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COVID-19 lockdown has denied Lisa Burgess vital oncology appointments but her chef partner’s kitchen skills have put a smile on her face

DAY 50 of cancer lockdown with my French partner and chef, Joffrey Charles, and the good news is I am not starving. My oncology appointments

25 Apr, 2020 @ 15:30

Health

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EXPLAINED: Everything Spain’s children CAN and CAN’T do from April 26, including running, jumping, beaches and parks under new COVID-19 rules

What exactly are the country’s youngest citizens permitted to do outside? When and where can they do it? And who must accompany them?

23 Apr, 2020 @ 16:49

Lead·National News

Easyjet launches 2021 Easter flight schedule with deals to Spain’s Alicante and Malaga from €35

The announcement is a full five months ahead of schedule

23 Apr, 2020 @ 09:05

Lead·National News·Travel News

Congress extends Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown to May 10 amid fierce criticism of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez

THE Spanish Congress has voted to extend the country’s coronavirus lockdown until May 10. This evening politicians passed the third extension to the state of

22 Apr, 2020 @ 23:01

Lead·National News·Politics

Controversial director Woody Allen finds a Spanish distributor for latest movie set in Spain’s San Sebastian

CONTROVERSIAL director Woody Allen, 84, has secured distribution in Spain for his new movie set in San Sebastian. Rifkin’s Festival is the Brooklyn-born filmmaker’s latest

22 Apr, 2020 @ 19:18

Celebrity·Lead·National News

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U-TURN: Children aged 14 and under in Spain CAN go out for walks, says Government after earlier COVID-19 advice said ‘only for essentials’

From Monday, some 8.3 million minors who will have been confined to their houses for six weeks, will be able to go and get some

21 Apr, 2020 @ 23:36

Lead·National News

WATCH: Police arrest ISIS ‘jihadi rapper’ in Spain’s Andalucia in early morning raid

A BRITISH ‘jihadi rapper’ hiding in Andalucia has been arrested along with two other people. Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, 28, is the terrorist suspect detained by

21 Apr, 2020 @ 18:32

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead

Spanish director Pedro Almodovar says he’s been phoning up pals to ‘check on their libidos’ during Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown

LEGENDARY Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar has been phoning up his pals to check on their libidos during lockdown. In an essay penned for IndieWire the

21 Apr, 2020 @ 17:10

Celebrity·Lead

BREAKING: Children up to age 14 can go outside with an adult from April 27 in relaxation of Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown

CHILDREN up to 14 years old will be allowed outside in less than a week, the Government has announced. The age limit had been set

21 Apr, 2020 @ 15:38

Lead·National News

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COVID-19: Spain sees 4,000 new cases in 24 hours, as 430 people die, but infection rates decline

IN the last 24 hours 430 people are reported to have died from coronavirus in Spain. These latest figures, from the Ministry of Health, take

21 Apr, 2020 @ 13:19

Lead·National News

Police in Spain are impounding Gibraltar-registered cars, with some drivers invoiced up to €17,000 in COVID-19 clampdown

Fabian Picardo expresses sympathy with owners of vehicles caught out, but confirms they should have registered them as Spanish if they were living there.

20 Apr, 2020 @ 16:01

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead