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In the second quarter of 2017, the number of people without work in Spain fell to below four million for the first time since the first three months of 2009, when unemployment rose above that threshold a few months after the collapse of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers in September 2008. Experts are forecasting a rise in the number of Spaniards going on summer vacation this year. Following several years of decline due to the economic crisis, the tourism sector is optimistic that the trend will be reversed in 2017. In a part of Cádiz province known as Campo de Gibraltar – adjacent to the British overseas territory – an old battle for control of the drug trade is being waged more aggressively than ever before. Operators in the area carry out their deals with a feeling of impunity, while law enforcement agencies do their best to fight a war that they admit to be losing, for now at least. The following is the story of the ongoing battle from both sides of the trenches. Barcelona’s business community has criticized the city’s authorities for its slow and tepid response in dealing with an attack against a tourist bus in Barcelona last week by a radical group called Arran, which is linked to the tiny, radical-left CUP party, which plays a key role in the municipal and regional governments The public figure that cropped up most often among the 5,800 teens who answered a particular question about their role models was Amancio Ortega, founder of Inditex, the fashion empire that owns popular brands like Zara. The Galicia-born entrepreneur regularly tops the global wealth charts. A newlywed who died after falling from a balcony on a friend's hen do in Benidorm was 'climbing to safety' a new witness has claimed. Kirsty Maxwell died on April 29 after plunging from apartment balcony in the Spanish resort at about 4am. In Spain’s northeastern Basque Country, between Irun and the French city of Hendaye – in the middle of the Bidasoa river that separates the two countries – there is a territory with a peculiar status: Pheasant Island (Isla de los Faisanes in Spanish). A young boy was among those winched to safety after as many as 100 people were trapped inside cable cars dangling over Cologne. Public transport authorities for the city say 32 of of the cars were operating on the line, which runs over the Rhine, when the mishap occurred. The news bulletins have come live from the Battlefields in Europe during World War 1 More than 500,000 men lost their lives at the Battle of Passchendaele, from July 31 to November 6, 1917. Fine words have been spoken but the horrors of war should never be forgotten. Sadly, this media event will soon become just another memory. Channel 4 has been accused of paying ‘blood money’ for ‘deeply personal’ tapes of Princess Diana and that the content about her troubled marriage to Prince Charles will be incredibly hurtful for her family, including her sons William and Harry. The British taxpayers will fund an £80million aid giveaway in Brazil, Chancellor Philip Hammond announced yesterday. Mr Hammond unveiled the promise during a visit to the ninth-largest economy in the world. He said the money would help reduce poverty and fund economic development – but last night critics said it was wrong to give cash to richer developing countries such as Brazil. Londoners have been left 'stranded' inside their homes after 100 miles of roads were closed with more than 100,000 cyclists take part in a mass riding festival. The organisers of RideLondon claim the event has contributed £82million to London's economy since its first edition in 2013 and has also raised £41million for charities. British tourists are queuing for up to four hours at airports because of the botched introduction of tougher EU border checks. Travellers from outside the Schengen free movement zone are being subjected to stricter vetting at passport control. Instead of a few seconds, the process can now take several minutes. The new regime was drawn up by Brussels after it emerged that terrorists may have used EU passports for atrocities in Paris that claimed 142 lives. A Kurdish illegal immigrant is accused of swindling £32,000 in benefits after being smuggled into Britain in the back of a truck.

