SPAIN is the world leader for the number of organ donations made each year according to a new report. By Wendy Williams The study, which will be released in early September, reveals that Spain has a rate of 34.4 donors per million inhabitants. This equated to more than 4000 transplants performed in 2009 with record [...]

A YOUNG Brown bear has been spotted in the Castilla y Leon region for the first time in more than 100 years. Following reports that a bee hive had been damaged by a bear in Valderredible, near the Burgos border, experts examined the tracks and found the young bear. Experts say it is not unusual [...]

MADRID is set to bring in a new law to give cash to farmers whose animals are being killed by wolves in the region. The Iberian wolf, hunted almost to extinction in the 1970s, has returned to the mountains of Madrid. Farmers are calling for action to be taken to protect their livelihood or, they [...]

BEAUTIFUL people everywhere have always reached for this magic potion to help keep their skin supple and fight off wrinkles. But now it has been found that olive oil is good for your bones too. According to medics at the University Hospital Reina Sofia in Cordoba, the oil actually helps your body to form cells [...]

IT is, without a doubt, one of Andalucia’s most evocative valleys. But despite being discovered by British Prime Minister David Cameron, few people have unearthed the true secrets of the Guadiaro Valley By Wendy Williams So it is no surprise, that British Prime Minister David Cameron recently told his Spanish counterpart Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero that taking holidays in [...]

SPAIN has been left with six million unused swine flu vaccines after the World Health Organisation declared an end to the pandemic. The government has been criticised after it spent over 100 million euros in a bid to protect up to 40 per cent of the country from the illness. But in the end less [...]

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to demand the urgent construction of a water treatment plant in the Guadalhorce valley. Spearheaded by the IU party, it is demanding an immediate end to the pouring of over 10,000 litres of untreated sewage into Guadalhorce River every year. By Wendy Williams Coordinator Miguel Esteban Martin, said: “The contamination [...]

A TOTAL of 22 whales have been officially counted in the Straits of Gibraltar this summer. In a project, organised by CIRCE (Conservation, Information and Research on Cetaceans), almost 100 volunteers came from as far as Brazil to count the whales. In total they recorded 20 Humpback whales and two Sperm whales, which according to [...]

A CLEVER eco-friendly bike scheme has been introduced in Ronda. The project involves the installation of 70 bikes at seven key sites around the town. Estimated to be cutting 39,000 litres of petrol a year, so far 100 local residents have joined the scheme, which costs just 30 euros a year. Already dubbed a success, [...]

QUEEN Sofia was firmly backing environmental issues as she got behind the wheel of a ‘green’ car. She took the Peugeot iON for a spin while on the annual family holiday in Mallorca, and gave it the royal thumbs-up, calling it “phenomenal”. The Spanish government is no doubt keeping its fingers crossed that this will [...]

UNESCO has given the thumbs up for the controversial Torre Pelli tower to be built in Sevilla. By Wendy Williams Despite an outcry from local and international pressure groups, the United Nations cultural body insists that the 180-metre tower will not visually impair Sevilla’s famous landmarks. The decision came despite the body’s own cultural boss [...]

IN the first seven months of the year only 16 electric cars were registered for use on Spanish roads. That makes the stated goal of having 2,000 electric vehicles circulating by the end of this year almost unachievable. Next year’s target had been to get 20,000 electric and hybrid cars on the road. It was [...]