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LOW-COST practice operator Iryo will launch a direct route between Malaga and Barcelona this yr, it has been introduced.  The Italian-owned firm revealed the service will start on December 15 and can see one outbound and one return every single day of the week.  The journey will make stops in Cordoba, Madrid and Zaragoza and can take round 5 hours …

Since Shackleton Worldwide Faculty (SIS) opened in 2021, it has quickly grow to be a number one establishment for worldwide training in Valencia. With a powerful dedication to innovation, variety, and educational rigor, Shackleton continues to supply an enriching setting for its rising group of scholars and employees from over 50 nationalities. SIS continues to develop and welcome extra college …

THE Spanish man who allegedly killed a Brit with a garden hoe has been charged with murder and locked up in jail. Martin Allwright, 59, was attacked by a neighbour while walking his dog in Almeria on August 12, with the expat dying five days later. The assailant allegedly objected to Martin walking his dog ‘too close to his home.’ …

HOUSE prices are continuing to boom in Spain with new properties soaring by 11.7% in the second quarter of this year- the biggest rise since the third quarter of 2007. Overall prices grew by 7.3% between April and June compared to a year earlier according to the National Institute of Statistics(INE). Second-hand properties continued to go up with an increase …

ANDALUCIA’S Health Ministry confirmed on Thursday that a Navarre women died from the West Nile virus after visiting Utrera in Sevilla province- taking the death toll to six this summer. She had suffered from various conditions and everybody that has died from the virus in Andalucia have been in the Sevilla area or had visited it. Authorities verified on August …

A NARCO stick up gang that pulled off a daring heist on the Marbella motorway to rob a van suspected of transporting dirty money has been arrested.  The criminal gang disguised themselves as police officers to pull off the brazen robbery on the busy A7 last February.  Armed with pistols and flashlights, they set up a fake police control and …

AFTER five years as the British ambassador to Spain and Andorra, Hugh Elliott has bid farewell in an emotional goodbye video message as he prepares to return to London.  Alex Ellis, a former High Commissioner to India and British ambassador to Brazil and Portugal, will take up the role as the UK’s man in Madrid following Elliott’s departure. In a …

THE Policia Nacional have made an arrest after a man was gunned down on Tuesday night at a parking garage in the centre of Denia. The victim, 53, was a Spanish national but not a local resident, with police adding they were not aware of him having a criminal record. One motive for the killing could have been a theft …

CHIEF Minister Fabian Picardo has returned to Gibraltar following his first face-to-face meeting with the UK’s new Labour government. Picardo, accompanied by deputy chief minister Dr Joseph Garcia and the attorney general Michael Llamas, held a meeting with David Lammy, the UK’s foreign secretary, in London on Wednesday. In a tweet, the chief minister said: “I am very pleased with …

POPULAR Costa Blanca entertainer Stevie Spit, has died aged just 54. The prolific charity fundraiser lost his battle against cancer on Tuesday. Whether hosting shows in his famous drag persona at the Benidorm Palace or simply in his normal attire, he was always out to help others. “After a very short illness, he slipped away peacefully surrounded by his loved …