The Guardia Civil has launched an investigation into seven individuals suspected of illegal waste dumping and burning in urban areas between Sevilla and Alcalá de Guadaíra. This area has reportedly transformed into a large illegal landfill over the past few years, with uncontrolled burning creating substantial smoke and posing serious health risks to nearby residents. Authorities from the Service for the Protection of Nature begun their investigation last year after […]

In Torrevieja, Alicante, agents from the Guardia Civil have apprehended a nineteen-year-old man on charges of violent robbery and theft. The suspect is accused of stabbing an elderly woman during a robbery attempt and also stealing a gold chain using the 'snatch' method. The local court has ordered his provisional custody without bail. This investigation, part of operation 'Cheria-25', began in late June when officers received reports of a violent […]

Spain has confirmed that its recent heatwave has made August twenty twenty-five the hottest month on record, with an anomaly of four point six degrees Celsius above average. This surpasses the previous record of four point five degrees Celsius set in July twenty twenty-two. The intense heat, which spanned from the third to the eighteenth of August, has been noted as the most severe since temperature recordings began in Spain. […]

Santander has experienced an intense downpour, registering sixty-three point six litres of rain per square metre in just one hour. This is the second highest figure recorded in the history of Cantabria, falling short of the all-time record set in nineteen eighty-three. The State Meteorological Agency has characterised these exceptional rainfall levels, which have caused significant disruptions across the city. Flooding has occurred in various areas, leading to the closure […]

Tourists visiting the Costa Blanca in southern Spain have been warned to stay out of the sea following the sighting of poisonous sea slugs known as blue dragons. Swimming has been banned along a seven-mile stretch of coast around the Guardamar del Segura area, just north of Torrevieja. The mayor, Jose Luis Saez, announced the ban via a post on social media, highlighting the danger posed by these creatures and […]

Óscar López, the Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Function, has outlined the effectiveness of the government’s Plan against telephone and SMS scams. Since the implementation of the first measures on seventh March twenty twenty-five, telecommunications operators have successfully blocked a staggering forty-seven million nine hundred seventy-one thousand four hundred calls and two million two hundred twelve thousand nine hundred fifty SMS messages. The daily average of blocked communications has […]

The National Police have apprehended four individuals, accused of stealing eight tonnes of copper wiring from various businesses and petrol stations in Madrid and Oviedo. The thefts led to significant disruptions, leaving numerous shops without electricity and inflicting economic damages exceeding seventy thousand euros, as reported by the Madrid High Police Headquarters. The investigation commenced in June, following a notable rise in copper wire thefts in the region. The suspects […]

In a tragic incident on the waters off Mallorca, one man has died, and three others are reported missing following the capsizing of a migrant boat. The vessel, carrying over twenty individuals, encountered difficulties and left its passengers adrift for six days. Emergency services mobilised at around three-thirty in the afternoon, successfully rescuing nineteen people, one of whom had been recovered earlier by a private boat. The rescue effort was […]