THE GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested a 29-year-old Irish national over a hit and run car crash in Torrevieja that killed a motorist. The man is being investigated for crimes of reckless homicide and leaving the scene of an accident. If convicted, he faces a prison term of up to four years. UNDER ARREST The collision […]
A 60-YEAR-OLD cancer sufferer from Granada has requested to be voluntarily taken into prison because, he says, he is afraid of ‘being alone’ all day given his state of health. In jail, he claims, he would have companions who could ‘attend to him and assist him’. As well as having cancer, Justo Marquez also suffers
A NEW football club in Marbella is holding trials THIS AFTERNOON for budding footballers who think they’ve got what it takes. Racing Marbella, part of the global takeover by the Racing City Group, is an ambitious new project that hopes to unearth the best talent in the Costa del Sol to take the club up
TWO Spanish teenagers have been avoided jail for jumping the Gibraltar border and attacking a police officer. The two boys, aged just 14, climbed over a fence near Western Beach at around 2.30pm on Tuesday (September 5). It was then that a plain-clothed Royal Gibraltar Police officer approached the youths and identified himself as law
SPAIN’S acting Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, will not attend this weekend’s G-20 summit in New Delhi because he has contracted Covid-19. Sanchez made the announcement on Thursday saying that he was ‘fine’ and in reference to Nadia Calviño and Jose Manuel Albares, added that ‘Spain will be magnificently represented by the first vice president and
TOGETHER Gibraltar announced a major U-turn this week by ending plans to unite with main Opposition party GSD before the 2023 election. The newest of all the local parties, that got a very creditable 20.5% of all votes at the 2019 election said talks had broken down with the GSD Executive over a pre-election alliance.
AS the summer season draws to a close, Spain has experienced an exceptionally scorching period, with Malaga taking centre stage in the heat wave. A study conducted by Eltiempo.es has unveiled that Spain has witnessed the shattering of over 550 temperature records during the months of June, July, and August. Among these records, 14 temperature
MALAGA is set to host the international cruise industry fair, Seatrade Cruise Med, for the second consecutive year in 2024. The announcement was made in Hamburg, marking the first time the organisation has chosen the same destination for a repeat event. The Malaga delegation, currently in Hamburg to promote the port and destination at Seatrade
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BUDGET airline EasyJet has been accused of overreacting after throwing all of its passengers off an Ibiza bound flight after a heavily pregnant woman got into an argument with a cabin crew member. The incident happened on August 19 at Belfast Airport with traveller Siobhan Foster taking to social media to accuse the carrier of
ONE IN FIVE Mallorca restaurants are charging for last minute reservation cancellations and no-shows, with more businesses set to follow suit. Alfonso Robledo, president of the CAEB restaurant association, said that penalties vary between €20 to €120 per diner, with all Michelin-starred restaurants on the island adopting the policy. “A restaurant owner does not want
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