Tarragona News & Information

A HOMELESS man in Amposta (Tarragona province) handed in a wallet containing €1,000 in cash this week – and the owner wants to find him so he can thank him.

A DOG defended his owner when she was being beaten up by her boyfriend in Tarragona at around 05.30 this morning (Thursday), and prevented him from getting near her again.

A HIGHLY-AGGRESSIVE species of frog native to North America has been found in the wild in Spain for the first time, leading to concern among biologists.

TARRAGONA-BASED them park PortAventuraWorld has unveiled five new attractions within its Ferrari Land complex – a feature that led to Easter visits rocketing by over 60%.

A TARRAGONA man who grew and sold cannabis 'to top up his pension' has been arrested and at least 290 marihuana plants have been confiscated.

SPAIN'S first-ever 'bus on demand' is about to be launched in a Catalunya town – it has no fixed stops or timetables, and pick-ups are requested using a mobile phone App.

A MECHANIC in Reus (Tarragona province) has been denounced for refusing to repair a National Police officer's car in protest over the high-profile action on the streets during Catalunya's disputed independence...

POLICE in Catalunya are keeping close watch on – and even raiding – companies given the job of printing out referendum material such as voting slips, electoral lists and polling cards.

A VAN ploughed into pedestrians in the early hours of this morning (Friday) in the centre of Cambrils, a tourist hotspot on the coast of the province of Tarragona, leaving six injured of whom one was said to be critical.

A TOWN in the province of Tarragona wants to leave Catalunya and join the neighbouring region of Aragón, and has called an extraordinary general meeting of the town council to discuss the 'move'.

AN 'EMERGENCY alert' affecting the nuclear plant in Ascó (Tarragona province) at 02.12 this morning (Tuesday) after a fire broke out has been called off, authorities have announced.

A FRESH warning about the dangers of playing near railway lines has been issued after a 14-year-old boy was electrocuted at a Tarragona province station.