December 2022

A bogus physiotherapist from Totana, Murcia, has been jailed after he was arrested for raping at least three women. He was denied bail after a court appearance. The 33-year-old man possessed fake documents showing he had the qualifications to practice as a physio and offer therapeutic massages. His aim was to sexually assault women at […]

HERITAGE department workers removed plants from Moorish Castle walls, restored a Europa Point whipping pole and protected historic graves in Gibraltar recently. Minister for Heritage John Cortes said this work was vital as these sites ‘act as a window to the world that our many visitors can enjoy’. The works at Moorish Castle’s Tower of

A WOMAN and a man have lost their lives and a four-year-old child has been injured in a tragic traffic accident on Wednesday night, November 30, on the A-45, at kilometre 116, in the municipality of Antequera, Malaga. As reported by the emergency services 112, several witnesses called the emergency hotline at approximately 10.45pm on

TOP air travel bosses are in Gibraltar to tackle the challenges of the industry post-pandemic and the effects of rising fuel prices. The British Territory’s government hosted the CAPA World Aviation Summit from December 1-2 at the Sunborn floating hotel at Ocean Village. CEOs of three airlines, the European Regions Airline Association director general and

THE Viñuela reservoir in Axarquia is at 9.2% of its capacity, a figure it has only reached once before, in 2008. The lack of rainfall means that the drought situation in Malaga’s reservoirs worsens by the day. Malaga’s reservoirs are currently at a third of their capacity and La Viñuela has equalled the lowest ever

A joint Guardia Civil and Europol operation has dismantled a criminal gang that illegally marketed horses to be slaughtered for meat that was not fit to be eaten. 35 people have been arrested for their part in a racket that generated €4.5 million. Those involved in the scam included slaughterhouse owners and vets who signed

Police have arrested two people for allegedly punching a person in the face and then shooting them 12 times with a BB gun on a street in San Pedro de Alcantara.  Policia Nacional on Thursday alleged the two men approached the victim as he was walking home in the company of his friends when the

FORMER Spanish king Juan Carlos I offered his one-time lover Corinna Larsen the ‘entirely fake title’ of ‘Her Royal Highness, the Princess of Borbón’ if she married him. That’s according to the latest claims made by the German-Danish businesswoman in a podcast titled ‘Corinna and the King’.  She also says that in 2015, ‘efforts were

AN Alicante Province distillery and warehouse has been raided and 20,231 bottles of wine seized for not having official tax seals on them. It followed a tip off from the Guardia Civil in Barcelona that they discovered wine without tax-labelling being sold in Catalan outlets. The Valencian wine was distributed from unnamed premises in the

DECEMBER 1 marks a full seven months since residents of Spain who hold a UK driving licence have been unable to legally take to the country’s roads, as a post-Brexit deal continues to be hammered out between the two countries. For Lanzarote resident Oggy Ogara, meanwhile, it also marks the second time that he has