The Pigeon Express
One person has died and at least 40 others injured when high winds caused parts of a stage to collapse at a festival in Spain. Footage showed some festivalgoers running in panic, while others are seen continuing to party. WATCH: Heavy wind speeds of up to 65km/h tore off part of the Medusa music festival's […]
A 62-year-old French man survived for 16 hours at sea by using an air bubble inside his boat after it capsized. The 12-metre vessel, which had set sail from Portugal’s capital Lisbon, sent out a distress signal late on Monday evening from the Atlantic Ocean. Spanish coastguards found the upturned boat, but the sea was […]
Shakira has failed to reach an agreement with Spanish prosecutors on tax evasion charges, and she will go to trial insisting on her innocence, according to a statement released by her public relations team. “Shakira and her team consider that this case constitutes a total violation of her rights,” the statement reads, “since she has […]
Spain and Brazil have reported one death each from monkeypox in what are thought to be the first fatalities linked to an outbreak of the disease that began in early May. Spain is one of the world’s worst-hit countries, with 4,298 cases of the virus, according to the health ministry’s emergency and alert coordination centre. […]
Three men have died in 24 hours from wounds suffered during bull-running festivals in eastern Spain. They had all taken part in the Valencia region’s traditional bull-runnung, when bulls charge through towns, often with people running ahead of them. Animal rights groups have long complained of the dangers for the public as well as the […]
Thousands of firefighters are battling wildfires in Portugal, Spain and southwestern France, in the grip of a heatwave that shows no sign of easing. In northern Portugal, a pilot died when his waterbombing plane crashed in the Foz Coa area, near the Spanish border. Fires are ravaging areas of France’s Gironde region, where more than […]
Firefighters in Spain are struggling to contain wildfires in several parts of the country, which is suffering a heatwave unusual for this time of the year. The worst damage has been in the north-west province of Zamora where more than 61,000 acres have been consumed, regional authorities said. The blaze that started in Zamora’s Sierra […]
A wildfire in mountains in southern Spain has forced evacuation of 2,000 people from the centre of the town of Benahavis and injured three firefighters, authorities said. The blaze started on Wednesday afternoon on the slopes of Pujerra mountain in the Sierra Bermeja, above the Costa del Sol, a magnet for British tourists on the […]
Rafael Nadal, the 21-time grand slam champion, has suffered a stress fracture in one of his ribs and will be out for four to six weeks, the Spaniard announced on Twitter Tuesday. Nadal’s perfect start to 2022 was ended on Sunday by American Taylor Fritz who secured a surprise victory in the final at Indian […]
A fraudster dubbed the UK’s most wanted woman has been arrested in Spain after nearly a decade on the run. Sarah Panitzke, 47, disappeared in May 2013 while on trial over her part in laundering cash from a £1billion mobile phone tax scam. She was arrested while walking her dogs in Santa Barbara, Tarragona, on […]
A Spanish fishing trawler sank off Canada’s east coast overnight on Monday, with 10 people dead and 11 missing, Spanish and Canadian rescuers said. Rescuers managed to save three crew members after the boat went down some 250 nautical miles east of Newfoundland, Canada’s Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre (JRCC) said. Spain’s transport ministry said there […]
At least 319 migrants have been rescued while trying to cross the Atlantic Ocean in several different boats, according to Spanish authorities. Emergency services on the Canary Islands reported that 24 children were among those rescued on Wednesday. But the NGO Walking Borders says that at least 18 people travelling on one of the migrants’ […]