Read more about the article Con Man Who Was Given Thousands By Claiming He Had Only Months To Live Arrested 7 Years Later
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Crime

Con Man Who Was Given Thousands By Claiming He Had Only Months To Live Arrested 7 Years Later

This Spanish man who lied about being terminally ill with a rare type of cancer in order to net GBP 230,000 from well-wishers including celebrities will likely avoid prison due to a loophole in Spanish law. Francisco Jose Sanz Gonzalez de Martos, locally known as Paco Sanz, plead guilty when…

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March 1, 2021
Read more about the article Couple Marries In ICU Minutes Before Being Intubated For COVID
The hospital Virgen de la Cinta in Tortosa. (Google Maps/Newsflash)
Health

Couple Marries In ICU Minutes Before Being Intubated For COVID

A Spanish couple in their 50s has got married in the ICU of a hospital minutes before they were sedated and intubated due to COVID-19 complications. The marriage took place at Hospital Virgen de la Cinta in the city of Tortosa in the province of Tarragona in the Spanish autonomous…

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February 22, 2021
Read more about the article COVID Outbreak In Spanish Care Home 10 Days After Getting Pfizer Vaccine Kills 9
The elderly centre of El Salvador, in Lagartera. (Residencia El Salvador-Lagartera/Newsflash)
Health

COVID Outbreak In Spanish Care Home 10 Days After Getting Pfizer Vaccine Kills 9

Nine residents from a Spanish retirement home have died after an outbreak 10 days after getting the Pfizer vaccine left all but one of the 78 residents infected with COVID-19. The tragic outbreak happened at the El Salvador care home in the municipality of Lagartera in the province of Toledo…

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February 18, 2021
Read more about the article Buildings In Madrid Shopping Area Evacuated After Fake Bomb Threat
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Crime

Buildings In Madrid Shopping Area Evacuated After Fake Bomb Threat

The Spanish police have evacuated a skyscraper and several stores in one of the busiest shopping areas of Madrid after receiving a bomb threat that later turned out to be fake. The incident took place in the Spanish capital Madrid at around 2pm on 26th December. Local media said the…

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February 4, 2021
Read more about the article Carer Husband And Sick Wife Scoop GBP 1M On Spains Big Fat Lottery
Emiliano Martin talking with press after knowing that he was the winner of the lottery (Newsflash)
General News

Carer Husband And Sick Wife Scoop GBP 1M On Spains Big Fat Lottery

This couple has won GBP 1 million on the Spanish lottery after the husband spent three years without work to stay home and help his wife who suffers with a rare disease. The couple lives in the town and municipality of Punta Umbria in the province of Huelva in the…

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February 3, 2021