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 20-year-old woman drowned in Sant Llorenç d'Hortons, a village 45 km inland from Barcelona, when she was swept away in a flash flood after GPS system directed her to cross the riverbed. https://www.thelocal.es/20161129/woman-drowns-in-flash-flood-after-gps-error Tue, 29 Nov 2016 11:31:47 +0100 woman-drowns-in-flash-flood-after-gps-error Spanish police said Sunday they hade broken up a crime group suspected of cheating over 8,000 people in over 70 countries of around €25 million ($27 million). https://www.thelocal.es/20160711/spanish-police-smash-global-gps-tracker-scam Mon, 11 Jul 2016 10:23:35 +0200 spanish-police-smash-global-gps-tracker-scam A Spanish van driver has caused havoc in the Belgian city of Leuven after he repeatedly crashed into shop windows and walls while trying to reverse down a narrow street. https://www.thelocal.es/20140430/videospanish-driver-causes-havoc-in-belgium Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:02:00 +0200 videospanish-driver-causes-havoc-in-belgium A German lorry driver spent nine hours wedged between houses in a small Spanish town on Wednesday after his GPS sent him down the wrong street. https://www.thelocal.es/20130627/gps-jams-german-truck-driver-in-spanish-town Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:41:00 +0200 gps-jams-german-truck-driver-in-spanish-town