21.   The Spanish government has criticised the Gibraltar authorities for adopting a lax attitude towards drug and tobacco smugglers who use the rock as a launch pad.

22.   The uninhabited rock is used by local fishermen to prepare bait and place their lobster pots.

23.   More rain was forecast overnight and officials said dykes had been erected using rocks to prevent any recurrence of the flooding.

24.   The boy and nine others played truant to have a fight, using rocks as missiles, a kilometre from the school.