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 The Tabernas Desert, an area famous for being the backdrop of iconic Spaghetti Western films - is being trashed. Dave Regos, a documentary filmmaker, shares his story of the clean-up campaign. https://www.thelocal.es/20190507/my-spanish-story-a-fistful-of-rubbish Tue, 07 May 2019 12:54:31 +0200 my-spanish-story-a-fistful-of-rubbish A man known to suffer from a condition that causes compulsive hoarding was found dead on Wednesday under piles of garbage at his home. https://www.thelocal.es/20160407/hoarder-crushed-death-under-rubbish-garbage-pile-spain Thu, 07 Apr 2016 14:25:00 +0200 hoarder-crushed-death-under-rubbish-garbage-pile-spain Police are investigating whether the mother who recently abandoned her baby in a Madrid bin dumped another child two years ago. https://www.thelocal.es/20150724/mum-of-bin-baby-may-have-dumped-previous-child Fri, 24 Jul 2015 17:09:18 +0200 mum-of-bin-baby-may-have-dumped-previous-child Police have arrested the mother of a newborn baby who was found alive on Wednesday after being dumped in a rubbish bin in Madrid. https://www.thelocal.es/20150716/mother-of-rubbish-bin-baby-arrested Thu, 16 Jul 2015 13:13:09 +0200 mother-of-rubbish-bin-baby-arrested Oviedo in the north has been crowned the cleanest out of Spain's cities but the nation's capital Madrid comes bottom in a new study. https://www.thelocal.es/20150429/madrid-shamed-as-dirtiest-city-in-spain Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:11:09 +0200 madrid-shamed-as-dirtiest-city-in-spain A small village in eastern Spain has started using horses and carts as a cheaper and greener alternative to rubbish trucks. https://www.thelocal.es/20140723/spanish-village-turns-horses-into-dustbin-men Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:32:27 +0200 spanish-village-turns-horses-into-dustbin-men One man has died and at least six others have been hospitalized in southern Spain after drinking from a bottle of whisky they found in a rubbish bin. https://www.thelocal.es/20140228/drinking-party Fri, 28 Feb 2014 13:03:12 +0100 drinking-party 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 Madrid street-sweepers began the mammoth clean up of Spain's capital on Sunday after calling off a strike which has caused rubbish to pile up for nearly two weeks. https://www.thelocal.es/20131118/striking-street-sweepers-clean-up-messy-madrid Mon, 18 Nov 2013 10:28:13 +0100 striking-street-sweepers-clean-up-messy-madrid Rubbish piled up in the gutters of Madrid on Friday as a strike by street sweepers facing sackings and salary cuts began to leave its mark on the major tourist destination. https://www.thelocal.es/20131108/rubbish-strike-turns-madrid-into-stink-city Fri, 08 Nov 2013 10:28:22 +0100 rubbish-strike-turns-madrid-into-stink-city