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 Those with limited vision are being encouraged to discover masterpieces through a relief painting technique that adds volume and texture to help create a mental image of the artwork through touch. https://www.thelocal.es/20150718/spains-museums-invite-blind-to-touch-art Sat, 18 Jul 2015 11:00:34 +0200 spains-museums-invite-blind-to-touch-art Scores of blind and partially-sighted people got behind the wheel Thursday and sped around a former Formula One racetrack in what organisers said was the first such rally in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20150717/blind-drivers-get-behind-wheel-in-race Fri, 17 Jul 2015 10:49:53 +0200 blind-drivers-get-behind-wheel-in-race A bank manager in eastern Spain has been charged with cheating a partially blind 93-year-old out of €27,000 by fooling him into signing a document which granted her access to his savings. https://www.thelocal.es/20140630/bank-director-charged-with-defrauding-blind-man Mon, 30 Jun 2014 13:26:00 +0200 bank-director-charged-with-defrauding-blind-man Spanish legal authorities have ruled in favour of a blind 23-year-old law graduate who called for people with his disability to be allowed to become judges. https://www.thelocal.es/20140514/blind-man-wins-battle-to-become-a-judge Wed, 14 May 2014 13:49:00 +0200 blind-man-wins-battle-to-become-a-judge