When the polling stations close at 22:00 GMT on Thursday, 12 December, what should you be looking out for? Here is a guide to the key questions and battlegrounds. 1. Is Boris Johnson’s position secure? For Prime Minister Boris Johnson to be able to push ahead with his Brexit plans, […]
Boris Johnson is on course for a Commons majority of 28, according to a massive new poll projection for Sky News that suggests the race has tightened significantly in the last fortnight. A new YouGov poll of 105,612 people for Sky News, taken over the last seven days and mapped […]
The UK’s party leaders are touring the country on a frenetic final day of campaigning, focusing on key messages ahead of Thursday’s general election. Boris Johnson has insisted only the Tories will “get Brexit done” and move the country forward while Jeremy Corbyn has vowed Labour will end austerity and […]
It’s that time of year again, Make A Smile’s popular Christmas Bag Appeal has now been launched and runs up to the 5th of January. The appeal for children in local care homes has been running for the last 11 years and is a very important part of the year’s […]
The European Commission has approved 400 million euros to build very high-speed broadband networks here in Spain. The Commission, which is in charge of making sure that EU governments do not distort market competition by subsidising businesses, said the scheme would run from 2020 to 2022. Commission Executive Vice-President Margrethe […]
A judge has sentenced a man to 18 months in prison for creating a website showing where the infamous La Manada gang rape took place during Pamplona’s San Fermin festival in 2016 and the route the convicted perpetrators took. A Pamplona court said the judge also ordered the 39-year-old Madrid […]
Spanish arms control groups staged a protest yesterday against the presence of a Saudi cargo ship they suspect is carrying weapons for use in Yemen and called on the Spanish government to prohibit the transit and loading in Spain of any weapons likely to be used to commit war crimes. […]
King Felipe will continue 48-hours of meetings today with political leaders to try to establish whether the acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez from the Socialist Party (PSOE) stands a chance to become the new head of government. The discussions, with 18 different politicians, will conclude with an encounter between the […]
Boris Johnson has been criticised after initially refusing to look at a picture of a sick four-year-old boy who had to sleep on the floor of a Leeds hospital. The picture in the Daily Mirror of Jack, who had suspected pneumonia, spurred complaints about NHS cuts. An ITV reporter tried to show […]
With just two days to go until the election, Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn have tried to sway voters by starring in pop culture-inspired videos. Mr Johnson posted a video on Monday evening where he emulates the famous Love Actually scene in which Andrew Lincoln silently holds up placards to […]
Boris Johnson will warn of the “danger” of a hung parliament on the penultimate day of general election campaigning – but Labour have stepped up their attack on the Conservatives over the NHS. With just two days to go until polling day, the prime minister will use a campaign visit […]
Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth has apologised to his party after criticising Jeremy Corbyn in a secret recording by his Tory activist friend. In a recording leaked to Tory-supporting website Guido Fawkes, Mr Ashworth is heard saying he did not believe Labour would win the election. Mr Ashworth has insisted he was “joshing […]