Spain’s political parties on Monday sealed a historic agreement against gender violence that seeks to protect women and their children from the moment a doctor identifies any signs of abuse. So far this year, 32 women and six minors have been killed in gender violence-related cases, up from figures for2016. At a historic court appearance on on Wednesday morning, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said that he had “absolutely no knowledge” about the possible existence of parallel accounts within his Popular Party (PP) that were allegedly used for opaque donations and illegal party financing. “I was never in charge of anything to do with accounting.” Madrid’s EMT municipal transportation company is set to hire 220 new maintenance workers between this year and next in a bid to combat the problem of fires breaking out on its fleet of buses. So far this year, a total of nine EMT vehicles have burst into flames, with two of these incidents taking place last week. Supporters of Catalan independence have received a new setback, with the latest poll carried out by the regional government’s Opinion Studies Center (CEO) showing public support for secession from Spain has dipped 3% since March. A senior German MEP has warned that two of the EU’s top Brexit chiefs want to “punish” Britain to stop other countries trying to leave the bloc. Hans-Olaf Henkel, the vice chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group, urged the UK “not to listen” to Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, and Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament’s Brexit coordinator. .. Mr Henkel raised specific concerns about the UK Government’s plan to withdraw from the Euratom nuclear regulator which critics fear could make it difficult for Britain to access radioactive material for medical treatments post-Brexit. The European Commission warned Poland it was “getting very close” to taking the unprecedented step of stripping Warsaw of its voting rights at EU summits, unless it stepped back from reforms that would undermine judicial independence. Frans Timmermans, the Commission’s first-vice president, said the executive was prepared to take the so-called nuclear option of triggering Article 7 of the EU’s treaties. In the UK New petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040 to improve air quality. The crackdown could also see the introduction of levies on busy roads for owners of the most polluting vehicles.And hopes of a major scrappage scheme to help those who were encouraged to buy diesels appear to have been dashed. The BBC pay row deepened last night after it admitted some of its richest stars use a potential tax dodge. The high-profile presenters have their salaries routed through personal service companies so they can avoid income tax.The corporation refused to say which individuals benefit from the cosy deals, which it supposedly banned five years ago. BBC chiefs have been under siege since obeying a government order to name their 96 staff who earn more than the Prime Minister’s £150,000 salary. Princes William and Harry had not seen their mother for almost a month before her death, they have revealed in a documentary about Diana’s life. Her divorce from Prince Charles meant the boys were ‘bounced’ between their parents, losing out on time with both of them, Harry said. She died the day before they were due to be reunited. In the film, which airs tonight, the princes lavished praise on their mother and her ability to ‘smother’ them with love. As the pier-master on the beaches of Dunkirk, Commander James Campbell Clouston organised the evacuation of more than 200,000 soldiers – only to be killed when his own boat was hit by German bombers. Now, although the Royal Navy officer's bravery has finally been recognised in the new acclaimed film about the 1940 battle, the pier-master in the movie does not use his real name – leaving his family bitterly disappointed. As families jet off for their summer holidays this weekend, the fees are likely to infuriate passengers already frustrated by having to pay for add-ons such as choosing their seats. Wizz Air, another low-cost airline, was this week forced to scrap a £9 fee for larger cabin bags following a backlash from 'confused' customers.Guy Anker, from finance website Moneysavingexpert. com, said: ‘Gone are the days when passengers pay the headline price for a flight. I think people will be quite rightly annoyed by this. Millions of young children’s lives are being put at risk because schools are not teaching them how to swim, a hard-hitting report has warned. Almost a third of pupils are leaving primary school with no skills in the water because teachers are focusing on subjects which are graded by inspectors. Many more have insufficient ability to get themselves out of trouble according to parents of pupils in Year 6 (their last year at primary school), two-thirds of whom fear their children could not save themselves without help.One in 20 schools do not teach swimming at all, despite the subject being on the curriculum for more than 20 years.

The heatwave affecting central, southern and eastern #Spain produced a new record on Thursday afternoon.... With a storm brewing on the horizon of London–Brussels relations over the Brexit negotiations, Felipe VI and Letizia of Spain finally began their twice-postponed state visit to the United Kingdom. The warm welcome extended by Queen Elizabeth and her family, as well as by the British government and parliament, underscored the excellent state of bilateral relations and common interests....... It's nice to see the Wimbledon Ladies champion comes from Spain. Garbiñe Muguruza, 23, is managed by IMG, the US multinational. From July 24, nudism will no longer be an option on the beaches of San Pedro del Pinatar (Murcia) ...Nor will beachgoers be able to plant umbrellas there to reserve a spot, ride a bicycle along the seafront, take pets with them, or listen to loud music. Before the crisis, €1,000 a month was considered a low salary. Furious residents have been left 'angry and distressed' after learning that the HS2 rail link will pass through their newly built £200,000 homes. Sadiq Khan has warned Donald Trump that there will be 'no red carpet' should he visit the United Kingdom. Thousands of students may have voted twice to try to put Jeremy Corbyn into Downing Street. The UK education system has become increasingly gripped by a culture of Orwellian groupthink, where only fashionable, Left-wing opinions are deemed acceptable. Any wish to deviate from this outlook — such as by backing Brexit or the Conservatives — is treated as a kind of heresy, an offensive challenge to the ruling creed. A Bristol cyclist who had her bike stolen beat the thieves at their own game when she set up a sting to take it back from the man selling it on Facebook.

