June 2023

Former pro golfer hopes to raise €10,000 for Gibraltar Cancer Relief and La Linea charity in July

A FORMER pro golfer will be hoping to raise €10,000 for Gibraltar’s Cancer Relief and Centro Contigo in La Linea in a charity golf marathon challenge. Former European Tour player David Steele will be inviting people to play up to nine rounds of golf with him at the San Roque Golf Course. He said it […]

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Three Latin gang members set free after shooting a 15-year-old rival in Madrid 

THREE members of a Latin gang will not be remanded in custody after murdering a 15-year-old in Villaverde (Madrid).  The accused, two men and a woman in their early 20s, are members of the Dominicans Don’t Play (DDP) criminal group while the victim was part of a rival Latin gang, the Triniatrians.   The deceased was

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Spain trumps other European countries to become the first to get 50% of its energy from renewables

SPAIN is set to become the first major European country to get over 50% of its energy from renewable sources this year. It will beat out competition from countries of comparable size in France, Germany, Italy, and the UK.  Spain’s strides ahead in renewable energy can be attributed to several factors.  The country’s countless days

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Spain’s post office to boost staff by 10,000 workers to cope with summer general elections

SPAIN’S post office is reportedly finalising a deal to hire around 10,000 extra members of staff so that the system can cope with the expected spike in postal votes at the July 23 snap elections.  Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called the surprise polls on May 29, a day after local and regional elections at which

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‘Love Hug’ robber who struck across Spain is finally jailed by Costa Blanca court

A ‘love hug’ robber and her getaway driver have been arrested in Elche after an elderly woman had a gold chain snatched in broad daylight. The man and woman, aged 27 and 30, and of Romanian nationality operated all over Spain with the Policia Nacional saying they committed a ‘multitude’ of identical crimes. A Girona

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Multinational car manufacturer could seal massive deal for project in Spain’s Valencia area

TALKS are said to be an ‘advanced stage’ for an international car manufacturer to launch a project in the metropolitan area of Valencia. Reports from the Levante newspaper suggest that the investment will exceed the €4.5 billion pumped in by Volkswagen into a new electric car battery factory at Sagunt. Negotiations are not ‘100%’ concluded

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Top tips for food safety from Gibraltar’s public health chiefs try to stem salmonella outbreak

AFTER a recent outbreak of salmonella sent a few people to hospital in Gibraltar, health chiefs there have put forward some tips to stop people getting ill. Public Health Gibraltar and the Environmental Agency came up with the advice to prevent food poisoning which they called ‘an unpleasant but self-limiting illness’. Although for many it

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Man stabs girlfriend but gets hit by taxi during police chase on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A MAN stabbed his girlfriend five times in a Guardamar del Segura street on Tuesday before he ran in front of a taxi as he tried to avoid being arrested by the Guardia Civil. The assault happened in the Avenida de Cervantes area of the city close to the beach. The couple had lived together

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Spain’s Supreme Court backs sentence reductions for sex offenders under ‘only yes means yes’ law

THE SUPREME COURT has ratified the decisions of lower tribunals to reduce the prison sentences of some convicted sex offenders after the Spanish government’s so-called ‘only yes means yes’ consent law came into force.  The decision is not just a blow for the Equality Ministry, which drafted the law, but also the public prosecutor, which

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