One of the UK's newest nuclear-powered submarines has docked in Gibraltar after a collision with a merchant vessel during a training exercise. The Royal Navy said it has launched an immediate investigation after HMS Ambush was involved in the "glancing collision" while submerged off the coast of the British...
Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy is unhappy about David Cameron's reported plan to make an EU referendum campaign stop in Gibraltar. Mr Rajoy has said he wants Britain to stay in the EU. But he added that Spain views Gibraltar as Spanish regardless of what happens in next week's referendum, according to Spanish...
SPAIN could make a fresh power grab for Gibraltar if the UK votes to leave the EU, Brexit supporters have been warned. A victory for the Leave campaign on June 23 could threaten British sovereignty over the Iberian peninsula and see strict border controls introduced at the only crossing into the rest of mainland Europe. ...
TENSIONS between UK and Spain hit a new high as an RAF aircraft transporting Phillip Hammond to Gibraltar was barred from flying over Spanish airspace. The Foreign Secretary was making an official visit to extol the virtues of remaining in the EU when the diplomatic slap in the face took place last week. It comes just a week...
THE commander of a US nuclear submarine threatened to ram a Spanish customs vessel trying to block its path unless the Royal Navy vessel escorting it took action. Last week it emerged that a Royal Navy patrol boat fired warning flares across the bow of the Spanish vessel during the altercation just outside Gibraltar...