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A stolen truck ploughed into nine cars and left seven people injured in hospital in a suspected terror attack in Germany on Monday evening. It is Spain’s Hispanic Day or Fiesta Nacional de España or Día de la Hispanidad commemorating the exact date when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the Americas in 1492. According to the Julian calendar, Christopher Columbus set sail from the port of Palos de la Frontera in South-West Spain on August 3, 1492. He landed on an island that is now part of the Bahamas in the Caribbean on October 12, 1492. The anniversary of this date is marked as Hispanic Day in Spain. As Spaniards gear up for a repeat national election following months of parliamentary stalemate, political parties are redesigning their campaign strategies – some very noticeably so. Ciudadanos (Citizens), which started out as a liberal reform party but veered to the right ahead of the April 28 election, is now back where it was seven months ago. For 12 years, San Sebastián in Spain’s northern Basque Country region has been the city with the highest property prices in Spain. Madrid City Hall announced on Monday a plan to hunt and cull the majority of the 12,000 monk parakeets in the Spanish capital, on the basis that they are a threat to safety and biodiversity. Jean-Claude Juncker has warned that No Deal Brexit will 'lead to the collapse of the United Kingdom' as the EU heaped pressure on Boris Johnson to cave to its demands. The commission president dismissed suggestions that the bloc will be to blame for failure to get an agreement, jibing that Britain had committed the 'original sin' of trying to leave. Activists are being advised to 'not to cooperate' with Met officers going tent-to-tent to warn them they will be arrested unless they move to nearby Trafalgar Square. ............

Knife crime is at it's highest .level in this country especially in London which isn't helped by a mayor with a peanut for a brain....so you would think it's hardly the place to have a pointless march by moronic climate changers who block the main roads requiring the police to waste valuable time sorting them out......the stupid march won't make the slightest difference.. Prince Harry has caused a bit of a stir by announcing he is taking the press to court.....he feels him and Meghan have been badly treated by the press and he intends to sort them out..... ..but one thing I noticed...apart from being somewhat expensive EVERY price ended in 99p.....we had £6.99 up to,wait for it.....£1499.99....which is absolutely ridiculous....this activity seems to be very popular with traders these days because they think the public will believe things are a lot cheaper than they are ...they must think we are all stupid... I was delighted to see local girl Katarina Johnson Thompson get her much deserved gold medal at the world athletics championships... ..I came up with "Googi The Liverpool Duck"....4 years later she recorded the song and it took off with a lot of radio play and TV coverage (she appeared on The Palladium)....it was then featured in a film called "Priest" written by Jimmy McGovern where it was sung by a church choir..

THE plenary session of Orihuela Town Council has approved a motion urging theSpanish government to extend tax benefits already announced for the victims of the Gota Fria cold drop. Workers with disabilities are putting in long days for low pay as part of the staff in the Spanish Royal Palace in Madrid, which receives more than 1.5 million visitors a year. These attendants, who help ensure the safety of visitors and objects inside the palace, are clocking more hours than are set out by their contracts. Some individuals have worked for 243 hours in a single month, as reflected by their punch cards. The U3A association is appealing for the publics support and vigilance after one of its members was mugged whilst on her way home from a coffee morning. BENIDORM’S legendary entertainment hotspot celebrated their 16 millionth guest. Benidorm Palace gave the VIP treatment to Ms Joan Wright who walked through the door this evening to fanfares and fireworks. .............Benidorm Palace opened in July 1977 and for more than 40 years has become a must-go attraction in the popular seaside resort. Boris certainly remained upbeat and positive at the Conservative Party Conference..........

There was an interesting item on the morning news regarding gun crime in the U.S.A.....they had an ex policeman talking about how he runs courses teaching young kids how to protect themselves should someone come into the school and start shooting at everybody....apparently the teacher grabs the shooters arm and throws him to the ground and all the kids jump on him.. Boris is still hanging on in there trying to sort the country out despite being accused of touching a woman's knee 20 years ago....if this was part of a novel you would never believe it....what the hell this pathetic allegation has to do with politics is beyond me... There was a scientist on YouTube who went back thousands of years and has proved that every 173 years the Earth goes from a warm spell to a cold spell and vice versa....and this is the end of a 173 year warm spell so we are in for a cold run for the next 173 years....it was very interesting and makes a mockery of the climate change brigade and our wonderful brainwashed youth who blame the older generation for ruining the planet.....conveniently forgetting the mess they leave behind at the open air concerts they attend. .....now did you know how Wetherspoons got it's name?...well the millionaire who owns it (Tim Martin) was told by a teacher that he would never amount to anything and wrote him off....the teachers name was Wetherspoon....don't you just love it....how's that for a two finger salute? The song this week has an interesting story behind it....it is called "Strangle My Boss".....which I originally wrote in the 70s and through s friend I met Leapy Lee.

