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Morrissey cancels Valencia gig, blaming noisy Fallas festival and ‘indescribable hell’ of hotel

News Desk12th March 202616th March 2026

12th March 202616th March 20262133

British singer Morrissey cancelled his scheduled concert in Valencia on Thursday, blaming a lack of sleep caused by the intense noise of the city’s famous...

Spain plans total smoking ban at bar terraces, beaches, stadiums, bus stops

News Desk10th September 202515th September 2025

10th September 202515th September 20254584

Spain’s minority coalition government unveiled draft legislation on Tuesday aimed at prohibiting smoking in a wide range of outdoor public spaces, from beaches and sports...

Spain airdrops 12 tonnes of food aid into Gaza, as famine threat intensifies

News Desk1st August 20254th August 2025

1st August 20254th August 20253140

Updated Report – Friday 1 August: Spain confirmed on Friday that it had completed an airdrop of 12 tonnes of food into Gaza, where famine...

15 children from Gaza arrive in Spain for urgent medical care

News Desk25th July 20242nd August 2024

25th July 20242nd August 20245835

15 children and one adult from war-ravaged Gaza have arrived in Spain after travelling from Egypt to receive care for complicated medical conditions. The children were...

Spain has registered its first deaths from acute hepatitis in children

News Desk5th August 202211th August 2022

5th August 202211th August 20222125

Spain has registered its first two deaths from acute hepatitis, or liver inflammation, among children — an illness whose causes are unknown and is being...

First monkeypox deaths outside of Africa seen in Spain and Brazil

News Desk1st August 20228th August 2022

1st August 20228th August 20222639

The Spanish health ministry released a statement on Saturday to say that up to 29 July there have been a total of 4,298 confirmed cases...

WHO declares monkeypox ‘public health emergency of global concern’

News Desk25th July 202231st July 2022

25th July 202231st July 20221979

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday declared the monkeypox outbreak, which has affected nearly 16,000 people in 72 countries, to be a global health...

From a Madrid sauna to Canary Islands – more monkeypox cases across Spain

News Desk22nd May 202225th May 2022

22nd May 202225th May 20228965

After authorities in Madrid closed a gay sauna in the capital on Friday that had been identified as a possible place of the origin of...

Spain now has 7 confirmed monkeypox cases, and 22 further suspected cases

Steph Osborn19th May 202222nd May 2022

19th May 202222nd May 20224753

Last update: Thurs 19 May at 15.15h Spain first issued an alert on Wednesday to say it had eight suspected cases of monkeypox – referred to as...

Spain investigating three cases of child hepatitis of unknown origin

News Desk15th April 202221st April 2022

15th April 202221st April 20223018

This week health authorities in Spain have been investigating three isolated and unconnected cases of children suffering from severe acute hepatitis of unknown origin. Aged...

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