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British expat granny takes Spain by storm with incredible dancing stunt

A hidden camera feature in a popular Spanish prime time show has catapulted the 81-year-old Brit to fame on social media.

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Vigilantes join special police teams to combat Spain’s olive oil thieves

A bumper harvest and high prices have turned Spain’s olive crop this year into a prime target for roving gangs of thieves, forcing farmers to take their own measures to protect their groves.

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Darth Vader leaves the Dark Side to join Spanish election campaign

An ad for left-wing party Podemos features an unlikely cameo from one of cinema's greatest baddies.

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The quirky Spanish habits you can't help picking up if you live in Spain

If you've moved to Spain, chances are you have picked up some Spanish habits. How many of these do you do?

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Corruption in Spain: Graft scandals could cost traditional parties dear

Corruption looks set to be a key issue when Spain goes to the polls on December 20th and could lead voters to turn away from scandal hit traditional parties.

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Large family of the year: Spanish pair defied doctors to have 18 kids

Doctors warned them not to have any more children after the first three were born with a rare heart condition, but this family has just been honoured as the European Large Family of the Year 2015.

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Inditex profits surge as online boosts high street fashion sales

Spanish global clothing giant Inditex, owner of the Zara brand, posted a 20-percent surge in nine-month net profits on Thursday as its investments and expansion began to pay off.

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Good Samaritan: Shop worker finds €68k cash in trolley and hands it in

A supermarket worker in northern Spain returned a backpack containing nearly €70,000 that he found among the trollies.

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Sexist advert showing housewives doing housework banned in Spain

A Spanish cleaning product commercial has been branded sexist because it reinforced the stereotype that only women do housework.

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12 cracking Christmas gifts from Spain to buy for people back home

Wondering what to buy your loved ones at home? The Local has rounded up a dozen of the very Spanish best gift ideas for everyone from foodies to fashionistas.

Features

Two of the Number26 founders, Maximilian Tayenthal (l) and Valentin Stalf (r). Photo: Number26

The startup looking to revolutionize the Spanish banking experience

A German startup is offering Spaniards the chance to avoid the hassle of long queues and awkward opening hours of Spanish banks and do everything on a smartphone - and in English.

Photo: Pierre-Philippe Marcou / AFP

'We've missed you': King honours Jews banished during Inquisition

Spain's King Felipe VI has honoured Sephardic Jews who were banished more than five centuries ago during the Inquisition, after a law allowing dual citizenship for their descendants came into force.

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The end of the expat? Europe's cities fight for 'Inpats'

Mention expats and many minds are drawn to stereotypes of workers sent abroad for three years to live in a compound and sip gin. But today’s mobile professionals aren't posted overseas – they just get up and go, writes The Local's Managing Editor James Savage.

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10 stunning autumn shots of Spain

At this time of year Spain puts on a splendid show of autumn colours. Here are some of our favourite photos taken by The Local readers.

Refugee crisis

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'Women put their babies into our arms begging us to keep them safe'

As more and more refugees crowd into rubber dinghies to reach Europe, a Spanish volunteer lifeguard tells The Local how he's swapped the tourist packed beaches of Catalonia to go on patrol in Lesbos.

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Basque terrorists made 3 attempts to kill ex-PM with defective missile

Four suspected members of Eta are on trial accused of making three attempts to shoot down the plane of José María Aznar using a surface to air missile.

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Father wins right to take child to nursery in landmark case for Spain

A Spanish judge has ruled that a man can arrive one hour late to work because he needs to take his child to daycare, arguing that the "rights of the family" should come before the "organization of the company".

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The bodies of 11 drowned migrants have been found off Canary Islands

Spain's coastguard confirmed that 11 bodies had been recovered on Tuesday afternoon, the victims from an overturned boat that was attempting to reach the Spanish archipelago.

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Spanish graffiti artists crushed on tracks while spray painting train

Two Spanish graffiti artists were killed after being run over by a train while spraying graffiti on Monday night.

Police officers block a street during the operation in Mataro, northern Spain. Photo: Josep Lago/AFP

Man and woman suspected of recruiting for Isis arrested in Spain

UPDATED: Spanish police on Tuesday arrested a man and a woman suspected of recruiting jihadists and launching terror threats against Spain and France, the country's interior ministry said.

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Refugee Crisis

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25 arrests after massive fight in asylum centre

Twenty-five young refugees have been arrested after a fight on Thursday evening in a camp for asylum seekers in Styria.

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US rapper 'banned from Switzerland' after fight

An American rapper says he has been deported from Switzerland and banned from returning for three years after being found guilty of assault at a Zurich nightclub following a punch up between musicians and members of the audience that sent six people to hospital.

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Why homework is a total waste of kids’ time

A new book called “Homework, no thanks!” has caused a storm among parents and teachers in Germany due to its claim that giving children homework is an exercise in pointlessness.

EU Referendum

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Five burning questions after Denmark’s EU 'no'

After Danes solidly rejected the idea of dropping one of their four European Union opt-outs in a referendum held on Thursday, The Local looks at the possible ramifications of the result.