Sunday, 22 June 2008

Costa Blanca Britons to lose free healthcare | World news | The Observer

Half a million British expatriates living on Spain's Costa Blanca are to lose their right to free healthcare under a radical new law introduced by the provincial government.

The Spanish authorities say that providing for 500,000 Britons - most of whom are over 50 - and other European residents living in the Valencia region is placing an impossible burden on the country's health service.

Costa Blanca Britons to lose free healthcare | World news | The Observer

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The hidden face of Primark fashion

The huge fashion store Primark sacked three of its suppliers last week after an investigation for the BBC's Panorama and The Observer uncovered children labouring in Indian refugee camps to produce some of its cheapest garments. Here we reveal the brutal reality of a supply chain that sees children as young as 11 sewing T-shirts which cost shoppers just a few pounds to buy on high streets across Britain. Watch the Panorama preview here

The hidden face of Primark fashion | World news | The Observer