ALL IS NOT lost for this year's huge Fallas festival in the Comunidad Valenciana – they will merely take place six months late.

WATCH your speed when driving anywhere in Spain from today (Tuesday) – more than you usually do – since new, lower limits have come into force.

FRENCH low-cost express rail service Ouigo launched in Spain today – Monday, May 10 – the first day ever when national train company RENFE has ever had to deal with competition.

MANUELA has always wanted to met her idol Rafael Nadal, and thanks to her grandson's campaigning, the 95-year-old has finally been able to chat to the tennis ace in person.

WHILE the rest of the world was nervously looking up at the sky waiting for an out-of-control Chinese rocket to land on them (it fell in the Indian Ocean and civilisation is still standing and not pancake-shaped), Spain was counting down the seconds ...

AMBITIOUS plans for extending and upgrading the Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella are afoot, and the job – worth €75 million – will be put out to tender this summer.

THERE'S no such thing as too many flowers – at least, Estepona doesn't think so, although it has decided to stop at around 400,000 just in case.

IF YOU'RE on the Costa del Sol this weekend, pop to Fuengirola and get your purse out – the annual Businesswomen and Entrepreneurs Fair, or Women in Business Fête, has taken over the Plaza de la Constitución.

SOME restrictions are expected to continue in place even after Spain's 'State of Alarm' ends on Sunday, May 9, but in most cases, those limiting freedom of movement and trade will be considerably relaxed or removed.

CREATING a circular economy through upcycling and recycling is becoming – and not before time – a trend in just about every industry and household; plastic waste fished from the sea and turned into clothing and home textiles, or battered and out-...

ALTHOUGH physical museum visits have been down by over 70% in the past year due to the pandemic – largely because they were mostly shut anyway – Spaniards and Spanish residents were not willing to go without their regular dose of culture: Almost ...

A SUBMARINE from Spain has beaten the national depth record by plunging into the second-most profound section of the Mariana Trench, and the third on earth.

LACK of forward planning is not something Barcelona city council could be accused of – at least, not in relation to its Christmas lights.

A BRITISH resident is up for an award from the EU for inventing 'leather' from pineapple leaves – a no-kill and environmentally-friendly solution that looks just like the real thing and is suitable for shoes, belts, handbags and other hard-wearing ...

A HOSPITAL in the province of Barcelona has successfully carried out Spain's first-ever outpatient stomach reduction operation.