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...

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...

UK lockdown ‘was too late’

MORE than half of Britons believe the government's enforcement of social distancing measures were taken too late, a poll has found. In an address to...

Garbage truck accident causes traffic chaos

Traffic jams measuring 7km built up on the A-7 in Elche on Saturday morning when a refuse turned over on the motorway. Emergency services reported...

Special air security unit for airport

The Guardia Civil presented their new air security management team at Alicante-Elche airport on Wednesday. The unit – which operates under the acronym PEGASO...

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...

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...

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...

Covid-19 measures to be to stepped up

Boris Johnson has accepted that the coronavirus outbreak can no longer be contained in the UK, signalling the start of the next phase in...

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...

EU open to two-year Brexit extension says Barnier

The European Union is "open" to a two-year Brexit delay, chief negotiator Michel Barnier has confirmed. In a letter to the Westminster leaders of the...

UK could introduce air bridges to low-risk countries by end of...

QUARANTINE-free travel between Britain and some countries could be introduced at the end of this month if infection rates at home and abroad are...

UK border control under fire for Covid-19 spread

CORONOVIRUS spread faster in the UK as the Government failed to bring in quarantine rules for travellers in the early days of the pandemic,...

Airbridges to be announced by the end of June

AIR bridges enabling holidaymakers to travel overseas without entering self-isolation when they return will be announced by the end of June, UK transport secretary...

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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...