The Spanish royals were given an official farewell with honours at Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport as they set off for London, where they were greeted with 'traditional English rain'. Small groups of hooded anti-capitalist Black Bloc militants scuffled with police after two days of violent clashes which marred the G20 summit. Arab refugees watching the riots from the relative safety of a falafel joint said the rioters were insane for destroying their tolerant adoptive city and were astonished by what they saw as the police's restraint. 'If people did this in Egypt they would be shot,' said Ibrahim Ali, a 29-year-old Egyptian who came here in 2011. 'The state provides everything: housing, unemployment benefits and education. Yet those people are not happy. I don't get it.' The European Court of Human Rights has upheld a Belgian ban on wearing the full-face niqab veil in public. The court ruled that the restriction sought to guarantee social cohesion, the 'protection of the rights and freedoms of others' and that it was 'necessary in a democratic society'. A television show caught the attention of Karsten Kaddat, a young electrician from northern Germany last year. He explained that anyone could get free green energy to consume at home. Intrigued Kaddat rushed to Google and ended up joining the community in which thousands of Germans share the energy they produce in their homes with solar panels. The Ministry of Labour of the Balearic Islands has fined Iberia Airways 25,000 euros. The penalty comes due to the airline's requirement to demand a pregnancy test for aspirants to become flight attendants Spanish income statements from 2015 show that only 7,194 individuals declared more than €600,000. That number is 31% lower than the 10,425 in this bracket in 2007, but well above the 4,000 declaring this amount during the worst moments of the economic crisis. In the UK Connie Yates and Chris Gard, who are battling Great Ormond Street Hospital doctors in the High Court over their son Charlie's life, say they want to debunk eight 'myths' over his condition. An Islamic activist has caused outrage after claiming the victims of the Grenfell Tower disaster were 'murdered' by Zionists who fund the Conservative Party. Nazim Ali, a director of the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), was accused of whipping up hatred in a speech he made at an anti-Israel rally just days after the fire. Three Sikh men helped nearly 70 Afghan illegal immigrants sneak into the UK using the real passports of British Sikhs in a £600,000 scam, a court heard. Border officials were unable to distinguish between the illegal immigrants who masqueraded as the genuine passport holders because they were wearing turbans - which Sikh men are allowed to have on in their ID documents. Despite a thoroughly brilliant tournament Wimbledon’s groundskeepers have again been forced to defend the quality of the courts after players claimed the surface had been damaged by the weather. Fears have been raised the warm weather has made the grass more dangerous to play on, with several competitors pulling out injured in the first week amid some high-profile slips.

Just 30 deputies showed up for a session, prompting an angry reaction from Jean-Claude Juncker:The European Parliament is ridiculous. Very ridiculous. I welcome those of you who made the effort to come to the chamber. But the fact that only around 30 MEPs have shown up for this debate amply demonstrates that this parliament is not serious August 1 is an important date in Germany: most companies across the country open the deadline for young people to apply for a dual vocational training (FP). As a result of the Brexit negotiations, the British government has studied the Spanish immigrants closely for the first time, and found that over half of Spanish workers in the UK work in education, health and finance. Sex changes filed at Spain’s Civil Registry have tripled in the last seven years, according to data from the Justice Ministry. The number of people applying to amend their gender on their Spanish ID document – known as the DNI – went from 132 in 2009 to 436 in 2016. Spain’s former monarch, King Juan Carlos is reportedly annoyed not to have been invited to a ceremony on Wednesday to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the creation of the first sitting of the country’s Congress after the return to democracy. A heroic lorrydriver was forced to drive along the roads of Granada whilst its cargo was on fire. He'd noticed his trailer was ablaze and was forced to make the difficult decision on whether to stop the vehicle or not. NO less than 538 live mortar shells were found by surprised divers in a river in Aragon whilst searching for a missing person. The UK will be expected to hand asylum to potentially thousands of refugees to ease the 'unprecedented' migration crisis in Italy, Brussels chiefs said yesterday. The London Bridge terror attack mastermind Khuram Butt's sister has been sacked from Heathrow after being suspended over security fears. Her husband was also suspended from his job at the airport. Foreign boats will no longer be allowed to catch fish close to Britain’s coastline under a move announced by Ministers Pilots today warned of a 'disaster' unless drones are subjected to tougher regulation after a drone caused chaos at London Gatwick Airport. A Muslim student union leader at Salford University has claimed she would like to 'oppress white people' and has suggested there would be an Islamic takeover if more people read the Koran. Meanwhile, another headline reads 'I call on my fellow Muslims to stop blaming VICTIMS of child sex gangs': Lawyer who helped jail the Rochdale grooming gang calls to end violent misogyny he says 'excuses these monsters' Hospitals should ban handshakes and encourage ‘fist bumps’ as an alternative greeting, it has been claimed.

