Following the diplomatic standoff with Spain last a fortnight, Morocco showed that it can completely freeze the border by preventing a single migrant from reaching Ceuta when it wants.
Morocco Thwarts Second Invasion
by Martin Myall •
National
A satirical take on Spanish national news
Forgotten in A Supermarket
by Martin Myall •
We become forgetful with age and leave things in supermarkets, like keys, a personal shopping trolley, your grandmother’s funeral ashes… Wait!
Baby Left in Car Dies
by Vivienne Hughes •
Whilst we used a tongue-in-cheek tone about the forgotten funeral urn, there is nothing nothing that can be taken lightly about the death of baby that had been left in a car in August in the Canary Islands.
Defence Minister Breaks Ranks
by Martin Myall •
Whilst Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, might be treading a very diplomatic path concerning Morocco, the feisty Defence Minister, Margarita Robles is not taking what happened quietly.
Human Avalanche
by Martin Myall •
The Central Government has decided to bring in 60 soldiers to back up the Guardia Civil in the Spanish, North African enclave-town of Ceuta.
The Invisible World
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Policía Nacional has managed to thwart a forced marriage, involving a 14-year-old girl, who was virtually sold to a man in Italy.
Guadalajara Burns
by Martin Myall •
We didn’t report on the fire in Almería that claimed so many lives; people trapped in the flames, because, frankly, it was all over international news from the very beginning, but it’s not the only major fire that Spain is coping with.
Swept Out To Sea
by Vivienne Hughes •
A young girl died yesterday after being swept out the sea from Playa La Laja, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Justice or Injustice?
by Vivienne Hughes •
A driver, who was nearly four times the permitted alcohol limit, under the effects of cocaine % cannabis and speeding, ran down an elderly man on a zebra crossing, killing him. He received a 30-month jail sentence.
National Rail Strike
by Hugh MacArthur •
If holidaymakers were thinking about taking the train instead of the car to visit their holiday destination, then they had better think again, owing to a coming rail strike.