The classic British company Burberry is to close its factory in Barcelona.They design and manufacture clothing specifically for the Spanish market.They focus on the middle to higher end of the market.This will mean that over 300 people will be out of work and that it will cost the company between 50 and 70 million euros in redundancy money.

Tourism is a strange and wonderful thing and when travel first began it was to enable people to experience new cultures.Then in Spain particularly,they turned many Spanish towns into little bits of England with their “full English breakfasts” and other things “English”.Now the British tourist is saying what many have been saying for years,they don´t want it to be like this.When they come to Spain they want to experience the Spanish culture not what the Spanish think the Brits want.Many tourists in a recent survey say they prefer Turkey ,Greece or Egypt where they don´t pay lip service to the few Brits who like to experience “home” when they are abroad. Let us hope that the Spanish Tourist office listens to the result of this survey.

In 2008 a Lorca man attempted to murder his wife in Murcia.As he couldn´t take the sight of blood it saved the life of his wife.He fainted when he saw what he had done and a neighbour was able to snatch the knife away.He was arrested and now stands trial for attempted murder.his wife spent two weeks in hospital recovering from the wounds he inflicted.