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Breaking news and Two dead and several trapped' in Tenerife building collapse in Los Cristianos. Tourists go home. Refugees welcome is just one of the slogans to have appeared this week daubed on the walls of the historic centre of Palma, the capital of the holiday island of Mallorca. Politicians are still struggling to form a government in Spain. Meanwhile, Brussels rebukes Spain for failing to take in refugees. Spanish police on Wednesday arrested 14 people in nationwide raids for allegedly glorifying terror acts by three radical groups in Facebook and Twitter messages, the interior ministry said. A program that has been in place for two years keeps a total of 223 prisoners under close surveillance and analysis. The seizure of 20,000 military fatigues at the port of Valencia reveals a network of support for the extremist group as a weapons cache is found in Ceuta. In the UK... Dennis Skinner, pictured, known as the 'Beast of Bolsover' for his angry attacks on Tory ministers , walked out of the Commons as ordered after calling David Cameron 'Dodgy Dave.' Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has disclosed that he had a relationship with a prostitute. Mr Whittingdale, who is single, said in a statement that he was unaware of the woman's occupation. A Scunthorpe driver killed a mother and burned his car to hide evidence. Southampton manager Ronald Koeman said many players spend all of their time off the pitch plugged-in to social media rather than speaking to each other, causing problems on the pitch and is organising corrective measures.

Whilst the politicians struggle to form a new Government in Spain former King Juan Carlos's sister, Pilar de Borbon and footballer, Lionel Messi, join David Cameron in the Panama Papers leak, British holiday home owners will be repaid inheritance tax wrongly charged by the Spanish Government. A young boy died in the swimming pool just after his family arrived for a holiday in Torrevieja. In the UK an unlicensed doctor is exposing widespread drug taking in UK sport. In Glasgow a taxi driver admits to killing fellow Muslim because he disrespected Islam by claiming he was a prophet and a staggering number of EU citizens have become jihadists and returned to the continent hiden in the migrant numbers. This is set against Government agencies admitting they have no accurate numbers on migrants entering the UK and Arabic is now the second language in Sweden. The Junior Doctors are on strike but the GPs surgeries are at breaking point after the influx of the migrants.... and an ex-Aid minister urges UK Government to hand back 172 million overspend on aid as British steel threatens to fade into obscurity.

Public deficit in Spain comes in at 5% and there is still no Government. A couple aged 79 and 72 have been caught smuggling drugs in Malaga and a man snatched a gun from a police officer and shot at her in Catalonia.We now know Spanish children get lots of homework and a man claims he has been banned from religious procession because he is gay. A law firm has drummed up business tapping into legal aid against the British troops with Public Interest Lawyers allegedly acting against the solicitor's code of conduct. UK Aid has been funding terrorists despite the fact it had to borrow 70 million to fund overseas aid last year. Meanwhile the UK flies in Kim Jong's sidekicks at a cost around 37.500. In the UK it is costing more to pay for funerals and women are looking for their fair share of divorce payouts.

The terrorists have now turned their attention to Brussels where the city is in mourning after the attacks on the airport and metro. In Spain, acting PM Rajoy barely meets the King since the election and Podemos and PSOE heads agree to restart negotiations and police believe a coach driver might have fallen asleep at the wheel when his bus crashed killing 13 students 95 miles south of Barcelona. He passed an alcohol and drugs test. Easter celebrations have begun on a grand scale in Spain as Semana Santa has begun. In the UK a lorry stopped by Kent police is found to contain over 21 migrants as former Home Secretary Michael Howard says the EU is failing to keep the UK safe. One hospital alone has spent 181.000 pounds treating one immigrant and up to 100.000 obese patients will get personal trainers. Sunderland and England footballer is jailed for 6 years. Prisoners are now being helped by unmanned drones to smuggle items into jail.....and parents fought a pitched battle outside an infants school in Blackburn.

Barbara Anne sits in for Neil who is out with the Leprechauns on St Patrick's Day. We still have no Government in Spain as numbers leaving the country to live overseas rise. A woman has been found trying to steal babies from Valencia and Cartagena and there is a whiff of Football shinanigins in the juniour leagues. Belgium is the latest country to fall foul of terrorism as stories involving immigrants misbehaving everywhere abound. In the UK Scottish Nationalism is on the rise and George Osborne rewards the richer in his budgets by taking from the disabled. Footballers are in the headlines for the wrong reasons. Prince Andrew throws a hissy fit according to the papers and Primary children are subjected to transgender issues.