An 'urban clubbing holiday' in which a thousand Britons descended on an Algarve town spiralled into violence after a mass brawl broke out in a bar. Dozens of anti-riot police officers were called in as tourists at the 'Portugal Invasion' festival brawled on the Oura strip in Albufeira, Portugal on Sunday. .....which locals said came after a week of mayhem in the resort. The Iberian Peninsula has been roasting hot this past week and a wildfire that broke out on Saturday night near Doñana National Park, in southern Spain, was still burning on three fronts but authorities BUT improved weather conditions saw the blaze brought under control. Three people suspected of jihadist activity have been arrested in Madrid, the Spanish Interior Ministry said in a release on Wednesday. A woman in Barcelona has been forced to illegally occupy her own apartment after the tenant she had rented it to listed the property without her knowledge on the vacation rental website. Many people associate Spain with siesta. And yet Spaniards have been slow to turn a profit from this habit. Japan, Argentina and Belgium are far ahead on this issue, explains María Estrella Jorro de Inza, owner of Siesta and Go, Spain’s very first business offering customers some down time in between activities. After the disaster at Grenfell Tower the cladding is being checked at buildings across the length and bradth of the UK. Whilst Theresa May is beseiged by this problem Jeremy Corbyn was free to adress the revellers at Glastonbury. Headmasters from 3,000 schools across 14 UK counties sent letters to parents before the general election warning them of the 'dreadful state' of education funding under Tory policies. Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has resigned from the Church of England after an inquiry found he colluded with senior clergy to protect a paedophile bishop. Former Justice Secretary Liz Truss took the decision to keep a devastating report into the effectiveness of sex offender rehabilitation courses secret. A teenager has been accused of the attempted rape of an 8 year old girl. Officers were called to Nuthurst Park in Moston, Greater Manchester, after reports the girl had been raped and the offender had been chased off by members of the public. The invoice, for Prince Charles and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall to go on a tour to Romania, Italy and Austria this March, is expected to be the most expensive trip taken by a Royal in the past year

Brussel's elite are in denial over EU crisis-study claims. Residents have been describing the horrific fires in Portugal. Spain is losong 26bn Euros in tax revenue in fraud as Jose Mourinho is the latest name to appear as a soccer fraud. As the Spanish bullet train reaches speeds of 330 km per hour a Spaniard has won a European inventor award for satellite navigation. A British expat who tried to kill his partner has been arrested in Benidorm and a sick thief has stolen Mijas dog charity box. There's advice on how to sleep in the Spanish heat and a coach has been sacked for allowing his junior players to win 25-0! The UK has now suffered an attack at the Finsbury Park mosque. Whilst David Cameron has remained very quiet amidst the Brexit talks his flagship plans to stop offenders reoffending has been branded a flop. The aftermath from the Grenfell Tower blaze suggests a litany of errors and money-making....... the Government is blamed by many.........The heatwave in the UK is breaking many records and schools seem inflexible with their dress codes. The judiciary is still creating shameful decision-making as victims are failed by the system and many young people are being prescribed anti-depressants.

