Simon Hunter

Simon Hunter has been living in Madrid since the year 2000 and has worked as a journalist and translator practically since he arrived. For 16 years he was at the English Edition of Spanish daily EL PAÍS, editing the site from 2014 to 2022, and is currently one of the Spain reporters at The Times. He is also a voice actor, and can be heard telling passengers to "mind the gap" on Spain's AVLO high-speed trains.

Madrid premier slams massive protest by healthcare sector as attempt by the left to ‘burn down’ the capital

SOME 200,000 people took to the streets of Madrid on Sunday to protest against the regional government’s management of the health system and to demand

14 Nov, 2022 @ 17:00

Lead·National News

Los Pasillos De Aeropuerto Adolfo Suarez Madrid Barajas Practicamente Vacios Por El Covid19

Iberia in Spain ordered by court to rethink cabin crew procedures due to ‘risk when closing overhead lockers’

THE SPANISH High Court has ruled that airline Iberia will have to take action to ensure that its cabin crew don’t injure themselves when closing

12 Nov, 2022 @ 10:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Travel News

Act Of The Catalan National Assembly Against The Persecution Of Former President Carles Puigdemont In Barcelona 24 Sept 2021

Spain’s government proposes changes to sedition law used to prosecute Catalan independence leaders

THE SPANISH government today proposed a change to the law that would mean a lower prison sentence for former Catalan premier Carles Puigdemont should he

11 Nov, 2022 @ 18:15

Catalunya·Lead·National News

Important long distance rail service reopens on Monday- eight weeks after Valencia flood disaster

Spain’s Renfe rail company to crack down further on passengers abusing free-ticket scheme

SPAIN’S state rail company Renfe is going to take further action to crack down on so-called “phantom reservations”, whereby passengers make multiple bookings thanks to

11 Nov, 2022 @ 17:31

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Travel News

Spain’s Christmas Lottery campaign is launched with the focus on ‘extraordinary stories’

CHRISTMAS got a little bit closer on Thursday, as Spain’s state lottery company released its yearly advertisements for the world-famous December 22 draw, which will

10 Nov, 2022 @ 17:30

La Cultura·Lead·National News

With arrest of 24-year-old woman from Galicia, two Spaniards are now in custody in Iran

A SECOND Spaniard has been detained in Iran, as unrest and protests against the government in the Middle Eastern country continue. Ana Baneira Suárez, who

10 Nov, 2022 @ 16:30

Lead·National News

Partido Popular's Pablo Casado criticised for attending Andalucia church service in memory of Spain's dictator General Franco

Ex-leader of Spain’s main opposition Popular Party to be quizzed by judge over Catalunya hoax

THE FORMER leader of Spain’s main opposition Popular Party, Pablo Casado, has been called to testify as a suspect for propagating a hoax about schools

10 Nov, 2022 @ 16:00

Catalunya·Lead·National News

Sevilla father who lost his son after violent arrest by Spain’s Civil Guard fears cover up in investigation

A DESPERATE father has shared videos of his son’s arrest by the Civil Guard in a bid to draw attention to what he considers to

9 Nov, 2022 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Woman Who Put Boyfriends Head In A Box And Gave It To A Friend Claiming It Was Sex Toys In Spain Baked Head To Remove Smell

Woman in Spain who was given her neighbour’s severed head in a box testifies in court

A KEY witness in a murder trial told a court in Cantabria this week how she had discovered the rotting head of the victim, Jesús

9 Nov, 2022 @ 15:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

‘World’s biggest marijuana bust’ is not what it seems, claims Spanish businessman at centre of case

THE Civil Guard billed it as not just the biggest marijuana bust ever seen in Spain, but also in the whole world. Operation Gardens, as

9 Nov, 2022 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Armed gang of youths on bicycles terrorise Valencian towns in Spain, injure police officers

A GROUP of between 60 and 100 youths on bicycles terrorised residents in the Valencia area on Saturday night, eventually injuring three police officers when

8 Nov, 2022 @ 19:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Shakira and Piqué reach deal over custody of their children

SHAKIRA and her former partner Gerard Piqué have reportedly reached an agreement over the terms of their separation. The two children that the Colombian singing

