SPAIN will be hit with extreme temperatures this weekend in what could be the hottest start to October in at least 70 years. Weather agency AEMET has warned it will be up to 15C hotter than usual for this time of year as the so-called ‘Summer of San Miguel’ takes hold. The most at risk […]
A YOUNG man ‘from the streets’ who went viral on social media for his speech extolling the virtues of hard work has been gifted a new car by a Malaga entrepreneur. Twenty-two-year old David, known online as Nano Jr, recorded the TikTok as he walked to his job in a logistics centre after his car
A BRITISH woman who flew to Mallorca for cosmetic surgery has died after the operation went wrong. Now a court has launched an investigation to examine if there was any malpractice involved in the tragedy. The woman – who has not been named – was under the surgeon’s knife at a private clinic in Palma
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A POPULAR expat bar on the Costa del Sol has been left in ruins following a devastating arson attack. Harp Bar, in Calahonda, was pictured completely burnt out after an inferno tore through the building in the early hours of this morning. Video footage shared online shows huge flames engulfing the site as panicked locals
A 14-YEAR-OLD pupil has been detained after embarking on a stabbing frenzy at his school in southern Spain this morning. The student took two knives out of his rucksack and stabbed three teachers and two of his classmates, according to reports. The horror incident occured at around 8.25am at the Elena Garcia Armada Institute in
THE first residents of the shiny, new towers overlooking Eastern Beach got the keys to their affordable homes on Wednesday. The first phase of Hassan Centenary Terraces was completed this month and Gibraltar Residential Properties (GRP) gave owners the chance to start to move in. All those in Category 1 will now receive the keys
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A DISPLAY by the Red Arrows over Menorca has been cancelled at the last minute amid claims that Spanish authorities had blocked the team from performing in Gibraltar. The decision, by UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps, came as the RAF crews were gearing up and the planes were being fuelled on the runway in the
YET another of the Costa del Sol’s most famous luxury resorts has been snapped up by a British investment fund after Estepona’s luxury Kempinski Hotel Bahia went for a cool €58 million, according to reports. London & Regional is now the proud new owners of the establishment, which boasts 145 rooms and suites, three pools,
AN ELDERLY man who shot dead one of two robbers that entered his house in the Balearic Islands has been found guilty of murder by a Spanish court. A jury found that Pau Rigo, now 83, went over and above the act of self-defence when he fired at the robbers who entered his home in
A 52-year-old man in Alicante has confessed to stabbing his female flatmate to death and then living with her corpse for over a month. The gruesome murder took place on August 29, motivated, it is believed, by various tensions and disputes related to their living situation. Local authorities immediately responded to a call in which
