The Agencia Española de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición (AESAN), has issued an alert concerning well-known brands of Frankfurter, hot-dog sausages.
Dodgy Sausages Alert
by Vivienne Hughes •
National
A satirical take on Spanish national news
Hot 500-Euro Notes
by Hugh MacArthur •
Handling 500-euro notes is like putting a target on your back, as far as Hacienda goes; they’re 100% hot potatoes.
Baby Falls from Window
by Vivienne Hughes •
A 14-month-old baby fell from a 5th-floor window in Coruña in the north of Spain.
Jab Available for over 80s
by Martin Myall •
The campaign for the fourth Covid Jab, which will be for people over 80 living in retirement homes, will commence on the 26th of this month.
Truly Tragic
by Vivienne Hughes •
A 57-year-old pedestrian was killed when an out-of-control BMW careened onto a pedestrian street and ran him over. The driver had been rushing his daughter to hospital.
Faking Her Own Kidnapping
by Hugh MacArthur •
Police operation, Santero, which took place in Tenerife, resulted in the arrest of five people all belonging to the same family for extortion through a fake kidnapping.
Hypertension Pills Withdrawn
by Martin Myall •
The Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios ( AEMPS) has issued a warning over a hypertension drug called Enalapril, marketed by Alter S.A.
IVA Cut on Gas
by Martin Myall •
Spanish PM, Pedro Sánchez, has announced that he will bring down IVA on gas from 21% to 5% from October to at least the end of the year.
Baby Killed by Hailstone
by Vivienne Hughes •
A hailstone the size of a tenis ball struck a 20-month-old, baby girl in Bisbal d’Empordà (Girona, Cataluña) yesterday.
Officer Dies from Tick Bite
by Vivienne Hughes •
Although the death of a Seprona police officer was first put down to using a sulphate on his vegetable garden, the real culprit was a tick bite.