March 2023

HEALTH bosses in Gibraltar will no longer legally require people who catch COVID-19 to self-isolate at home. Director of Public Health Dr Helen Carter said it was now ‘the correct time’ to remove the legal requirement as infections were ‘mostly causing mild disease’ and immunity was high in the community. But she said it was […]

WHO could forget how strange our lives became on 14 March 2020, thanks to the new virus with the spike protein? We were told it hailed from the Wuhan wet market in China, and constant news coverage whipped up public fears. With little warning, we were instructed to stay at home (quédate a casa) and

Madrid has been named the best European city for fine dining, according to a new study.  Travel logistics app Bounce analysed European cities on their total number of Michelin-starred restaurants, with the Spanish capital boasting 162 of them.  Madrid has emerged in recent years as a culinary powerhouse, hosting some of the most exciting and

CASTELLON is considered by many to be the hidden jewel in the Valencia region. While Alicante and Valencia are widely hailed as top tourist destinations due to their beaches, nightlife, fiestas, culture and food, the northernmost province rarely gets a mention in international travel articles. However, for residents and visitors from other parts of Spain,

San Miguel de Salinas, Alicante   2 beds   2 baths € 133,000 Newly built apartments located in San Miguel de Salinas, a development surrounded by green areas and leisure. Very close to golf courses and the beach. Housing with a very comfortable distribution between a living-dining room, a fully equipped kitchen, 2 bedroom, 2

THIS is the shocking moment a forklift had to lift up a bus in Gibraltar to free a woman trapped underneath it after the public transport vehicle ran her over. The woman in her 60s was rushed to St Bernard’s Hospital for treatment to head and chest injuries, police reported. The accident occurred near the

FOR the third consecutive year, the Spanish edition of Forbes magazine has published its list of the best schools to be found in Spain. A list that seeks to serve as a reference of the best national and international schools, composing a select list in which only 100 centres from all over Spain appear. And

A 46-year-old woman cleared out a bank account belonging to an elderly man living on his own in Picassent and then set fire to his home to try to cover up any evidence of her crime. The fraudster pretended to be the man’s wife to get a debit card which she used on 20 occasions

WRECKAGE removers have taken out over half of the cargo of steel inside the stricken bulk carrier beached 700 metres from Gibraltar’s coastline. By the end of March 16, the Gibraltar Port Authority reported that cranes had extracted more than 17,000 tonnes of cargo from the stricken ship. The OS 35 has been lying in

SPAIN is not short of beautiful cities oozing history from between the cracks of their ancient iconic buildings, such as Granada’s Alhambra and Sevilla’s Alcazar.  But one comes above the rest, according to a poll published by global travel bible Lonely Planet: that of Cordoba, a true melting pot of ancient, modern and everything in