https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez described the train crash in Andalusia that left 39 people dead as a "night of deep pain" for the country. https://www.thelocal.es/20260119/deadly-spanish-train-crash-a-night-of-deep-pain-for-our-country-pm-says Mon, 19 Jan 2026 09:45:12 +0100 deadly-spanish-train-crash-a-night-of-deep-pain-for-our-country-pm-says Five people died and another four were seriously injured following an explosion on Monday at a coal mine in Spain's northern region of Asturias, officials said. https://www.thelocal.es/20250331/four-dead-in-spain-mining-accident Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:51:51 +0200 four-dead-in-spain-mining-accident Eight crew members have died and five are missing after their fishing vessel encountered bad weather near the Falkland Islands, east of Argentina, Spanish authorities said late Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20240724/spanish-fishermen-die-in-in-falklands-shipwreck Wed, 24 Jul 2024 11:15:21 +0200 spanish-fishermen-die-in-in-falklands-shipwreck A bar involved in a deadly collapse last week on the Spanish island of Mallorca did not have a license for a roof terrace that gave way, the local mayor said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20240528/bar-terrace-in-deadly-mallorca-collapse-was-unlicenced Tue, 28 May 2024 16:22:24 +0200 bar-terrace-in-deadly-mallorca-collapse-was-unlicenced The roof of a restaurant in Spain's Balearic island of Mallorca collapsed on Thursday, killing four people and injuring 16 others, local rescuers said. https://www.thelocal.es/20240524/four-dead-and-21-injured-as-restaurant-roof-collapses-in-spains-mallorca Fri, 24 May 2024 11:13:33 +0200 four-dead-and-21-injured-as-restaurant-roof-collapses-in-spains-mallorca Three people died and another three were injured on Monday in an explosion at a fireworks factory in southern Spain, regional authorities said. https://www.thelocal.es/20181113/three-killed-in-explosion-at-spain-fireworks-factory Tue, 13 Nov 2018 09:19:18 +0100 three-killed-in-explosion-at-spain-fireworks-factory Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has expressed his solidarity with the more than 300 people injured when a boardwalk collapsed at a festival in Vigo. https://www.thelocal.es/20180813/the-floor-gave-way-as-if-we-were-in-an-elevator-spectators-and-pm-sanchez-react-to-vigo-accident Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:10:56 +0200 the-floor-gave-way-as-if-we-were-in-an-elevator-spectators-and-pm-sanchez-react-to-vigo-accident More than 370 people were injured during a festival in Spanish coastal city Vigo after a boardwalk with hundreds of spectators on it collapsed. https://www.thelocal.es/20180813/266-injured-after-boardwalk-collapses-at-vigo-festival Mon, 13 Aug 2018 12:12:01 +0200 266-injured-after-boardwalk-collapses-at-vigo-festival Forty people were injured after a section of floor at a packed nightclub on Spain's holiday island of Tenerife collapsed on Sunday, sending revellers plunging into the basement, officials said. https://www.thelocal.es/20171126/22-injured-as-spain-nightclub-floor-collapses Sun, 26 Nov 2017 15:46:34 +0100 22-injured-as-spain-nightclub-floor-collapses Five people, including four Spanish nationals, were killed and nine more Spaniards injured in a road accident Saturday in southern India, according to Spain's ministry of foreign affairs. https://www.thelocal.es/20170805/four-spanish-nationals-killed-in-india-road-accident Sat, 05 Aug 2017 17:07:32 +0200 four-spanish-nationals-killed-in-india-road-accident An acrobat has fallen to his death in front of horrified onlookers at a festival in Madrid, sparking anger at organisers who refused to halt performances following the accident. https://www.thelocal.es/20170709/spanish-acrobat-dies-in-mad-cool-festival-fall Sun, 09 Jul 2017 15:45:41 +0200 spanish-acrobat-dies-in-mad-cool-festival-fall A six-year-old girl has died after a bouncy castle full of children flew up into the air at a restaurant on the Costa Brava. https://www.thelocal.es/20170508/six-year-old-girl-dead-and-two-others-critical-after-bouncy-castle-blown-away-on-costa-brava Mon, 08 May 2017 12:02:59 +0200 six-year-old-girl-dead-and-two-others-critical-after-bouncy-castle-blown-away-on-costa-brava A young British woman fell to her death from a 10th-floor flat in Spain's Mediterranean holiday resort of Benidorm, police said Saturday, as she reportedly partied with other Britons. https://www.thelocal.es/20170430/british-woman-falls-to-her-death-from-flat-in-spain Sun, 30 Apr 2017 17:41:25 +0200 british-woman-falls-to-her-death-from-flat-in-spain Spanish coast guard crews worked Sunday to clean up a three-kilometre (1.9-mile) long diesel slick off the holiday island of Gran Canaria after a passenger ferry slammed into a pier. https://www.thelocal.es/20170423/spains-canary-islands-battles-slick-after-ferry-accident Sun, 23 Apr 2017 17:50:35 +0200 spains-canary-islands-battles-slick-after-ferry-accident Two people died and 46 others were injured on Sunday after a bus carrying mostly foreigners rammed into a broken down truck in southern Spain, police said. https://www.thelocal.es/20160605/two-dead-46-injured-in-spain-bus-crash Sun, 05 Jun 2016 15:31:25 +0200 two-dead-46-injured-in-spain-bus-crash UPDATED: Thirteen people were killed and 43 injured on Sunday when a bus carrying foreign students crashed in northeastern Spain, regional authorities in Catalonia said. https://www.thelocal.es/20160320/14-killed-as-bus-carrying-foreign-students-crashes-in-spain Sun, 20 Mar 2016 14:31:53 +0100 14-killed-as-bus-carrying-foreign-students-crashes-in-spain Six cyclists from German cycling team Giant-Alpecin were injured in a training accident when an English driver crashed into them in Benigembla near Alicante on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160124/german-cyclists-inured-in-spanish-accident Sun, 24 Jan 2016 12:44:06 +0100 german-cyclists-inured-in-spanish-accident A farmer in Castellón cut off his right hand and staged a car accident to rake in the insurance money. https://www.thelocal.es/20160114/spain-man-gives-right-hand-for-insurance-scam Thu, 14 Jan 2016 13:15:48 +0100 spain-man-gives-right-hand-for-insurance-scam Tragedy struck the European Balloon Festival in Spain on Sunday, when a balloon pilot died while saving the rest of his passengers during a crash. https://www.thelocal.es/20150713/one-dead-six-injured-in-hot-air-balloon-accident Mon, 13 Jul 2015 12:08:01 +0200 one-dead-six-injured-in-hot-air-balloon-accident Spain's roads are getting more dangerous, new data shows, with the number of road deaths in January up 42 per cent on last year. https://www.thelocal.es/20150202/road-deaths-in-january-reach-three-year-high Mon, 02 Feb 2015 17:31:00 +0100 road-deaths-in-january-reach-three-year-high