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EXCLUSIVE: Picardo vows to fight Brexit and protect Gibraltar whether Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt is UK Prime Minister

It comes as Boris Johnson’s team has been accused of breaching data protection laws amid calls by a minister and a former Conservative MP for

8 Jul, 2019 @ 15:00

Gibraltar·Lead

British-run transfer company on Costa Blanca ‘first in Spain’ to upgrade VTC-licenced diesel minivan to dual fuel

A BRITISH-RUN transfer company on the Costa Blanca has been the ‘first in Spain’ to upgrade a VTC-licensed diesel car to dual fuel. Alicante Transfers

8 Jul, 2019 @ 14:55

Costa Blanca·Environment

PICTURED: Freed British man snaps selfies after year of hell locked up with terrorists and murderers near Spain’s Costa del Sol

Robert Mansfield-Hewitt, 51, was thrown in Botafuegos jail after police happened upon a €5.5 million stash of hashish in the adjoining garage of a house

8 Jul, 2019 @ 14:51

Cadiz·Gibraltar·Lead

WHEN IN CALPE: Ancient Roman mosaics open to public tours

ROMAN mosaics in Calpe have opened to public tours following a recent restoration effort. The Baños de la Reina ruins date back to a period

8 Jul, 2019 @ 14:37

Costa Blanca

WATCH: American gored in neck and teen bruises spine as annual San Fermin bull run begins in Spain’s Pamplona

Each day six bulls and accompanying steers are released, before the animals take on matadors in public fights in the afternoon

8 Jul, 2019 @ 14:17

La Cultura·Lead·National News

Women now breadwinners in a third of Spanish families, study shows

A study from the Valencian Institute of Economic Research (Ivie) tracked female contributions to family coffers between 1980 and 2017. The results showed that families

8 Jul, 2019 @ 14:08

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca

Enrique Iglesias joins Take That, Liam Gallagher and Mel C at Gibraltar Calling festival THIS SUMMER

In 1995 the Spanish hunk shot to fame with his Grammy Award-winning self-titled debut album, featuring early hit Si Tu Te Vas

8 Jul, 2019 @ 13:06

Celebrity·Gibraltar·Lead

Police hunt gunmen who opened fire on bouncers at Marbella club that hosted Paris Hilton and Antonio Banderas

It comes after the shooting of Dutch and Belgian revellers in the same car park last year

8 Jul, 2019 @ 11:49

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

APPEAL: Expat-run animal shelter near Costa del Sol needs help to save 800 animals from being culled

The public can help the Animal In Need Foundation by donating just €15 a time, which pays for 1m² of land

8 Jul, 2019 @ 10:35

Cadiz·Lead·Nature

Giles Brown is more Christopher Biggins than Christopher Reeve as he learns to fly in southern Spain

While I didn’t soar like Superman, I didn’t bounce off the bottom of the wind tunnel in a crumpled heap

7 Jul, 2019 @ 16:08

Giles Brown: Loud and Clear

A ripped Roman hero and his ‘pets’ get Belinda Beckett’s roar of approval

I’m not sure what the Me Too movement would have to say about him stealing the girdle of Hippolyta

7 Jul, 2019 @ 13:00

Belinda Beckett: Mistress of Sizzle·Columnists·Malaga

That perfect Spanish afternoon can prove more elusive than first thought, writes Lesley Keith

When I first moved here I had an impression in my mind of how it was going to be

7 Jul, 2019 @ 12:19

Columnists·Mallorca

British teen headbutted by ram at Terra Natura as parent complains petting zoo has ‘no supervision’

A BRITISH teenager has been headbutted by a ram at the Terra Natura zoo in Benidorm suffering a shock that left her ‘up all night’

7 Jul, 2019 @ 11:24

Costa Blanca·Environment

Mystery masturbator back as sicko breaks into vehicles on Spain’s Mallorca and leaves semen all over the seat

The break-ins, which first began last December but stopped around April, begun again this week as three women found sperm stains in their vehicles

7 Jul, 2019 @ 11:00

Mallorca

Mysterious Spanish flyer asks bad parkers to practise ‘colouring in this tortoise’ to learn to keep within the lines

DRIVERS in Spain are notorious for flouting the rules of organised parking. But one do-gooder has been leaving anonymous flyers on badly-parked cars to ridicule

7 Jul, 2019 @ 10:29

Costa Blanca·Lead

British director Ken Loach parks his republican politics to meet with Spain’s Queen Letizia in Mallorca

The famous lefty director, 83, took the hand of the stunning 46-year-old monarch as he received a lifetime achievement award in Mallorca

7 Jul, 2019 @ 10:00

Celebrity·Lead·Mallorca

SOUTHERN COMFORTS: Why it’s not just the infamous Atlantic wind that keeps the Costa de la Luz so spiritually chilled

The coastal town in Cadiz province is an endearing mix of beach bum bohemianism and boutique chic, with the added attraction of great seafood and

7 Jul, 2019 @ 09:00

Lead·Travel News

British expat says council on Spain’s Costa Blanca are ‘ignoring’ attempts to rescue mistreated dogs as they ‘know the owner’

A BRITISH expat who has fought for eight years to rescue dogs trapped in a ‘hellhole’ says town hall councillors do nothing due to their

6 Jul, 2019 @ 17:16

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Chaos ensues with new laws on Spanish mortgage loans, writes Lawbird’s Antonio Flores

Now imagine a foreign buyer who speaks no Spanish and a notary who speaks only Spanish and you have a deal-breaker

6 Jul, 2019 @ 16:05

Antonio Flores: Legal Problems·Columnists·Crime & Law

OPINION: Vulnerable people being robbed in hospital beds on the Costa del Sol is an absolute disgrace

The hospital also make it more difficult to report thefts to the police as they have refused to document the crimes

6 Jul, 2019 @ 12:30

Crime & Law·Malaga·Opinion

Loraine Gostling tells the epic history behind Spain’s Moros y Cristianos festival, all from a crumbling laptop

OK so.. I have poured 5kg of crushed ice in a waterproof cooler bag and placed it strategically between my knees and my poor ageing

6 Jul, 2019 @ 11:05

Columnists·Costa Blanca·Loraine Gostling: Getting Connected

Spain haulage firm forced by judge to remove ‘objectifying’ image of woman from its trucks

The pictures ‘encourage the objectification of women’, according to Judge Carmelo Ordoñez Fernandez, who ordered the removal

6 Jul, 2019 @ 11:01

Lead·National News

Irish expat devastated after being robbed while asleep in hospital bed on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The hospital meanwhile, has refused to give Paula a formal letter confirming the phone has been stolen, making it difficult to report the issue to

6 Jul, 2019 @ 10:01

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Amanda Butler has a certain property ‘fantasma’ set to arrive and she’s rather excited as Spain’s Mallorca heats up

'Fantasmas' are clients who provide some interesting story with very ‘substantial budgets’, but low and behold, no Google search information!

6 Jul, 2019 @ 09:56

Amanda Butler: Keys to the Island·Columnists·Mallorca·Property

REMEMBERING THE ROSES: Spain second only to Cambodia for missing persons as mass women’s grave is set to be opened in Andalucia

The 16 mothers, daughters and grandmothers rounded up that day were never seen again

6 Jul, 2019 @ 09:00

Lead

‘I will work hard for you’, promises Bill Anderson, the first ever Brit to serve on Mijas Council

What I do know is that parties will need to work together, whether in coalition or informally to move Mijas forward

5 Jul, 2019 @ 17:02

Bill Anderson: Mijas Matters·Malaga

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