Ministers appear to have headed off a rebellion by Tory MPs minutes before a key vote on their say over Brexit. Would-be rebels were set to force a showdown on what role Parliament will have in the event of no agreed deal. But key figure Dominic Grieve said he was […]
GCHQ played a critical role in foiling at least four European terror plots in the past year and the co-operation must continue after Brexit, the intelligence agency’s head has said. Jeremy Fleming said the sharing of intelligence data should not be allowed to “lag behind the pace of the threat”. […]
Passenger numbers continue to rise at local airports this year, with forecasts suggesting another busy summer for the region. The Canaries in general saw passenger numbers increase, with Gran Canaria showing a rise of 8.7%, and Lanzarote up 2.1%. Tenerife South however bucked the trend, with numbers falling 6% last […]
Former prime minister of Spain, Mariano Rajoy, has been seen in the Costa Blanca resort of Santa Pola. It is understood he has returned to the town again as he may wish to return to his old position in the Land Registry Organisation where he was previously employed. Not only […]
THE 19-year-old son of a Spanish newspaper reporter has been killed on the London underground, his family reveals. Alberto Fresneda was run over at Loughborough Junction in Brixton when he and two friends – who were also killed – were spraying graffiti around the station. They were all run over […]
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia have been on a five-day tour in America that has taken them to Louisiana and Texas. At a Tuesday meeting in the White House with King Felipe VI, US President Donald Trump said that he would like to visit Spain in the near future. […]
Spanish playmaker Isco say Wednesday’s match against Iran will determine their World Cup destiny as they seek to register their first win in Russia following a gripping 3-3 draw against Portugal. Champions in 2010 and among the favourites this year, Spain’s World Cup ambitions were kept in check, almost single-handedly, by […]
The total number of deaths in Spain in 2017 outpaced the number of births at the fastest pace since records began in 1941, official census data showed on Wednesday, the latest data to fuel the debate on a deep reform of the pension system. A promise by Spain’s new government […]
New study finds signs of wasteful assignment of funds for high-speed rail, roads, airports and more. Has Spain been squandering money on public works projects? A new study that looked at two decades of public investment would suggest so. Just the high-speed railway system, known as the AVE, accounts for […]
The battle for control of Spain’s main conservative party is being fought out between two women who were leading ministers in the government ousted earlier this month. Former Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria, 47, and ex-Defense Minister Maria Dolores de Cospedal, 52, both declared their candidacies on Tuesday […]
Spanish air traffic controllers in Balearics are demanding better working hours They have reportedly threatened to walk out unless their demands are met Airports affected could include Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza as well as Menorca Ryanair has warned it could be a summer of travel ‘meltdown’ due to strikes […]
The defeat on a “meaningful vote” sends the issue back to the Commons as part of a further round of parliamentary “ping pong”. The government has again been defeated in the Lords over giving MPs a “meaningful vote” on the final Brexit deal. Peers backed an amendment to the EU […]