The collapse of Thomas Cook has left a huge whole in the Spanish tourism industry. The British travel group, which ceased activity on Monday after failing to secure funding, is one of the largest sources of tourists to Spain, bringing around 3.6 million passengers to the country every year. Spanish companies, especially in the Canary and Balearic Islands, where Thomas Cook brought in an annual 3.2 million visitors, fear the collapse could lead to millions of euros in losses.......... Spain is demanding reciprocity from the United Kingdom in one of the most sensitive aspects of Brexit: treatment of its migrants. ....... Both the governments of caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of the Socialist Party (PSOE) and of Boris Johnson of the Conservative Party have said that they want to preserve the rights of this collective, but the formulas used to do so differ. An incident occurred on the A-480 motorway close to the town of of Rota. Undercover Spanish security forces working along side Interpol believe three men had been involved in a shooting......... In The United Kingdom Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was in New York speaking to US business leaders and Donald Trump. However, his trip has been thrown into turmoil.........

Thomas Cook,the worlds oldest travel agent have hit the headlines with the announcement that they've gone bust....which has naturally caused panic amongst holiday makers who are either due to go abroad or who are already there and don't know how they will get back....a nasty situation indeed but it does show the true colours of some of the "friendly hosts"....in Turkey for example a hotel has locked holiday makers in until they get the money owed to them....you know...those wonderful caring friendly hotels who suddenly change when the spending stops....bit like those friendly witty car salesmen who are your best friend until you don't want the car they are trying to sell you....then suddenly there is a swift change of personality. Singer Sam Smith has got a major problem....he hasn't decided whether he is a man or a woman....so there you go...I would have thought a glimpse at his bits would answer the question....and this is the sort of thing 5 year olds are being taught in our schools which in my opinion is a disgrace....kids of that age are confused enough without adding this nonsense......they will find things out for themselves when they approach their teens....all this "gender" stuff is becoming tiresome to the majority of the population who are straight....if I dare say that.....personally I'm sick and tired of it all and find it all unnecessary.....just get on with it and give the rest of us a break. Some solicitor has suggested that eating meat should be a crime !!.....as it is destroying the planet.....this bloke is a SOLICITOR which says it all....apparently it's not just the eating of the meat it's fumes from the production and the travel during distribution.....apart from all this garbage it would be interesting to see how it would be policed....are brst bite of you beef burger........mind you they could get the local parking attendants to do it as it's the perfect job for morons and needs very little brains......this solicitor guy must have thought that this idea would make him famous....not realising it makes him look a complete twonk.....good luck to anyone who gets him in court. As always I watched Strictly Come Dancing at the weekend and as always I enjoyed it....and I feel the BBC have got a real winner here....which they need as the rest of the week is tripe.....it is a great spectacle and well put together....not to mention the delightful young female professionals which lets me know I am definitely not gender fluid......olympic rower James Cracknell proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that he can't dance so watching his progress is what the show is all about....which of course brings the dingbats out of the woodwork complaining about his efforts and getting quite nasty.....but we must remember these cloth heads have absolutely nothing going for them and putting a complaint on social media is their big moment because their peanut brains can't think of anything else. As a tribute to my wrestling buddy Adrian Street I thought I would send you the title track of the album I produced for him in the 80's and which was re-released in The States 2 years ago.....some things just won't go away.....the second album I produced for him is up for re-release so someone out there appreciates classical music.....so here it is "Shake Wrestle and Roll"obbies going to peer through your window and burst in as you are swallowing the fi

