The players from Chinese Super League football team Wuhan Zall have been left kicking their heels during a pre-season trip to Spain after clubs from Russia and Gibraltar cancelled planned friendly matches due to fears of being exposed to the coronavirus. The squad arrived at their training camp in Sotogrande […]
The number of UK pensioners living in Spain has fallen – in the wake of Brexit – as Britain came out of the European Union last Friday. Figures show that Spain is amongst countries where the numbers of UK pensioners have dropped, in this case by almost 2,000. Figures published […]
Employment fell by more than 244,000 people, in January, the biggest drop for the first month of the year since 2013. However, the Social Security Ministry said the overall number of contributors remained above 19 million. Registered unemployment rose by almost 90,250 from December, there are now 3.25 million unemployed […]
Alejandro Ponsoda was murdered by three bullets as he was pulling in to park at his home in Polop, just inland from Benidorm. But the key defendant, Ponsada’s political successor Juan Cano, has now been acquitted by an Alicante jury along with six other defendants and alleged accomplices due to […]
Stormont officials working on Brexit have said there is real concern consumers in Northern Ireland will face reduced choice and higher prices when the withdrawal deal is implemented. Some goods entering NI from GB will face new checks and controls. “There are significant consequences of not landing this properly,” senior […]
Britain is today bolstering the ranks of its fishing police force ahead of a potential showdown with the European Union over post-Brexit access to UK waters. Fishing rights have already emerged as one of the key battlegrounds in future partnership talks between the UK and the EU. Brussels is adamant that there must […]
Brexit continues to divide Britain despite Boris Johnson’s declaration it is over, according to the new Sky Data poll. It found Brexit remains the top issue of concern for voters on 18%. This puts it ahead of poverty and inequality (16%), health (15%), and the economy and immigration (10%). Despite […]
The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020 and has now entered an 11-month transition period. During this period the UK effectively remains in the EU’s customs union and single market and continues to obey EU rules. However, it is no longer part of the political institutions. So, for […]
Have you seen him? His family are very worried since he’s been missing since the 27th of April 2019. Their latest update: Once again we are in Spain searching around for Mark. We arrived on the 20th December with maps and other equipment to do searches around Ontinyent. We also set […]
Britain’s membership of the European Union came to an awkward end last week after the UK’s representative to the bloc was told by his opposite number from another member state: ‘Good riddance.’ The remark was made to Sir Tim Barrow by Irena Andrassy, Croatia’s permanent representative in Brussels, during Sir Tim’s final […]
Brexit is – allegedly – done. The UK is no longer a member state of the European Union, so in this sense at least, the outcome of the 2016 referendum has finally been honoured. But how done is “done”? And what happens next? While Brexit to date has hardly been […]
The UK has pledged to be a champion for free trade in its first independent speech given at the World Trade Organization (WTO), having moved away from the EU bloc after Brexit Day last Friday. The move – first revealed by City AM two weeks ago – saw ambassador Julian Braithwaite take the […]
