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Probable detection of one of the Egyptair 804 black boxes announced

THE BEA (the French air accident investigation agency) has released news that signals from one of the black boxes from the recent Egyptair crash have been detected by a Hydrographic survey ship of the...Read More

New service to aid potential school leavers to make life choices

THE Government of Gibraltar has announced the implementation of a Careers and Employment Development Service by the Ministry of Business and Employment in conjunction with the Ministry of Education. This...Read More

Birmingham pub bombings: New inquests ordered into police response

A CORONER has ruled that inquests into the deaths of 21 people in the 1974 Birmingham pub bombing should be reopened.
Families of the victims and surviving members of the Birmingham Six, innocent men...Read More

National Police and Guardia Civil take down car-smuggling network

THE Guardia Civil and National Police have dismantled an international organisation dedicated to smuggling vehicles from Spain to Morocco.
The operation, which was divided into three phases, has resulted...Read More

Kaiser Chiefs predict a riot when they hit Torremolinos

HAVING charmed British TV audiences with his appearances as a witty and caring judge in the BBC series the Voice, singer and frontman Ricky Wilson is returning to his ‘day job’ with indie...Read More

Mobile danger: Spanish teenager killed by train while texting across tracks

THREE days of mourning have been declared in the Murcia town of Alguazas, following the death of a local teenage girl who was hit by a train while distracted by her mobile phone on May 31.
The 14-year-old...Read More

Irish teenager reports rape in Tenerife

A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD Irish girl on holiday in Arona, Tenerife, has reported being raped on the beach in the early hours of the morning.
The teenager, who was reportedly out in the Playa de las Americas...Read More

Under the hammer: Pele’s entire collection set to become history’s biggest sports auction

THE largest sports auction in history could be in the offing as Brazilian football legend Pele is set to place his entire collection of trophies and memorabilia under the hammer.
A replica of the original...Read More

Suspect under investigation over missing Spanish boy

FOR the first time since seven-year-old Yeremi Vargas, often referred to as the Spanish Madeleine McCann, went missing in March 2007, the Guardia Civil is formally investigating a suspect.
The man under...Read More

The European Court of Justice may allow the banning of headscarves at work

A RECEPTIONIST at the Belgium office of G4S, a British company, was sacked in 2006 after starting to wear a headscarf as an open demonstration of her Muslim faith, despite it being an unwritten rule that...Read More