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 second person has died and 186 people now affected after eating contaminated meat. Here's what you need to know about the listeria outbreak spreading across Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20190823/what-you-need-to-know-about-spains-listeria-outbreak Fri, 23 Aug 2019 17:41:07 +0200 what-you-need-to-know-about-spains-listeria-outbreak Health inspectors are investigating a Michelin-starred restaurant in Valencia after a woman died and 28 others were taken ill hours after ordering a tasting menu. https://www.thelocal.es/20190221/michelin-starred-valencia-restaurant-closed-amid-fears-diner-died-from-poisonous-mushroom Thu, 21 Feb 2019 17:06:36 +0100 michelin-starred-valencia-restaurant-closed-amid-fears-diner-died-from-poisonous-mushroom The British government has announced new measures to clamp down on fake holiday sickness claims by Brits that has blighted the travel industry in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20180416/new-crackdown-on-british-holidaymakers-faking-food-poisoning Mon, 16 Apr 2018 16:00:50 +0200 new-crackdown-on-british-holidaymakers-faking-food-poisoning Spanish police said Friday they had identified around 800 British tourists suspected of having made fake food poisoning claims after going on holiday in the Balearic Islands to try to win compensation. https://www.thelocal.es/20171021/spain-identifies-800-britons-suspected-of-making-fake-sickness-claims Sat, 21 Oct 2017 12:43:18 +0200 spain-identifies-800-britons-suspected-of-making-fake-sickness-claims A British company that encouraged holidaymakers to submit bogus insurance claims has had its licence taken away and been forced out of operation in a clampdown against a practice that is blighting tourism in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20170829/british-insurance-firm-stripped-of-licence-over-fake-holiday-sickness-claims Tue, 29 Aug 2017 17:53:07 +0200 british-insurance-firm-stripped-of-licence-over-fake-holiday-sickness-claims Spanish hotels are turning to private detectives and the courts to repel a surge in fake food poisoning claims by British holidaymakers that has already cost them millions of euros. https://www.thelocal.es/20170730/spains-hotels-fight-back-against-fake-food-poisoning-claims-from-brits Sun, 30 Jul 2017 14:51:18 +0200 spains-hotels-fight-back-against-fake-food-poisoning-claims-from-brits The British government has announced plans to crackdown on bogus sickness claims that have recently blighted the tourist industry in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20170711/uk-government-announces-crackdown-on-bogus-holiday-sickness-claims Tue, 11 Jul 2017 17:00:49 +0200 uk-government-announces-crackdown-on-bogus-holiday-sickness-claims Spanish hoteliers have launched measures to protect themselves against fraudulent food poisoning claims that cost the industry more than €60 million last year alone. https://www.thelocal.es/20170525/spains-hotels-clampdown-on-holidaymakers-bogus-food-poisoning-claims Thu, 25 May 2017 14:24:13 +0200 spains-hotels-clampdown-on-holidaymakers-bogus-food-poisoning-claims More than 2,000 people have been affected by an outbreak of gastroenteritis after drinking contaminated bottled water in the region of Catalonia. https://www.thelocal.es/20160418/678-hit-by-gastro-bug-from-bottled-water-in-catalonia Mon, 18 Apr 2016 12:48:40 +0200 678-hit-by-gastro-bug-from-bottled-water-in-catalonia At least 66 people have fallen ill and one person has died from suspected salmonella poisoning at a bar in the coastal city of Cádiz. https://www.thelocal.es/20160209/one-dead-and-66-sick-after-falling-foul-of-dodgy-tortilla Tue, 09 Feb 2016 15:16:27 +0100 one-dead-and-66-sick-after-falling-foul-of-dodgy-tortilla Seventy British tourists are suing travel giants Thomson and Thomas Cook after they fell seriously ill with stomach bugs brought on by the food served at hotels on the Spanish holiday islands of Majorca and Menorca. https://www.thelocal.es/20140807/vomiting-brits-in-spain-sue-giant-tour-operators Thu, 07 Aug 2014 16:36:00 +0200 vomiting-brits-in-spain-sue-giant-tour-operators