December 2023

A SUNNY Christmas holiday weekend has been predicted by forecasters for the Costa del Sol, but without the unseasonably high temperatures recorded earlier this month. A large anticyclone will dominate the weather across Malaga province with no rain and temperatures possibly exceeding 20 degrees on Christmas Day on some parts of the coast, according to […]

MASKS are back in force at Gibraltar’s main hospital and elderly residences after ‘a severe increase in influenza and other respiratory conditions’, its public health director said. The Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) introduced mask wearing in all areas of its public facilities ‘to protect our patients and staff’ from COVID-19, flu and RSV. Visitors to

THE Express has praised a ‘vibrant’ port town in southern Spain which is loved by local tourists.  Andalucia has long been a favourite holiday destination for Brits abroad, and while many will be familiar with places like Sevilla, Malaga and Cordoba, there are still hidden gems waiting to be explored.  One of these is El

THE British School of Villarreal in Castellon province has confirmed that it was one of several international schools in Spain that received an email threatening a bomb attack on Monday. The email appeared on Monday morning at the start of classes at Villarreal and the police were notified. “Lessons continued as normal,” said Ana Exposito

GIBRALTAR’S top two political leaders are in Spain’s Madrid ‘for technical and practical discussions’ as hopes rise for a deal to settle the territory’s post-Brexit future. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia left early on Wednesday morning for the meetings in the Spanish capital. It follows the 14th round of

THE TRIAL of former Barcelona footballer Dani Alves on sex assault charges will begin on February 5. Alves is accused of assaulting a 23-year-old woman in Barcelona’s Sutton nightclub in December 2022. The ex-Brazilian international has been allocated three days for his hearing. Alves, 40, has denied any wrongdoing, claiming he had consensual sex with

TOURISM in the Costa del Sol is set to face ‘profound challenges’ in the wake of rising heatwaves and water shortages caused by global warming, the president of Andalucia has warned. Speaking after his return from the COP28 climate change conference in Dubai, Juanma Moreno, predicted that these factors will likely significantly shift peak tourism

SUPER wealthy Switzerland is considering a groundbreaking proposal to legalise cocaine for recreational use. In what would be a first-of-its-kind pilot scheme, the Swiss capital Bern is examining the possibility, although it faces opposition from the city government and would require a change in national law. Bern City Council member Eva Chen has co-sponsored the

MESSAGES sent by a Spaniard who was killed during the October 7 Hamas attacks against Israel have been published by online daily El Confidencial. In them, Ivan Illarramendi Saizar, who lived in a kibbutz close to the Gaza Strip, narrates the events of the morning that saw him and his wife, Dafna Garcovich, lose their

“WE buy locally, but think internationally,” explains Joan Roca, as he shows me around the high-tech kitchen of his celebrated Catalan restaurant. It is 10 minutes before service and his team of 30-odd chefs is surprisingly zen-like as they beaver away in their specific stations. Broadly split into fish, meat, poultry and pastry sections –