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The police in northern Spain are under fire for their actions after it was revealed that a resident complained about the poor state of a coastal pedestrian bridge less than 24 hours prior to its collapse. Six people died on Tuesday when a wooden path that ran along the rocky cliff near Santander suddenly collapsed. Seven students were walking across …

ONE night in May last year, the sky over Zaragoza shimmered with ribbons of green and violet light — a spectacle that left onlookers spellbound. It was an exceedingly rare sight for Spain: the northern lights, or aurora borealis, are typically reserved for regions close to the Arctic Circle — Norway, Finland, or Iceland. Under exceptional circumstances, however, this phenomenon …

Guardia Civil identified a man in Spain who posted on social media videos showing him driving at 261 kilometres a hour. In his five-seater car, the 28-year old Santander resident carried six passengers – four of whom were minors. Guardia in Cantabria began their investigation in September, after discovering two videos that he had uploaded on social media. READ MORE …