Justin and Diane Bridges at the start of their pilgrimage. Photo: J Bridges / The LocalTheir rescue made headlines last month after authorities revealed that they had been called to the aid of a British couple who had become lost on the route to Santiago and had been wandering the hills with no prov...

King Felipe is in no rush to hold further talks. Photo: AFPSpain's king will delay holding a fresh round of talks with party leaders to find a solution to the country's political deadlock after a failed attempt to form a new gove ment, the speaker of parliament said on Monday. King Felipe VI has dec...

Maya waited for six days until her owner was discharged, Photo: Elda Hospital / FacebookMaya was finally reunited with her owner after waiting patiently for six days at the doors of a hospital in Alicante. Sandra Iniesta, 22, was discharged from Elda hospital near Alicante on Saturday where she rush...

It won't begin to cool until Thursday. Photo: AFPAlmost the whole of the southe half of Spain has been put on alert for high temperatures as the late summer heatwaves continues. Temperatures are expected to reach 40 C in parts of Andalusia, Murcia, Valencia and Extremadura as well as across the cent...

A huge forest fire is raging across the hills surrounding the Costa Blanca resort of Javea, threatening to scorch homes and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of holidaymakers. Three separate fires appeared to have been started deliberately on Sunday afte oon between Jávea and Benitatxell and spread...

Julien Lopetegui tried and failed to awaken the dragon at Porto. Can he do a better job for Spain? Photo: Francisco Leong/AFPJulien Lopetegui is the man charged with restoring Spain's former glories, but he faces a demanding task in just getting La Roja to Russia in two years' time with Euros' conqu...

More people will be heading for the job centre after summer. Photo: AFPThe number of people registered as unemployed in Spain rose by 14,435 to 3.69 million in August from a month earlier, its first increase since February, the Labour Ministry said on Friday. But the number of jobless was down by 37...

The house rules at Restaurant Blau Grifeu. Photo: Salvador Sandoval / TwitterA café owner at a beach resort in Catalonia is encouraging good ma ers by charging customers less if they mind their p’s and q’s. Marisel Valencia Madrid, the owner of the Restaurant Blau Grifeu in Llança on the Costa Brava...

A third election seems likely. Photo: AFPSpain's acting prime minister will seek parliament's backing to form a gove ment for the second time on Friday but has little hope of success, raising the possibility of a third election in a year. Mariano Rajoy, whose conservative Popular Party (PP) has rule...

From Roman battle re-enactments, to flamenco street festivals to celebrating wine, there are lots of great events happening in Spain this September. Fiestas Carthaginians and Romans Festival, Cartagena, Murcia (September 16th - 25th) Photo: Spain.info Originally from Lebanon, the Cathaginians fled t...

British expats living in Spain who are worried about the effects of Brexit are signing up for courses to become Spanish citizens when the UK leaves the European Union. A language academy in Mijas on the Costa del Sol has become the first centre to officially offer a special "Brexpats Spanish Nationa...

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever is a tick-bo e virus. Photo: Microbe World (Callie Carr CDC) /FlickrHealth authorities in Spain have begun screening around 200 people after a rare, deadly virus known as Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever killed a man and infected a nurse who treated him, officials sa...