Crime/Incidents news & information for Galicia

SPANISH president Mariano Rajoy has confirmed that the devastating infernos currently destroying Galicia were started deliberately.

TWO occupants of a van have been found dead in what remains of their vehicle as they attempted to escape the devastating wildfires sweeping Galicia in Spain's far north-west, whilst homes, schools and factories have...

AT LEAST 15 forest fires continue to burn out of control in the far north-western region of Galicia, having already wiped out 1,880 hectares (4,626 acres) since Wednesday.

A HOMELESS man hunting for food in a wheelie-bin in Ourense (Galicia) found a newborn baby – alive and well.

AN INFERNO in the Galicia province of Ourense has already wiped out nearly 3,000 acres after less than 24 hours and continues to burn out of control.

POLICE have managed to unblock the mobile phone belonging to missing Madrid sixth-former Diana Quer, which they hope will reveal content key to finding out what happened to her.

A DRIVER left €10,000 in cash on the roof of his car and forgot about it until he set off – by which time nearly €4,000 had blown away and been pocketed by passersby.

SPANISH survivors of the London tower-block fire say they have lost '41 years of memories' as well as their home.

THE judge handling the case of missing sixth-former Diana Quer has temporarily shelved his files and has lifted the legal 'secrecy order', which he feels is 'excessive and unnecessary'.

THE Galicia town of Betanzos is flying its flag at half-mast today (Friday) in an official day of mourning for its descendant Aysha Ahmet Caldelas Frade, 43, who lost her life in the terror attack on Westminster Bridge...

THE woman known to have been killed on Westminster Bridge in yesterday's terrorist attack has been named as 43-year-old Aysha Frade, a Spaniard working at a college in London.

THE MOTHER and convicted killer of Galicia schoolgirl Asunta Yong Fang Basterra Porto has been found unconscious in her prison cell after taking an overdose.