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Summer traffic campaign begins across Spain

EIGHTY-FOUR million long distance car journeys are expected to be registered on the Spanish roads this summer, the DGT traffic authority has forecast, with phase one of the summer traffic campaign kicking...Read More

In memory of the eventual death of over one million men on both sides at the Somme

IN THE final scene of the final episode of Blackadder IV, the team of soldiers and officers who had brought so much amusement and pleasure to a viewing public were pictured in their trenches awaiting...Read More

Courting begins as Rajoy hopes to form government in July

BACK from Brussels where he made clear his opposition to any membership talks between the EU and Scotland to save his skin from a looming Catalonian crisis, Mariano Rajoy has set about coalition talks...Read More

Police unearth huge indoor cannabis plantation in Malaga

A MARIHUANA plantation containing 319 female plants in various stages of flowering has been dismantled by the National Police in Malaga, with three men and a woman taken into custody.
Having received...Read More

Del Bosque stands down as Spanish coach

AFTER leading his country to their maiden World Cup and adding a second European Championship during a golden era of Barcelona inspired dominance, Vincent del Bosque will stand down as coach of the Spanish...Read More

Google’s Madrid office latest to be searched in tax probe

Spanish tax investigators have stormed Google’s Madrid offices as the internet giant’s tax affairs continue to come under scrutiny.
A spokesperson for the multinational confirmed that the...Read More

Gibraltar Port Authority anticipates a busy summer especially with pleasure craft

THE Gibraltar Port Authority (GPA) advised in a press release that the last weekend in June proved to be a very busy one as the Port launch, General Elliot II, saw plenty of action at the start of what...Read More

After four days play it’s not just Andy Murray at Wimbledon

FOR so many years, Wimbledon was seen as a graveyard for most British tennis players who tended to get knocked out in the first round, even assuming they had qualified in the first instance.
Naturally...Read More

Flogging a dead horse more than once!

THE Guardia Civil have broken up a massive conspiracy to defraud insurance companies by claiming for the death of pure breed Spanish horses which were actually old nags with false papers.
Over a period...Read More

Gove goes for it as Boris backs out

THERE were just five candidates for leadership of the Conservative Party, and therefore future Prime Minister, when the window of opportunity closed at noon on June 30.
In the current climate, it is...Read More