The current coach at UK soccer club Manchester City, Josep Guardiola, leveled serious accusations on Sunday against the supposed “authoritarian” character of the Spanish state and of its policies, which supposedly repress the rights and freedoms of the Catalan people. A HUGE police operation has targeted suspected drug traffickers in Mallorca.Some 193 agents, 75 from the mainland,swooped on addresses in Cala Ratjada, Manacor, Inca and Palma in the early hours of Wednesday morning......Seven people in Mallorca have reported to the Civil Guard that a group of foreign men filmed them using a drone while they were sunbathing naked on the deck of a yacht that was moored..... A woman from the northwestern Spanish region of Galicia who found a winning Christmas lottery ticket and cashed it in has been ordered to return her €320,580 winnings. Before Sunday’s French Open final in Paris, there was talk that Swiss tennis player Stanislas “Stan” Wawrinka – a man who lived for years in the very long shadow of his compatriot Roger Federer but who, at age 32 is now ranked at number three in the world, and has quietly become one of the game’s heavyweights – might just have the shots, the stamina and the resolve to beat Rafa Nadal. Twelve people have been confirmed dead and at least 50 injured after an inferno believed to have started when a fridge exploded ripped through a 27-storey west London tower block Tough new language tests have been blamed for the sharp drop in EU nurses arriving to work in the UK. Luccia Amerecco, 29, was allowed to leave HMP Peterborough for a consultation about getting her breasts enhanced and for a round of botox. An 80-year-old millionaire was trampled to death by a herd of cows while out walking in a picturesque countryside village field. Former Oxford don Brian Bellhouse, was killed in the idyllic Sussex village of Guestling while out walking.

Europe and London in particular is still reeling from the latest terrorist atrocity. A Spaniard who runs a bar in London’s Borough Market has become one of the heroes of Saturday’s terrorist attack after a video emerged ......More than two days after the London terror attack in which seven people died and at least 48 people were injured, the fate of 39-year-old Spaniard Ignacio Echevarría, a Madrid native living in London, remains unknown. .. Spain’s Banco Santander has bought the struggling Banco Popular for one euro ...... A new undersea data cable being laid out by Microsoft, Facebook and Telefónica to improve connections between users in the US and Europe will reach the Spanish coast on June 12. A 13-year-old boy lost both his legs from the tibia down on Sunday, after being run over by a Madrid Metro train on Line 1. LIONEL Messi’s charitable foundation has helped more than 1,600 Syrian children go back to school. In the UK the General Election had been halted briefly after the London outrage. With Polling Day now upon us it looks to be a very tight result with difficult times ahead. The Prime Minister said the three attacks in the past three months were not directly connected but were linked by the 'the single evil ideology of Islamist extremism'. Internet giants have been shamed by figures showing that 15 child sex offences are now committed online every day.The rise of almost a half in such crimes over just one year highlights how paedophiles are exploiting the web to target vulnerable youngsters,....... West Yorkshire Police have said more than 100 victims are being supported in Keighley and Bradford, where a gang led by Arif Chowdhury repeatedly raped a 13-year-old. A nurse who murdered two patients and poisoned 19 more at an NHS hospital received £779,000 in legal aid to defend himself......In contrast. four in ten health trusts are planning to slash the number of routine operations they fund in an attempt to save money, a think-tank warns today. Finally, a teacher who was suspended over her sultry selfies has quit her job despite pupils defending her social media posts.

A crash in its computer system forced British airline British Airways (BA) to cancel all flights on Saturday afternoon from the London airports of Heathrow and Gatwick, the largest airports in the country. The problem had started in the morning. First with delays have arrived then the total cancellation. The Spanish taxi sector went on strike on Tuesday to protest the advance of platforms such as Uber and Cabify. The strike was well supported in Madrid and Barcelona. Self-employed in Spain will pay eight euros more a month from June Police closed off part of nearby Marbella's Golden Mile where a hit-and-run driver crashed near a five-star hotel a couple of miles from the Ocean Club after fleeing the scene. He had driven into several pedestrians. Holidaymakers in Magaluf are said to be terrified by a gang of giant muggers who 'nearly asphyxiate' their victims while bear hugging them. Spanish police have arrested two suspects Fancy a holiday in an all-inclusive hotel at the foot of the beach and without paying a euro? It is the fantasy of some who rush to reserve their seaside destination this summer then making false claims for food poisoning. A practice that has cost almost 60 million euros to the hotel sector and has united businessmen from tourist areas as disparate as the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, the Costa Blanca and the Costa del Sol. British Forces took to their official MOD twitter account to announce the arrival of HMS Torbay at Her Majesty's Naval Base in Gibraltar - where eyewitnesses reported increased security. With just a week to go before the UK decides the next government Theresa May seems to focus on Brexit and Jeremy Corbyn on populist measures. Apart from Nicola Sturgeon the others seem almost conspicuous by their absense! British Airways has been accused of profiting from passengers trapped by the global IT crash who went on to pay huge sums for expensive upgrades just to reach their destinations In a controversial move, EU officials have outlined a huge increase in spending, which they expect the UK to help fund despite voting to leave. While the official number of those claiming sickness benefits for obesity is 160,000, the true figure is likely to be more than five times higher at around 880,000, Professor Dame Carol Black has claimed. A disturbing film on the internet shows a blonde girl grabbing a brunette pupil's hair, pictured, before repeatedly punching her in the head and face at Fraserburgh Academy, Aberdeenshire. A young lad aged just 12 returned to his home in Mossley, Greater Manchester, after realising on the school run that he did not have his text books with him. He then hanged himself in his room.

