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 Young children in Spain could be making their grandparents depressed, a group representing the country's elderly warned recently, saying older people are at risk of being overworked. https://www.thelocal.es/20140728/overworked-grandparents-at-risk-of-burnout Mon, 28 Jul 2014 15:26:00 +0200 overworked-grandparents-at-risk-of-burnout A Spanish man and his girlfriend are being charged with murder after they reportedly starved and gave no water to his bedridden grandmother for over a month. https://www.thelocal.es/20140716/man-starves-his-92-year-old-grandmother-to-death Wed, 16 Jul 2014 16:55:00 +0200 man-starves-his-92-year-old-grandmother-to-death A Madrid foundation wants to offer the country's elderly gay and lesbian community a place where they can be open about their sexuality without facing rejection or bullying from their peers. The Local Spain speaks to their president. https://www.thelocal.es/20140415/spain-gay-lgbt-lesbian-old-people-home Tue, 15 Apr 2014 13:01:00 +0200 spain-gay-lgbt-lesbian-old-people-home A 78-year-old and a 67-year-old have been changed after serving up a marijuana-laced cake to several unsuspecting friends. https://www.thelocal.es/20140305/pensioners-charged-over-marijuana-laced-cake Wed, 05 Mar 2014 14:03:00 +0100 pensioners-charged-over-marijuana-laced-cake A retired 73-year-old fireworks fancier accidentally caused a massive explosion on Wednesday afternoon when he dropped a bag of rubbish into a curb side container. https://www.thelocal.es/20140227/pensioners-exploding-trash-injures-three Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:56:00 +0100 pensioners-exploding-trash-injures-three A 68-year-old Spanish man was found dead on Tuesday evening with his head stuck in a paper recycling bin from which he had been trying to recover something. https://www.thelocal.es/20140212/palma-pensioner-perishes-in-recycling-bin Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:50:00 +0100 palma-pensioner-perishes-in-recycling-bin A 78-year-old Spanish senior citizen has earned the dubious distinction of becoming the oldest drug mule ever busted in Colombia. https://www.thelocal.es/20140206/colombian-cops-nab-78-yr-old-spanish-drug-mule Thu, 06 Feb 2014 11:05:00 +0100 colombian-cops-nab-78-yr-old-spanish-drug-mule 62-year-old British woman Lamenda Kingdon had been longing to visit the Alhambra in the Andalusian city of Granada. Little did she know she was booked on a flight to the Caribbean island of Grenada. https://www.thelocal.es/20131028/mix-up-lands-granada-bound-granny-in-caribbean Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:02:00 +0100 mix-up-lands-granada-bound-granny-in-caribbean After a career spent repairing trains, Francisco Marcos Gallego once thought he and his wife would end their days in comfort. Instead they are struggling to support their unemployed son and his children. https://www.thelocal.es/20131022/pensioners-have-saved-spain-during-the-crisis Tue, 22 Oct 2013 10:55:32 +0200 pensioners-have-saved-spain-during-the-crisis Spain is near the bottom of European tables for access to the internet in rural communities, low-income groups and the elderly, a new report shows. https://www.thelocal.es/20130624/most-spanish-over-55s-have-never-used-internet Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:29:00 +0200 most-spanish-over-55s-have-never-used-internet Every Thursday dozens of pensioners gather outside bailed-out lender Bankia in the Spanish capital with a simple demand: Give us our money back. https://www.thelocal.es/20130322/give-us-back-our-stolen-money-pensioners Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:54:00 +0100 give-us-back-our-stolen-money-pensioners A retired couple in Spain killed themselves on Tuesday because they faced eviction, police have said, as lawmakers considered legislation to save ruined homeowners from being thrown into the street. https://www.thelocal.es/20130213/pensioners-suicides-shake-up-spanish-eviction-vote Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:13:00 +0100 pensioners-suicides-shake-up-spanish-eviction-vote