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Spain's tourist industry is on an upward trajectory and brimming with optimism. .. 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%. ..... 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.. 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 #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. LAST Saturday night the potentially great #AnthonyJoshua beat the indisputably great #VladimirKlitschko at #WembleyStadium to retain the world heavyweight boxing championship #TateGallery 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.

.The song I have sent you this week is called "Seen and Done It All" and it was commissioned by a publisher I was signed to in the 70's called #Evolution Records....I wrote it specially for #DianaDors who actually recorded it......they also had #Mud and #GeorgieFame on their books and The #BonzoDog Doo Dah Band who I also wrote a song for which they recorded called "Strangle My Boss"... Still on the music scene they are all coming out of the woodwork....re-unions everywhere...#Steps...#Bananarama.......the word "band" grates on me a bit when they call them girl "bands" and boy "bands".... There is a new game show called "Big Heads" hosted by Jason Manford ...it involves contestants wearing big rubber spitting image heads of celebrities and they have to compete against each other running over obstacles and falling over etc.. connected with the character it would make more sense....a bit bland. I watched #BritainsGotTalent and tried to cancel the judges out of my mind...there was a really good comedian on....he was a black guy and he discussed how he found it funny how this country thinks it is in crisis...as he comes from Africa where there is a real crisis...he was really observant and hit the nail right on the head....what he was actually saying was we don't realise how lucky we are and he is right...... The latest earth shattering news item is concerns "doggy bags" in restaurants.... your dog.....

.The song this week I wrote and produced for wrestler #AdrianStreet...it is called "Breakin' Bones" and back in the day he used to enter the ring to it blasting out.... I had to laugh at the video someone put on the internet concerning the treatment of a lady with a pram...some little "tough guy" security man started kicking off and nearly injured the baby...suddenly a passenger told him ...he ended up with a broken nose and dislocated jaw and a few cracked ribs....oops. #IllieNastase has been in the news upsetting the lady tennis players during a tournament.....apparently he swore at the referee and upset our Joanna Konta reducing her to tears......and still on sport they had a chap on the news who has run 100 marathons in 100 days....raising money for charity....superhuman or what!!! In other news....speeding fines are going up...if you do over a hundred on the motorway or over 50 in a 30 limit you will be fines one and a half times your weekly salary..... There was a recent discussion on the radio concerning theatre prices and how you can pay a grand for a VIP ticket......yet ANOTHER rip off...and also how the agencies snap the tickets up as soon as they are on sale so they can add their ill gotten gains

"I made It to the top" .. refers to the top of Mount #Snowdon.... album I produced for my pal #PaulDamian who pronounces the Welsh names accurately.. There was a 10 minute article on the news regarding "mumbling" in TV dramas....which I've been going on about for years...we discussed the #BBC big shot the other week coming out with gems like "It creates the atmosphere when actors lower their voices"...do these "stars" learn to act? There was an interesting article on the news about a couple of scientists who have discovered material which changes sea water into fresh water when poured through it..... On the entertainment front I watched #BritainsGotTalent .......I haven't watched it for years and thought it MUST have improved....WRONG.. I have been watching "Line of Duty" which is excellent.....the script is so cleverly written....also #Broadchurch" is another good drama which keeps you in suspense...thank goodness for #Netflix.

Could our weekly show be the fastest quiz game on the airwaves? The show is presented by Vince Tracy with his special guest Neil Colbourne. We think our listeners are the best you'll find anywhere in the world! You need to listen to this podcast to appreciate the fun we have...Past shows can be found at http://www.vincetracy.com/neilandvincecoolfm.html

Could our weekly show be the fastest quiz game on the airwaves? The show is presented by Vince Tracy with his special guest Neil Colbourne. We think our listeners are the best you'll find anywhere in the world! You need to listen to this podcast to appreciate the fun we have...Past shows can be found at http://www.vincetracy.com/neilandvincecoolfm.html

..The song this week is called "How Lucky Am I?"......extolling the virtues of this wonderful Peninsula....the DVD displays what I am singing about. There's a guy who took his kiddie out of school during term time to save ...if everybody decided to do the same it would totally disrupt the education system... It's the same with parking...there is a big issue at the moment about parking fines....I don't get them because I DON'T PARK ILLEGALLY... The record of the week on Radio 2 is a track off #Chuck Berry's final album and it is brilliant...a price can't be put on what we owe this guy...to me he is the absolute undisputed King of Rock and Roll.. Still on the music scene watched the Take That concert last Saturday night and thought it was brilliant.....#GaryBarlowe is a bit of a genius...#BradleyWalsh was pushing his album on the "Nightly Show"... Just got back from four days in #Caernarfon and the weather was wonderful... a place called Llyn Ogwen where you walk up to a mountain lake.....I'm off for a Welsh !!".......I do love Wales.