The worst storm to hit eastern Spain in the last 140 years finally let up on Sunday after wreaking havoc in Valencia, Alicante, Murcia and Almería. The torrential downpours caused rivers to burst their banks, dragging cars and people away, flooding streets,forcing thousands from their homes, and destroying at least 300,000 hectares of prime agricultural land according to early estimates. Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has rejected the latest offer made by the leftist group Unidas Podemos in a bid to reach a governing deal that would prevent a repeat general election in November. The Spanish government is “preparing itself for the worst” The acting Prime MinisterPedro Sanchez President has brought in an extra 875 civil servants to deal with the extra work expected with a no-deal. Economy minister Nadia Calvino has stated: “We have to be prepared for the worst. The prime minister has arranged a special meeting with ministers most directly related with the subject so that they are right up-to-date with what’s happening, can analyse the situation and put in extra measures if necessary.” Protesters jeered Boris Johnson after the showdown talks with the EU commission president at a restaurant. And he then faced cat-calls from a crowd including British ex-pats as he arrived for a meeting with Luxembourg counterpart Xavier Bettel. COMMENT.........Cosmos spaceball, Kent, United Kingdom..... This was a pathetic set up by Luxembourg to try and humiliate Boris Johnson. This was disrespectful and Boris was right to not go out and be shouted down by those protesters w ho strangely had microphones and speakers. A hero female police officer who tried to save a baby 'thrown to his death off a bridge'has been forced to delete her Twitter account after being bombarded with disgusting sexist messages. COMMENT...........gromit63, birmingham, Social media is a wonderful thing - occasionally, but most of the time it is a tool of destruction we have lost people, including wonderful young people drawn to suicide because to the dreadful treatment they have received. Panic buttons were fitted at a troubled Birmingham school due to fears for teachersafety - but were removed after they did not trigger a response. Mike A from Guernsey............ Political correctness and human rights have now abandoned the whole nation to its hideous rule. Four fraudsters behind Britain's biggest ever visa scam - which saw fake companies and bogus documents created to allow 900 illegal immigrants to stay in the UK - have avoided jail terms.

According to some half wit who appeared on the ITV morning news programme there are 100 different choices as to what gender you want to be.........Piers Morgan had a field day with this fool.........today I think I'll be...er.... I've just got my car tax reminder....£235....I speak to people who pay as little as £15.....some don't pay anything...because their vehicle isn't "damaging the planet".....so I get PENALISED for driving a car of my choice!!..... We have just had the National Cycle Tour of Britain.........I watched them all hurtle past and that was it....possibly the biggest none event of the year.......I must be missing something.....mind you they do put signs up telling you that the road will be closed for a couple of hours and to "expect delays" so that's O.K. then. Obesity has raised its ugly head (and other parts) on the news....with "experts" pointing out that we are wrongly being told that fat ladies can be beautiful........oh sorry I forgot about human rights. Back in the 80's I wrote and produced 21 songs for wrestler Adrian Street........I'm not sure whether the world is ready for this but I knew it would come back to haunt me....this weeks song is from that album and it was one I wrote for him to enter the ring to....so here it is "Exotic Adrian"

Spain’s acting prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, trusts that the current political deadlock will be resolved without the need for a repeat general election. A young man from Spain on Tuesday involuntarily triggered a security alert at Munich airport after walking through the wrong door on his way to catch a Madrid flight............ Two planes from the Irish airline Ryanair were at risk of colliding during their respective flights close to Pamplona, northern Spain earlier this month. The ongoing battle between low-cost airline Ryanair and its staff is not just playing out around the negotiating table, but also on social networks via viral videos and photos. EL PAÍS spoke with public prosecutor Ana Villagómez about the shady underworld of the hashish trade in the south of Spain and what the justice system must do to stop it In the UK .....David Gauke has claimed Boris Johnson wants to lose a crunch No Deal vote this week so the PM can launch a 'purge' of Tory Remainer rebels and turn the Conservatives into the Brexit Party ahead of a snap general election. Gavin Williamson has become the second Cabinet minister to suggest that the government will ignore any anti-No Deal law passed by MPs as he insisted sacking Tory rebels who side with Jeremy Corbyn on Brexit is the 'right decision'. Drones targeting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria could be redeployed to the Gulf to help protect shipping from Iran. A woman raped by the 'Beast of Kavos', who preyed on holidaying British women, has spoken out in horror as the rapist is released 45 years early and allowed to return to the holiday resort. A Daily Mail investigation has identified at least seven inmates using phones and social media in the past month. A drunken mother who was swigging wine from a Fanta bottle forced an easyJet pilot to make an emergency landing at Southend .......

