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Month: March 2019


Brexit News

Third Brexit vote must be different – Speaker

BayRadio | March 20, 2019 close
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Speaker John Bercow has thrown the UK’s Brexit plans into further confusion by ruling out another vote on the PM’s deal unless MPs are given a new motion. In a surprise ruling, he said he would not allow a third “meaningful vote” in the coming days on “substantially the same” […]

Spanish News

Catalan separatists march in Madrid against trial of their ...

BayRadio | March 18, 2019 close
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Tens of thousands of people, including the premier Quim Torra, filled the Spanish capital with signs and flags Tens of thousands of people marched in Madrid on Saturday in favor of Catalan self-determination and to demand the release of politicians and civil society leaders who are on trial for the unilateral secession […]

Spanish News

Spanish government approves exhumation of Franco on June 10

BayRadio | March 18, 2019 close
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The body of the former dictator will be taken to the El Pardo cemetery, assuming that the Supreme Court does not halt the process. The Spanish government is forging ahead with its plans to exhume the body of former dictator Francisco Franco despite a series of legal hurdles and an upcoming […]

Spanish News

Red warning triangles to be phased out due to ‘pedestrian ...

BayRadio | March 18, 2019 close
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Red triangles currently required by law to be carried in cars in case of an accident or breakdown may be replaced by the year 2025 due to the high risk posed to drivers of getting out of their vehicles on main roads. Spain’s General Directorate of Traffic (DGT), part of […]

Spanish News

Lionel Messi applauded by all

BayRadio | March 18, 2019 close
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Real Betis fans were applauding by the end as Lionel Messi scored another hat-trick to fire Barcelona to a 4-1 victory yesterday and leave them with one hand on the La Liga trophy. Messi’s treble, his second in a month, fourth of the season and 51st of his career, moves […]

Spanish News

Guardia Officers found ‘not guilty’ of torturing prisoner

BayRadio | March 18, 2019 close
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The Provincial Court of Alicante, based in Elche, has acquitted the five Torrevieja Guardia Civil officers who were accused of torturing a detainee in October 2009. The complainant said that he had been assaulted during a two day stay in prison in the Torrevieja barracks whilst he was awaiting his […]

Spanish News

Emissions fall in Madrid city center thanks to new traffic ...

BayRadio | March 18, 2019 close
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The level of nitrogen oxide has dropped by 38% after local authorities made 472 hectares off-limits to most vehicles at the end of November. Greenhouse gas emissions have fallen in the center of Madrid after City Hall launched a pioneering program on November 30, 2018 to curb air pollution and increase the […]

Spanish News

Tender for Tram authorised

BayRadio | March 18, 2019 close
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The tender for the remodelling of tram station platforms for the Line between Benidorm and Dénia has been authorised, but it seems there will now been further delays to the opening of the line, as the works have a maximum duration of 15 months, taking the date to June next […]

Spanish News

Paying extra to reserve plane seats together is a waste survey ...

BayRadio | March 14, 2019 close
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Passengers who pay extra to reserve plane seats together could be wasting their money claims consumer watchdog Which? A survey found that, on average, 86 per cent of passenger end up sitting together if they don’t pay extra for allocated seating but with the Irish budget airline the figure drops to […]

Spanish News

Man deported from Spain to UK under arrest warrant found guilty ...

BayRadio | March 14, 2019 close
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A 19 year old man who was tracked by police to Spain and returned to the UK under a European Arrest Warrant has been found guilty of murder at an Old Bailey hearing. Jack Stevens, 19, was arrested for the murder of 27-year-old of Nashon Esbrand in Islington in August 2017. […]

Spanish News

Man suspected of starving brother to death, burying him and ...

BayRadio | March 14, 2019 close
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A 38 year old man has been arrested in Granada on suspicion of starving his disabled brother to death before continuing to claim his benefits. The suspect could face between 10 and 15 years in prison after his brother, who he was legal guardian to, allegedly died in his care […]

Spanish News

‘Podemos baby’ number three: Pablo Iglesias and Irene ...

BayRadio | March 14, 2019 close
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PABLO Iglesias’ wife and Podemos’ Parliamentary spokeswoman Irene Montero is pregnant again – nine months after giving birth to twin boys who were born three months prematurely. Irene and Pablo kept a bedside vigil all summer after Leo and Manuel were born very suddenly on July 3 after just six months […]