Fossilized ‘devils trail’ along southern Italian volcano was made by Neanderthals who walked through liquid lava hours after violent eruption 50,000 years ago, new evidence reveals Experts have learned more about the footprints along the Roccamonfina volcano The prints could only have been made a few hours or days after the last eruption They also match a … Read more
The clean-up operation has begun after Storm Gloria battered Spain killing eight and leaving 200,000 without power. The ferocious weather, the country’s worst storm for 30 years, saw winds of more than 86mph (140km per hour) and waves reaching more than 30ft. Elsewhere, heavy snow and rainfall unleashed chaos, crippling transport and destroying infrastructure – … Read more
Two rival prehistoric tribes in modern-day Spain were locked in ‘lethal violence’ 5,500 years ago due to vastly different cultures, diets and burials Tribes living 5,500 years ago in northern Spain were buried in different ways Scientists originally thought the cave and stone graves were signs of status They now say that they were due … Read more
The amazing winning and shortlisted images from the 2019 Travel Photographer of the Year competition have been revealed – and they are guaranteed to enchant, fascinate, and prompt the jaw to generally drop. Photographers from 144 countries submitted over 20,000 stunning pictures in categories including endangered planet, people and cultures, thrills and adventures and dusk … Read more
Roads of the future could harvest energy from cars to power street lights, detect speeding or erratic driving, and automatically weigh vehicles as they drive along. An international team of researchers from the USA, Taiwan and Spain have created a list of ten technological advances that could feature on future roads. They examined technologies already … Read more
The rain in Spain! Queen Letizia shrugs off bad weather as she ‘shrobes’ her coat over an elegant grey trouser suit to chair a Red Cross meeting on gender violence in Madrid The mother-of-two, 47, stepped out in a grey tartan patterned two piece suit She was chairing a meeting at Red Cross HQ focused on … Read more
High street fast food chains are rolling out hotly-anticipated vegan alternatives as Veganuary gets into full swing. KFC KFC’s vegan offering, pictured above, looks like a fried chicken burger but the fillet is replaced with Quorn On Thursday KFC released a vegan burger, made with a Quorn fillet, lettuce and vegan mayonnaise. It uses the … Read more
Timmy Mallett – DJ, artist, author and Eighties children’s broadcaster – was preparing to embark on the ancient pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain when a bulletproof government limousine arrived at his Berkshire home in the spring of 2018. He describes what followed in his highly entertaining and wildly odd new memoir, Utterly Brilliant! … Read more
Early humans in Europe travelled south towards sunny Spain to avoid the cold and give them better chances of survival, a new study suggests. Neanderthals, an early relative of humans, fled other parts of Europe during the last ice age and arrived in Gibraltar, the southern tip of the Iberian peninsular. Spanish scientists have based … Read more
Goop ahoy! Gwyneth Paltrow announces wellness cruise partnership in Europe: ‘Goop is now on the high seas’ By Dan Heching For Dailymail.com Published: 02:36 GMT, 10 January 2020 | Updated: 07:22 GMT, 10 January 2020 Want to go on a luxury wellness cruise to France, Spain and the Italian Riviera with Gwyneth Paltrow? Well, now … Read more
King Felipe VI and his wife Queen Letizia have visited a funeral chapel in Madrid to pay their respects to his aunt the Infanta Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz, who died yesterday. Pilar de Borbón was King Emeritus Juan Carlos’s elder sister and died yesterday, aged 83, after being urgently admitted to the Ruber International … Read more
A schoolgirl has been diagnosed with a deadly brain tumour after doctors repeatedly said her headaches were caused by puberty. Lily Wythe, 14, from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, started to complain of migraines after returning from a family holiday in Spain in July last year. She took paracetamol and soldiered on, but the symptoms quickly became more severe … Read more
Red dunes, a green lagoon and vineyards in black volcanic soil: The incredible images that show Lanzarote in all its otherworldly beauty Photos showcase the island’s varied topography, from black beaches and azure waters to epic volcanic zones They were taken by photographer Eleonora Costi, who described it as ‘unlike anywhere else on the planet’ … Read more