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Watch: Incredible rescue operation in Spain after injured climber becomes stuck on cliff face

DRAMATIC footage has been released by Catalonia’s Generalitat force, showing the rescue of a climber in Lleida. On Saturday afternoon, a MAER helicopter, a GRAE

17 Feb, 2025 @ 18:14

Lead·Nature·Other News·Sport

Watch: Spanish cop kneels on British ‘thug’ in Marbella as plot to kidnap crypto broker is foiled

SPANISH police have arrested three British men in a dramatic operation following an alleged kidnapping plot involving a UK-based cryptocurrency broker on the Costa del

11 Feb, 2025 @ 12:33

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella·Video

Criminal organisation that smuggled over one tonne of cocaine through Valencia and Barcelona ports dismantled

A SOUTH American drug gang that smuggled over 1,200 kg of cocaine through Valencia and Barcelona ports have been dismantled. All the seven members of

26 May, 2023 @ 19:00

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Valencia

Medical first in Spain, as baby is born to mother who received transplanted uterus

IN A MEDICAL first in Spain, a baby has been born to a woman who received a uterus transplant. The child, Jesus, was delivered by

23 May, 2023 @ 10:30

Barcelona·Health·Lead

Benidorm Vets In Spain Solve Infection Affecting Eye Sight Of Giant Indian Python

OPEN WIDE! Benidorm vets in Spain solve mouth infection causing eye problem for giant python

A team of vets have solved eye sight issues affecting a giant Indian python snake at Benidorm’s Terra Natura. Valencia is a 14-year-old python weighing

14 Jan, 2023 @ 13:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

WATCH: Motorway racers nabbed in Spain with police seizing 40 vehicles that raced on the public road in illegal events

SPANISH police have seized 40 vehicles as they cracked down on an illegal road racing ring that used motorways for highly dangerous races. Officers from

27 Apr, 2022 @ 13:45

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Malaga public health system treatment delays likely to continue for months

DELAYS in treatments for patients in the Malaga public health system are likely to continue for months due to a backlog of cases caused by

6 Nov, 2021 @ 10:54

Health·Lead·Other News

Operation Overdose uncovers 8 tonnes of drugs as 6 arrested at narcotics factory in Spain’s Murcia

ONE of Spain’s first dedicated hashish factories has been dismantled in Murcia, with six arrests. The results of Operation Overdose were presented by the general

8 Jun, 2021 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Almost 30 Suspected Drug Traffickers Arrested In Spain S Andalucia

Almost 30 suspected drug traffickers who hid hashish in trucks arrested in Spain’s Andalucia

The rest of the trailers were filled up with ordinary merchandise to avoid suspicion.

10 Oct, 2019 @ 14:05

Lead

British fugitive ‘warehouse robber’ arrested at Spain’s Alicante Airport after trying to evade customs officers

All four arrests happened in the last 10 days in a crackdown on international crime

2 Sep, 2019 @ 17:19

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

British gang among 85 arrests for ‘explosives and murder’ in HUGE drugs bust that seized AK-47, five tonnes of hash and 49 vehicles in Spain’s Andalucia

The gang of four Brits operated from a house in Istan and are believed to have trafficked hash to the UK

28 Aug, 2019 @ 13:59

Crime & Law·Lead

Hospitalised British cyclist Chris Froome could be awarded 2011 Vuelta a Espana title after Spanish champion caught doping

It comes after Froome recently underwent an eight-hour surgery following a horror crash that leaves him out of this year’s Tour de France

14 Jun, 2019 @ 11:32

Lead·National News·Sport

Man in Spain dies of heart attack during hair transplant just moments after receiving anaesthetic

The clinic, which has been giving men their hairlines back for over five years, said it was ‘affected’ by the tragedy

8 May, 2019 @ 17:21

Crime & Law·Lead

New leaked ‘Operacion Kitchen’ documents reveal how Spain’s Partido Popular leaders siphoned off millions for suits and a wedding

Revealed in a series of hand-written notes, kept by former PP treasurer Luis Barcenas, the documents demonstrate how the party was illegally funded on a

21 Nov, 2018 @ 15:56

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Politics

British expat left with €525 bill to cremate her husband’s amputated leg

Expat slams hospital over shock payment for husband’s leg cremation

17 Oct, 2016 @ 09:10

Business & Finance·Health·Lead·Malaga

Waiting times increase in Spain’s hospitals for non-urgent procedures

The waiting time for an operation in Spain has gone up to 89 days

22 May, 2016 @ 09:15

Health·Lead·National News

British expat takes legal action after leg operation left her paralysed in other leg

EXCLUSIVE: Grandmother Carolyn Emmett was left with no movement in her left leg after an operation on her right femur went badly wrong

20 Jan, 2016 @ 17:52

Health·Lead·Malaga

Ed Sheeran bursts an eardrum in Spain

The flame-haired heartthrob said the incident happened during the summer while he was holidaying with friends

13 Dec, 2015 @ 10:53

Entertainment·Lead

British expat breast op horror after translation error leads to ‘unnecessary’ double mastectomy in Spain

Teresa Tarry is suing for 600,000 euros after ‘eight years of hell’

2 Oct, 2015 @ 15:50

Health·Lead·National News

The latest on hip ops

The Exeter hip replacement is now the most widely used in the world… and the most successful, writes surgeon Matt Wilson from Nuffield Health

31 Jul, 2015 @ 12:37

Health

Heroin-smuggling fugitive kingpin busted in Spain

One of Britain's most wanted criminals seized in Tenerife

16 Jan, 2015 @ 10:12

Crime & Law·Lead

BREAKING: Further anti-corruption raids see at least 30 more arrests, many in Sevilla

The crackdown includes technicians, senior municipal officials and politicians

11 Nov, 2014 @ 10:42

Lead·Sevilla

Police bust Pamplona’s San Fermin drug smuggling gang

Ketamine, cocaine and hashish were to be sold during the bull-running festival

2 Jul, 2014 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·National News

Drug smugglers caught in teamwork triumph sentenced in Gib court

The men caught by teamwork from Guardia Civil and Gibraltar police have been sentenced in court

25 Jun, 2014 @ 17:50

Gibraltar

British sex offender arrested in Spain just hours after latest ‘most wanted’ appeal

Michael McCartney, 78, from Letchworth, was arrested in Alicante just hours after his details were published during the latest Operation Captura appeal

16 Nov, 2013 @ 14:51

Lead·National News