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 They're young, on holiday, drunk and sometimes high, and they decide to jump from their hotel or apartment balcony into the pool. But some miss and end up in hospital... or worse, dead. https://www.thelocal.es/20160823/true-cost-of-spains-balcony-jumping-craze-revealed Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:50:17 +0200 true-cost-of-spains-balcony-jumping-craze-revealed A woman in the northwestern region of Galicia had a lucky escape when she was forced to jump out of her third-floor flat and was caught by neighbours holding a sheet below. https://www.thelocal.es/20160418/woman-saved-by-sheet-after-terrifying-plunge Mon, 18 Apr 2016 13:17:44 +0200 woman-saved-by-sheet-after-terrifying-plunge A one-year old baby tumbled out of a 7th floor window in an apartment block in the Madrid suburb of Fuenlabrada and survived – after landing on a hedge. https://www.thelocal.es/20150512/baby-survives-fall-from-7th-floor-window Tue, 12 May 2015 14:37:51 +0200 baby-survives-fall-from-7th-floor-window