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I was going to entitle this article "The Wages of Sin is Death", but as no-one was actually killed in this incident (similar report in Spanish media) in Tafalla, near Pamplona (except for the bull of course!), that did not seem entirely appropriate, but it does express my disgust at the taunting of a trapped animal for sport.Much as I love Spain and the Spanish people I have to say this is one

Swimmers who disobey 'red flags' on beaches in Murcia (e.g. Cartagena, Mazarrón, Águilas, Lorca and San Javier) by going for a swim risk having a fine of upto €1,500- imposed on them by local police. The crack-down on inconsiderate swimmers, known as "Plan Copla", is designed to bring home to such individuals that they risk not only their own lives by swimming under dangerous sea conditions, but

The body of a 49-year old British woman was recovered from the water off the beach at Bolnuevo (Puerto de Mazarrón) in the vicinity of Isla Cueva de los Lobos late yesterday morning, its presence having been reported to '112' by a speed-boat passing nearby. Her family had reported her missing the previous day, so I presume this is how her details became known so quickly,

The project to construct a covered swimming pool in Mazarrón, plus the maintenance and operation of the facility for a period of 40 years, is now open to tender. The project was published on 20AUG (search under the 'Bookmarks' section) in page 46247 of the Official Journal of the Murcia Region (BORM) under paragraph 13557 and the announcement is included in the Mazarrón municipality website here.

In an article published here a few days ago, I mentioned that one item discussed during the 'extraordinary' Council meeting was the tentative plan to build a covered municipal swimming pool for Mazarrón.Now some more details of what is planned are becoming available. Once the plans are published in the Official Gazette of the Murcia Region (BORM), which the linked article implies will be 'soon',

I read on Thursday the news that a youth of 15 at a school in Mazarrón had fainted during a physical education class and that staff, realising the seriousness of the situation, called in the emergency services. I now read that the boy died and his funeral has taken place. The cause of death is unknown, although it is not known if an autopsy took place prior to the burial.I was shocked and

¡Felicitaciones!Rafael NadalThroughout the late afternoon until 9.30pm (British time) this evening I have been watching the 'battle' for supremacy this year at Wimbledon between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. After being 2 sets down to Nadal, Roger Federer of Switzerland succeeded in clawing his way back to parity with the Spaniard. In both the third and fourth sets he achieved this only as a

Spanish (Catalan) swimmer David Meca has successfully swum THREE TIMES consecutively across the Strait of Gibraltar, ending his 12+ hours marathon in Ceuta after having covered more than 60 kilometres in the water. He was naturally exhausted after his efforts and had to be taken to hospital where he remains under observation, but his nodition is thankfully not reported to be serious. A more