The Local Spain 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 Granada swimming pool in hot water over burkini ban A sports centre in Granada has come under fire after it emerged that three women were banned from using the swimming pool because they were wearing burkinis. https://www.thelocal.es/20160921/three-women-expelled-from-granada-pool-for-wearing-burkinis Wed, 21 Sep 2016 13:36:54 +0200 three-women-expelled-from-granada-pool-for-wearing-burkinis 'We won't ban burqinis on our beaches' insists Barcelona Barcelona City Hall has ruled out imposing a burqini ban on public beaches insisting that women must have the right to wear what they like in the sea. https://www.thelocal.es/20160818/we-wont-ban-the-burqini-burkini-beaches-barcelona-spain Thu, 18 Aug 2016 14:27:31 +0200 we-wont-ban-the-burqini-burkini-beaches-barcelona-spain