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The EU said Spanish border guards should police the Port of Gibraltar and enjoy all necessary powers to perform border controls (pictured: Catalan Bay beach, one of the busiest in Gibraltar)
The Brussels blueprint would also give Spain responsibility for granting visas to Gibraltar and allow Spanish police to pursue suspects on the Rock without special permission.
The move threatened to destabilise a delicate compromise negotiated by the UK and Spain.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab accused Brussels of trying to undermine the UK s sovereignty over Gibraltar .
It was seen in London as a crude attempt to pile pressure on the UK over wider Brexit issues. Brexit minister Lord Frost is due to publish proposals today that would tear up parts of the deal struck with the EU over Northern Ireland.
The Dunmore Pineapple is a quirky option for a family holiday this half term
Is your half-term diary looking sparse? Traffic lights, local travel curbs and waterlogged forecasts may have put many off securing a late-May break. Yet for those who have cleared their week, ready for some much-deserved respite, there are still enticing options at home and abroad.
From a long weekend in the Scottish countryside to a break in a five-star clifftop hotel among the Algarve’s best beaches, here’s our pick of last-minute family holidays for next week.
Sleep like an 18th-century earl
Get everyone packed up before Friday morning, then head straight from the school gates to Falkirk. In between the town and the small, picturesque village of Dunmore you’ll find The Pineapple. This 18th-century summerhouse, built for the 4th Earl of Dunmore, is topped by the giant, ornate carving of the fruit. The eye-catching dome was added in 1777 when the earl was forcibly returned to Scotland after ser
10 reasons to visit Gibraltar, the green list getaway with something for everyone
From educational sessions with a primatologist to watching concerts in a cave, here s why you should visit this compact peninsula
Around 200 Barbary macaques roam Gibraltar
Padding through the Saharan sand, pleasantly fatigued by the sea air, I gazed right to the outline of Morocco as a group of swimmers raced for the water. The stresses of the pandemic had slipped away. This was my first time in Gibraltar, but somehow it felt familiar.
I’d arrived that morning, on day one of the resumption of foreign holidays. Beginning with a ride on the cable car for views out over the 1,396ft tall (at its highest point) hulking limestone rock, I’d seen the sweep of the same (man-made) Sandy Bay from far above. The kerfuffle I’d experienced on arrival soon washed away.