Category: National News

A new educational programme has been launched, aimed at preparing students for emergencies caused by natural disasters and human actions. The initiative was presented at IES Fernando Zóbel in Cuenca and will start this academic year. Over eight million students and nearly eight hundred thousand teachers will benefit from this essential training. Source: https://www.englishradionews.com/news/spain/new-educational-programme-introduced-for-emergency-preparedness/

A judge has requested financial information from the Congress of Deputies and the Navarre Parliament regarding former PSOE secretary Santos Cerdán. He is currently under investigation for alleged involvement in irregular public contract awards and received nearly forty one thousand euros for petrol expenses over six years. The request follows significant discrepancies in reported incomes.

An inspector from the tax authority has detailed how the partner of Madrid’s regional president – Isabel Díaz Ayuso – allegedly used false invoices to reduce his tax burden. The investigation into Alberto González Amador began after a significant revenue increase in 2020. It uncovered fifteen fake invoices worth over one million euros. The case

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has attended the launch of the F-111 Bonifaz frigate at the Navantia shipyard in Ferrol. This first vessel of the F-110 programme represents significant investment and job creation, with over four billion euros invested and nine thousand jobs generated. At the launch event – which was also attended by Queen Sofía

Firefighters in Madrid have discovered the body of a fifty-two-year-old man under more than a metre of rubble following a bar explosion in Puente de Vallecas, which also damaged the residential building above. #Explosión en un bar c/Manuel Maroto #PuenteVallecas.@SAMUR_PC y #SUMMA112 han atendido a 14 heridos, uno de ellos grave. 17 dotaciones de @BomberosMad

The final leg of Spain’s version of the Tour de France, La Vuelta, has been cancelled midway due to clashes between police and pro-Palestinian protesters in Madrid. The race was paused due to protests, with police attempting to disperse demonstrators. In an official statement, organisers confirmed that stage twenty-one of La Vuelta would not continue,

Three people have been seriously injured after a bus overturned on the C-32 near Santa Susanna, in Barcelona. A Santa Susanna, 14 dotacions #Bomberscat, amb la resta de serveis presents, hem fet una primera atenció a la seixantena de passatgers del bus sinistrat a la C-32 (avís 12.22 h). Ara, revisem el vehicle i els

Guardia Civil has launched a widespread investigation following a shooting at a bar in the Los Nietos urbanisation in the Seville suburb of Carmona that has left two people dead and another seriously injured. Witnesses reported that two armed individuals entered the bar on Calle Azahar at around 4:45 on Saturday afternoon. One of the

The Congress of Deputies will debate and vote on Wednesday over proposed amendments from the Partido Popular, Vox, and Junts regarding the reduction of the weekly working hours to thirty-seven and a half hours. The three parties hold an absolute majority, which could jeopardise the flagship project of Vice President Yolanda Díaz. Political negotiations are

The partner of Ana Julia Quezada – who is serving a full life sentence for the murder of Gabriel Cruz – has appeared in court over alleged threats to Gabriel’s mother. The case was reopened following threats received by Patricia Ramírez from prison – it’s believed that the threats originated from Quezada, who used her