Castile and Leon News & Information

Correos, the Spanish Post office, will issue a series of commemorative stamps next year as part of the celebrations to mark the 500th anniversary of the death of Queen Isabel la Católica (1451-1504) in Medina del Campo...

Three people died and another two were injured in a car crash yesterday morning in Villamartín de Campos (Palencia). The accident took place at kilometre 12 on the N-610 road (Palencia to Benavente), and consisted of a...

It has been one of the most tragic weekends of the year so far on Spanish roads. Between 3pm on Friday and midnight last night, 41 people were killed in 26 fatal accidents, the third highest weekend death toll of the...

It has been revealed that Silvia Clemente, the Culture Councillor of the Castilla and Leon Council is intending to present a court case against the government.

The mayor of El Ejido has announced that he has received news from the organisers of tomorrow night's Rolling Stones concert that it has had to be cancelled as a result of Mick Jagger's voice problem.

The first two baby bear cubs born in the mountains of Palencia this year have been found by regional environmental officers.

Two condoms found inside a 16th century medical manual have gone on display at Salamanca University's General History Library.

A sausage-making company in Palencia has launched a new product - Morcillas Ecuménicas or Ecumencial Black Sausage - made without blood and aimed at Jehovah's Witnesses who will now be able to enjoy sausages...

AN ART exhibition has been banned by Salamanca city council for featuring politicians and Royals with excrement on their heads.

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

A 64-YEAR-OLD woman from Burgos has given birth to twins via Caesarian section after successful IVF treatment, making her one of the oldest mothers in Spain.

OVER 120 diners who left a restaurant en masse without paying struck again within days at another banquet hall in the same area, and are thought to have made two other attempts.