Birds Employed in Church Protection Scheme
A church in Novelda has employed a unique team of security guards, equipped with feather, wings and talons. The Archpriest in the Parish of San Pedro has installed a nest of three breeding owls…
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Man drowns in Almeria
A man in his 30´s, said to be of foreign nationality. drowned whilst swimming off the beach of playa de Las Negras en Níjar (Almería), according to sources with the Emergency Services of Andalusia. The accident occurred about 17:20 on Saturday, at which time when a companion of the victim alerted the emergency services that […]
Irish tourist drowns at Lanzarote beach
An Irish tourist has drowned late Saturday while in the beach area of the playa del hotel Fariones, en Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote. The emergency services received the alert at around 3pm on Saturday, immediately attending the scene, but there was nothing anybody could do to preserve life.
Dozens injured in cafe explosion
More than 70 people were reported injured following an explosion in a cafe’s kitchen in the fair of Velez-Malaga on Saturday. More than 50 were admitted to hospitals, four of them in a serious though not life-threatening condition.
Minimum Wage Increases by 6 Euro
The government has increased the minimum wage in 2016 by just over 6 euro per month, from 648.60 to 655.08 euro, an increase of 1% and far below the 11% increase called for by some of the main trade unions, Read More …
Five Injured in Torre Pacheco Crash
A collision between two vehicles at Torre Pacheco has left 5 people injured on Tuesday afternoon, two of them children. One person was trapped inside the vehicle and had to be extracted by fire fighters. The carretera de Balsapintada (RM Read More …
Antique Bomb Secured in Cartagena
The bomb squad carried out a controlled explosion on a device in Cartagena on Tuesday afternoon, after a rusty war-time mortar was discovered near to the university. The alert came in at around 14:50 with emergency teams being stood down Read More …
