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 Couple hire hitman in bid to inherit funeral parlour A Madrid couple who hired an assassin in a bid to inherit an undertaking business have been handed lengthy jail terms after things didn’t work out quite as planned. https://www.thelocal.es/20150807/spanish-couple-hired-hitman-to-inherit-funeral-home-madrid Fri, 07 Aug 2015 16:17:04 +0200 spanish-couple-hired-hitman-to-inherit-funeral-home-madrid Man stages coffin protest against noisy neighbours A Frenchman in the Spanish coastal town of Denía has found a novel way to complain about noise from a neighbouring restaurant — he has suspended a coffin on scaffolding outside his window. https://www.thelocal.es/20141113/tomb-protest Thu, 13 Nov 2014 11:43:00 +0100 tomb-protest