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 An explosion early Saturday caused a building to collapse in the northern Spanish city of Santander, killing three people, emergency services said. https://www.thelocal.es/20241026/explosion-in-spanish-building-kills-three Sat, 26 Oct 2024 16:17:41 +0200 explosion-in-spanish-building-kills-three A small upmarket town on the Cantabrian coastline was the Spanish capital for one day in 1881, changing its future forever. https://www.thelocal.es/20211011/the-small-coastal-town-that-was-spains-capital-for-a-day Mon, 11 Oct 2021 15:14:02 +0200 the-small-coastal-town-that-was-spains-capital-for-a-day Emergency services in Spain’s Cantabria have for the first time ever in the region’s history had to rescue the same hiker on two consecutive nights, a British woman who got lost twice within a space of 24 hours. https://www.thelocal.es/20230629/british-hiker-rescued-twice-in-under-24-hours-in-northern-spain Thu, 29 Jun 2023 12:25:52 +0200 british-hiker-rescued-twice-in-under-24-hours-in-northern-spain Regional authorities in northern Spain they were battling around 50 fires, some of which were deliberately set. https://www.thelocal.es/20190218/firefighter-battle-hundreds-of-blazes-set-deliberately-in-northern-spain Mon, 18 Feb 2019 11:12:24 +0100 firefighter-battle-hundreds-of-blazes-set-deliberately-in-northern-spain A man was injured on Wednesday after a brown bear attacked him while he was taking photos along a common hiking trail by a Cantabrian mountain. https://www.thelocal.es/20150604/bear-attacks-youth-in-monte-de-el-bardal-spain-scenic-hiking-path Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:52:42 +0200 bear-attacks-youth-in-monte-de-el-bardal-spain-scenic-hiking-path Prehistoric cave drawings have been discovered in the northern region of Cantabria, dating back about 20,000 years, making the area "the European capital of rock art". https://www.thelocal.es/20150313/caver-finds-prehistoric-20000-year-old-cave-drawings Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:04:15 +0100 caver-finds-prehistoric-20000-year-old-cave-drawings The recent spate of bad weather in Spain has led scientists in Asturias to discover prehistoric trees, which would have been growing before even dinosaurs roamed the earth. https://www.thelocal.es/20150211/dinosaur-driftwood-unearthed-in-storms Wed, 11 Feb 2015 17:10:00 +0100 dinosaur-driftwood-unearthed-in-storms Calm returned to Spain's Atlantic coast on Wednesday after several days of massive waves in the region. Here The Local rounds up some of the best images of the latest storms. https://www.thelocal.es/20140305/massive-waves-strike-northern-spain Wed, 05 Mar 2014 18:30:00 +0100 massive-waves-strike-northern-spain A top local politician in northern Spain caused a stir on Monday when he was caught on camera looking at steamy photos of a transsexual in a magazine during a parliamentary session. https://www.thelocal.es/20140225/politician-busted-browsing-nudie-mag-in-parliament Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:13:00 +0100 politician-busted-browsing-nudie-mag-in-parliament A giant squid washed ashore in northern Spain recently, with the odd-looking 9-metre (30 foot) long creature causing both amazement and disgust among locals. https://www.thelocal.es/20131007/video-giant-squid-found-on-spanish-beach Mon, 07 Oct 2013 13:24:30 +0200 video-giant-squid-found-on-spanish-beach A white rhinoceros was born in a Spanish safari park recently in what was an extremely rare birth in captivity for the species. https://www.thelocal.es/20131001/spanish-zoo-hails-rare-white-rhino-birth Tue, 01 Oct 2013 15:57:41 +0200 spanish-zoo-hails-rare-white-rhino-birth Spring is going to go into brief remission this weekend with cold temperatures expected across much of mainland Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20130424/cold-snap-darkens-weekend-outlook Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:18:00 +0200 cold-snap-darkens-weekend-outlook