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A 27-year-old British man was admitted to the Costa del Sol hospital in Marbella in the early hours of Monday morning with four gunshot wounds to his legs. His condition was described later that morning as serious but stable and sources said he
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...several times, once in the abdomen. All those involved were British nationals between the ages of 25 and 40. Of the six detainees, five have already been released on charges, while the sixth was transferred to Madrid on Wednesday where he was due to ... respond to two extradition orders issued by the British authorities. He is reportedly linked to several drug trafficking cases. The events took place on Monday shortly after 11pm. According to sources, a Guardia Civil patrol approached the bar in
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Tony Bryant
The British Benevolent Fund (BBF), which has been providing financial assistance to UK citizens in Spain since 1933, has launched an emergency appeal to raise funds to deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The charity announced that ... financial assistance from families and individuals in vulnerable situations. The organisation, which works in conjunction with British consulates in Spain, has been providing temporary grants to help with bills, accommodation and other basic necessities ... to people that have been stranded in Spain, or those who live here but have lost their livelihood. It has also been providing assistance to British nationals trying to return to the UK. BBF Chairman John Scott said: "The appeal will help to deliver
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Debbie Bartlett
It is a largely unknown fact that during WW2 the British government decided to turn Gibraltar into a fortress to stop Hitler and Franco seizing it, and ordered all women, children, the elderly and infirm to be evacuated to make room for the troops. ... hours to leave, and the French authorities ordered British ships which were just arriving in Casablanca to take them, threatening to impound the ships unless they did so. They refused the officer in charge, Commodore Creighton, time to clean and supply
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...have spent the last two months of lockdown in their Moroccan holiday homes, in rented accommodation or in their own mobile homes. The ferry docked at around 8pm, carrying 383 passengers, the majority of them British and German, and 183 vehicles,
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Jennie Rhodes
Two local artists, Annabel Keatley and Gerrit Oppelland Hampel, are participating in the Artist Support Pledge, an initiative set up by British artist Matthew Burrows designed to help artists during the coronavirus crisis. Burrows, who is a ... target, which means she can now buy work from a fellow artist. A win-win situation "For me it's a chance to sell and to see what other artists, especially British ones, are doing," explains Annabel, who admits that she can feel "a bit cut off from
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The British Embassy in Spain will host a virtual Q&A session on Facebook this Wednesday, 22 April, from 1 to 5pm to answer any concerns UK foreign residents have about the current coronavirus pandemic or how this impacts on the actions they need to
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Tony Bryant
The Spain South district of the Royal British Legion has recently issued guidelines and information to help its members cope during the current state of alarm. INFORMATION Royal British Legion website. ... parameters of social distancing. Home visits and hospital visits are a no-go, but telephone and e-mail communications are up and running, along with shopping for food and medicines where possible. "Any British ex-service personnel is able to access
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Debbie Bartlett
British Airways is still running flights into Gibraltar from UK but the government is warning British travellers not to try to enter Spain across the land border from Gibraltar unless they are legally resident and have documentation to prove it.
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The British embassy in Madrid has recently updated its coronavirus crisis travel information aimed at tourists from the UK still in Spain. The information covers the situation regarding hotels, which have been ordered to close across Spain by next ... Thursday, as well as travel options for returning to the UK. Here are the latest instructions issued by the embassy. The most recent video message from the British ambassador, Hugh Elliott, can be viewed here. Hotels "The Spanish Government has ordered ... that hotels and short-stay accommodation must close by midnight on 26 March. These instructions do not apply to long-stay accommodation where people can cater for themselves. The local authorities may ask British travellers to move hotels, as guests are