DEVELOPERS want to build two new 13-storey tall buildings that will include elderly housing, shops and cafes at the site of Gibraltar’s old Queen’s cinema and hotel. The proposed Elizabeth Buildings 1 and 2 between 1-3 Boyd Street and 3 Rosia Road will have their own commercial area called Queen’s Gate Precinct. Developer QCD Limited […]
THE Mediterranean Sea will register the highest August temperature ever recorded on the Valencian coastline. Experts believe that the sea temperature will be warmer than 29.94C, the record high to date, which was registered in August last year. The prediction comes after the warmest sea temperature ever recorded in the month of July in Valencia
ONE of Spain’s toughest prisons has been forced to implement ‘shower watch’ shifts due to a female prisoner falling pregnant after a trans inmate was transferred to the women’s wing. The reports of various sexual encounters during shower time have caused a scandal at Fontcalent Prison in Alicante. It comes after the female section of
THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested a Valencia man, 27, who attacked a city bus driver who would not let him use somebody else’s travel pass. Several passengers were injured as the driver suddenly braked the vehicle during the commotion which saw the assailant throw him out of the front door into some bushes- narrowly avoiding
POLICE from Gibraltar and the UK are taking part in a new dig for remains of Simon Parkes, who has been missing since 1986 when he was on the Rock for shore leave. The mystery disappearance has baffled both local and UK police officers for decades but they have not given up hope of finding
This is the terrifying moment a 16-year-old boy was gored by a bull during a traditional ‘running of the bulls’ festival in Spain. Video footage shared online shows the teenager being ferociously thrashed by the animal’s horns against a metal fence. The horror incident took place at the annual ‘Bous al carrer’ event in Calpe,
ALICANTE has become Spain’s fourth most populated city after gaining 44,180 new residents in the last year, according to Spain’s Institute of National Statistics (INE). With a total of 1,974,438 people, Alicante has surpassed Sevilla, becoming again the country’s most populated region after Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia. If the rate experienced in recent months continues,
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ALICANTE province will experience extremely hot temperatures of up to 43 degrees tomorrow, Thursday August 10. The region will be hit by a new heatwave that will affect the south of Spain, presenting a ‘significant risk’ to people in the Alicante area, according to the Spanish State Meteorological Agency (Aemet). The overall highest temperatures in
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GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es OLIVE OIL price rises are showing no sign of slowing down in Spain with the cost of a litre doubling over a year due to droughts destroying olive crops. Known as ‘liquid gold’, the lowest price for a litre of ‘basic’ olive oil comes in at around €6.45
