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Michael Portillo misses the boat

Belinda Beckett (Columnist) - 13 Nov, 2013 @ 06:30

There he stood on top of the Rock, Bradshaw’s Guide in hand: Michael Portillo talking to camera for his new series of Great Continental Railway Journeys

Andalucia

Double drugs haul in Andalucia

Mason Jones (Reporter) - 6 May, 2013 @ 15:34

A record-breaking amount of hashish has been found in Cordoba and Algeciras

Andalucia

Algeciras to Granada passenger train service on the brink of closure

Mason Jones (Reporter) - 23 Dec, 2012 @ 12:01

EXCLUSIVE: Possible closure of Algeciras to Granada passenger train service will have ‘huge impact’ on expats

Andalucia

Fast-track railway line along the Costa del Sol to go ahead

Eloise Horsfield - 22 Oct, 2012 @ 10:30

Despite the government's infrastructure cuts the 'Mediterranean Corridor' railway line has been prioritised.

Miguel Arias Canete says he will defend spanish waters

Andalucia

‘We will defend the waters’, says Spanish agriculture minister

Eloise Horsfield - 21 Sep, 2012 @ 11:58

Miguel Arias Canete said the government would continue to support the rights of fishermen in La Linea and Algeciras

Andalucia

How did those 690 kilos of hash get in my van? asks Spanish councillor

Eloise Horsfield - 1 Jul, 2012 @ 10:30

The former politician was arrested in Ceuta as he was about to get on the ferry to Algeciras

Gibraltar

Fuel safety fears for Gib

Eloise Horsfield - 22 May, 2012 @ 15:05

Safety fears over a new fuel depot in Algeciras

Business & Finance

Railing to go

James Bryce - 29 Feb, 2012 @ 10:00

A one billion euro rail scheme set for May 2012 will lead to millions more containers of freight passing through Andalucia

Andalucia

Big fine for Spanish ferry fixers

Eloise Horsfield - 19 Nov, 2011 @ 21:00

Three companies were found guilty of price fixing by the National Competition Committee

Almeria

Fast track for rail ‘corridor’ from Gibraltar to France

Wendy Williams - 24 Oct, 2011 @ 09:35

Almeria will be linked to France by 2020 and the Cadiz town of Algeciras a decade later

Andalucia

Riding the wind on the Costa de la Luz

James Bryce - 25 Jun, 2011 @ 10:00

JON CLARKE takes a trip along the Costa de la Luz, Andalucia’s most unspoilt, if sometimes rather breezy, coastline

Andalucia

Rock ‘n’ roll ‘n’ Spanish sunshine!

Wendy Williams - 13 Jun, 2011 @ 07:46

Allioli music festival is going back to its roots – and kicks off when the 1pm train arrives from Algeciras

National News

Expat walking appeal

Wendy Williams - 21 Apr, 2011 @ 18:36

Briton set to walk the length of Spain to raise money for cancer charities is appealing for help with accommodation on his travels

Andalucia

Cocaine bananas seized in Spain

Wendy Williams - 14 Jan, 2011 @ 11:24

162 kilos of cocaine hidden inside plastic bananas has been seized by Spanish police in Algeciras

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All aboard the Smugglers’ train!

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 8 Jul, 2010 @ 15:20

Now fully upgraded, this little-known line is home to some of Andalucia’s best-kept green secrets

Gibraltar

Crude awakening

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 10 Jun, 2010 @ 19:25

Gibraltar - and Spain - must more closely regulate the oil tankers bunkering in the Bay of Gibraltar

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Seeing the light

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 7 Jun, 2010 @ 13:34

Jon Clarke takes a ride down Andalucia’s most alluring, unspoilt coastline the Costa de la Luz – or the ‘The Coast of Light’ of Cadiz.

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Smugglers’ train back on the run

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 26 Apr, 2010 @ 11:00

It was once used by bandits and drug smugglers. Now, after a six-month upgrade, the Algeciras to Ronda line is about to reopen, reawakening memories of its turbulent past, writes Tessa Norman

National News

‘Narco-sub’ that got blown out of the water

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 26 Dec, 2009 @ 19:34

As dozen Algeciras dockers are nicked in drugs swoop - and UK and Spain work together on 375 million euro haul - court hears how two Andalucian businessmen funded an underwater smuggling operation that quickly sunk

Andalucia

Wild horses come to Algeciras

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 10 Nov, 2009 @ 13:15

Galloping thoroughbreds cause mayhem

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