9 h. ago When they chose to die together, my grandparents wrote the final chapter of a love story spanning 70 years

My Nan held my hand, convincing me this was what they wanted. I felt like a little girl, crying and being comforted by my grandmother one last timeIn their final moments, Ron and Irene lay together in a single bed, soft smiles on their faces. They wore special shirts picked out for the occasion; his a cranky cockatoo print, and hers the same white and floral print blouse she wore to their 70th wedding anniversary a few months previously.The only sign of what was to come were the twin cannulas, one in each of their intertwined hands, with long thin tubes winding back behind the beds and out of sight.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

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23 h. ago The Costa Del Sol gang bloodbath: A shocking new underworld theory is uncovered by FRED KELLY

One week ago, at 11:30pm on Saturday 31 May, a man stepped out of a car in Fuengirola arrived at an Irish beachfront bar packed with tourists and shot two men dead at point blank range.

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28 h. ago The Costa Del Sol bloodbath: A shocking new underworld theory is uncovered by FRED KELLY

One week ago, at 11:30pm on Saturday 31 May, a man stepped out of a car in Fuengirola arrived at an Irish beachfront bar packed with tourists and shot two men dead at point blank range.

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39 h. ago Brit gangster killed in Costa del Sol shooting 'warned of £250K bounty weeks before'

Underworld figure Ross Monaghan, 43, was killed by a masked gunman in Costa del Sol last weekend. He reportedly had a bounty placed on his head by bitter rivals

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40 h. ago Man charged after home of gangster Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll's widow 'firebombed'

Kelly 'Bo' Green's home on Drumchapel Road in Glasgow was reportedly attacked in the early hours of May 13.

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44 h. ago Drug kingpin gunned down in Costa del Sol pub 'had £250k bounty placed on his head by Spanish cartel linked to English gang' as police reveal they know potential identity of double assassin

Ross Monaghan, 43, was shot dead alongside Eddie Lyons Jnr, 46, in a planned hit on Saturday at Monaghans in Fuengirola.

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49 h. ago Gangster Eddie Lyons' golf buddies witnessed brutal execution on Costa Del Sol street

Eddie Lyons Jnr was on a Costa del Sol golf trip with fellow club members when he walked into an ambush of Ross Monaghan

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63 h. ago UK gangsters issue chilling warnings after Costa del Sol double assassination

Gangland associates Eddie Lyons Junior and Ross Monaghan were killed in the wake of a series of suspected turf war attacks that have swept Scotland in recent months

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65 h. ago Family of drug kingpin gunned down in Costa Del Sol pub say notorious rival gang are NOT responsible for killings as fears grow over 'revenge' attacks

Monaghan, 43, and Eddie Lyons Jnr, 46, were shot dead as they were watching Saturday's Champions League final at a pub on the Costa del Sol.

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3 d. ago Scotland braces for a gang revenge bloodbath: Exiled Rangers 'ultra' drug boss 'is trying to take underworld crown from two dominant families' after brutal Costa Del Sol executions

Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr - two senior figures from the feared Lyons gang - were shot dead by a gunman who burst into Monaghan's pub in Fuengirola.

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3 d. ago Scotland braces for revenge attacks after Costa Del Sol assassinations: Gangs warn of more bloodshed on streets after double shooting 'linked to feud between warring clans'

Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr - two senior figures from the feared Lyons gang - were shot dead by a gunman who burst into Monaghan's pub in Fuengirola.

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4 d. ago Doting parents Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright enjoy family holiday in Marbella with tiny Palma

Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright, who married in 2015, were pictured in sunny Marbella on Spain’s Costa del Sol, where they had taken their three-month-old daughter

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4 d. ago Who are Lyons crime family as two key hoods shot dead by gunman in Spanish bar

Ross Monaghan, 43, and Eddie Lyons Jnr, 46, were among the most high profile underworld figures before they were shot dead at Monaghan's bar in the Costa Del Sol.

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4 d. ago UK tourist Spain hotspot alert after 5 deaths and 'shooting every 3 nights'

In the Costa Del Sol in 2025 there have already been a total of ten shootings, leaving five dead and ten injured

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4 d. ago Woman who saw Brit gangsters shot dead outside Costa del Sol bar speaks of horror

Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr were killed

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5 d. ago Scots gangster lay dying as Brit nurse held his hand after Costa del Sol double shooting

Ross Monaghan, 43, and Eddie Lyons Jnr, 46, were both executed in cold blood by a hitman in front on terrified holidaymakers in a bar on Saturday night in the Costa del Sol

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5 d. ago Nurse held hand of Ross Monaghan as Lyons crime lord lay dying in Spanish bar

Monaghan was brutally executed in a double gangland murder alongside Eddie Lyons Jnr in his own bar in the Costa Del Sol on Saturday evening.

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5 d. ago 'I held Scot gangster Ross Monaghan as he lay dying in Costa del Sol shooting'

A brave British nurse who tended to Ross Monaghan after he was shot along with Eddie Lyons Jnr said: 'I just held his hand and stroked his hair. His eyes were open and I kept saying stay with me Ross'

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5 d. ago Manhunt launched for hit team after two infamous Scottish gangsters shot outside Costa del Sol pub

Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan were shot dead outside a pub in Spain on Saturday night

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5 d. ago Brutal background of Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons that ended in Costa del Sol bloodbath

Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons, murdered in the popular Spanish resort of Fuengirola, were leading members of a crime gang at war with the rival Daniel clan for decades

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