Leaders play on tiers for fears
PUNCH drunk Little Britain has become a sparring ground for petty political battles over the Covid-19 crisis as national unity hits the canvas.
Boris Johnson...
UK travellers ‘frustrated’ over Spain quarantine requirement
TRAVELLERS returning from Spain have expressed their frustration and resignation at the short-notice quarantine requirements.
In a decision announced on Saturday - less than five...
UK in historic recession
By Holly Williams, PA
BRITAIN has collapsed into its largest recession on record after the coronavirus lockdown sparked a 20.4% contraction between April and June...
Boris, Baloo, and the Bare Necessities
MESS with tradition and the flag-waving pomp of the very British institution that is ‘Last Night of the Proms’ at your peril as the...
Hunting for speeders in Torrevieja
Torrevieja’s new mobile radar to catch speeding motorists was put into service on Monday.
During the first week it is scheduled to be carrying out...
Graze away
Shepherds have been given permission to take their flocks along the banks of the River Segura.
Goats and sheep can now graze on the stretch...
Winter to bring flurry of Covid red cards
LITTLE Britain is quickly turning from a green and pleasant land into a grey and dour fiefdom ruled by a book of regulations that...
Time (honourable) gentlemen please
THE SHUTTERS have come down on bars across the House of Commons as elected Members of Parliament are forced to undergo a ban on...
Grape harvest underway
The grape harvest has started at La Mata – traditionally the first of the year in Spain.
However, the very high temperatures this summer mean...
Simply Pythonesque
And now for something completely different. A Manchester commuter boarded a bus using his pet snake as a face covering, the docile reptile wound...
UK government was ‘slow to react’ on Russian threat
THE UK government was slow to recognise the potential threat posed by Russia to British democratic processes and did not properly consider whether Moscow...
Howling at the ‘moonshots’
BE AFRAID, be very afraid’ was the message this week as new Covid-19 restrictions were sprinkled like fairy dust across the four nations of...
Post-Brexit trade deal must be done in October ‘at the latest’
A POST-Brexit trade agreement between the UK and the European Union must be achieved "in October at the latest", the EU has reiterated.
A spokesman...
Family, friends, and furlough are all hit for six
CRUCIAL last over in a tight fought T20 cricket match between an unsteady Boris Johnson select XI and a scratch Covid-19 side...the ball flies...
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Benidorm locks-up again
To avoid residents from other regions breaking the lockdown and trying to reach holiday apartments in Benidorm this May 1 holiday weekend, local authorities...
Deep snow in Alicante province
With the north of Alicante province still on red alert for snow today (Monday), around half a metre has fallen in Banyeres de Mariola...
Brexit passport rule changes
BRITISH people travelling within the European Union should be aware passport validity rules will change after December 31 because of Brexit.
During the current transition...
