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 A 31-year-old British man on holiday in Catalonia has died after falling off a pedal boat he had hired and being swept out to sea. https://www.thelocal.es/20190625/british-tourist-in-spain-drowns-after-falling-off-a-pedal-boat Tue, 25 Jun 2019 11:35:03 +0200 british-tourist-in-spain-drowns-after-falling-off-a-pedal-boat Those most at risk of drowning are men over the age of 35 who choose to swim at a beach where there are no lifeguards present. https://www.thelocal.es/20180102/481-people-drowned-in-spain-during-2017 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 17:50:29 +0100 481-people-drowned-in-spain-during-2017 A fourteen-year-old boy is fighting for his life after being sucked into the filter system of a public pool in Valencia. https://www.thelocal.es/20170605/teen-sucked-into-pool-filter-system-suffers-horrific-injuries Mon, 05 Jun 2017 14:11:57 +0200 teen-sucked-into-pool-filter-system-suffers-horrific-injuries A man and a woman drowned after being swept out to sea by a powerful wave while bathing at a natural swimming pool on the Canary Island of Tenerife on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170330/two-drown-after-being-swept-into-the-sea-by-giant-wave-in-tenerife Thu, 30 Mar 2017 13:21:00 +0200 two-drown-after-being-swept-into-the-sea-by-giant-wave-in-tenerife A British woman drowned off a Costa Blanca beach after lifeguards ignored her because "she wasn’t waving hard enough", an inquest heard. https://www.thelocal.es/20161006/spanish-lifeguards-ignored-drowning-woman-for-not-waving-enough Thu, 06 Oct 2016 13:59:55 +0200 spanish-lifeguards-ignored-drowning-woman-for-not-waving-enough A British father drowned on Sunday while swimming with his ten-year-old daughter on a beach in Torrox where red flags were flying. https://www.thelocal.es/20160822/british-dad-drowned-daughter-red-flag-torrox Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:04:33 +0200 british-dad-drowned-daughter-red-flag-torrox A man and a woman drowned after being dragged out to sea by strong currents on Sunday evening off a popular kitesurfing beach in southern Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20160510/two-kite-surfers-drown-in-strong-currents-off-tarifa-beach Tue, 10 May 2016 16:06:55 +0200 two-kite-surfers-drown-in-strong-currents-off-tarifa-beach A British tourist was found drowned in the bathtub of her hotel room in Magaluf on Monday night after an evening spent drinking. https://www.thelocal.es/20160503/british-woman-drowns-in-bathtub-at-magaluf-hotel Tue, 03 May 2016 15:53:33 +0200 british-woman-drowns-in-bathtub-at-magaluf-hotel A British four-year-old drowned in the communal pool at a holiday complex in Torrevieja on Wednesday night. https://www.thelocal.es/20160407/british-four-year-old-drowns-in-costa-blanca-pool Thu, 07 Apr 2016 13:41:08 +0200 british-four-year-old-drowns-in-costa-blanca-pool The search for a 20-month-old child who was washed out to sea in northern Spain entered its second day on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160209/search-for-toddler-washed-out-to-sea-by-giant-wave Tue, 09 Feb 2016 12:40:28 +0100 search-for-toddler-washed-out-to-sea-by-giant-wave The man in his sixties was rescued after being dragged underwater around 200 metres from the shore. https://www.thelocal.es/20151105/hero-surfer-saves-drowning-man-in-barcelona Thu, 05 Nov 2015 11:26:13 +0100 hero-surfer-saves-drowning-man-in-barcelona A four-year-old drowned on Sunday after he slipped into a swimming pool while running around with friends as his parents dined nearby. https://www.thelocal.es/20150817/british-child-drowns-in-holiday-villa-pool Mon, 17 Aug 2015 15:37:05 +0200 british-child-drowns-in-holiday-villa-pool Natalia Molchanova one of the greatest free-divers of all time has been missing since Sunday when she failed to surface after diving with her son and a group of friends two miles off Formentera. https://www.thelocal.es/20150805/no-trace-of-free-diver-missing-off-formentera Wed, 05 Aug 2015 12:54:41 +0200 no-trace-of-free-diver-missing-off-formentera Lifeguards desperately looking for a man they assumed had drowned at a beach in northern Spain were shocked to find he'd spent the past three hours relaxing at a nearby bar. https://www.thelocal.es/20140715/missing-swimmer-salou-catalonia-spain-bar Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:20:00 +0200 missing-swimmer-salou-catalonia-spain-bar A Spanish tourist died in the early hours of Tuesday morning after falling from one of Berlin’s landmark bridges and into the Spree river. https://www.thelocal.es/20140520/spanish-tourist-falls-from-berlin-bridge-and-drowns Tue, 20 May 2014 15:24:00 +0200 spanish-tourist-falls-from-berlin-bridge-and-drowns