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Spain crackdown on drunken and drugged driving catches 500 drivers per day

500 drivers a day caught drink- or drug-driving in Spain’s Christmas crackdown

The December operation is part of a wider set of traffic-related measures that are implemented over the Christmas and New Year holiday period. Photo Credit: Juan Carlos L. Ruiz/Shutterstock More than 500 drivers a day tested positive for alcohol or drugs during Spain’s annual December enforcement campaign, according to official data released by the Ministry of Interior through the Dirección …

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Jimmy has a sensitive nature, so house-sitters have to walk him in earmuffs

Jimmy’s a sensitive soul, house-sitters walk him with earmuffs

Jimmy. Credit: Juana Cavaliere Silva When he’s at home, Jimmy the Dachshund is all charm and cheek – playful, affectionate, and fiercely loyal to whoever happens to be holding the food bowl. Jimmy is like many other pets in that he has a super-sensitive hearing, and can be frightened by loud noises. Fireworks? No, thank you.Car exhausts back-firing? Is it …

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First babies in Andalucia in 2026 and Malaga Province

First babies born in 2026 in the Malaga Province and Andalucia

Families across the region welcomed 2026 with joy and excitement in hospital delivery room. The honor of being the first baby born in the province went to Sofía, a girl who came into the world at 0.37am on January 1 at the Hospital Universitario Costa del Sol in Marbella. Weighing in at 2.56 kilograms and measuring 47 centimetres, Sofía is …

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