A 16-year-old girl was injured when a 10-year-old ficus tree in the Plaza de Santo Domingo in Murcia literally collapse around her. The fallen boughs and branches weighed around 12 tonnes.
National
A satirical take on Spanish national news
Brit Woman Stabbed
by Vivienne Hughes •
A 42-year-old British woman was allegedly stabbed in the back by her husband using a large knife.
Bye Bye Roaming
by Martin Myall •
Today is the big day that roaming charges disappear in Europe – it only took ten years; before even smart phones existed – but the day has finally come.
More Anti-Smoking Regulations
by Martin Myall •
SPN Health WarningsThe Board of Ministers has approved a Royal Decree and a draft bill that should result in electronic cigarettes having to show health warnings on their packaging.
Dutch Driver Kills Cyclist
by Hugh MacArthur •
This time is was a Dutch citizen that knocked down a cyclists and killed him. It happened on the same stretch of road as a previous incident resulting in five such deaths.
Looking Drier!
by Martin Myall •
Rivers are supposed to flow into reservoirs for later use but this late spring, reservoirs are being emptied to keep rivers alive in the interior of Spain.
The Identification Scandal
by Martin Myall •
The Spanish general public is far from being happy with the London Metropolitan Police over the very tardy identification of a Spanish citizen.
Earthquake in Spanish Banks
by Martin Myall •
Banco Popular has just been bought by Banco Santander for the symbolic sum of just one euro. However, the purchaser also has to cover the 7,900-million-euro hole.
If At First You Don’t Succeed…
by Hugh MacArthur •
A man who allegedly put his wife in hospital after beating her up, later went there to stab her on the ward were she was recovering. The second time around he killed her.
Beef Fraud
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Guardia Civil have arrested 14 people for fraud involving meat products; selling frozen meat as beef when it only contains 25% of this kind of meat.