September 2023

THE annual ‘Our Gibraltar’ exhibition is currently being held at the Gustavo Bacarisas Gallery. The Minister for Culture, the Hon. Prof. John Cortes, opened the exhibition on Tuesday, August 29. The event is organised by Gibraltar Cultural Services (GCS) in association with the Fine Arts Association and the Gibraltar Photographic Society. It saw a panel […]

WARM sea temperatures have been encouraging certain types of fish to nibble on surprised Benidorm bathers on Spain’s Costa Blanca. Around 15 people a day have recently been treated on the city’s Poniente beach for bites caused by a small grey fish- oblada melanura- also known as saddled seabream. They target bathers who may already

A KID whose family car was swept away by the current has been rescued after spending the whole night clinging to a tree branch near a town in Madrid. The 10-year-old, named Ethan, was travelling with his family in a car from their house in the city of Alcorcon to their second home, located in

Irish mobster John Gilligan avoided jail on Monday after agreeing a plea bargain with prosecutors over drug trafficking and gun possession charges. The same arrangement applies to seven of his associates who appeared before a Torrevieja judge. Other defendants included Gilligan’s son, Darren, 47, who skipped Spain last autumn – forcing two trial postponements –

PETROL prices are at their highest ever level in Malaga province after the ongoing increases over last month.  Diesel and petrol prices have been on the rise for eight consecutive weeks, having experienced a 12% increment in this time period.  The average cost of a litre of petrol and diesel in the region is 1.75

A MAN who killed cats and stole them from an animal shelter has been arrested by the Guardia Civil in El Verger. The 28-year-old Spaniard was detained after the Guardia received a complaint from a Marina Alta region shelter that a feline had been stolen and another killed on the spot. CCTV footage from shelters

WORLD champion Jenni Hermoso was not fazed playing in a Women’s World Cup final for Spain, and it seems she has little time for being in the eye of a global media storm either. As her unwanted kisser Luis Rubiales shies away from the intense spotlight, Hermoso has been spotted freely taking a jaunt around

Orba, Alicante   3 beds   3 baths € 399,000 Refurbished villa in a sought after area of Orba only a 5 minute walk to the nearest supermarket and bar , and 8 minutes’ walk to the main square. There is a pedestrian entrance on the upper level with off road parking for 2 cars

Pro-choice versus pro-life has been a controversial debate topic globally. This is due to the views on the moral and ethical abortion implications. The pro-choice belief is that it is a woman’s right to decide what to do with her body. Some of these include terminating a pregnancy. In contrast, the pro-life perspective is life’s

THOUSANDS of desperate passengers travelling between Madrid and Andalucia have seen their trains cancelled as DANA’s torrential rains hit Spain.  All trains departing from Madrid’s Atocha train station to any Andalucian destination were cancelled from 5pm on Sunday due to the extreme weather conditions, leaving all travellers stuck in Spain’s capital.  Massive queues of hundreds