The pilot of a Spanish air force Eurofighter has died after a plane crash when returning from the Spanish National Day celebrations in Madrid. The incident occurred just after noon near the Albacete Air Base in the area of the La Pulgosa park. Politicians, dignitaries and the Royals attending the Madrid event have all expressed their condolences following this tragic …
Auditorio De La Lonja, in Orihuela, is the host of an exhibition celebrating the history of the local police. “Historia De La Policía Local De Orihuela 1950-2017” is the title of the exhibition, which runs until Sunday, 10th of September. The inauguration is on Tuesday, 5th of September, at 21:00, and the exhibition is open from 10:00 until 14:00, and …
Firefighters extinguished a fire in a third-floor Alicante apartment attic that had endangered the roof of a building in calle Castaños. The fire service received notice at around 14:00 on Monday that the building was on fire, sending three crews to the scene. The fire was located in the wooden attic, hampering extinction because of a thermal load wood ceiling, …
A 24-year-old has died Saturday after crashing his motorcycle against a lamppost on a curve driving along Avenida de Elche in Alicante. The crash happened at around eight o’clock with ambulances sent to the scene, but resuscitation attempts failed. There were no visible signs on the road of the motorcycles braking before crashing into the street light which had been …
Four men and a woman, of Spanish, Colombia, Argentina and Ukraine nationality, one of them a minor, were arrested for a brawl in the port of Alicante where three other people were almost killed. According to the National Police, the incident occurred during the early hours of Aug. 19 on Paseo de Gomis, by the Postiguet beach, although the arrests …
As children get set to return to school for the 2017-2018 calendar, the dates for that return have been published but offer considerable differences depending where in Spain you are located. Because of these differences, teachers and parents groups are calling for a standard system of dates across the country. A few examples show how the first students to return to …
A total of 375 people have died from drowning in Spain in the first eight months of the year, of which 235 have drowned over the summer, with July the most tragic, with 95 deaths, which means that, on average, a person died every 8 hours. The national report, prepared by the Royal Spanish Federation of Lifesaving, which was presented …
A 35-year-old man has been arrested in Guardamar del Segura (Alicante) for allegedly leaving his 5-year-old daughter alone in the house in order for him to go to a local karaoke bar. As reported by the Guardia Civil, at about 03:25 on Friday morning a neighbour called them to report the cries and screams of the girl, who lives alone …
A man was killed on Friday morning when he was hit by an articulated lorry as he crossed the A-31 (Alicante-Madrid) in Petrer. According to the Guardia Civil, the incident occurred at around eight o’clock at kilometer 202.4 of the road in the Madrid direction. The Guardia Civil are investigating the causes of an incident in which the truck driver …
Manchester, Mykonos and Lisbon are experiencing minor flight delays due to visibility issues. Plus, today is expected to be one of the busiest days of the year, with well over 35,000 flights across Europe (current record 35,937 on 30 June). If you are flying or meeting people, keep an eye on the flights with the airlines. The roads too are …
A 69 year old woman was seriously injured on Thursday when she was hit by a bus at the bus station in Torrevieja (Alicante), as reported by Provincial Fire Consortium.
The Spanish National Police, in coordination with the Finnish law enforcement authorities, and supported by Europol and Eurojust, have dismantled an organised criminal group involved in trafficking women for sexual exploitation. The victims, mainly vulnerable young Nigerian women, were recruited in Nigeria and trafficked to Spain via Italy. Once in Spain, they were forced into prostitution, mostly in the cities …
