A group of parliamentarians has asked Scotland’s top civil court to block Boris Johnson’s bid to suspend parliament. The 75 politicians initially launched a legal action at the Court of Session in Edinburgh last month. They are now seeking an interim interdict that would prevent parliament being suspended until the […]
Parliament will be suspended just days after MPs return to work in September – and only a few weeks before the Brexit deadline. Boris Johnson said a Queen’s Speech would take place after the suspension, on 14 October, to outline his “very exciting agenda”. But it means the time MPs […]
The Spanish Grand Prix will retain a place on the Formula 1 schedule next year, the sport has confirmed. There had been doubt about the future of the event at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya because of financial troubles. But local government funding has been retained to secure the 2020 race. […]
The Navy blames the incident on bad weather. The Spanish Naval minesweeper ‘Turia’ ran aground this morning (Tuesday) as it joined in the search for aircraft wreckage during the salvage operation following yesterday’s crash of the C101 trainer fighter jet just off the La Manga headland, in which the pilot […]
A National Police Officer died this morning (Tuesday) in the Elche courts. Sources are reporting that the 42 year old officer died with a shot from his own gun although the circumstances surrounding the death are unknown. The incident took place this morning at about 10.15am in the police cells […]
The patient is the second to pass away from the current outbreak of the infection, which is thought to have originated in pork products from a company called Magrudis Health authorities in Spain’s southern Andalusia region have confirmed that a 74-year-old woman has died as a result of the current outbreak […]
So many newspaper column inches have been devoted over the last week to a debate over whether or not Boris Johnson has managed to “win a victory” over his EU counterparts, getting them to “budge” over changing the Withdrawal Agreement. You can in fact argue this both ways. The “Yes-they’ve-budged” […]
Boris Johnson has promised that the UK will leave the EU by 31 October, even if that means departing without an exit deal. The House of Commons has repeatedly voted against a no-deal Brexit, with opposition MPs – and some Tories – vowing to block Britain quitting without a withdrawal […]
A no-deal Brexit is now “the only acceptable deal”, says Nigel Farage. The Brexit Party leader said his party would fight in every seat at a general election if the government tried to pass the existing withdrawal agreement. But he said if Boris Johnson “summoned the courage” to pursue a […]
Jeremy Corbyn says opposition MPs will take the first steps towards trying to pass a law blocking a no-deal Brexit when Parliament returns next week. The Labour leader was speaking after meeting other opposition leaders to discuss ways of averting a no deal. The move could force the PM to […]
Barcelona have apologised for mocking Real Betis following a 5-2 win over their La Liga rivals on Sunday. Following the victory at the Nou Camp, Barcelona tweeted a photo of defender Junior Firpo holding up five fingers with the caption ‘Junior knows’. The La Liga champions signed Spain Under-21 international Firpo from Real […]
A bomb dating back to Spain’s 1930s civil war was detonated on Monday near the beach in Barcelona where it was discovered at the weekend, prompting the evacuation of sunbathers, police said. The bomb contained 70 kilogrammes (150 pounds) of trinitrotoluene, a “highly volatile” substance, forcing explosives experts to move […]
