News in Spain

• Spanish cabinet authorises airport control towers with no controllers
  

  A new computer system can now be rolled out at some of the country's quieter airports

• Zapatero says no more Spanish Guardia Civil for Afghanistan
  

  The Prime Minister however spoke of Spain's commitment to the mission.

• USS The Sullivans visits Cudeca Hospice
  

  15 US Navy Sailors and Chiefs visit the hospice in Benalmádena

• Franz Ferdinand's mysterious gig in Málaga
  

  The band are confirmed to give a free concert in November

• Cartagena Jazz Festival celebrates its 30th edition
  

  An extensive program is led by Roberta Flack

• Briton stabbed in Marbella bar fight
  

  The man has not been named in press reports

• Murica fires brought under control
  

  Damping down is expected to take three more days

• Paramount coming to Murcia
  

  A new theme park is set to create some 20,000 jobs and attract 3 million visitors a year to Murcia

• Spain Weather - Friday September10 2010
  

  There are Spanish Meteorological Agency yellow alerts for rough seas in the Strait and off the Girona coast today. Very strong levante winds forecast for the Strait.

• Supreme Court asks the Guardia Civil to investigate Judge Baltasar Garzón's income
  

  The National Court judge is accused of perversion of the course of justice for taking money from the Banco Santander during his sabattical year

• Benidorm hoteliers stand up to Thomas Cook
  

  The British Tour Operator has said that it will be paying five percent less on all contracts from Monday

• Arrested man tells the court that the American woman he is accused of killing cut her own neck
  

  The body of 49 year old Laura was found in the Guadalquivir River in Sevilla earlier this week

• The fiesta goes on despite death in the bullrun
  

  The festivities continue in the town of Arganda del Rey

• Spain Weather - Thursday September 9 2010
  

  The Spanish Meteorological Agency has issued just one yellow alert for today, for rough seas off Girona

• 1,000 hectares now affected in Calasparra fire in Murcia
  

  It is thought that the blaze was started deliberately

• Suspected fire raiser provisionally released in Ontinyent
  

  The Valencia province fires which have affected 4,500 hectares in total are now under control

• Mayor of La Línea presses ahead with Gibraltar toll despite new court ruling
  

  A Court in Algeciras has provisionally called a halt to the redirection of the traffic at the Gibraltar border

• Will Andalucía follow Cataluña and ban the bullfight?
  

  The Parliament in Sevilla has decided whether to admit a popular initiative to ban bullfighting

• Shooting starts on Bruce Willis film in Alicante
  

  'The Cold Light of Day' will be shot entirely in Spain

• Man arrested after body of United States woman found in Sevilla river
  

  The 49 year old woman was reported missing on September 4