Burgos News & Information

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NATIONAL high-speed rail services are breaking into the north – the fast AVE train now runs from Madrid to the cathedral city of Burgos, via Valladolid.

IF YOU had ancestors in the UK, Ireland, or the far north-eastern tip of the Americas over a millennium ago, you're probably a pirate.

A FORMER pilot of the aircraft which crashed in the Channel killing Cardiff FC player Emiliano Sala says he does not believe the tragedy was caused by a mechanical fault.

A MAGICIAN from Extremadura has broken a world record by lying in a sarcophagus made from ice for three hours and 40 minutes.

THE oldest nuclear waste plant in Spain has been shut down for good after the government agreed to proposals from the opposition based upon years of clamouring by nearby residents and environmental groups.

SPAIN has acquired a new global heritage site – the rocky mountain nature reserve of Las Loras, which straddles two provinces, has been designated World Geo-Park.

A SPANISH couple on holiday in Portugal have died after being swept away by a tidal wave in the popular seaside town of Nazaré.

A MUM who has just given birth to twins aged 64 has applied to the courts to regain custody of her six-year-old daughter, who was taken away from her and who now lives with a relative in Canada.

SIX in 10 applicants for firefighters' jobs in the centre-northern cathedral city of Burgos failed at the first hurdle – on their spelling.