British expats residing in Spain are facing new challenges as health authorities in Andalucia extend the mandatory use of face masks in all health centres, despite a significant drop in flu and COVID-19 cases. The stringent enforcement of these rules has prompted
A Spanish region extremely popular with British tourists has moved to regulate tourist rentals. The Junta de Andalusia, the local government of the southernmost region of Spain, has published a new decree affecting holiday rentals set to come into force in around
Sadiq Khan has been accused of “nothing but a cash grab” over ULEZ after figures showed there were almost 100,000 fines in six weeks after the expansion. Some 97,786 tickets were issued between September 26 and November 6 last year. Tory London
There is a growing number of drivers in London who have been wrongly slapped with a Ulez fine. Drivers of compliant cars can be slapped with a £180 penalty charge notice (PCN) if the vehicles do not list their emissions data. In
Parents are being fined in record numbers for taking their children on holiday during term time. The new statistics from the Department for Education (DfE) reveal that nearly 400,000 penalty notices were issued to parents in the 2022/23 school year – the
One local council has issued 50 percent more parking tickets in a year but says it is the result of increased traffic rather than more vigilant traffic wardens. Almost 50,000 penalty charge notices (PCNs) were issued by Buckinghamshire Council in 2023, a
Two speed camera operators have been jailed after deleting their friends’ speeding data so they wouldn’t have to pay fines. Samantha Halden-Evans, 36, and Jonathan 47, conspired together when they worked at Staffordshire Police together between May 2019 and October 2020. The
A book was returned to its library home in Massachusetts- 90 years after it had been checked out. The book accrued over $600 in debt. The Watertown Free Public Library said in a Facebook post that the book, Hill Towns of Italy
Middle class warriors are waving down motorists to warn them about a Labour council’s driving fines. The group are handing out leaflets to passing drivers in Lambeth, south London, to let them know about £130 penalties for entering closed roads. They say
A pensioner is shocked at the high number of penalty notices he has received after mistakenly driving into a bus lane whilst visiting Tunbridge Wells in Kent. Tunbridge Wells Borough Council issued the retired pensioner a total of 14 fines for his