William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, has remonstrated with Madrid
over claims of deliberate delays to traffic travelling between Gibraltar and Spain, at a time of increased wrangling over the disputed territory.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/gibraltar/10207981/William-Hague-voices-concerns-over-Gibraltar-traffic-delays.html
Mr Hague called Jose Garcia-Margallo, Spain's minister of foreign affairs, to register "serious concerns" over the treatment of travellers to and from the British territory over the weekend. The fracas follows a dispute earlier in the week which saw Britain accuse Spain of illegal incursions into Gibraltar's territorial waters.
The Gibraltar government claimed Spain had orchestrated difficulties for travellers making the journey from the Iberian peninsula to the British territory yesterday. That followed two days of "torture" as the Spanish authorities searched "practically every vehicle" leaving Gibraltar, causing delays of up to six hours in stifling 30C (86F) heat, the government said.
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Spain disputes British sovereignty over Gibraltar and the two governments have been tangling in recent years over what is an increasingly prickly issue