Thought this might be of interest - 

UK Pensions Uprating

I have recently heard of UK Spanish residents going back to the UK for long term treatment.  How is this done as I assumed UK registration with doctor would have been terminated?  Confused.

Anyone tried using the Amazon firestick to watch UK TV?

I've all the apps loaded and they seem to work ok. The only one I'm struggling with is SkyGo. Can't get a copy onto the firestick so may have to make do casting it from the phone.

Anyone been sucessful with SkyGo and the Amazon firestick, or got any advice?

Thanks

Over the years we have received many low value small packets from UK eBay sellers via Correos.  Recently we have had two opened by customs and then sealed up with Agencia Tributatria Aduanas tape and forwarded to us.

Has anyone else had their post inspected recently?

Couldn't decide where else to put this, so figured it was best put here. Sharing this light-hearted story as we could all use some of that these days!

Got an email at lunch from some family in the UK saying how excited they were to receive an Easter card from us in the post this morning, and how they couldn't figure out how we managed to get it there so perfectly timed considering all the restrictions going on at the moment. However, when they opened it, they disocovered a birthday card in

I found this info on the Royal Mail website dated 25 March:

"The status of Alert in Spain and Spanish territories is extended to 11 April 2020. Also, international flights have been suspended with dispatches temporarily moved to road services to maintain mail flow but this will result in extended transit times.

Correos the Spanish postal operators has implemented special measures in order to reduce the risk of the spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Customers should expect delays a

Breaking news on the TV FCO have added Canary Islands and Balearic Island TO NON ESSENTIAL TRAVEL.


“From 27 July, the FCO advise against all non-essential travel to Spain, including the Balearic and Canary Islands, based on the current assessment of COVID-19 risks in the country”

There were a number of reasons we returned to the UK, one of the main ones was I needed to renew my passport as it had less than 6 months on it.

There has been a lot of posts on the web about how long it has been taking to renew passports, not so in my case.

Monday July 27th having read all the instructions completed the application online submitting an online photo complying with the rules and it does take some doing to get the right image. Had an email to confirm receipt of application and

Can I ask what may seem a simplistic question, but can I use a UK mobile which has been unlocked with a Spanish sim card?

Any thoughts on this? Some residents maintain a UK home and have business interests there, so how would that work?

https://londonlovesbusiness.com/brexit-b...7lhqTV4qgc