September 2023

Aldi is coming to Marbella’s San Pedro: All you need to know as huge 1,000sqm supermarket to open next year

A HUGE Aldi store is coming to San Pedro de Alcantara. The supermarket will open a 1,000sqm site in the northern area of the Marbella town next year, it has emerged. It will be the German store’s third location in Marbella, adding to the stores in Los Monteros and on the Golden Mile. The opening […]

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Brazilian legend Ronaldo, 47, marries third wife, model Celine Locks, 33, in modest Ibiza ceremony

THE low-key wedding of a struggling second division football club president in Ibiza turned more than a few heads over the weekend. But that’s not surprising when the Spanish football club in question, Real Valladolid, is owned by none other than footballing superstar Ronaldo (the real one). He was getting married to his blushing bride,

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Disgraced ex-Football Federation chairman Luis Rubiales did ask permission for Jenni Hermoso kiss, expert witnesses tell court

EXPERT witnesses have told the national High Court that former Spanish Football Federation Chairman Luis Rubiales did indeed ask player Jenni Hermoso if he could kiss her during the celebrations for the women’s team’s victory at the World Cup in Sydney on August 20. What they could not confirm, however, was whether she gave him

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Gibraltar mourns death of trade unionist who stood up to Franco and fought for workers’ rights

TRIBUTES rained in this week as Gibraltar mourned the death of one of its great trade unionists Jose Netto this week at the age of 92. Unite the Union and the Acting Chief Minister Fabian Picardo led the praise for Netto, who fought for workers’ rights and trade unionism in Gibraltar all his life. Unite

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Shakira faces new tax fraud allegations, as public prosecutor accuses her of evading €6m in 2018

COLOMBIAN singing superstar Shakira evaded another €6 million from the Spanish taxman in the year 2018, as well as already having defrauded some €14.5 million in her early years in Spain. That’s according to the Spanish public prosecutor, which has just released information about this second accusation against her.  News about these allegations first surfaced

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‘STUNNING’: New Gibraltar stamp collection recalls King Charles III coronation day

A ‘STUNNING’ new stamp collection to honour the coronation of King Charles III designed by a local graphic artist is now available in Gibraltar. Stephen Perera was charged to work up the design for the stamp collection, which according to the government ‘captures the essence and grandeur of this momentous event’. The set of six

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Warnings of ‘exceptional’ temperatures across Spain this weekend: Hot blast of air from Africa to bring highs of 38C in Andalucia

SUMMER is far from over in Spain as the final days of September are forecast to bring ‘exceptionally high temperatures’. According to weather agency AEMET, the next few days will see highs of 32C in large parts of the country, climbing to 34C in the Ebro valley in the southwest and even an unbelievable 38C

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Pictured: Malaga priest, 34, who ‘drugged and sexually assaulted four unconscious women while recording the attacks on his mobile phone’

THIS is the Malaga priest who is accused of drugging four women before filming himself having sex with their unconscious bodies. Francisco Javier Cuenca, 34, was arrested on September 11 by Policia Nacional at the home he shares with his mother – who was a nun – in Velez-Malaga. The investigation began in August when

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Explainer: Why the Popular Party’s Alberto Nuñez Fejioo is doomed to fail at this week’s investiture vote, and what will happen next

THE LEADER of Spain’s conservative Popular Party (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, will be the protagonist of a two-day investiture debate in the Congress of Deputies today and tomorrow, which will conclude with a vote by lawmakers that could potentially see him become prime minister.  But the Galician politician’s bid for power is almost certainly doomed

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