Dodgy shellfish

Two restaurant owners in Antilla-Lepe, Huelva, have been charged with crimes against the public health after inspectors from Seprona and the District Sanitation Department discovered shellfish contaminated with DSP biotoxins.

Drugs haul in Huelva

Operation ‘Ballena’, conducted by the Tax Office and carried out by Customs officers has resulted in the seizure of 1,945 kilos of hashish in Huelva.

Industrial fatality in Huelva

A 48 year old worker, a Portuguese national, died yesterday on the HU-4402 near El Almendro, Huelva province, after the levelling machine he was driving plunged down an embankment.

Two charged over forest fire in Huelva

Two people in Huelva have been charged with starting a forest fire near Isla Cristina on May 26th. The fire destroyed about 1.5 hectares of land.

Analog blackout in mountain villages of Huelva

As analog tv gradually becomes a thing of the past and the country prepares for the big ‘switch off’ next year, five villages high in the mountains of Huelva have become the latest to experience the ‘analog blackout’.

PA leave government coalition in Ayamonte

The town of Ayamonte (Huelva) now has a minority government in power after the members of the PA decided to abandon their pact with the socialist PSOE and join the ranks of the opposition.

Credit card thieves arrested in Huelva

National Police officers in Huelva have arrested two people who were stealing credit cards from mailboxes, activating the cards and then using them to make withdrawals.

Hotel closes

The Hotel Martin Alonso Pinzón in Mazagón, Huelva, has closed down, with the workforce, 17 people, being dismissed. The (former) employees, who had not been paid since December 2008, are pursuing the matter through the courts.

Two factories close in Huelva

The fertiliser company Fertiberia has closed two of its plants in the Huelva estuary. The closure affects 70 of its 370 staff although the company has not yet filed the necessary papers for employment regulation.

Police break up prostitution network

Seven people have been arrested after an investigation into a prostitution ring in Sevilla involving transsexuals. ‘Operación Torneo’ began after one of the transsexuals, a South American, filed a complaint relating to aggression and coercion used against him to force him into prostitution.