8 d. ago Elderly man drives down Rome’s historic Spanish steps after mistaking monument for a road

This is the moment an elderly man drove his car down Rome’s historic Spanish Steps, later telling police he thought he was on his way to work.

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1 week ago Malaga shooting: Spanish police say shooting suspect 'fled three countries in 15 hours' as arrest made

"There is also nothing to suggest that the shooting in Fuengirola was planned from within Scotland ."

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1 week ago Daniel clan and Mark Richardson's mob flee Scotland after double

Spanish police have said the suspected gunmen is believed to have been a member of the Daniel family.

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1 week ago Almost 200 holidaymakers 'locked in' seafront Spanish hotel after local police barricaded door amid 'anti

Photos from today show steel cables and a large notice on the entrance to the Vivemar Hotel on the Costa del Sol saying 'precintado' or 'sealed off' in English.

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1 week ago Scots cops insist 'no evidence' Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr shooting set up in Scotland

Malaga-based Spanish police chief Pedro Agudo Novo today described the suspected killer arrested in Liverpool as a member of the Daniel gang.

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1 week ago Spanish police say Malaga shooting suspect ‘fled three countries in 15 hours’

A man aged 44 was arrested in Liverpool on June 13, according to the National Crime Agency, which supported the arrest alongside Merseyside Police.

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1 week ago Malaga shooting suspect fled ‘three countries in 15 hours’ and used disguises, police say

A man aged 44 was arrested in Liverpool on June 13, according to the National Crime Agency, which supported the arrest alongside Merseyside Police.

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1 week ago Spanish police claim Malaga shooting suspect ‘fled three countries in 15 hours’

A man aged 44 was arrested in Liverpool on June 13, according to the National Crime Agency, which supported the arrest alongside Merseyside Police.

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1 week ago Brit woman missing for over two weeks in Spain after being served in local shop

Spanish police have ramped up their search to find missing Brit, Janet Fison, after she vanished 17 days ago.

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1 week ago Scottish gangsters shot dead in Costa del Sol bar were killed by 'rival gang hitman' apprehended in UK 'before fleeing to tax haven paradise island'

The gunman who shot dead Scots mobsters Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jr at a Costa del Sol pub was a member of a rival gang, Spanish police chiefs said last night.

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1 week ago Daniel clan member 'involved in Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons assassination', Spanish cops say

Spanish police chief Pedro Agudo Novo made the claim at a press conference today.

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1 week ago Girl dies and three others hospitalised after electric shock on theme park ride

A two-year-old girl has died and three other children have been injured at a fun fair in Spain. Spanish police have launched an investigation into the incident

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2 w. ago Costa del Sol double gangster shooting sees man arrested in UK

A suspect was taken into custody in Liverpool by Merseyside Police under an international arrest warrant issued by the Spanish authorities. Police have yet to make a formal statement

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2 w. ago Suspect arrested over Spanish execution of Scots gangsters Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr

Spanish police have confirmed a man has been arrested in the UK on suspicion of the Costa del Sol gangland execution of Scots mobsters Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr.

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2 w. ago In Spain, a chat on the doorstep is a custom worth preserving in the digital age | María Ramírez

It’s great to see so much support for the value of ‘taking the breeze’ – the authorities must respect public space tooThe mayor of a small town in southern Spain felt compelled, a few days ago, to clarify that there is no new municipal ban on older women sitting out on the pavement in their own chairs. He was responding to a furious online backlash directed mostly at the town’s police after they posted a message on social media urging the residents of Santa Fe to show “civility” by not sitting in the streets in the late hours disturbing neighbours.This plea for respect for the public space was hardly a draconian law and order crackdown: it was a reasonably worded reminder. “We know that putting chairs or tables outside the door is a tradition in many towns,” it said, “but public spaces are regulated. If the police ask you to remove them, do so out of respect and in the interests of coexistence.”María Ramírez is a journalist and the deputy managing editor of elDiario.es, a news outle...

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3 w. 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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3 w. ago Spanish police’s plea for respect backfires over photo of old women alfresco

Andalucían police used shot of women sitting on chairs on pavement in request to keep public right of way clearSomewhere towards the very top of the long list of unspoken Spanish rules – gin and tonic should not be drunk before a meal, chorizo has no place in the vicinity of a paella and children’s bedtimes cease to apply in the summer – is the silent injunction that forbids any attempts to alter the habits of the country’s cherished older people.It was unfortunate, then, that police in the small Andalucían town of Santa Fe chose the photo they did to accompany a request for people not to disturb their neighbours by sitting around the streets late at night. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Malaga shooting: "No intelligence" linking Spain shootings to suspected gang feud, Police Scotland say

"Police Scotland is supporting Spanish police where requested.”

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3 w. ago Spanish mayor demands more police to tackle organised crime after shootings of Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jr

Mayor Ana Mula wants to “reinforce” collaboration between local and national police forces following the fatal shootings of Ross Monaghan, 43, and Eddie Lyons Jnr, 46.

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3 w. ago Two Brits killed in shooting outside bar in Malaga as Spanish police hunt suspect

Two Brits have been identified in Malaga, Spain, after they were shot in the chest in a shock attack outside a bar in a popular tourist hotspot, with the suspect still at large

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