Nineteen people were first confirmed dead and around 50 injured after a terrorist attack inside Manchester Arena at the end of a teen concert on Monday night Thanks to an EL PAÍS exclusive, citizens learned about the contents of a secret draft “rupture” or “disconnect” law being prepared by Catalan secessionist parties – Junts pel Sí and the anti-establishment CUP – to launch unilateral independence for the region. The President of the Generalitat, Carles Puigdemont , today sent the President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, the letter in which he states that "the essential moment has arrived for the two governments to sit down at the table to discuss." In his letter, Puigdemont says that the government of the Generalitat has "the maximum will to seek a political solution agreed and agreed to meet the demand of the citizens of Catalonia to be able to decide their future." The Supreme Court has ruled that Argentinean soccer star Lionel Messi was responsible for three tax offences. The United Kingdom is not only Spain’s biggest investment destination and the country that provides it with the largest number of tourists; it is also the main customer of the Spanish defense industry. The cost of olive oil in supermarkets is set to soar in the coming months as droughts in the Mediterranean take their toll. A London-bound flight was plunged into chaos when a man was struck down by heat stroke just moments after the plane's air conditioning unit failed - but passengers were still charged £1.80 for a bottle of water. Parents in Rochdale, Manchester, were horrified to discover that all but two of the evil paedophiles were freed early after completing only a portion of their sentences A Daily Mail investigation has found the offensive content shows up in the Facebook news feeds of children as young as 13 after they reveal their insecurities online. Jill Wood, headteacher at Little London Primary School in Leeds, said she is scrapping SATs tests for 11-year-olds over concerns about their mental wellbeing and to ease pressure on them

Major Spanish firms among victims of massive global cyber attack. Authorities say steps taken to mitigate ransomware crisis in Spain but experts warn problem not over. Spain wants new rules for a complete overhaul of the euro zone..Madrid backs the reforms suggested by French President Emmanuel Macron., The traditional method of teaching English is being challenged in Catalonia..... 'Pope Francis has prayed over the graves of the two Portuguese children who he will canonise today in an open air mass in Fatima, nearly 100 years after their death in 1919. NHS computer systems and phones down after cyber attack NHS staff have claimed pop-up messages are appearing on screens saying the PC is 'under control' and they must pay a ransom to stop all the files being deleted Ministers call for 'EU border' in Africa to stem the flow of migrants but Labour makes NO promise to cut immigration in its manifesto.......and said the party would 'develop and implement fair immigration rulesJeremy Corbyn hijacks Theresa May's first EVER Facebook Live. .....;Theresa May revealed that she injects herself with insulin four or five times a day but urged fellow sufferers not to allow the illness to hold them back from doing what they want in life.....Patriotism could account for rising number of Christians. The proportion of people who identify themselves as Church of England worshippers has seen a small rise from 16.3 per cent in 2009 to 17.1 per cent in 2015

A woman who killed two cyclists near Valencia has tested positive for drugs or alcohol. ......The number of accidents on Spain’s non-urban roads involving cyclists doubled between 2009 and 2015: from 1,082 to 2,013. A six-year-old girl has died after a bouncy castle exploded and catapulted her more than 45 foot into the air. Maite Pagazaurtundúa,... presented a study that finds that Spain heads the list of EU nations with the biggest death toll from terrorism: 253. Close to 100 people marched on Saturday outside the Hotel Weare in Madrid to protest a trade fair focusing on surrogacy, a practice that is illegal in Spain. According to Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical bureau, only Portugal registered lower public investment than Spain. The passionately pro-EU politician Emmanuel Macron, 39, has been elected as France's youngest ever president ... Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, warned the fragile bloc could crumble if Britain resists demands for the settlement which, say analysts, has ballooned to around £85billion. In the UK Jeremy Corbyn pledged to 'ruin' the Conservative Party in a speech on Tuesday'. ....and The Labour party has given its strongest hint yet that it will slap tax rises on the middle classes if it wins the general election. This can be set against a report that Britain has more billionaires than ever, according to a new rich list. Primary school children should read books that feature same-sex families, such as Mama Bear, Mommy Bear and Baby Bear, according to a new guide to LGBT-friendly schools.Teachers should also sport rainbow pins to show their solidarity with gay pride, 'parents' day should be celebrated, not just mothers' and fathers' day and parents must ensure that gay history month in observed.

