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 Madrid officials have announced a charity bullfight in the city, in a bid to raise cash for matadors financially hit by the Covid-19 crisis. https://www.thelocal.es/20210417/spanish-crowds-to-return-to-the-bullring-next-month-in-support-of-covid-hit-matadors Sat, 17 Apr 2021 17:15:50 +0200 spanish-crowds-to-return-to-the-bullring-next-month-in-support-of-covid-hit-matadors A Spaniard known as "the man with 2,000 tumours" who lied about having terminal cancer was handed a two-year jail term Monday for scamming donations from thousands, including celebrities. https://www.thelocal.es/20210208/2000-tumour-man-sentenced-for-scamming-spain-donors Mon, 08 Feb 2021 16:46:24 +0100 2000-tumour-man-sentenced-for-scamming-spain-donors Spanish banking giant Bankia has come under fire after installing metal bars outside one of its branches, to prevent homeless people from sleeping in its doorway. https://www.thelocal.es/20160322/spanish-bank-installs-metal-bars-to-stop-homeless-sleeping-in-doorway Tue, 22 Mar 2016 14:13:55 +0100 spanish-bank-installs-metal-bars-to-stop-homeless-sleeping-in-doorway A group of Spanish hairdressers are using their Sundays to give free haircuts to the homeless along with a chance to tell their stories. https://www.thelocal.es/20160121/hairdressing-homeless-free-haircuts-madrid Thu, 21 Jan 2016 12:00:51 +0100 hairdressing-homeless-free-haircuts-madrid When a Barcelona taxi driver was stabbed and the money he had saved up to visit his sick mother in Pakistan stolen, it was strangers who came to the rescue. https://www.thelocal.es/20160113/barcelona-taxi-driver-robbed-kindness-strangers-spain Wed, 13 Jan 2016 17:08:26 +0100 barcelona-taxi-driver-robbed-kindness-strangers-spain The head of the riot squad in Madrid for Spain's national police force has enlisted his colleagues to pose for a charity calendar in support of the city's Down Syndrome Foundation. https://www.thelocal.es/20141126/cops-release-calendar-for-down-syndrome-charity Wed, 26 Nov 2014 15:25:00 +0100 cops-release-calendar-for-down-syndrome-charity The 20 richest people in Spain earn as much as the poorest 20 percent, while the country's wealthy elites have actually grown richer during the economic crisis, a major new global report into wealth inequality argues. https://www.thelocal.es/20140120/twenty-richest-people-in-spain-earn-same-as-poorest-20-percent Mon, 20 Jan 2014 13:56:00 +0100 twenty-richest-people-in-spain-earn-same-as-poorest-20-percent