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BREATHE MORE EASILY! Brits Get “No-Deal” Assurance THE RIGHTS of British nationals living legally in Spain are to be guaranteed in the case of a “no-deal” Brexit, thanks to a Royal Decree which is set to be approved by the Spanish cabinet today. The formal announcement was made by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday, who said that he hoped that the UK government would offer the same deal to Spaniards in Britain if the country crashes out of the EU with no agreement. The Spanish government promised a “no-deal” contingency package to reassure British residents back in December, with Greece last week passing a law to guarantee UK nationals their rights. The measures in the Royal Decree cover a wide range of issues including trade, legal
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and crime- fighting cooperation. “The aim is to preserve the rights of Spanish and British citizens, as well as keeping a normal flow of trade and safeguarding Spanish economic interests,” said Sanchez in a speech to Spain´s parliament. “My main priority is to guarantee that the UK’s decision to leave the EU would have the smallest possible impact on citizens and businesses,” he added. Sanchez also referred to Theresa May promising a parliamentary vote on extending the Article 50 deadline if her deal is voted down. “We will not oppose a UK delay”, said Sanchez, “but prolonging uncertainty by just delaying and not coming up with an alternative is not desirable”.
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Sanchez making the announcment on Wednesday
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Workers vote last month.
MANY A SLIP BRit gets stuck in empty swimming pool
ORIHUELA bin men and street cleaners are set to carry out their threat to go on strike, after calling on Orihuela council to make improvements to their work surroundings and equipment. Union leaders this week began the administrative procedures needed for an indefinite strike, as their deadline to the council passed by. No exact date has been announced for when any industrial action would begin, with opposition PSOE
A BRITISH man had to be rescued by firefighters after he fell into his empty swimming pool and broke his ankle at his Guardamar home. The accident happened on Wednesday afternoon at a property on Calle Manuel Ferrández when the middleaged man was doing some cleaning work by the pool,
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spokesman Carolina Garcia calling on the PP mayor Emilio Bascuñana to meet with the refuse workers to try to break the impasse. Workers last month voted overwhelmingly for a strike if Orihuela council did not address their concerns by the end of February over the state of their two depots on the Orihuela Costa and Orihuela City, as well as the condition of the refuse vehicles and the lack of appropriate clothing.
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and slipped and fell some two metres into it. His right ankle was fractured in the fall, and a Torrevieja fire crew was called in, with two men lifting him onto a stretcher, with an ambulance then taking him to Torrevieja hospital.
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