12 Jan 2012 23:22:

Boboal, good question I really dont know about servicemen. Re the database one would assume that was the case however in reality i believe individual enquiries have to be made. The UK police have different intelligence databases not one centralised database, so a european standard one would be even harder to create.

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12 Jan 2012 22:39:

If you read my thread correctly it states UK registered cars insured in other countries being driven in the UK. Obviously foreign tourists to the UK would have their vehicle registered in their home country and insured in their home country, no problem there.

This info is fact, not incredible as I have seen a briefingnote to police.

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12 January 2012:

The police in London have had a problem with UK registered cars bought by Eastern Europeans which are then insured in their home country being driven in London. Legal advice has been sought and the police have been told that if the insurance company is not a member of the UK Insurance Industry (and every foreign insurance company will not be) and registered as such then the car is NOT insured and can be seized by police and driver reported. 

There are obviously lots of UK registered cars being driven in Spain with Spanish insurance, this is going to cause problems if they pop to the UK.

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31 Oct 2011 22:42:

I'm sure you can transfer money from a Barclays sterling account to a Barclays Euro account for free bar their exchange rate. These accounts are UK based not Spain based.

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31 Oct 2011 21:30:

Re Barclays, did you open the Barclays account in Spain or UK ? Do you get a debit card if you open a Barclays Account in Spain?

I popped into my local Barclays in the UK to ask about the Euro account and they stated it did not come with a debit card.

Thanks

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