October 2023

Explainer: Spain chosen by Fifa to host 2030 World Cup – but it won’t be alone

FIFA, the international governing body for football, yesterday announced that it had chosen Spain as host for the 2030 World Cup. But there’s a catch: games will be played in a total of six countries, on three different continents.  Here is all you need to know about the decision, which took many by surprise.  Who […]

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Play and Prosper: Exploring the Exciting World of Bitcoin Roulette Online Games

The outcome of a rotating roulette wheel can be bet on in the game of Bitcoin roulette, which is offered by online casinos. The rising use of cryptocurrencies, especially Bitcoin, as a form of payment for online transactions has contributed to the popularity of this game over the last few years. Players can wager on

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Drink driver is ACQUITTED of killing British expat, 39, in hit-and-run in Spain’s Mallorca – despite being TWICE over the alcohol limit

A PALMA court has backed a lower court verdict that cleared a motorist of running over a British expat at a pedestrian crossing- despite being twice over the legal alcohol limit. It agreed that the amount of alcohol consumed by the driver had no bearing on what happened. Alan Taylor, 39, was struck down at

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Carer ‘steals €20,000 watch from woman, 94, on Spain’s Costa Blanca before melting down her jewellery for cash’

A CARER has been arrested for stealing over €50,000 of jewellery from an elderly Elche woman that employed her. The 94-year-old victim’s daughter complained to the Policia Nacional about a large amount of jewellery that had gone missing. She told officers that she suspected the carer had stolen the items which were removed over a

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Zig-zagging ‘nine times over alcohol limit’ lorry driver chased by police on Costa Blanca motorway in Spain

A DRUNK Ukrainian lorry driver was pulled over on the A-70 motorway in Alicante after zig-zagging between lanes for over three kilometres. The Guardia Civil tried to stop the lorry several times and the vehicle only came to a halt when the man’s dangerous driving caused one of his tyres to ‘blow out’. The 36-year-old

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Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will meet for one of the biggest fights in boxing history

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk’s teams have regularly been in talks over the past year to organize an undisputed heavyweight title fight. Talks originally broken down in March, for a fight that would have taken place as early as April. But now the hugely anticipated bout has been set in stone. Fury and Usyk will

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Iconic Southport Gates at entry to Gibraltar’s Main Street get major facelift, restoration and clean-up

THE Ministry of Heritage has restored the iconic Southport Gates to Gibraltar’s Main Street that date back to 1883 to their former glory after weeks of painstaking work. National museum restorer Manuel Jaen led the works, dismantling and cleaning the coats of arms and shields before returning them to their place. Helped by government archaeologist

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Five top new UK authors will star at Gibraltar International Literary Festival as tickets go on sale

TICKETS went on sale for this year’s Gibraltar’s Literary Festival as organisers announced five more speakers that would be on the Rock for the popular cultural event. James Naughtie, spy novel writer and BBC journalist, Ann Bryant, children’s fiction author and Martin Brown creator of the Horrible Histories series that racked up sales of 35

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Hotel in Estepona is branded the number one in Spain and among the best in the world

AN ALL-INCLUSIVE resort hotel in Estepona has been voted the best hotel in Spain in the Tripadvisor ‘Traveller’s Choice’ awards. The Ikos Andalusia came top of the ‘Best Hotels’ category and came ninth when pitted against hotels internationally. It was also voted the ‘Best Family Hotel in the World’- just two years after opening in

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Autistic ‘Irish’ boy, 11, ‘is sexually assaulted in front of his family’ at hotel in Spain’s Tenerife

THE POLICIA NACIONAL in the south of Tenerife have arrested a man who sexually assaulted an 11-year-old autistic boy- believed to be Irish. The youngster was playing with other children at a hotel in Costa Adeje when the incident happened on September 18. One of the boy’s family chased the assailant out of the hotel

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