The Local Spain 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 Fury after kids told to bring their own loo roll to school Parents at an under-funded school in central Spain are outraged at being told their children should bring in their own supply of loo paper. https://www.thelocal.es/20161017/fury-after-kids-told-to-bring-their-own-toilet-paper-to-school Mon, 17 Oct 2016 13:09:50 +0200 fury-after-kids-told-to-bring-their-own-toilet-paper-to-school Snake slithers out of toilet to bite woman's backside Residents of the northern Spanish town of Narón are in a state of panic after a brightly-coloured snake slid out a toilet to bite a woman on her left buttock while she was on the toilet. https://www.thelocal.es/20140523/snake-crawls-out-of-toilet-to-bite-women Fri, 23 May 2014 14:51:00 +0200 snake-crawls-out-of-toilet-to-bite-women 'Job interview left me with crushed vertebra' This budding saleswoman was trampled on by a mob of job candidates while trying to grab a €50 (worth $70) note from the floor during a gruelling recruitment process. Meet our latest Spanish Face of the Week: Clio Almansa. https://www.thelocal.es/20140307/breaking-your-back-for-a-job-literally Fri, 07 Mar 2014 13:02:00 +0100 breaking-your-back-for-a-job-literally Exploding toilet leaves woman badly burnt A woman has had to undergo skin grafting on her legs after she was badly burnt in a methane gas explosion caused by the lack of ventilation and cleanliness of a Barcelona bar toilet. https://www.thelocal.es/20140214/exploding-toilet-leaves-woman-badly-burnt Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:00:50 +0100 exploding-toilet-leaves-woman-badly-burnt Job-hungry Spaniards crash IKEA servers Ikea's computer servers crashed in Spain after 20,000 people applied for jobs at a new store in the country, the Swedish furniture giant said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20131204/20000-spanish-job-seekers-crash-ikea-site Wed, 04 Dec 2013 15:36:00 +0100 20000-spanish-job-seekers-crash-ikea-site Cops caught short in toilet roll crisis Police in the southern Spanish port city of Cádiz have bemoaned the 'uncomfortable situation' of having no toilet paper in their headquarters and are urgently awaiting supplies. https://www.thelocal.es/20130614/cops-caught-short-by-toilet-roll-crisis Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:20:00 +0200 cops-caught-short-by-toilet-roll-crisis