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Spain’s Supreme Court closes loophole over sex changes in gender violence cases

News Desk19th August 202621st August 2026

19th August 202621st August 2026523

Spain’s Supreme Court has ruled that changing a person’s registered sex cannot have retrospective effect and be used to overturn a conviction for gender-based violence...

Hundreds evacuated as fierce Huelva wildfire continues to defy firefighters

News Desk10th August 202617th August 2026

10th August 202617th August 2026763

Firefighters in southern Spain are continuing to battle a major wildfire in the province of Huelva that remains beyond containment, with strong winds, rugged terrain...

‘Light at the end of the tunnel’ as Spain starts lifting wildfire evacuation orders

News Desk28th July 20263rd August 2026

28th July 20263rd August 20261065

Spain has begun lifting evacuation and lockdown orders across several wildfire-hit regions after firefighters made significant progress in containing some of the country’s most destructive...

Wildfire emergency deepens as royals visit evacuees and new Valencia blaze forces thousands to flee

News Desk26th July 202631st July 2026

26th July 202631st July 20261922

Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visited evacuees from the country’s devastating wildfires on Sunday, praising the ‘exemplary coordination’ of the emergency response as...

Spanish Supreme Court refuses to halt migrant amnesty or refer case to EU court — for now

News Desk9th July 202614th July 2026

9th July 202614th July 20261593

Spain’s Supreme Court has declined, for the time being, to refer the government’s controversial migrant regularisation programme to the Court of Justice of the European...

Father arrested after fatal stabbing of toddler’s speech therapist in Valencia

News Desk17th June 202622nd June 2026

17th June 202622nd June 20261148

A 24-year-old father has been arrested in Spain after allegedly killing his two-year-old son’s speech therapist at a clinic in Valencia, believing the health professional...

Spanish footballer Rafa Mir sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison for sexual assault

News Desk15th June 202621st June 2026

15th June 202621st June 20261019

Sevilla striker Rafa Mir (main image) has been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison after a court in Valencia found him guilty of sexual assault...

Man held after three British women allegedly sexually assaulted at Valencia hostel

News Desk12th June 202616th June 2026

12th June 202616th June 2026954

A 32-year-old man has been arrested in Valencia after allegedly carrying out separate sexual assaults on three British holidaymakers, including two teenagers, at a hostel...

Magaluf and Benidorm tighten rules ahead of expected World Cup influx from UK

News Desk10th June 202615th June 2026

10th June 202615th June 20261570

England and Scotland supporters heading to Magaluf for the World Cup have been told that televisions showing matches on outdoor terraces must be muted after...

Police bust Alicante counterfeit document workshop linked to migrant smuggling networks

News Desk10th June 202615th June 2026

10th June 202615th June 2026932

Spanish police have dismantled a sophisticated counterfeit document workshop in Alicante that investigators say was supplying forged identity papers to criminal networks across Europe, seizing...

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