King Felipe has decided not to intervene in the forming of the new government and it looks like we're heading for June elections. The levels of ISIS terror attacks has risen in Spain as well as France, Belgium and Italy,A female judge has been subject of complaints by Women's Rights groups over the aggressive way she interrogated a victim. In Valencia the little green man at the traffic lights becomes the little green woman! All this is in line with Padre Peter in Malaga who is a retired Christian Orthodox priest famous for his all-inclusive weddings. Why would MEPs block Theresa May's plans for all passengers to be screened? A magistrate in England has been dismissed for expressing an opinion that adoption was better by a heterosexual couple. An adviser who helped police in their fight against burglary is back in jail..........not to worry as smoking has now been allowed once again in UK jails Parents are getting more afraid of taking their children to hospital with bruises since the case of baby P.....and should parents have sex in the presence of their children?

Spain is still looking for its new government as new elections loom. The Basques could present a new set of problems as the leader of ETA's political wing Arnaldo Ortegi leaves prison. Torrevieja is named as Spain's poorest town, an 11 year old boy report's his mum for drink driving and another festival hits the dust.. The UK is in turmoil over the membership of the EU with a referendum in June. Whilst Tony Blackburn seethes the football world reveals a seedy circuit where footballers are brought underage girls and ex Sunderland player Adam Johnson shows his arrogance in court. A stag party punch-up causes a plane to divert. Tackling in rugby in schools is now in jeapardy and sacked Barclay's Boss will still get 500.000 bonus!

With Neil on the way back from Thailand and Vince back from St Petersberg there is much to discuss about their trips. However, whilst Spain still seeks to elect a new government (although there is a germ of a pact) rival gypsy families have a gunfight over breaking wind in Valencia. Meanwhile, in Cadiz a Spanish council failed to notice a civil servant's six year absence from work! Back in England the BBC seem to have decided to make DJ Tony Blackburn the scapegoat for Jimmy Savile's Sexual Travels and Stuart Hall's mauls and a girl was given a slice of bread after forgetting her dinner money as a 50 stone aged 22 gets a special flat near several fast food outlets. David Cameron re-enacts the Chamberlain paperwork and Boris Johnson gets the Referendum party started,

Neil is away and Vince looks at some of the items which seem to be overlooked in the media in the UK. The behaviour from various people from Pakistan comes to the fore. “ Police have issued an appeal to find Choudhry Ikhalaq Hussain, from Rochdale, who fled the country after he was found guilty of rape. Greater Manchester Police say he could be in Pakistan. Then Mohammed Faisal, from Bradford, was due to be sent to Pakistan but paperwork issues left him grounded at the airport. Now Faisal has lodged a complaint that he's not been booted out.” A little lighter and Veteran actress Patricia Routledge has called the BBC ‘desperate’ for the way it recycles its old comedy shows after it was revealed Keeping Up Appearances is to be brought back next year.” The Metropolitan Police is under attack as it said the withdrawal of the Territorial Support Group unit based at Paddington Green in Westminster was 'not linked' to misconduct investigations into some of its officers.”......Britain's biggest police force also spent £7million on interpreters in a year – including translators for suspects claiming to be from an extinct African kingdom.” ....and ....Mathematics teacher Michael White, 26, sent a naked picture of himself to a 12-year-old while aroused. He was now been jailed for three years and four months at Chelmsford Court Crown.”

Whilst Spain awaits its new Government two jpeople have been ailed over 'terrorist' glove puppet show at Madrid Carnival, a friend of Princessa Cristina says he feels he has been used and there is a secret to lengevity as Antonio Docampo García, 107., founder of the Bodegas Docampo wine company, would have two bottles with lunch and another two with dinner. Storm Imogen has hit the UK whilst Junior Doctors continue their strike. Footballer Adam Johnson goes on trial over child sex charges. As one contestant after another has found out the hard way on Channel Four’s reality gameshow The Jump, ski-jumping is a great deal harder than it looks, writes EDDIE 'THE EAGLE' EDWARDS.