8 Nov, 2022 @ 18:45

Catalunya·Celebrity·Lead·National News·Sport

Spain forms specialist 'hate' crime police units to counter increase in racist and homophobic assaults

Opposition party calls on Spain’s interior minister to quit over Melilla migrant tragedy that killed 23

SPAIN’S main opposition Popular Party (PP) has called on Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska (pictured above) to be sacked over the Melilla migrant tragedy in June,

8 Nov, 2022 @ 18:15

Lead·National News

Catalan police begin investigation into disappearance of British rugby player Levi Davis in Spain

CATALUNYA’S regional police force, the Mossos d’Esquadra, confirmed on Tuesday morning that they had started investigations into the disappearance of British rugby player Levi Davis

8 Nov, 2022 @ 16:45

Catalunya·Lead

Civil Guard admits using scores of gas canisters during Melilla migrant tragedy that left 23 dead

THE SPANISH Civil Guard has admitted that it used a huge amount of riot material, such as tear gas, during the migrant tragedy in Melilla

7 Nov, 2022 @ 19:30

Lead·National News

Spain’s Iberia airline warns of scam messages offering free tickets

SPANISH airline Iberia has warned of a “high number of warnings” in recent days of fake messages circulating on WhatsApp purporting to offer free tickets

7 Nov, 2022 @ 17:45

Lead·National News

Lorry Driver From Spain's Murcia Was Not Drunk Before Swerving To Avoid Van Ahead Of Dutch Barbecue Tragedy

Self-employed truckers in Spain announce fresh strike after March stoppage

SPAIN’S self-employed truckers have voted to begin an indefinite strike starting on midnight on Sunday, as the sector continues to struggle against high costs. This

7 Nov, 2022 @ 16:30

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Spain’s Civil Guard seizes biggest haul of marijuana the world has ever seen

THE SPANISH Civil Guard has found the biggest ever haul of marijuana, estimated to have a street value of at least €64 million. According to

6 Nov, 2022 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

As COP27 climate conference starts in Egypt, Greenpeace calls on Spanish PM for better access to renewables

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigning organisation Greenpeace staged a demonstration on Sunday in Madrid, to coincide with the start of the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference in

6 Nov, 2022 @ 12:15

Environment·Lead·Madrid

Heroic police officers save life of unconscious baby in Spain's Valencia

Spanish judge rules parents can’t name child with Basque word for ‘semen’

A FAMILY in Spain’s Basque Country has vowed to take legal action after a judge refused to allow their newborn daughter to be named Hazia,

6 Nov, 2022 @ 12:00

Alicante·Lead·National News

Four left dead in Madrid municipality after car runs over guests at Roma wedding

Four people were left dead in the early hours of Sunday morning after they were run over by a vehicle at a wedding attended by

6 Nov, 2022 @ 11:39

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Environmental protestors glue hands to Goya paintings in Spain’s world-famous Prado Museum

TWO CLIMATE activists glued their hands to the frames of Goya’s Las Majas paintings in Madrid’s Prado Museum on Saturday, in the latest of a

5 Nov, 2022 @ 15:57

Lead·Madrid·National News

Spain to spend €20m to assist transfer of unaccompanied minors from migration hotspots to peninsula

THE SPANISH government is planning to assign €20 million to the country’s regions to support the voluntary reception of unaccompanied migrant minors. The youngsters will

5 Nov, 2022 @ 15:00

Canary Islands·Lead

Extraordinary Procession Of Maria Santisima De La Paloma In Malaga, Spain 23 Oct 2021

Mayor of Madrid manages to boot ball into someone’s face – for the third time

THE MAYOR of Madrid may want to reconsider the next time he is invited to kick a ball at a public event. At the inauguration

5 Nov, 2022 @ 13:30

Lead·Madrid

Spanish government sets its sights on Franco-era figures buried in Toledo for next exhumations

SOURCES from the Spanish government have confirmed to reporters that they are already studying the next exhumations of Franco-era military figures, after three coffins were

5 Nov, 2022 @ 12:45

Lead·National News

Spanish animal rights party shares bizarre video of naked hunter with a partridge hanging from his genitals

PACMA, Spain’s animal-rights political party, has shared a bizarre video of a naked hunter via its social media accounts. In the recording, a man – whose face

3 Nov, 2022 @ 19:15

Lead·National News

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