A salmonella outbreak in the municipality of Barbastro has affected over four hundred individuals, with seven people requiring hospitalisation. Among those admitted are five minors at the Hospital de Barbastro and two others, a young woman and another minor, at the Hospital San Jorge in Huesca. Currently, all patients are reported to be stable, and health officials indicate that some cases have involved dehydration, which was addressed at home. The […]

A thirteen-year-old boy has sadly passed away following a fall from a scooter in the Saldar avenue of Pájara, Fuerteventura. The incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday morning. The emergency coordination centre of the Canary Islands reported that the boy was discovered unresponsive at the scene by the Guardia Civil, who swiftly raised the alarm. Upon their arrival, emergency services found the boy in cardiac arrest and initiated […]

The council of Jumilla, located in the Murcia region of Spain, has officially approved a budget that limits the use of its sports facilities exclusively for sporting events. This decision was facilitated by votes from the Popular Party and Vox, following an amendment that has drawn criticism for restricting activities such as religious celebrations. Opponents of the measure highlight concerns about discrimination against the local Muslim community, given that such […]

A twelve-year-old boy has lost his life following a fall at a rocky area in Cotolino, Castro Urdiales. The unfortunate incident occurred while he was playing with a friend. Emergency services received the alert at approximately twenty-one forty-five on Tuesday evening, indicating that a child had fallen from a cliff. Local police, along with Castro firefighters and civil guards, quickly mobilised to the scene. The boy suffered a severe chest […]

A significant wildfire still remains active in Tarifa, Cádiz, having forced the evacuation of over one thousand individuals from hotels and campsites. This situation has been described as highly complex and dangerous by Antonio Sanz, the President of the Junta of Andalucía. He praised the emergency services for their swift organisation of the evacuation, which involved the clearance of more than five thousand vehicles from the area. Firefighters are currently […]

The Police Nacional have discovered the body of a thirty-four-year-old woman in Don Benito, a town in Badajoz. They have arrested her forty-one-year-old partner, who is suspected of murder in what is being investigated as a case of domestic violence. The Government Delegation in Extremadura has confirmed that this incident could bring the total number of women killed due to gender-based violence in Spain to twenty-four this year. The victim, […]

A fifty-seven-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly confining his girlfriend in his home for twelve days in Llíria, Valencia. According to the Civil Guard, he kept her locked away, restricting her access to the internet and mobile phones, and forced her to engage in sexual activities that he recorded without her consent. The situation came to light when the woman managed to contact her ex-partner, who reported her predicament […]

The General Union of Workers, known as UGT, has announced a state-wide strike at Azul Handling, part of the Ryanair group, in response to ongoing issues of precariousness and continuous breaches of labour rights. Azul Handling is responsible for providing ground handling services to Ryanair airlines at numerous airports across Spain. Strikes will commence on the fifteenth of August and will see work stoppages at all of the company’s operational […]

Extremadura is currently facing its second heatwave of the summer, with Badajoz experiencing temperatures soaring to forty-two degrees Celsius. This severe weather has resulted in the tragic death of an eighty-five-year-old man from Torremayor, who succumbed to heat complications in hospital. This incident marks the second heat-related death in the region this summer, following the passing of a sixty-seven-year-old man in Plasencia last month. The heatwave commenced on Sunday, 3 […]