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SPAIN EXPLOSION: One killed in Tarragona petrochemical blast as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez monitors situation and more information is revealed

ONE worker has been killed and at least another six injured following an explosion at a petrochemical plant in Tarragona. Dozens of firefighters are tackling

14 Jan, 2020 @ 20:29

Lead·National News

WATCH: Tangier musicians put on rare show for Gibraltar public in cultural exchange programme

A night of revelry brought together two cultures in Gibraltar as Moroccan musicians performed at a local gallery of modern art to a lively crowd.

14 Jan, 2020 @ 19:27

Gibraltar

IN VIDEOS: Huge explosion at petrochemical plant in Spain with ‘several severely injured’ as police tell residents to lock windows and doors

Columna de humo de una #explosion en la petroquímica de #tarragona. Ha retumbado hasta mi habitación pic.twitter.com/cwEtN2sKkm — LeSmile (@LeSmileLOL) January 14, 2020 A HUGE

14 Jan, 2020 @ 19:25

Lead·National News

Gibraltar police get serious on LGBT+ issues by appointing Liaison Officer

A NEW LGBT+ Liaison Officer will seek to end discrimination and build trust with this community at the Royal Gibraltar Police.

14 Jan, 2020 @ 19:13

Gibraltar

Spain unveils new electric car charging points at Carrefour and McDonald’s

Alongside Malaga, Madrid, Valencia and Castilla-La Mancha also have points in various retail areas across the city

14 Jan, 2020 @ 17:11

Environment·National News

'Spain WILL NOT be on UK 'Green' travel list before the end of July' says UK ambassador on a visit to Benidorm and the Costa Blanca

British Ambassador to Spain Hugh Elliott issues Brexit warning to expats as UK prepares to leave EU in just 17 days

“You have time and there are plenty of appointments in most provinces, but do make it a New Year's Resolution to get it done as

14 Jan, 2020 @ 16:41

Lead·National News

Picardo claims Spain has ‘relaxed’ laws to fight tobacco smuggling as he defended Gibraltar’s customs officers

The Gibraltar Government has hit back at a Spanish police chief who claimed it is not doing enough to fight tobacco smuggling.

14 Jan, 2020 @ 16:14

Gibraltar

Spain’s Pepe Reina returns to Premier League for Aston Villa

PEPE Reina has returned to the Premier League for Aston Villa.

14 Jan, 2020 @ 15:45

Sport

Barcelona sack Valverde and IMMEDIATELY replace him with former Real Betis manager Quique Setien

BARCELONA have sacked their manager Ernesto Valverde and have taken no time in replacing him.

14 Jan, 2020 @ 15:23

Lead·Sport

Flu epidemic in Spain’s Murcia region sees 150 extra medics drafted in to cope with ten-fold increase in cases

EPIDEMIC levels of influenza have been reached in Murcia according to the regional Department for Health. An extra 150 medics are being drafted in to

14 Jan, 2020 @ 13:44

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead

British fugitive wanted over two killings in UK arrested as he leaves supermarket in Spain

The UK’s National Crime Agency is believed to have informed Spanish police of Kennedy’s location

14 Jan, 2020 @ 12:50

Crime & Law·Lead

LISTEN: Man in Spain wakes up in bar toilet in a hungover panic before pulling himself a beer and calling Guardia Civil to ‘get him out of here’

THIS is the moment a reveller in Spain phoned police after waking up to find himself in the toilet of a bar with no recollection

14 Jan, 2020 @ 12:17

Lead·National News

NO WAY JOSE: Most popular baby names ‘José’ and ‘Josefa’ replaced by what two newcomers on Spain’s Costa Blanca?

JOSE and Josefa continue to be the most common names for men and women in the Marina Alta region of Spain’s Costa Blanca. But changing

14 Jan, 2020 @ 12:01

Costa Blanca

Will Malaga join other cities in Spain and Europe and introduce a tourist tax?

MALAGA will not be introducing a so-called tourist tax… for now at least. It comes after mayor Francisco de la Torre shut down the debate

14 Jan, 2020 @ 11:51

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Spanish Government cracks down on social media influencers recommending prescription drugs

A pharmacist, first noticed the problem when a certain brand of prescription facial wipe was suddenly selling out, only to find it was being recommended

14 Jan, 2020 @ 11:34

Health·National News

BREAKING: Body of man found in open field on Spain’s Costa del Sol

AN investigation is underway after the discovery of a body in an open field on the Costa del Sol yesterday. The 53-year-old man was discovered

14 Jan, 2020 @ 11:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

British company building two HUGE solar farms in Spain to provide over 250,000 homes with clean energy

A BRITISH company is injecting over €55 million into two huge solar energy plants in central and southern Spain. Solarcentury will splash €55.4 million on

14 Jan, 2020 @ 11:05

Business & Finance·Lead·Sevilla

Psychopathic Mums

It is possibly quite difficult to imagine that some mothers can actually be psychopathic, but as with all other groups of people, they walk amongst

14 Jan, 2020 @ 10:04

Psychotherapist

Crafty Costa Calida criminals arrested after run of holiday home robberies going back to 2018

TWO men responsible for a dozen robberies at empty holiday homes near Cartagena have been arrested. Guardia Civil officers have been tracking the pair, aged

14 Jan, 2020 @ 08:26

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s Fernando Alonso on track for Dakar success after positive first half of the gruelling rally

The motorcycle category was cancelled yesterday after the tragic passing of Portuguese rider Paulo Goncalves on Sunday

14 Jan, 2020 @ 08:00

Sport

British airline Flybe on brink of collapse as it enters talks with UK government just months after Thomas Cook was refused bailout

EMBATTLED British airline Flybe has entered talks with the UK government in a bid to secure a rescue deal. The carrier, which connects many UK

13 Jan, 2020 @ 23:28

Lead·National News

OPINION: As the Queen ‘supports’ Harry and Meghan, it’s clear that the Megxit crisis began in Spain

With backing from the British Monarch, surely we have to support them as well

13 Jan, 2020 @ 19:43

Lead·National News·Opinion

Minister hopes ‘hugely talented’ Spanish doctors will leave Brexit Britain and return to Spain

AN Andalucian minister has expressed hopes that Spanish doctors who emigrated to the UK will soon return to their home country following Brexit. Health Minister

13 Jan, 2020 @ 17:48

Health·Lead

MISSING IN SPAIN: Family worried for young British man who ‘never made it’ to grandad’s Malaga home for Christmas

Harry is described as pale, 6ft, 2, with dark brown hair, cut ‘shaggy’ and dark brown/green eyes

13 Jan, 2020 @ 17:07

Lead·Malaga

Gibraltar gets ready to officially leave the EU by publishing its Withdrawal Bill to be presented in parliament before January 31

The new bill will officially take away Gibraltar's say in the EU when it is passed in the Gibraltar Parliament before the departure date of

13 Jan, 2020 @ 15:59

Gibraltar

BREAKING: Spain’s Pedro Almodovar and Antonio Banderas BOTH nominated for Oscar for film Dolor y Gloria

PEDRO Almodovar and Antonio Banderas have both been nominated for an Oscar for the iconic director’s film Dolor y Gloria. The film is nominated in

13 Jan, 2020 @ 14:37

La Cultura·Lead

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