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Jun 28, 2017

Would You Pay for a Siesta?

from Europe Calling

An 'urban clubbing holiday' in which a thousand Britons descended on an Algarve town spiralled into violence after a mass brawl broke out in a bar. Dozens of anti-riot police officers were called in as tourists at the 'Portugal Invasion' festival brawled on the Oura strip in Albufeira, Portugal on Sunday. .....which locals said came after a week of mayhem in the resort. The Iberian Peninsula has been roasting hot this past week and a wildfire that broke out on Saturday night near Doñana National Park, in southern Spain, was still burning on three fronts but authorities BUT improved weather conditions saw the blaze brought under control. Three people suspected of jihadist activity have been arrested in Madrid, the Spanish Interior Ministry said in a release on Wednesday. A woman in Barcelona has been forced to illegally occupy her own apartment after the tenant she had rented it to listed the property without her knowledge on the vacation rental website. Many people associate Spain with siesta. And yet Spaniards have been slow to turn a profit from this habit. Japan, Argentina and Belgium are far ahead on this issue, explains María Estrella Jorro de Inza, owner of Siesta and Go, Spain’s very first business offering customers some down time in between activities. After the disaster at Grenfell Tower the cladding is being checked at buildings across the length and bradth of the UK. Whilst Theresa May is beseiged by this problem Jeremy Corbyn was free to adress the revellers at Glastonbury. Headmasters from 3,000 schools across 14 UK counties sent letters to parents before the general election warning them of the 'dreadful state' of education funding under Tory policies. Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has resigned from the Church of England after an inquiry found he colluded with senior clergy to protect a paedophile bishop. Former Justice Secretary Liz Truss took the decision to keep a devastating report into the effectiveness of sex offender rehabilitation courses secret. A teenager has been accused of the attempted rape of an 8 year old girl. Officers were called to Nuthurst Park in Moston, Greater Manchester, after reports the girl had been raped and the offender had been chased off by members of the public. The invoice, for Prince Charles and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall to go on a tour to Romania, Italy and Austria this March, is expected to be the most expensive trip taken by a Royal in the past year

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