Penelope Cruz is seen on set for the first time as she shoots new film Parallel Mothers in Madrid

Penelope Cruz has been pictured on the set of Parallel Mothers for the first time.  The 46-year-old actress has teamed up with Pedro Almodóvar again for the drama, which explores the story of two mothers who give birth on the same day.  Little is known about the Spanish film as yet, but production started last month, with … Read more

Princess Leonor of Spain, 15, attends her first solo royal engagement in Madrid

Princess Leonor of Spain proved she has inherited her mother’s taste for sustainable fashion as she carried out her first engagement without her parents today  The royal, 15, presided over the Cervantes Institute’s 30th anniversary in Madrid – marking her first working visit without her mother Queen Letizia, 48 and father King Felipe VI, 53.  … Read more

Madrid sees surge in tourists after city officials let restaurants and bars stay open until 11pm

Fiesta! Madrid sees surge in tourists after city officials refuse to follow government’s Covid restrictions and let restaurants and bars flout national curfew and stay open until 11pm Spanish capital bucked trend by easing Covid restrictions across the country Region decided to push back Spanish curfew adopted by an hour to 11pm   Tourists from across … Read more

Champions League quarter-final draw: Liverpool face Madrid, City play Dortmund and Chelsea get Porto

Champions League quarter-final draw: Liverpool face Real Madrid, Man City play Haaland’s Dortmund and Chelsea get lucky with Porto… plus a Bayern-PSG rematch and a potential all-English semi-final! The draw for this season’s Champions League quarter finals has taken place Liverpool face a re-run of their 2018 final against Spanish giants Real Madrid  City will … Read more

Chris Hemsworth’s wife Elsa Pataky admits her childhood in Madrid ‘wasn’t the happiest’

Chris Hemsworth’s wife Elsa Pataky admits her childhood in Madrid ‘wasn’t the happiest’ but says she refuses to be sad about it By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:23 GMT, 1 March 2021 | Updated: 05:23 GMT, 1 March 2021 Chris Hemsworth‘s wife Elsa Pataky has spoken candidly about growing up in Madrid. … Read more

PICTURED: Priest and parishioner father-of-four are among four killed in Madrid gas glast

These are the first pictures of the parishioner father-of-four and priest who died after a suspected gas blast yesterday ripped through a Catholic Church-owned building in Madrid. David Munoz Santos, 35, was killed instantly when the 3pm explosion destroyed the upper floors of the building where was working to fix a faulty boiler and left … Read more

Building is destroyed by an explosion in Madrid 

BREAKING NEWS: Seven-storey building ‘housing old people’s home’ is destroyed by suspected gas explosion in Madrid By Natalia Penza For The Mailonline Published: 14:39 GMT, 20 January 2021 | Updated: 14:41 GMT, 20 January 2021 A seven-storey building said to house an OAP home in Madrid has been destroyed by a suspected explosion. Several floors … Read more

British expats flying home to Spain are stopped from boarding BA flight from Heathrow to Madrid

British expats flying home to Spain are stopped from boarding BA flight from Heathrow to Madrid after airline staff claimed their ID documents are no longer valid Nine passengers were not allowed to board on the flight to Madrid on Saturday    British journalist and photographer Max Duncan reported the incident on Twitter The Embassy replied … Read more

Denise Richards, Joan Collins and Jane at photocall for Glow And Darkness in Madrid

Denise Richards cut a glum figure as she joined Joan Collins and Jane Seymour at a promotion for TV series Glow And Darkness in Madrid. The medieval drama depicts the live of Saint Francis of Assisi, while focusing on popular historical figures such as Richard the Lionheart and Leonor of Aquitaine [Seymour].   Writer Alejandro Gillermo … Read more

Spain’s government declares state of emergency in Madrid as Covid cases rise

The Spanish government has declared a state of emergency in Madrid to try and halt the spread of coronavirus in one of Europe’s most signficant outbreaks.  Police have set up Covid-19 check points at train stations in Spain’s capital as it looks to clampdown on a rising infection rate in the region.  The step, which … Read more