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 Spanish banking giant Bankia has come under fire after installing metal bars outside one of its branches, to prevent homeless people from sleeping in its doorway. https://www.thelocal.es/20160322/spanish-bank-installs-metal-bars-to-stop-homeless-sleeping-in-doorway Tue, 22 Mar 2016 14:13:55 +0100 spanish-bank-installs-metal-bars-to-stop-homeless-sleeping-in-doorway A group of Spanish hairdressers are using their Sundays to give free haircuts to the homeless along with a chance to tell their stories. https://www.thelocal.es/20160121/hairdressing-homeless-free-haircuts-madrid Thu, 21 Jan 2016 12:00:51 +0100 hairdressing-homeless-free-haircuts-madrid A group of young creatives have designed a new range of postcards that depict a no-holds-barred version of Spain today, one with which the government and tourist board might not be too happy. https://www.thelocal.es/20150709/do-these-postcards-lift-the-lid-on-the-real-spain Thu, 09 Jul 2015 17:51:30 +0200 do-these-postcards-lift-the-lid-on-the-real-spain It may seem like something out of the Hollywood film The Terminal, but for around 40 homeless people, Madrid's Barajas Airport is the closest thing they have to a place to live. https://www.thelocal.es/20150102/homeless-residents-make-lives-in-spanish-airport Fri, 02 Jan 2015 11:14:00 +0100 homeless-residents-make-lives-in-spanish-airport