I never thought I would say this but it's GOOD to see Piers Morgan back on ITV in the morning.... I have always been a fan of Judge Rob Rinder....until now....He has been given a chat show on channel 4....I watched 15 minutes of it and turned it off... Bury football team have been headlining the news with their removal from the football league....which they have been in for over a hundred years... Another news item was The Pope getting stuck in a lift.....so whoever is responsible can expect a bolt of lightning very soon....this reminded me ...I naturally thought it was a joke but it wasn't....but at that particular time ....SO I can say in all honesty I was too busy to meet The Pope. The song this week is entitled The Ballad of Barbara Stanwyck" and is a track off my album Stars Over 45.........so here it is "The Ballad of Barbara Stanwyck.

Catch up with Leapy.....To #Prorogue or not to prorogue that was the first question then we looked at the #backstop and other aspects of problems in #UK

Emmanuel Macronhas blasted 'extraordinarily rude' Brazil leader Jair Bolsonaro for insulting his wife and appearing to criticise her looks as their feud over the Amazon fires got personal today. A rucksack that had been perfectly adapted to the task and a strategically positioned cellphone were the tools that a 53-year-old Colombian man was using torecord images of the private parts of womenin Madrid, without his targets being aware of what he was doing. The Vuelta a España cycling race continued on Sunday from Benidorm to Calpe with a 199.6km race that involved a lot of uphill racing. .Health chiefs are reviewing a service which gives transgender children drugs to pause puberty. A social media-loving schoolgirl killed herself after spending hours in her bedroom trying to get likes on her posts.

The fools who made a joke about the burning of the Grenfell Tower by making an effigy of it burning and which ended up on social media were taken to court and the case was thrown out.... The media are once again still attempting to wind everyone up with the recent cost of Prince Harry's and Meghan's flight abroad.... I know I am from a different generation and fail to appreciate a lot of modern music but I feel sorry for the kids of today....everything these days seems to be based on repetitive meaningless lyrics with press button backing off a keyboard.....what happened to drums.?.... I will never come to terms with the mentality of the British public....we have just had another bank holiday and for a change the forecast was very good.....so I decided to spend a few days in Wales....I went on Thursday to avoid the traffic and came back Sunday morning to avoid the traffic.... And we must give a mention to the England cricket team....I have been watching the highlights of The Ashes which has sort of got me back into the game which I had lost interest in over the years.....what an incredible win.... The song this week is off my album "Stars Over 45" and is about everyone's favourite lady....Una Stubbs.....

Our guest is Terry Whitehead.....The ongoing crisis over the Spanish NGO rescue ship Open Arms.... After 20 days with no solution in sight for the migrants on board, the vessel was finally given permission to dock in Lampedusa. THANKS to the Mortgage Law, amended in 1998, the Church in Spain has been able to register 30,000 properties as its own.These include not only cathedrals, churches and chapels but also parish halls, teachers’ housing, squares, fountains, land and even fronton courts where the Spanish ball game is played. ......... Spain has a national strategy to combat food waste, which places special emphasis on consumer responsibility. Indeed, the plan only measures domestic food waste, ignoring other links in the agrifood chain. According to the available data, 84.2% of products are thrown directly in the trash, especially fruit, vegetables and milk products. A gang of drunk schoolboys destroyed a model railway exhibition after breaking into a school sports hall to play football in the middle of the night. The youths caused £30,000 worth of damage in Lincolnshire and smashed up hand-built locomotives and displays including one which had taken 36 years to build.

There was a documentary on Channel 5 at the weekend entitled "William & Harry:Princes at War?" which suggested there was a problem between the two of them... There was a chap interviewed on the radio who spends his time filming drivers on their mobile phones or driving dangerously then gives the evidence to the police.... Every day there are major hold ups on our motorways due to breakdowns and idiots causing accidents.... Speed cameras everywhere is the answer and the fortune they would create could possibly be spent on repairing the potholes everywhere. Our population has always had many addictions to contend with....gambling and alcohol for example......if you'd have told us back then that in the future we would be able to make phone calls on the train or walking around the supermarket we would have laughed... The song this week is entitled The Ballad of Randolph Scott and strangely enough was very successful.....