13 people have been arrested by National Police in Málaga for fraud,

13 people have been arrested by National Police in Málaga for fraud, in connection with a premium rate esoteric phone line operation. Police say the accused tried to keep callers on the phone for as long as possible.Most of those arrested are women, and are accused of telling the callers that the longer they stayed on the line, the higher the chance that the esoteric rituals being carried out on their behalf would be successful. Police...

José Tomás, is said to be stable after a very serious goring in the Feria de San Marcos

Spanish bullfighter, José Tomás, is said to be stable after a very serious goring in the Feria de San Marcos in Mexico. He was caught by the fifth bull from the De Santiago stud.The matador underwent a three and a half hour operation and is now in the intensive care unit of the Hidalgo Hospital, after being gored three times as much as 15 cms deep by the bull ‘Navegante’. The stream of blood which led from the ring to the surgery at the...

several prison workers could have had sex with the inmates in exchange for favours.

Spanish Prisons Authority, Instituciones Penitenciarias, dependent on the Ministry for the Interior, has removed the management of the Meco women’s prison in Madrid, after detecting ‘inacceptable behaviour’.José Luis Cuevas, the Director, along with Bonifacio A, the Sub-Director and Juan R. The Administrator, are all going in the clean out and a full investigation is underway following accusations that several prison workers could have...

no definite sighting of 'Seanie' in his usual Spanish bolthole

Irish taxpayers were told that they would be paying for the rest of their lives because of the €30bn Nama buyout, disgraced banker Sean FitzPatrick was holidaying abroad.But while there were people who swear he is in one of the world's top golf resorts on the Costa Del Sol, there was no definite sighting of 'Seanie' in his usual Spanish bolthole.In the good...

Four Britons are being held in Spain accused of handling luxury cars stolen in the UK and taken to be sold on the Costa del Sol

Four Britons are being held in Spain accused of handling luxury cars stolen in the UK and taken to be sold on the Costa del Sol.Four cars stolen in Britain were recovered in police raids in Marbella, Fuengirola and Torremolinos.An Italian was also arrested.Those held, who are aged 35 to 60, all have criminal records in Spain. They are accused of handling...