A Spanish court has agreed to release Dani Alves on bail if the former Barcelona defender pays £854,000 (€1million) and hands in two passports. Alves was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison in Barcelona last month after being found guilty of rape.
A stunning and wildlife-rich holiday destination is doubling its entry fee for tourists. The Galapagos Islands’ tourist tax hike will come into force in August, in a bid to crack down on over-tourism and raise funds to protect the environment, support the local
Pensioners feel pressured to pay the TV licence fee after receiving “nasty letters” from “scaremongering” officers, new claims suggest. The annual fee to watch live TV is set to go up from £159 to £169.50 in April, with some over 75 and
The BBC licence fee was blasted as “ludicrous” and a “tax just to watch Strictly Come Dancing” after it emerged the Government had approved a plan to cut the planned annual rise by a third. Tim Davie, the director general of the
Calls for the BBC TV licence to be scrapped have been re-fuelled after a shocking new case where a severely disabled woman was prosecuted for not having paid it despite her being partially blind. The case has raised serious questions about the
Liverpool could be set for a £10m windfall with Disney reportedly in advanced talks to buy the rights for the documentary charting Jurgen Klopp’s final months at Anfield. Cameras have been following the Reds’ first-team squad since December and interest in the
A minister has warned that the BBC licence fee is “unsustainable” and could become a Post Office-like scandal. In a newsletter to his constituents, science minister Andrew Griffith, made comments about the national broadcaster. He said that the BBC should be stripped
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has taken aim at the BBC’s use of “criminal tools” to prosecute people who fail to pay their TV licence. She said will look at the prosecutions in an upcoming review, Ms Frazer confirmed today. When asked about
Everton are reportedly willing to sell Amadou Onana this month if they receive an offer in the region of £50million. The Belgian international has been heavily linked with a move to Arsenal this month, and a deal now appears possible given that
A woman with learning difficulties and depression was handed a criminal conviction for not paying her TV Licence. The unnamed woman in County Durham was prosecuted and convicted last week in a Single Justice Procedure (SJP). SJP is a court system where