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...
UK lockdown
PM finally applies strict measures in line with other EU countries after voluntary social distancing failed
THE UK is in lockdown to contain coronavirus since...
Door-to-door collection leads to 80% of waste recycled
Pedreguer residents recycle more than double the national average and a third more than the European Union’s target for 2025 thanks to its initially-controversial...
More UK lockdown easing measures
By Aine Fox, PA
More parts of the UK's economy could be given the green light to reopen, a day after the chancellor announced an...
Javid quits as Boris reshuffles post-Brexit cabinet
SAJID Javid has dramatically quit as chancellor after Boris Johnson ordered him to fire his closest aides.
The Prime Minister had been expected to keep...
Missing UK victims
WHILE the number of cases in the UK rapidly approached 250,000, latest figures show more than 35,000 lives have been lost due to the...
Deaths fall below average
THE number of deaths registered in England and Wales over one week has fallen below the five-year average for the first time since before...
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...
Airlines take-off
VIRGIN Atlantic has unveiled a £1.2 billion bailout package involving only private funds.
The plan to secure its future includes £200 million being provided by...
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...
Coronavirus self-isolation advice extended to all returning from Italy
Travellers returning to the UK from northern Italy should self-isolate as part of measures to stop the spread of coronavirus, ministers have said.
Health Secretary...
Villajoyosa Moors and Christians fiesta programme
Villajoyosa is counting down the hours to the start of its famous fiestas declared of International Tourist Interest. Around 4000 people will taking an...
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...
Cinema giant to take over Alicante studios
The US cinema giant, MBS Group is set to take over the running of Alicante’s Ciudad de la Luz film studios.
The California-based multinational –...