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Restaurant associations and apartment chains have launched an exclusive initiative to relaunch tourism in Benidorm. Benidorm has turned itself into a giant holiday resort. For €205 a week, a tourist can stay in up to 250 apartments to choose from and enjoy breakfast and lunch in 25 bars and restaurants around the city. For €270 per person all meals are included. It is a one offer to reboot tourism after […]

Conservative MP has called for UK banks to give expats fair warning before closing their British bank accounts. Mel Stride MP, chair of one of the most influential committees in the UK Parliament has written to the FCA (Financial Conduct Association). He has urged the regulator to ensure that 'sufficient warning' is given to British expats, whose accounts face closure ahead of 31st December. “Many British expats in the EU […]

Prime minister Pedro Sanchez has announced that any of Spain's 17 autonomous communities can call their own state of alarm to contain localised coronavirus outbreaks. Sanchez offered 2,000 military personnel to act as COVID-19 contact track and tracers, suggesting that autonomous presidents would have the government's backing for regional lockdowns. The socialist worker's party leader made the announcements during his first public address following the summer break. "The development of […]

BayRadio fact check: Incorrect. But they have important points to make (see below). More than 1,000 protesters took to Benidorm's Levante beachfront and marched to the Town Hall to protest against government measures to halt COVID-19 infections – in particular, restrictions on nightlife. "This protest is a consequence of the continuous nonsense and lack of organisation shown by the Spanish Government during these times of health crisis," read a statement […]