The EU’s trade commissioner has suggested there could be a last-minute trade-off with Brussels offering the City of London access to European markets in return for European fleets retaining their fishing rights in British waters. The UK’s financial services sector will lose its automatic right to serve Europe-based clients at the end […]
Emily Thornberry has narrowly made it through to the next round of the Labour leadership contest, as Clive Lewis pulled out of the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn. Announcing his decision, the Norwich South MP said it was “clear that I won’t get on the ballot” and he was pulling […]
A think tank has cast doubt on whether the Northern Ireland part of the Brexit deal can be implemented by the end of 2020. The Northern Ireland protocol covers new regulatory and customs arrangements between NI and Great Britain. It is to be operational at the end of the one-year […]
Tourism figures for November saw a sharp increase here in Spain, the first month of growth since June. 4.7 million international tourists visited in November, 2.8% more than in the same month of 2018. The although still the largest individual group, the number of tourists from the UK continued to […]
The Mossos d’Esquadra police force have confirmed that a serial sex offender who preyed on women in Spain has been detained in police custody. The 24-year-old man has been accused of committing multiple sexual assaults on women since the end of 2018 across the municipality of Lleida. The predator had […]
In a blow to the Spanish separatist movement jailed Catalan leader Oriol Junqueras’ mandate as a European Union (EU) lawmaker is over. European Parliament president David Sassoli said decisions this month by Spain’s electoral board and Supreme Court blocking Junqueras from taking up his seat meant he had effectively ceased […]
French police have thwarted an alleged plot to raid Fontainebleau palace near Paris. Five Spaniards and a man thought to be Chinese are in custody. They deny any involvement in the post-Christmas raid. Police believe the six were targeting Napoleon III’s treasures from Empress Eugenie’s Chinese Museum and are probing […]
Gareth Bale will not be leaving Real Madrid in this month and is “unlikely” to leave this summer, according to his agent Jonathan Barnett. Bale’s contract at the Bernabeu runs until 2022 and despite being close to a move to China at the start of the season, he is now […]
Former Catalan deputy regional premier Oriol Junqueras will not be released from prison to take up his seat as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). The criminal bench of the Spanish Supreme Court has informed the legislative body of the European Union that he is barred from office after […]
The new coalition government will include five members from the left-wing, anti-austerity Podemos party and three of its four deputy prime ministers will be women. Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias will be the deputy prime minister in charge of social rights and sustainable development. His fellow party heavyweight, and wife, Irene […]
The chief executive of Airbus has said the future of its British wing plants is “secure” and there is “great potential to expand” post Brexit. The aerospace giant had warned it could move wing-building out of the UK in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Airbus employs 13,500 people in […]
No official request has been made for Big Ben to mark Brexit by chiming on 31 January, MPs have been told. Sir Paul Beresford, a Conservative, said the House of Commons Commission had not received an approach from ministers. Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle chairs the commission – and in the […]
