after a complaint was filed...Read More

Taxi drivers bring Palma to standstill

UP to 1,000 taxi drivers brought the centre of Palma to a standstill for five hours in protest at government plans to bring in more competition.
With some 400 in their vehicles and the rest...Read More

WATCH: Two cars swallowed by sinkhole in Los Angeles

TWO cars have fallen down a sinkhole in Studio City, Los Angeles.
Footage of the second vehicle falling into the crater was caught live on TV.

The sinkhole is believed to have been caused...Read More

African sex gang smashed by police

POLICE have broken up a gang who specialised in trafficking Nigerian women into Spain as sex workers.
It is thought they had been operating their smuggling route for at least 10 years.
The...Read More

Thieves target second homes on the Costa Blanca

FAMILIES have angrily complained about a lack of police patrols after a spate of break-ins in Mazarron, including one where a gang squatted for at least a week.
More than a dozen properties...Read More

TUI and Thomas Cook fined for breaching code of conduct

TRAVEL companies TUI - who own First Choice and Thomson - and Thomas Cook have been fined for misleading customers travelling to the Canary Islands.
Holidaymakers submitted numerous complaints...Read More

Son-in-law detained over businesswoman's murder in Alicante

MIGUEL LOPEZ, son-in-law of wealthy Alicante City widow and businesswoman Maria del Carmen Martinez, has been remanded for her murder.
Wife of the late Vicente Sala, a former CAM bank president,...Read More

Massive drugs haul seized in Malaga drugs raids

FIFTEEN people have been arrested in a major crackdown on a drug smuggling gang who used high-powered boats to bring massive amounts of hashish into Spain.
The haul by the Guardia Civil and...Read More

Bar shooter in Benalmadena sentenced for murder

A BRITON accused of shooting dead an Irishman at a Benalmadena bar faces a 44-year jail sentence.
Darren O’Flaherty, from Liverpool, has been ordered to stand trial over the murder of...Read More