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 Police in Valencia are searching for an armed robber who managed to hold up a bank then make a successful escape in Spain's third city. https://www.thelocal.es/20171115/police-hunt-bank-robber-in-valencia Wed, 15 Nov 2017 12:04:04 +0100 police-hunt-bank-robber-in-valencia An angry bank customer who jumped over a counter and helped himself to €5 ($6.20) he felt was owed to him after account charges wiped out his bank balance has been sentenced to two years behind bars. https://www.thelocal.es/20141107/bank Fri, 07 Nov 2014 16:43:00 +0100 bank Spanish thieves posing as builders were stopped from carrying out an Ocean's Eleven-style bank robbery after their sophisticated 150-metre (500 feet) tunnel was discovered by a security guard at the last minute. https://www.thelocal.es/20140825/bank-robbers-150m-underground-tunnel-elche-spain Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:30:00 +0200 bank-robbers-150m-underground-tunnel-elche-spain One of Spain's most notorious bank robbers, famous for his inventive disguises, has been sentenced to 2 years and 9 months for a bank robbery in Andalusia in 2003. https://www.thelocal.es/20130617/spains-fainting-thief-handed-serious-jail-time Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:13:49 +0200 spains-fainting-thief-handed-serious-jail-time