Thrill-seekers got a scare Sunday as they fled half-tonne, sharp-horned fighting bulls charging through Pamplona in the opening run of Spain’s San Fermin festival, as reported by thelocal.es. A first medical report from regional medical authorities showed four people taken to hospital with injuries, none apparently serious: a 24-year-old Australian, a 44-year-old Briton, a 26-year-old American and a 36-year-old resident of Pamplona. Read article
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Thelocal.es reports that a German lorry driver spent nine hours wedged between houses in a small Spanish town on Wednesday after this GPS sent him down the wrong street. The truck driver was making his way from Germany to Portugal when he hit a road block: the small town of Arroba de los Montes in […]
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According to dailymail.co.uk, the Brit believed to have gunned down his wife and disabled daughter before turning the gun on himself left a written confession apologising for his crimes, it was reported today. Police found the note by the murder weapon beside his body in the family’s rented Costa del Sol villa, respected local newspaper […]
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According to elpais.com, in early-morning raids, police in Barcelona on Wednesday arrested five Tunisian nationals on charges of allegedly propagating jihadi terrorist messages on the internet’s social networks. The five suspects, who were detained in different parts of the city, have been specifically charged with glorifying terrorism and were scheduled to be taken before the […]
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Dailymail.co.uk reports that a young Briton is seriously injured after plunging 70 feet from a hotel balcony in Majorca. Sean Kelly, 24, was reported to be climbing from one balcony to another on the seventh floor of the building in the brash resort of Magaluf. Mr Kelly was later said to be ‘serious but stable’ […]
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According to a thelocal.es report, two Marbella-based expats, an Irish man and a Briton, have been arrested for their part in a massive international cigarette smuggling ring. The two men were hauled in by Spain’s Guardia Civil for their alleged participation in a €11 million ($14 million) a month tobacco smuggling operation. They have not […]
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International experts including former Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern on Wednesday called on the Basque separatist group ETA to disarm and dismantle its military apparatus, thelocal.es reports. ETA, blamed for more than 800 deaths in a four-decade campaign of bombings and shootings for the independence of the Basque homeland which straddles northern Spain and southwestern […]
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As covered by huffingtonpost.co.uk, “A Briton has died after getting into difficulties in the sea off the Canary Islands. Steve Potter was spotted face down in the water after leaving friends on the beach to go for a swim on the holiday island of Lanzarote. He was seen to be in trouble and dragged out […]
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According to www.theolivepress.es, “POLICE are investigating the death of a British pensioner who was found inside his burnt out car in Almeria. Neighbours tried desperately to extinguish the fire, which enveloped the car outside Keith Bleakley’s house in Oria, near Albox.” Read Article
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As covered by eveningtimes.co.uk, “Police in the Canary Islands were holding a Moroccan man after a Scots holidaymaker was allegedly stabbed six times in the stomach. Clive Plows, 64, got into a fight with the suspect in a pub in Antigua, on the island of Fuerteventura, just after 4am on Monday. Both men had been […]
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