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Agents of the Dénia Local Police proceeded yesterday Sunday to evict 37 people who were in the Cova Tallada, in the natural park of Montgó and its marine reserve,that were there despite the restrictions of access to it on the occasion of the heat wave. According to local police sources, 30 of these people had arrived at the cave by sea, and another 7 had arrived on the path. The […]

The blue shark spotted on Thursday in Benidorm has been found dead between Cala Big and Coleta Fumá, in El Campello. The City Council proceeded to close its beaches for safety after the sighting. The animal was first seen in the Vila Joiosa during the morning, according to sources from the Oceanogràfic Foundation. At the scene, the Local Police Air Unit captured images of the animal in Cala Bol Nou, […]

The missing SOS platform has launched an alert on Sunday about the disappearance of a brother and a sister, Kristian Toska and Amantia Toska, 11 and 10 years old. They were last seen on January 17, 2021. The minors had reportedly been abducted in Germany by their father, who was also missing. The German police have now contacted the Spanish authorities requesting their cooperation since one of the open lines […]

On Friday and Saturday several records of absolute maximum temperature were broken in Spain, the most significant in Montoro (Córdoba), where they reached 47.4 degrees. Rubén del Campo, spokesperson for the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet), has pointed out that this heat wave, which although it is beginning to abate has not yet finished, and will probably be one of the most intense experienced in Spain. However, this will be confirmed […]

Catstilla y Leon firefighters attack the fire with all possible means. What started as a forest fire has grown overnight to endanger the residents of four villages that have had to be evacuated. The province of Ávila is suffering from severe fires. The UME has mobilized another 191 soldiers and 75 means to try to put down the fires that were declared on Saturday in the municipalities of Navalacruz and […]

SPAIN’S weather experts warn periods of extreme heat will become more intense and more frequent in the future because of climate change. As the country braces itself for the first heatwave of the summer – affecting the Balearic Islands and almost all of the Iberian Peninsula – predicted temperatures could reach 45 degrees Celsius in Andalusia and a minimum of between 26 and 28 degrees in a number of parts […]

SPANISH customs successfully boarded an aging merchant ship ferrying a huge cargo of cannabis to Western Europe. The Palau-flagged ship ‘Natalie’ was intercepted 40km south of Fuerteventura by two customs ships and guided to the port of Las Palmas where the illicit cargo in its hold was discovered. The National Police said the Natalie was at “serious risk” of sinking – smugglers buy such veterans for a final mission before […]

AT LEAST four migrants are feared drowned in rough weather as a merchant ship tried to pluck them from a boat 550km south of Spain´s Canary Islands. The ship went to the aid of a boat carrying some 34 people off the coast of Morocco but at least four were lost overboard and another died shortly after being rescued. According to the Spanish coastguard, because of the rough weather and […]

THE “majestic” white-tailed eagle is being reintroduced to Spain after an absence of more than 30 years in a special wildlife programme. A total of nine young birds imported from a healthy population in Norway are currently living in a special acclimatisation enclosure in the northern region of Asturias ahead of their release. The white-tailed eagle qualifies for an approved project as it is one of eight bird species in […]