Swedish police snared a suspected Isis fanatic following a high-speed chase and arrested him in relation to the Stockholm truck attack that saw at least four people killed and 15 injured. A Spanish court has sentenced Miguel Ángel Muñoz to 23 years in prison for murdering Denise Pikka Thiem, a US citizen who was traveling alone on the popular pilgrimage route known as the Camino de Santiago when she was attacked by the Spaniard. Spaniards’ concerns over corruption are growing again... 46.7% said it was the country’s biggest problem, while 19.8% said it was the second worst problem and 5.7% said it was the third. Spanish social services have taken the twins born to a 64-year-old woman in February into care, citing “indications of vulnerability” and concluding that the pair are “in a deprived situation.” Not everybody knows Manolo Prieto but few are unfamiliar with his most famous design: the #Osbornebull..... The main political stories in the UK probably follow Teresa May's support for President Trumps attack on the Syrian airbase An illegal immigrant, who was jailed for attempted rape, has been given £27,000 in compensation for being in prison too long... What a parable for our times the great diesel scandal has been...This week, it was announced many diesel drivers will soon have to pay fully £24 a day to drive into Central London permit to park a diesel car. Parents, heads and politicians called on ministers to ‘cap’ the price of summer getaways, which can rise by more than £1,000 at the end of term. Firms were accused of ‘holding law-abiding parents to ransom’ after a father yesterday lost his fight against a £60 fine for an unauthorised term-time trip.

..The song this week is taken from one of my videos which I made a while ago showing the changes which have taken place in our area over the last 20 years.... have the seagulls over our beloved Hilbre Island. There is a programme on TV called "Little Big Shots" featuring very talented young kids ranging from 5 to 12...it is hosted by #DawnFrench and is brilliant. A problem with TV these days is all we seem to get is the same faces all the time...Tuesday night has #BradleyWalsh on with #TheChase I do wonder why the #BBC...who we PAY for via our licence fee...not only has the worst news programmes it also has the worst "catch up" system... April 1st had the usual April Fool gags in the media...like Prince Harry's secret wedding .....#TheWirralGlobe...

A woman with roots in Spain’s northwestern Galicia region was among those killed in the terrorist attack in London on Wednesday SPAIN has applauded Theresa May’s tough approach on Scottish independence. It comes after she told SNP’s Nicola Sturgeon that ‘now is not the time’ for a referendum on the issue. Indignation in southern European countries keeps growing following recent statements by the head of eurozone finance ministers,..... The fiscal gap in Spain’s pensions system is getting wider every year. Job creation has been growing at a rate of 3% over the past two years, and consequently so have Social Security affiliations....... Matador Antonio Romero who was the victim of a 1,160 bull named Caporal who gored him 11 inches deep in him rectal area Sunday in Mexico City, has given a 'thumbs up' from his hospital bed On May 15, 2011, Spain was convulsed by one of the most spectacular popular uprisings in its history. Spanish citizens had plenty to be disgruntled about: economic recession, ... ISIS has claimed responsibility for the Westminster attack which left four dead and dozens injured. Amber Rudd and Boris Johnson have warned that companies such as Google and Facebook are acting as a 'conduit' for murderous terrorists, .... A rape victim has backed a warning by the female judge presiding over her case that drunk women are putting themselves in danger. A disabled grandmother was beaten with a baseball bat and left with horrific injuries after her home was invaded by a gang of men The extent of bad behaviour in schools is being underestimated as heads try to cover up problems during inspections, a Government adviser has warned. England’s behaviour tsar, Tom Bennett.....

.The song this week is from my doowop album "Doowop Days" which takes us back to the golden day of the 50s....the song is called "What Happened To Julie?" and wonders ... I watched Comic Relief....I must say it was a relief when to was over.......however I was well impressed with #Ed Sheeran who really is a huge talent.... I tuned into BBC #Newswatch where there was a lot of complaints about the excessive coverage of the death of Martin McGuiness and the London terror attack....which is what we discussed last week...lots of Emails and video appearances complaining...then they bring on this BBC bigshot who didn't answer any of the complaints..... I must say I do like characters who say it like it is....#JohnLydon was on the breakfast programme promoting his book and gave his opinions on Brexit,sovereignty,politicians and a few other topics...he is a strange bloke but talks a lot of sense... ....it concerns a huge explosion in #Bebington #Wirral which destroyed a large dance studio and several houses close by....

