CORONAVIRUS DIARY: Day 40 of Spain’s lockdown and Mamma is confused about the government’s advice on children going for walks…
Kids would be allowed out to the Supermarket?! The mind boggled, I’d obviously heard it wrong...
Easyjet launches 2021 Easter flight schedule with deals to Spain’s Alicante and Malaga from €35
The announcement is a full five months ahead of schedule
Congress extends Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown to May 10 amid fierce criticism of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez
THE Spanish Congress has voted to extend the country’s coronavirus lockdown until May 10. This evening politicians passed the third extension to the state of
EXCLUSIVE: British expat on Spain’s Costa del Sol wears a dog cone non-stop for five days to raise money for a dog rescue charity
A BRITISH expat on the Costa del Sol has been wearing a dog cone to raise money for a dog rescue charity.
Active COVID-19 cases drop to five as Gibraltar elderly await golden hour
THE number of active COVID-19 cases has gone down to just five with none in hospital as the elderly prepare to get their daily hour
Controversial director Woody Allen finds a Spanish distributor for latest movie set in Spain’s San Sebastian
CONTROVERSIAL director Woody Allen, 84, has secured distribution in Spain for his new movie set in San Sebastian. Rifkin’s Festival is the Brooklyn-born filmmaker’s latest
Richard Gere and Spanish wife, Alejandra Silva, welcome their second baby together
RICHARD Gere and his Spanish wife have welcomed their second child together.
Mercadona sees profits drop 95% in March during Spain’s COVID-19 crisis
MERCADONA has recorded losses of nearly 95% in March, it claims are due the coronavirus crisis. The supermarket giant insists the slump is due to
Costa Blanca cops keep confined kids content with lock-down learning literature
ORIHUELA Policia Local have produced two activity books to help stimulate the minds of children during lock-down. The books are aimed at children aged between
World’s largest tomato fight, La Tomatina, cancelled in Valencia due to the coronavirus pandemic
THE world’s biggest tomato fight, the Tomatina, is the latest of Spain’s iconic festivals to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. First fell the
Costa Blanca council give out PPE to front-line staff struggling to get stock
ORIHUELA City Council are distributing essential Personal Protective Equipment to businesses that remain open throughout lock-down. Given that access to PPE involves ‘great difficulty’, the
Australian police help Spain’s authorities track down alleged child sex abuser who operated on dark web
AUSTRALIAN police have helped law enforcement authorities trace a child sex abuse video discovered by Belgian and French investigators to a Spanish man. The suspect
€17 MILLION: Leaked documents reveal total cost of faulty COVID-19 tests Spain ordered from China
LEAKED official documents have revealed the true cost of Spain’s faulty COVID-19 testing kit debacle. Obtained by Spanish newspaper El Mundo, the papers show how
Outrage as expats with second homes in Spain’s Mallorca plead to return to island during COVID-19 lockdown
The group criticise the current lockdown restrictions which they consider to be a 'violation of property law'
Cancer patients and pregnant women in Alicante’s Marina Alta comarca can receive rapid COVID-19 tests – details here
CANCER patients and pregnant women can receive free coronavirus tests thanks to a campaign launched by health activists in Alicante’s Marina Alta comarca. The rapid
Netflix adds 16 million new users during the pandemic
NETFLIX has added 16 million new users during the coronavirus crisis.
Plexiglas screens, thermal cameras and safety ‘certificates’ – how Spain’s restaurants and hotels plan to open to a COVID-19 world
Would a hotel buffet be relaxing if staff steam-clean your table between hermetically-sealed meals? How would a candlelit dinner work without the ability to squeeze
Mysterious millionaire donates €1 million to the University of Castilla-La Mancha to help in the fight against coronavirus
A MYSTERIOUS millionaire has donated €1 million to the University of Castilla-La Mancha to buy robots that test for COVID-19.
The Mayor of a city in Spain’s Catalunya resigns after getting caught breaking lockdown rules, drunk driving and attacking a police officer
THE Mayor of a town in Catalunya has resigned after getting caught breaking lockdown rules, drunk driving and attacking a police officer.
Flu vaccinations will be MANDATORY for pensioners in Spain’s Andalucia this year as health bosses fear a complicated winter due to coronavirus
FLU vaccinations in Andalucia this year will be obligatory for all over 65s and people at risk. The measure was revealed by regional health minister
Life will return to a ‘new normal’ in second half of May, says Spain PM Pedro Sanchez
SPANISH prime minister Pedro Sanchez has said life will return to a ‘new normal’ in the second half of May. His comments were made before
ASK GRANNY: A Word of Encouragement in a Time of Trouble in Spain
This pandemic will go down in history. Of course it will, it’s the most catastrophic event, barring wars, in most of our lifetimes. It’s out
BREAKING: Spain struggling to bring down coronavirus death and infection rates after two-week plateau
SPAIN is struggling to get its COVID-19 death and infection rates down after experiencing a two-week plateau. Figures released by the Health Ministry today show
Fifteen Tips for Seniors Living in Quarantine
We often think of natural disasters when we contemplate a crisis. We think of hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, fires. We usually don’t think of the dangers
Spanish government sets the maximum price for surgical masks at 96 cents
“The Government has taken this measure in order to avoid abuses.”
Spain leading one of 70 investigations around the world in race to find coronavirus vaccine while UK to begin human trials this week
Human coronavirus vaccine trials are also to start this week in the UK.