September 2023

TORRENTIAL rain in Spain’s Valencia region left between 150 and 200 litres of water per square metre in La Ribera comarca in the early hours of Thursday morning, with 80 to 90 litres falling in less than one hour.  That’s according to the state Aemet weather service, which reported the affected areas were Algemesi, Albalat, […]

A DOMESTIC abuser could be freed after changing his gender behind bars and filing for a full pardon because he is a ‘new person’ – in a case that will put Spain’s controversial ‘Trans Law’ to the test. The convict, known only as Antonio, was jailed for 40 months by a court in Seville for

SPAIN is headed for another wet weekend following the torrential downpours that marked the beginning of September. A DANA weather front will once again bring heavy rainfall and storms to much of the country from tomorrow, with the miserable weather expected to last until Monday. Rain is expected in most parts of Spain, however Malaga

THE body of a young woman has been found dumped by a zebra crossing on the Costa del Sol. Policia Nacional have launched an urgent investigation after the corpse was discovered by a group of young people in Torremolinos at around 1.30am on Wednesday. The victim is believed to have died just hours earlier and

THIS is the moment a vegan protester was pounced on by matadors and police after storming a bullring in Mallorca – before being held in a prison cell overnight.  Peter Janssen, 38, founder of activist group Vegan Strike, was filmed jumping into the pit in Inca, Palma, last Sunday evening.  The action was carried out

GIBRALTAR’S new domestic abuse strategy the government launched this week will help ‘all victims and their families, especially children’, the Minister for Justice said. Samantha Sacramento launched the new document just before Chief Minister Fabian Picardo dissolved parliament and called new elections on September 12. The domestic abuse strategy creates a framework to help enforce

MAIN Opposition party Gibraltar Social Democrats will announce on Monday its ten candidates for the 2023 general election, its executive committee said. GSD leader Keith Azopardi said he expects ‘a very competitive process’ for the ten places up for grabs on the party’s election slate for October 12. But the interim leader of Gibraltar’s other

CCTV cameras at the western end of Gibraltar’s frontier barrier caught out a local man coming into the territory illegally who said he was only having a drink at a beach bar. Dylan Otton, 42, of Varyl Begg Estate pleaded guilty to Entering Gibraltar Other Than Through an Immigration Port on Tuesday. Customs officers first

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