Michael Gove has warned of the rise of identity politics in Britain, but insisted the Brexit campaign which he helped lead did not fan its flames. The Tory minister said elements on the left and right wanted to pit groups against each other in a “conflict for recognition, rights and […]
A “backstop” plan to keep the UK aligned with the EU’s customs union after 2020 would only apply “in a very limited set of circumstances”, Theresa May has said. The proposal was drawn up to avoid a hard border in Northern Ireland if the UK and EU cannot agree new […]
AFTER more than two years of planning and negotiations, the Valencian Government now has the plot of land needed to expand the Marina Baixa hospital in Villajoyosa. The plan is to begin the programme of works on the 22,000m2 site in early 2019, and the local people will finally get […]
CARRIER bags in all shops in Spain will be charged for from July 1 this year, according to a new Bill of Law, or Royal Decree published this weekend. Supermarkets already charge now for plastic bags – typically two cents for the small and more flimsy ones traditionally used for […]
The head of Spain’s far-left party Podemos has put his leadership to a grassroots vote following an outcry over his purchase of a luxury home. Pablo Iglesias has been under fire since he announced Wednesday that he had taken out a mortgage of €540,000 ($635,000) with his partner, Podemos parliamentary spokeswoman Irene Montero, to […]
Spanish authorities said Sunday they had broken up one of the “main” gangs that smuggles hashish from Morocco to southern Spain with the arrest of 12 people. It is the second major bust this month of alleged drug smugglers in the southern province of Cadiz, where drug traffickers are operating in […]
SPAIN’S government has opted not to lift Article 155 of the Constitution giving Catalunya back its self-governing powers, removed from the region following the disputed independence referendum. It considers new regional president Quim Torra (pictured) to be acting in a ‘provocative’ manner after he released his list of newly-nominated ministers, […]
This next week is Silvia’s week – she tells us “this is going to be my week of clearing the things needed on my list, Hong Kong seems a distant memory 😂 it’s now all about the children !! Plastic boxes, flip flops, birthday cards and more collected from BayRadio.” Thank […]
Shocking footage showing the suffering of a Spanish fighting bull during a fiesta in eastern Spain has renewed calls to ban bullfighting and related activites. Footage captured during the “bou al carrer”, a traditional running of the bulls in Villa Real near Castellón in the Valencia region of Spain shows […]
A WOMAN who took her son on holiday to Spain and never returned has been ordered to give him back to his father in the UK. The court in Palencia (Castilla y León) said its verdict was not a custody resolution, but merely an order for the child, now five, […]
The remains of 22 people killed in the months following Spain’s 1936-39 civil war were handed over to relatives in a ceremony in Guadalajara on Saturday after investigations into a suspected mass grave unearthed the victims. Hundreds took part in the handover following an exhumation at a cemetery thought to […]
Human rights experts from the United Nations called on Spain on Friday to halt extraditions of Chinese and Taiwanese nationals to China because of concerns they would be exposed to the risk of torture, ill treatment or the death penalty. They cited the Dec. 2016 arrest of 269 suspects, including […]
