Summary: Esperanza Aguirre, former president of Madrid and an influential figure in Spain's ruling Popular Party(PP), has got herself into a spot of trouble. At 4pm on Thursday she allegedly illegally parked her car on a bus lane on the capital’s busy Gran Via, to quickly withdraw money from a cash machine. Traffic police apprehended her moments after, but the tough-talking Aguirre refused to pull her Toyota Verso to one side after they had issued the fine. Once the officers had handed over her ID and driving license, Aguirre put her foot on the gas and drove off, knocking over one of the traffic policeman's motorbike in the process. Spain is the world's largest olive producer and national food giant Deoleo is the world's biggest seller of the liquid gold. However, the food giant which notched up revenues of around €800 million ($1,100 million) in 2013 could soon become prey to an Italian fund, This was reported in Spain's El Mundo newspaper. Deoleo's major shareholders, including several cash-strapped Spanish banks, are looking to offload 31 percent the food group. Yet another MP is caught fiddling expenses. MPs brushed aside the official Standards Commissioner’s claim that Maria Miller should repay £45,000, saying that all she had to do was apologise and pay back £5,800. When will this fiddling stop? In France, the far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen said on Friday it would prevent schools from offering non-pork alternatives to Muslim pupils in the 11 towns it won in local elections, saying such arrangements were contrary to France's secular values. Francec has a strict secular tradition enforceable by law, but faith-related demands have risen in recent years, especially from the country's five-million-strong Muslim minority, the largest in Europe. Dr Bruce Perry, of Houston, Texas, said ADHD is a label that only describes the symptoms of various physiological problems. This will be interesting! ....and a monster rat has been found in someone's attic....
