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Possible return of the blue British passport by 2019

ALTHOUGH it appears coincidental that the current contract to print British passports, which currently rests with British company De La Rue, will expire in 2019, many are celebrating in the assumption...Read More

Emergency landing on slip road off the AP7 near Barcelona

A SINGLE engine four seater aircraft being piloted by two experienced flyers developed an engine fault soon after taking off from an airport in the Barcelona area and with insufficient time to return,...Read More

St Petersburg metro explosions kill ten and leaves many injured

AT LEAST 10 people have been killed in two explosions at underground stations in St Petersburg.
News outlets reported the blasts hit the Sennaya Ploschad and nearby Tekhnologichesky Institut...Read More

Spanish Civil War armoury discovered in convent

A CACHE of weapons and explosives dating back to the Spanish Civil War have been found in the ceiling of the Convent of Santa Teresa de Vic as workmen undertaking renovation works discovered a secret...Read More

Artificial nests installed on the Rock in the hope to attract Ospreys

IN order to try to encourage the iconic Osprey (or Fish Eagle) back to Gibraltar, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Climate change (DEHCC) has begun installing artificial nests within the...Read More

Al-Thani accuses Spanish police of racism

OVER the weekend, Malaga FC owner Sheikh Al-Thani took to Twitter to express his anger after a policeman refused to let him into the Rosaleda stadium.
The south entrance was closed off to traffic...Read More

Gang of thieves drill into fuel pipelines in Spain

AFTER discovering that an oil pipeline in Castellon had been illegally accessed, officers from the Guardia Civil began a full scale investigation in order to try to identify who was responsible and whether...Read More

Spain would not object to an independent Scotland applying to join the EU

DESPITE the fact that Spain would not want to see the break-up of the United Kingdom as a result of Brexit and despite the fact that it is rejecting the Catalonian demand for a referendum on Independence,...Read More

WATCH: Horrendous bonfire explosion at carnival in France

A CARNIVAL in Villepinte France, near Paris ended in tragedy when a bonfire exploded for no apparent reason as it was being lit and at least 18 people were injured, some of them seriously including a...Read More

Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo on BBC TV's Andrew Marr politics show

GIBRALTAR'S Chief Minister Fabian Picardo was a special guest on the BBC TV Andrew Marr show which was being presented by Eddie Mair on Sunday April 2. He had flown over specially for the interview.
Mair...Read More