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AT least four people have been killed and two remain unaccounted for after a wooden footbridge running along a rocky cliff face in northern Spain unexpectedly gave way. Seven people were walking on the walkway, located near the coastal area…
THE Spanish government has vowed to spill all the secrets on one of the most dramatic moments in the country’s modern history. Prime minister Pedro Sanchez confirmed on Monday that his government will declassify all documents related to the failed…
INVESTIGATORS probing the cause of Spain’s African swine fever outbreak say the variant detected in wild boars in Catalunya is different to that used at a nearby high-security laboratory. Previously, officials speculated that the disease may have leaked from one…
THREE men have been arrested for robbing 50 homes in the Murcia region and on the Costa Blanca. In February, Guardia Civil investigators detected a vehicle used by the suspects in Lorca. A high-speed chase ensued leading to the arrest…
SEVEN people have been arrested on the Costa Blanca for being part of a phone scam where 42 victims across Spain were conned out of €100,000. The gang leader was detained in Benferri in July, with computer equipment removed from…
A TEENAGER trailed a woman home from a supermarket before knifing her during a bungled robbery in her Torrevieja doorway. The victim, 58, resisted the 19-year-old Moroccan man who wanted to steal her phone and a gold chain. He stabbed…
AUTHORITIES have smashed a drug-trafficking gang that hired ‘mules’ to collect cocaine shipments from Madrid airport. The criminals paid vulnerable people up €10,000 each and gave them a low-cost plane ticket to access the airport’s luggage area. The ‘mules’ would…
TWO British men have been arrested by the Guardia Civil for attempted murder following a mass brawl on Sunday morning in Palmanova, Mallorca. The Brits, aged 24 and 33, have also been charged with causing injury and public order disturbances.…
A BRITISH motorcyclist died on Monday in the Marina Baixa region of Alicante Province. The Guardia Civil said the 51-year-old man was involved in an accident on the CV-715 road at around 2.15pm in the Tarbena municipality- around 30 kilometres…
