MALAGA has finally moved to ban horse-drawn tourist carriages in the city with immediate effect – with the fate of the animals yet to be determined.  Animal rights activists have been campaigning for years to get this decision. They claim that it is animal abuse. The horses’ complaints center around the punishing temperatures of summer, the dangers they face when …

After filming themselves with whales, three friends may have to pay a five-figure penalty. Three men are shown jumping from a small pleasure boat into open waters of Strait of Gibraltar, as a pod of whales appears nearby. The mountains of Morocco loom in the background as the swimmers paddle just metres from the animals – in clear violation of …

A BRITISH expat living in Palma, Spain was arrested after a violent attack that injured the victim’s eyes. Last Tuesday (30 September), the Policia Nacional arrested the suspect for serious injury. The arrested Brit was described as a ‘young man’ and was not known to the victim, who reprimanded him and his friends for throwing bottles at passing vehicles. READ …