Summary: In Spain...... income tax for those earning more than €130,000 a year will rise by two percentage points, and by four percentage points for those who earn more than €300,000. Capital gains tax will also rise by four percentage points above €140,000, to 27% compared to the current 23%. Corporate tax will have a new minimum rate of 15%, while banks and energy firms will have to pay 18%. An environmentalists’ idea of both heaven and hell can be found in a lake 10 kilometres to the south of Valencia in eastern Spain. La Albufera nature reserve is a freshwater lagoon and estuary that is highly valued for its expanse of land and biodiversity, including 280 different species of birds. It not only acts as a green lung but also as a safety net in times of flooding. BAFFLED Brits are booking holidays for the wrong dates in 2020 – as 30 million diaries and calendars show an incorrect early May Bank Holiday date. A suspected gun and drug smuggler was arrested as he sat down for his festive feast in the Netherlands. Daniel Burdett, 28, from Liverpool, was detained at a restaurant in The Hague on Christmas Day on a European Arrest Warrant ........ A grizzly catalogue of stabbings, assaults and killings greeted the readers of the UK daily papers highlighting the fact that many do not share the spirit of Christmas in the UK. How will the justice system cope? Allowing jailed defendants who refuse to go to court the option of Skyping judges would be an insult to victims, justice campaigners said last night. Fusilier Lee Rigby's killer is part of a deradicalisation programme in the jail where London Bridge attacker Usman Khan was an inmate, it was reported last night. More than 170,000 people have signed a petition to block a knighthood for Ian Duncan Smith An 18-year-old who crashed racing a 'stolen' motorcyle has died while his friend who was on the back remains in a serious condition. One comment on social media: 'Never forgot u brudda never had bad bone in ur body love u forever lad.' Another wrote: 'Rest in peace brudda.......
