Gibraltar BANS BALLOONS in desperate bid to save wildlife
The ban comes after authorities cancelled the territory’s annual National Day celebration in which 30,000 red and white helium balloons are released
Spain’s Supreme Court bans historic bull hunting and spearing tradition in Castilla y Leon
THE Spanish Supreme Court has put animal rights over ancient rites to end the torture and killing of bulls at a historic tournament watched by
FIGHT THE POWER: Olive Press launches campaign to stop network of 352 pylons ‘destroying’ Andalucia’s Lecrin Valley and Alpujarras
Thousands of people are affected and the proposed route, which begins in Conchar in the west and ends at Benahadux in the east, was approved
Police capture guinea fowl that sent residents ‘crazy’ with its racket on Spain’s Costa del Sol
POLICE have captured a rogue guinea fowl that robbed residents of sleep for ‘a week’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol. The native African bird makes
IN PICS: raw sewage pumped out at three places off Nerja beaches
RAW sewage is being pumped out in three places just off the shores of Nerja, an investigation by the Guardia Civil has revealed. The three
Drones used for ‘first time’ in battle against toxic caterpillars on Costa Blanca
DRONES, great tits and pheromones have been used in the battle to control pine processionary caterpillar populations in the Region of Murcia. The hairy caterpillars,
Residents feel shaking as FOUR earthquakes rock Malaga
Although only measuring between 1.7 and 2.1 on the Richter scale, residents felt shaking due to the epicenter being close to the surface
Rain and cold wind forecast for Spain’s Malaga this week
Winds could reach up to 40km/h between tomorrow morning and Wednesday while from Thursday onward the clouds look set to clear
NOT A BIN: Plastic fills river on Costa Blanca just hours after a 20-tonne clean-up
PLASTIC waste has accumulated in the old channel of the Segura river just a day after a massive a clean-up. The Confederacion Hidografica de Segura
IN PICS: eagle-owls and kestrels ELECTROCUTED by cables in crucial Spanish wetland
MASS bird electrocutions have been recorded in a crucial wetland spanning the provinces of Alicante and Valencia. Environmental group Pego Viu were alerted to reports
British expat campaigning to save farmer in southern Spain whose more than 400 cows are facing death after town hall ‘cruelly’ cut electricity and water
It’s not Crowson’s first battle with mayor Javier Arana after she thwarted his efforts to bring back bullfighting to the town two years ago
Spain’s airports to produce own power under massive solar panel project
SPAIN’S airport operator has announced ambitious plans to produce most of its own electricity using solar power. Aena, which manages 46 airports and two heliports
WATCH: Spanish inventor creates ‘rain generating device’ to turn HELICOPTERS into sprinklers for fighting forest fires
A 73-YEAR-OLD Spanish inventor has created a device to turn helicopters into rain-making machines in an effort to better control forest fires. Antonio Garcia, who
Andalucia bird sanctuary under threat from drought and wild boars
THOUSANDS of waterfowl are at risk in the Donana National Park due to a series of management blunders that are seeing eggs and chicks being
Campaign launched to save oldest tree in Malaga
The chestnut tree, in the Sierra de las Nieves natural park, needs decking to protect its roots
Celebrities join thousands of expats and locals battling ‘ugly’ and ‘devastating’ electricity pylons planned for Granada’s iconic Lecrin Valley and Alpujarras region
The Di No A Las Torres (Say No To The Towers) group argues high voltage towers would have a ‘devastating effect’ on tourism and agriculture,
DID YOU FEEL IT? Spain’s Andalucia shaken by 3.6 magnitude earthquake
Earthquakes in the province are fairly common and are usually not above magnitude 4
British expats and locals furious at plans to build HUNDREDS of electric pylons across Andalucia’s iconic Driving Over Lemons territory, protests planned
Residents fear building the network of electricity masts will wreck the landscape and cause radiation
WATCH: Dead sheep mysteriously washes up on Gibraltar beach (WARNING: distressing images)
A post mortem was not carried out on the dead animal that was in a state of decomposition
FREAK FEBRUARY: ‘Anti-cyclone’ scorcher to see temperatures soar to 28C in Spain’s Andalucia this weekend
The warm temperatures could last until the end of next week
Irish dog walker stumbles upon dead dolphin washed up on Spain’s Costa del Sol
The dolphin is believed to have been taken away by experts early this morning
COSTA DEL VIENTO: Five cultural insights into the winds in Andalucia
A YELLOW weather warning will hit the Costa del Sol tonight (Friday) until the early hours of Sunday morning. It comes as no surprise that
War to be waged against plastic in Gibraltar following deaths of ‘magnificent’ birds
One bird died of starvation after a plastic biscuit wrapper got stuck in its stomach
Neanderthal FOOTPRINT found in Gibraltar by crack team of British and Spanish scientists
Most Neanderthals died out around 40,000 years ago, but some did survive at the edge of the Iberian peninsular
EXCLUSIVE: British expat’s ‘beautiful’ rescue pup mauled to death by ‘out of control’ hunting dogs despite BAN on her land in southern Spain
Her Daschund mix was ‘torn to shreds’ by an out-of-control pack of hunting dogs
WATCH: Wild boar shot and killed by cops after rummaging bins on Spain’s Costa del Sol
. A WILD boar has been shot and killed by police after rummaging through bins of residents on the Costa del Sol. The pig was