Nearly 760 giant sculptures went up in flames on Sunday night when the Spanish city of #Valencia ended its famous #Fallas celebration..... UNESCO’s list of World Intangible Heritage of Humanity last November. Civilian intermediaries speaking in the name of ETA, the Basque terrorist organization, will notify the French judiciary of the location of its arms caches in what constitutes a unilateral and unconditional disarmament to be completed on April 8. THOUSANDS took to the streets of #Barcelona to protest against #Cataluña’s independence bid. The demonstrators were protesting against the Catalan government’s plans to hold an independence referendum in September. More than 100 tourists spent the night on Mount #Teide, Spain’s highest peak, and dozens were trapped in gondolas. The multibillionaire behind the #Zara retail chain has banked another £1bn after the fashion group reported record sales and profits. Eurosceptics have reacted with fury after Jean-Claude Juncker boasted that no-one else will want to leave the EU after they see how harshly Britain is punished. Jeremy Corbyn provoked fury today after paying a glowing tribute to former IRA commander Martin McGuinness ...... The #BBC has been accused of ' despicable fawning' over 'terrorist godfather' and former IRA commander Martin McGuinness in their obituary pieces this morning. The extraordinary news that George Osborne is to become the new editor of the Evening Standard has sent the twittering classes into an uproar. The Tory party was in crisis over the election expenses scandal after it was fined a record £70,000 for breaking the rules and its former treasurer was reported to the police. The Electoral Commission said the party had failed to record correctly a total of £275,813 at the 2015 general election and three by-elections in 2014.

The song this week is one close to my heart..."The Magic of #Wales"....it is sung by #Paul Damian and was the follow up to How To Say Llanfair P.G.....which has had 1.3 million hits on #YouTube There has been a lot of discussion on the news lately concerning speeding...they had a lady on whose son was killed by a speeding taxi........ #Brexit is building up to a crescendo...and still no-one seems to know what is going on...all made more complicated by #NicolaSturgeon still trying to get independence for Scotland.......everyone would go out and buy shoes with leather souls ... when you get to a certain age it is hard to find decent entertainment...I often wonder who decides to put boring soaps on TV...or people being chopped up in A & E...or sit-coms like Benidorm... Because there is so little of interest on TV I have been watching the remake of "Roots" which is very interesting...

For a 10-minute period on Tuesday, #Barcelona saw the worst police chase that the authorities can remember. ....... #Spain will drop out of the group of the world’s 25 largest economies within the next three decades, according to a new report by the consulting group PwC...... Last November a Facebook user in Spain posted a video of a police officer who failed to catch a suspect he was chasing. ... Now the police have presented a proposal to fine the author ..... as high as €30,000. Cristina de Borbón, sister of Spanish King Felipe VI, has been acquitted of tax fraud complicity in a high-profile corruption trial known as the Nóos case...The court has also demanded that he pay a €512,000 fine. FLASH flooding has caused major destruction on the Costa del Sol this weekend. ..... Tony Blair was accused of trying to undermine democracy last night as he delivered a speech in London. The former PM insisted it was ‘not inevitable’ that the UK will leave the European Union. He is alsofacing serious questions after ......... An attacker spat into a nine-month-old baby's face and shouted 'white people shouldn't breed' in a sickening race-hate assault......in South Shields last January. A heterosexual couple have lost their Appeal Court battle to have a civil partnership. ...... In a fly-on-the-wall documentary Meet The Lords elderly peers will be seen snoozing during a debate....... India never asked Britain for hundreds of millions of pounds in foreign aid and doesn’t even need it........... The gloss was slightly taken off a wonderful FA Cup spectacle on Monday night when an image emerged of Arsenal's dressing room ....

The song I've sent you this week is ..The Ballad of Forgotten Popstars and lists those artists who entertained us in the early ... Big news ..a GLOBAL survey no less!!....it was discovered that vitamin D can prevent you getting a cold...so there....and.....heading a football can cause dementure because some aging footballers suffer with this.. #Stoke-On-Trent council have suggested giving expectant can't say "mothers" any more...giving expectant PARENTS vouchers to encourage them to stop smoking.......also #Liverpool Council have come up with another wonderful idea.... I am really enjoying Donald Trump's appearances on the news...he is classic entertainment... Our wonderful ex PM. ...and we should rise up and vote again...to stay in...that's rich from a man who caused an unnecessary war ....So Tony thinks we should stay in Europe?...could the reason possibly be that Brexit might effect his 435 grand salary ....all supplied by the taxpayer...