Barbara Anne sits in for Neil as Spain is still waiting for a new Government and the King now turns to Pedro Sanchez of the Socialist Party to form the new Government. The Catalans who copuld play a key role have their own problems with a drought looming. Spain will have an English song in the Eurovision Song Contest and some Valencians hurl dead rats at each other. The UK still battles with its membership of the European Union whilst the problem is particularly highlighted by the vexed question of border controls.scoop.it login. In Germany migrants attack pensioners who stood up for a female passenger. A female teacher has been jailed for having sex with students and an adult woman has pretended to be 15 so she could groom boys as young as 10. Set this against the parents who have decided the fines are cheaper than the cost of the travel as they decide to take their children out of school for term-time holidays. Then there are the schools fining parents 100 pounds for dropping the children at the school gates.

The Spanish Parliament has still to be formed despite good news on unemployment figures. A matador is in trouble for taking his child into the bullring with a bull present. As a new corruption scandal breaks in Valencia a 6.1 earthquake hits the south east of Spain. A British woman travelling in the wrong direction has ploughed into a peleton of cyclists. A man carrying two guns has been arrested at Disneyland in Paris and 15 year old Somali migrant charged with murder in Sweden. In the UK the winner of the 33m Lottery ticket has come forward but will the other false claimants be prosecuted? The port of Calais was closed as migrants stormed the harbour. One in five inmates in maximum security prisons in the UK is muslim. Sperm whales have died on the beaches of south east England and snooping fears are raised as civil servants can extract sick note data.

In Spain whilst people were taking their pets to be blessed by St Anthony, the politicians are still trying to form a working Government. Despite this the economy is predicted to boom with Iran behind a plan for a new oil refinery. Meanwhile, the press contains another story of an operation that went badly. Asylum seekers and refugees in Middlesborough have hit the news as they have the doors of their houses painted red. David Cameron accuses Mr Putin of ordering the murder of Alexander Litvinenko and a muslim child describes his terraced house as a terrorist house in error. Meanwhile it does appear Europe's borders will be closing to anyone without a passport. In the UK rapes and sex assaults soar to the highest level since records began.

Leipzig mayor condemns anti-migrant riots as Cologne and other European Cites look for Migrants who have been involved in rapes around New Year festivities. An Avalanche in France hit skiers, including a group of French students, in Les Deux Alpes in France after a teacher took them onto a black run which had been closed since the beginning of the ski season. Whilst the Spanish Government has still not been formed former deputy prime minister and IMF chief is facing a 4 year prison sentence over the Bankia and Caja Madrid credit card scandal........... One of 69 MPs from the anti-austerity Podemos party, Carolina Bescansa, walked into the lower house with her baby....... Carles Puigdemont, a fervent secessionist, sworn in as Catalonia's regional president - carefully avoiding swearing loyalty to Spain....Cristina de Borbón’s trial marks first time a Spanish royal has faced criminal r charges since restoration of monarchy. Britain's news was dominated by the death of David Bowie. Bowie’s final record Blackstar, released only on Friday, is set to become his tenth number one album while classics such as The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust raced to the top of online charts. There was enough space to include a Junior Doctors' Strike and Tadcaster in North Yorkshire has been two separate communities ever since recent floods snapped its ancient bridge in half, two days before New Year’s Eve,....European court says bosses can read staff's private online messages

Spain still has not put its new Government in place. New elections will be held if a leader is not found within two months after the first round of voting. Two migrants have been killed after around 400 attempted to cross in to Spain's territory in Africa on Christmas Day...a Tourist was bitten by a shark during holiday in Gran Canaria on Christmas Day and Spanish police have detained a man and a woman who kept their 59-year-old brother locked up in inhuman conditions in a tiny, roofless room adjoining their home. Meanwhile in the UK Actor Michael Sheen has infuriated flood victims across the north of England by saying he is sick of hearing that the UK's £12billion foreign aid budget should be diverted to help them. This is set against horrific floodings in Yorkshire and Cumbria. Killers, armed robbers and sex offenders are among hundreds of prisoners let out of jail by mistake in the last few years, figures show. This is set against Warren Tevlin, 32, who sparked outrage by posting pictures of luxury goods inside his cell at Forest Bank Prison in Salford, Greater Manchester, where he was jailed for burglary. Rita King, 81, was allegedly shot inside De La Mer House in Walton-on-the-Naze, in Essex, by her husband who was claimed to have mumbled 'she has had enough' when he pulled the trigger. Kate Middleton was named health website MyhealthLondon's top health hero of 2015 for her work in championing mental illness in children. Special mention for chef Jamie Oliver.