HER name is Sheila Queralt. By training, she’s a linguist. But if you are thinking of committing crime in Barcelona, her home town, or anywhere in Spain – whether it be violence or fraud, be warned – Sheila will be…
Whom should we choose as our heroes? John Wayne? Cristiano Ronaldo? Nigel Farage? Should we have heroes at all? MICHAEL COY introduces us to one of his own favourites, George Santayana, and celebrates the 162nd anniversary of the great man’s…
A GANG illegally selling ‘greenhouse’ fluorinated gases used in fridges and air conditioners has been brought down by the Policia Nacional and the Tax Agency. Five people have been arrested following 11 inspections of nine companies in the Alicante, Valencia…
Spain is set to create a national network of climate shelters where people can take refuge from intense heat, the prime minister has announced. Pedro Sanchez has announced the move, which will see shelters set up in public buildings before…
PRIME Minister, Pedro Sanchez, will form a joint commission between the national government and the Valencia region to coordinate reconstruction following the October 29, 2024 floods. Recently-installed Valencian president, Juanfran Perez Llorca, revealed the news at a press conference on…
A TUNNEL connecting Europe to Africa beneath the Strait of Gibraltar is now considered possible, scientists have announced – as Spain revives a landmark engineering project that had been dormant for decades. A study commissioned by the Spanish government and…
A PLASTIC surgeon has been arrested in Alicante for allegedly raping a sedated patient in a Murcia hospital. The incident is said to have happened at the private Imed Virgen de la Fuensanta facility last Thursday where an operating room…
POLICE searching for an elderly Briton who vanished from her home in southern Spain have discovered a body lying in vegetation beside a motorway. Geraldine Ann, 73, disappeared in mid-September after leaving her house in Chirivel, near Granada, after a…
SPANISH people call it violencia de género. This year in Spain, 44 women have lost their lives. Six have died in a grimly rising tide as 2025 draws to a close. Jennifer is the latest. This 30-year-old Colombian woman had…
Lipedema is a chronic disorder of fatty tissue that causes a symmetrical and disproportionate increase in the size of the legs and, in some cases, the arms. It often comes with pain, heaviness and frequent bruising. Despite these characteristic symptoms,…
