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 Madrid's security chief was forced to hide out in a bar on Tuesday, after being chased and yelled at by hundreds of police officers protesting the city's decision to dissolve a security unit. https://www.thelocal.es/20160217/security-police-chief-forced-to-hide-angry-riot-police Wed, 17 Feb 2016 11:01:58 +0100 security-police-chief-forced-to-hide-angry-riot-police Horacio Llorens battled minus-15C temperatures in Norway to embark on the magical flight. https://www.thelocal.es/20160127/spanish-paraglider-northern-lights-in-video-norway Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:27:45 +0100 spanish-paraglider-northern-lights-in-video-norway A 20-year-old Valencia man has been beaten by tram security guards for refusing to pull up his low-slung trousers. https://www.thelocal.es/20150529/youth-beaten-up-on-tram-for-low-hanging-trousers Fri, 29 May 2015 17:43:08 +0200 youth-beaten-up-on-tram-for-low-hanging-trousers Campaign videos can be cringeworthy but this effort by the PP mayor of Oyón surely takes the crown as the most cringeworthy of them all. https://www.thelocal.es/20150519/is-this-the-worst-election-campaign-video-ever Tue, 19 May 2015 13:09:47 +0200 is-this-the-worst-election-campaign-video-ever Footage of a 14-year-old girl beating up a classmate because in her own words she "had good reason to" has sent shockwaves throughout the country. https://www.thelocal.es/20140306/video-of-brutal-teen-girl-beating-shocks-spain Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:45:00 +0100 video-of-brutal-teen-girl-beating-shocks-spain A Spanish burglar who anonymously handed in stolen video tapes which led to the arrest of a paedophile football coach has turned himself in, police said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140123/spains-good-thief-gives-himself-up Thu, 23 Jan 2014 19:08:00 +0100 spains-good-thief-gives-himself-up Spanish women crave one food above all others when they're pregnant. A new advertising campaign is hoping to cash in on this by offering new mothers their baby's weight in that product. https://www.thelocal.es/20140102/video-2 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 12:52:32 +0100 video-2 A Spanish NGO has launched a chilling video that highlights how poverty can affect our physical appearance. https://www.thelocal.es/20131223/video-how-poverty-leave-its-mark-on-us Mon, 23 Dec 2013 13:48:00 +0100 video-how-poverty-leave-its-mark-on-us This year’s traditional Christmas lottery TV commercial is proving so unpopular among Spaniards it is fast becoming the most parodied ad in the country’s Internet history. https://www.thelocal.es/20131120/video-spains-spoof-xmas-lottery-ads-go-viral Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:08:00 +0100 video-spains-spoof-xmas-lottery-ads-go-viral An Oscar nominated film director, 28 high definition cameras, a world class stunt driver, and a herd of charging bulls: these are the ingredients in the amazing new interactive 360 degree film The Chase. https://www.thelocal.es/20131011/video-hollywoods-360-degree-running-of-bulls Fri, 11 Oct 2013 19:35:00 +0200 video-hollywoods-360-degree-running-of-bulls