The leader of anti-establishment group Podemos has accused acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of steering Spain toward a fourth general election in as many years, setting the tone for fraught negotiations with less than three weeks to form a government. Pablo Iglesias said “It seems like Pedro Sanchez wants new […]
Brits have rated themselves as the worst-behaved country abroad, a recent YouGov survey shows. Participants from 26 countries were asked how favourably they viewed their fellow natives while on holiday. Brits were one of only two countries holding a negative view of their compatriots with 57% disapproving of behaviour abroad.
Six British tourists have been arrested in the centre of Elche after assaulting a 36-year-old man, they ran off in different directions, and also resisted arrest when confronted later by national police. They were held custody for over 48 hours before their appearance at Elche court. All of the men, […]
Police are investigating what appears to be a murder-suicide case in La Laguna on Tenerife after the body of a 54-year-old woman was found at her house in the town, and in a separate discovery, the body of the man, also 54, thought to be her partner was found hanged. […]
A woman has died after she was stabbed several times while trying to fight off a robber in the early hours of yesterday morning in Barcelona. The 26-year old victim got into a struggle with the thief in a disco in the Port Olimpic area when he tried to steal […]
Former skier Blanca Fernández Ochoa, the first Spanish woman to win a winter Olympic medal, has been found dead an off-duty Civil Guard officer after being missing for 11 days. The 56-year-old’s body was located on the mountain peak of La Peñota, near the town of Cercedilla, in the Sierra […]
The prime minister has faced a rebellion by senior Conservative MPs over plans to effectively block the UK leaving the EU without a deal on 31 October. Boris Johnson lost the vote by 328 votes to 301. In all, 21 Tories backed a motion which paves the way for legislation […]
A Scottish judge has rejected a bid to have Boris Johnson’s plan to shut down parliament ahead of Brexit declared illegal. The case was brought to the Court of Session in Edinburgh by a cross-party group of 75 parliamentarians, who argued the PM had exceeded his powers. But Lord Doherty […]
Boris Johnson swore in the House of Commons during his first Prime Minister’s Questions as he branded Jeremy Corbyn a “chlorinated chicken” for snubbing a general election. The prime minister told MPs he is ready to push ahead with an election on 15 October if they succeed in legislating against […]
Sajid Javid was rebuked several times by Speaker John Bercow, who claimed that his opening remarks were “out of order” because they veered into Brexit territory. Mr Javid’s core spending proposals for the 2020-21 financial year included: A 6.3% real terms increase in Home Office spending – the “biggest increase” […]
The growers of a marijuana plantation on the rooftop of an apartment in Catalonia have been rumbled after viewers spotted the greenery in aerial footage of Spain’s Vuelta cycle race. The crop was revealed as a helicopter hovered over the building in the Catalan town of Igualada recording live footage […]
One of the most high profile match fixing trials ever in Spain has got underway in Valencia, with over 30 football players, coaches and team officials appearing in court. The case surrounds a top-tier Spanish league game between Levante and Zaragoza at the end of the 2010-11 season. They potentially […]
