ESCAPE FROM BREXIT

By Nadia McDonald

THERE has been a huge 31% increase in the number of young Brits (aged 18 – 24) looking to relocate to Europe.

According to research, growing numbers of young people are considering a move to the continent as the cost-of-living crisis in the UK gathers pace.

Average house prices on the continent are significantly lower than the British Isles and lifestyles in Spain, Italy and Portugal are seen as pref-

Bigger and better

A €1.5 million makeover for Mutxamel’s indoor market has been completed with the enhanced facility reopening as soon as the end of the month.

The project doubling the number of market stall spaces has been jointly funded by Mutxamel City Council and Alicante Provincial Council.

The market will also have a restaurant and leisure area within erable to the grey skies back home. The average UK property price is £294,000, more than double the average prices in Spain of €120,000, France, €102,000, Portugal, €69,500, and Italy, €65,000 on Kyero.com.

Property prices are not the only thing enticing Gen Z-ers to hop across the Channel. According to data from Eurostat, the average cost for housing, water, electricity and other fuels in the UK was an alarming 68% higher than the rest of Europe.

Remote

The Defensor del Pueblo, as the ombudsman is known in Spanish, stated that noise is ‘the most-frequent and repeated reason’ for complaints received. ‘Only regulation and effective supervision will avoid urban centres becoming uninhabitable places,’ the text ruled.

Dustmen

The ombudsman also called on councils to better regulate extractor fans in restaurants, dustmen working in the early hours and the noise from air conditioning units.

The report also pointed to the regular complaints from associations and platforms during 2022 in Barcelona, Bilbao and Madrid, in response to the ‘proliferation’ of pavement cafes, the invasion of public space by them, and the crowds of people that they attract.

It also called into question the fact that this invasion of public space was an effect of the Covid-19 pandemic, but that no changes have been made despite its ending.