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Opinion
Crowd funding
Mark Nayler
Spain's former king Juan Carlos paid 4.4 million euros in back taxes in February, in a second attempt to regularise his murky finances. But according to online newspaper El Confidencial, he made that payment with individual loans of up to 250,000 ... euros from friends and associates, rather than from his own fortune. Spain's former head of state has effectively crowd-funded his back tax, and now owes the money to his mates, not the Spanish authorities. To use another analogy, it's as if he's ... February settlement. It remains unclear whether this was to provide a sum that Juan Carlos couldn't pay himself - meaning that estimates of his personal wealth are wildly off the mark, or that he wasn't planning to ever make back payments - or whether it
Gibraltar
Restrictions relaxed to reveal a new normal for Gibraltar
Debbie Bartlett
Crossing the short distance from Spain over the border to Gibraltar is like entering a different world now, one where masks are only obligatory in certain places and the atmosphere is much more carefree and cheerful. With all its adult population
Local
Vélez-Málaga beach squares back for second year running in time for the Easter holiday
Eugenio Cabezas
The main beaches in Vélez-Málaga will, from today, again be marked out by two metre by two metre squares to ensure social distancing. Like last summer, a tractor will mark out the squares on Torre del Mar, Caleta and Benajarafe beaches. Councill
Local
Travel agents threaten legal action to claw back Covid flight cancellation refunds
Pilar Martínez
When the state of alarm was decreed in Spain on 14 March 2020 many flights were grounded and tickets were cancelled. And now, more than one year on, passengers are still waiting for their refunds. And the wait is not just affecting individuals, who
Sport
Marbella head into relegation play-offs on the back of another loss
Julio Rodríguez
Marbella now have an extra week to gather their thoughts after a second-half capitulation saw them surrender an early lead and lose to Linense in the final game of the normal season on Sunday. The hosts took the lead as early as the third minute wh
Sport
The difficult journey back into sport after becoming a mum
MARINA RIVAS
...however, women have to ask themselves a lot of questions: will I be able to return to the same level? How will my team react? Will they still want me when I'm ready to come back? Fortunately for Lorena Bardera, everything went smoothly. This 31-year-old ... However, her desire to get back into her boots couldn't be suppressed and she returned to the field, albeit intermittently. "I had a good pregnancy, a good birth and a good recovery but I worked for it. I didn't stop; I worked with a physio, I was
Local
Caminito del Rey daredevil walkway reopens and tickets are back on sale
ANDREA JIMÉNEZ
The spectacular Caminito del Rey walkway, suspended precariously 100 metres above a gorge, will reopen next Friday, 12 March, after several weeks of closure due to the restrictions imposed during the third wave of Covid-19. Tickets to visit one of
Sport
Popular local walking football player fights back against the virus
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...with a heart and lung problem. However, 'Dasher' wouldn't give up the fight and fought back and amazed everyone by walking out of hospital a fortnight ago. He will now take time to recuperate and then get back to fitness and to his beloved walking
Gibraltar
Nun's Well in Gibraltar to open to the public following restoration
Debbie Bartlett
...interconnected by brick arches, and is thought to date back to the 12th century. This is the last phase in the beautification and development of the site that for many years was an abandoned wasteground.