Spain's tourist industry is on an upward trajectory and brimming with optimism. So far, the figures for 2017 show a hike in numbers on 2016, which was already a record-breaking year. .. Public investment in Spain fell to 1.9% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2016, the lowest level since 1995. . The total number of people granted residency in Spain under the so-called Entrepreneur's Law is now 27,301, including family members. While unemployment fell in 2016 it currently stands at 18.75% and is still more than twice the EU average of 8.6%. And as with recent years, several of Spain's regions are among the EU worst unemployment black spots: in fact, five of the 10 worst-affected areas in Europe are in Spain. The death of a British tourist who fell from the tenth floor of a block of holiday flats in Benidorm took a new twist on Sunday as it emerged another British tourist had been arrested..An unnamed holidaymaker was arrested on suspicion of homicide on Saturday and spent the night in custody. Britain has been accused of having 'no idea how Brussels works' in yet another poisonous briefing from the heart of the EU's Brexit negotiation team...repeatedly in the aftermath of President Jean-Claude Juncker's visit to Downing Street last week. Fertility clinics are today accused of exploiting desperate women by asking them to donate eggs for cash and free treatment.Women on low incomes are offered IVF...........AND The idea of bringing people back from the dead by transplanting their brains into donor bodies may sound like science fiction.;But the bizarre vision could be a reality within three years, according to a controversial Italian surgeon. LAST Saturday night the potentially great Anthony Joshua beat the indisputably great Vladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium to retain the world heavyweight boxing championship before 90,000 spectators and many more on pay-per view. One of the six people held by armed police last Thursday over an alleged bomb plot to target London landmarks, was described yesterday as a nightmare neighbour who was once seen waving a hammer at a resident.....AND....A teenage extremist is facing jail after planning to launch a nail-bomb attack on an Elton John concert on the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. Tate gallery staff fighting for the London living wage have been given a 'smack in the teeth' as they were asked to chip in for a boat for their outgoing boss.

Red roses and books flooded the streets of Barcelona as Spain's Catalonia region celebrated its St George's Day on Sunday, with a tradition which is vying for a place on a prestigious UN list. As France was concentrating on the polls a SPOKESMAN for the French Interior Ministry has now confirmed that there was only one individual who was known to the authorities and he opened fire on officers, killing one and leaving two injured before being shot himself. There was also an incident at the Gare du Nord railway station BREMAIN IN SPAIN, a group campaigning for the rights of British citizens in Spain, was part of a delegation to the UK Embassy in Madrid on April 19. After 35 years in politics, this key figure in the ruling Popular Party, Esperanza Aguirre, resigns from office for the third time Five people have been taken to hospital after a ferry crashed off Gran Canaria. The car ferry smashed into a port wall in Las Palmas after an engine failure. Five more were treated on scene. A total of 5,695 people were released from slavery by Spain’s security forces between 2012 and 2016, according to the Interior Ministry. As victims of human trafficking, some were forced into unpaid labor, but the great majority were made to work as prostitutes. A SPANISH academic has claimed that Moroccan intelligence services have helped Spain avert several terrorist attacks in recent years that could have an outcome similar to the attacks that rocked France, Belgium, Germany and the UK. The election dominates the news in the UK as all the leading politicians posture around the country. Support for Sturgeon's breakaway is dropping and the Communists have endorsed Corbyn who majored on every populist issue he could find including new Bank Holidays. Jailed Muslim extremist Nadir Syed, 24, pictured, who wanted to decapitate a prison officer, has won a case in the High Court claiming keeping him in isolation was against his human rights In the UK Former prison officer Safak Bozkurt, pictured, smuggled in cannabis, mobile phones, sim cards and charger cables into HM YOI Isis in Thamesmead, London for £1,000 in cash. Romanian tennis legend Ilie Nastase was unrepentant on Saturday for a racist joke where he said Serena Williams' baby would be 'chocolate with milk' on Friday.