Gibraltar
Debbie Bartlett
(www.rifcom.org) was set up by volunteers in Gibraltar and Spain who in 2008, after witnessing at first hand the poverty among communities in the Moroccan Rif mountains, decided to do something to help. And as its name suggests, the Helpmelearnafrica charity
Opinion
Héctor Barbotta
We knew it was going to be tough, but when all this started we had certain expectations that the experience could make us better as a society. Not only because after 2008, and what followed 2008, there was no room for the chain to break again at its
LifeStyle
Jennie Rhodes
At 11.30am on 29 May 1953 New Zealand mountaineer and explorer Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay (1914-1986) reached the summit of Mount Everest, becoming the first confirmed mountaineers to successfully climb to the top.
What to do
Denise Bush
...shows filmed in America. Alan Cumming became an American citizen in 2008, a decade after taking New York by storm in Cabaret, and this 2018 Joe’s Pub set explores his immigrant experience. YouTube Joe’s Pub. Aquarium tour Oceanográfic
Opinion
JEREMY BLATCH JB@ehh.gi
...witnessed viciously volatile panic-selling, as traders and algorithms ply their trade to make a profit. As in 2008, when many feared that the financial system would collapse, today investors are fleeing risk assets and seeking safety in money market funds,
Opinion
PETER SANDERSON
...crisis of September 2008 was set off by the sub-prime mortgage crisis in the United States which resulted in the bankruptcy of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers and UK banks struggling having overstretched themselves. Royal Bank of Scotland overpaid
National
SUR
...a year. EU plea Meanwhile, to help fund the emergency measures, Spain has joined Italy in asking for EU support. The Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, said on Saturday that Brussels, "should not fail citizens again", referring to the 2008 financial
Sport
borja gutiérrez
...to create "a solid foundation for the club going into the future". Gaspar, who played for Malaga in two spells (2001-2004 and 2008-2011), added: "It nice, though rare, to have people from the club occupying the highest positions."
Local
francisco jiménez
Residents of Churriana took to the streets earlier this week to demand a 24-hour emergency service at the local health centre, which has been open since 2008. Anybody who needs medical attention between 8pm and 8am has to go to Alhaurín de la
National
NURIA TRIGUERO
...according to the statistics the gap is reducing, it has changed little in the last five years; in 2013 the difference was 31 per cent. In 2008 it stood at 39 per cent. The report also shows that the difference in pay reflects the type of work that both