Members of the Lords, including an honorary president of the British Dietetic Association and the founder of the Spinal Injury Association, will today debate the effect of Brexit on the health and welfare of UK citizens and residents, in the House of Lords. This is a balloted debate. They normally take place […]
Brussels chiefs are plotting a £49 billion (€56 billion) raid on profits from the European Central Bank in a desperate bid to plug a huge blackhole in the EU’s finances left by Brexit. The plan, due to be discussed by the European Commission today, is part of a raft of […]
With a year to go until the UK leaves the European Union, BBC Scotland has been speaking to Scots pondering a future in Spain. It’s easy to understand why so many Scots settle on the Costa Blanca, with its sandy beaches, all-day breakfasts and the promise of sunshine 300 days […]
Mr Gove says he did not know about a £625k donation made by Vote Leave to the BeLeave group until after the referendum concluded. Michael Gove has denied having any knowledge of an alleged breach of spending limits by the official Brexit campaign ahead of the EU referendum. The Environment […]
An updated survey of top financial services firms finds the number of UK jobs likely to be shifted by Brexit falling by half. The scale of the Brexit jobs exodus from the City of London has eased over the past six months, according to the findings of a survey of […]
The outgoing head of the EU’s law enforcement body has said he is “quite positive” the UK and EU will reach a new post-Brexit deal on security. But Europol’s Rob Wainwright said “with the clock ticking down, we still have a lot to do”. Meanwhile, South Wales Police and Crime […]
It’s been almost two years since the UK voted to leave the EU and the negotiations, pronouncements and progress reports seem never-ending. So while there’s nearly a year to go until Brexit day, with a 21-month transition period after that, we ask why does it seem to be taking sooo […]
Calpe’s Guardia Civil has arrested a 23-year-old girl from Benissa after falsely reporting she’d been kidnapped. It was all part of an elaborate attempt to stop her husband from finding out that she had, in fact, spent the two days she was ‘missing’ with friends. The woman said that […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina, has announced that the Torrevieja desalination plant will triple its annual production to guarantee supplies to both the population and to local farmers. The plant that now produces 40 hectometres will increase its output to 120 hectometres thanks to an investment […]
The 65-year-old co-owner of a Mercedes car dealership in the Orihuela area died on Monday when he fell off the showroom roof. The incident was reported to emergency services at around 10.30 am with the body of Francisco Santos Berna discovered on the ground at Correntias Medias on the CV-95 […]
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has unveiled a budget with reduced taxes for workers on lower incomes and raised payments for pensioners in a bid to boost support for his minority government that’s been leaking support since Catalonia’s independence crisis. His spending plan approved in cabinet yesterday includes increases that will […]
Separatists back resolutions defending “political rights” of politicians in custody or self-imposed exile. The Catalan parliament has approved on Wednesday morning two resolutions put forward by separatist parties to defend “the political rights” of politicians who are in pre-trial custody or “in exile.” The resolutions were backed by the three separatist […]
