Spain

British woman dragged out of Tenerife pool by police is hard-left unionist rabble rouser

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The selfish tourist who defied Spain’s Covid-19 lockdown to swim in a hotel pool in Tenerife can be revealed as a hard-left union rabble rouser who stood as a Labour Party candidate at the last election. Joanne Rust, 53, from King’s Lynn, Norfolk, provoked outrage when she jumped into the waters at the Paradise Park … Read more

European coronavirus mega-trial will test four experimental drugs

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Britons infected with coronavirus are among thousands of patients taking part in a European coronavirus mega-trial of four experimental therapies.   The trial, called Discovery, includes 3,200 patients who have been hospitalised from the killer virus in the UK, Spain, Germany, France, Sweden and Luxembourg.  It will test the effectiveness of four treatments, including a course of … Read more

Mistress of Spain’s former King Juan Carlos claims he hired a spy chief

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Mistress of Spain’s former King Juan Carlos claims he hired a spy chief to employ a ‘threatening harassment campaign’ against her after she fell out of favour with the family Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein was a lover of Spains’s former King Juan Carlos She claims former head of country’s National Intelligence Centre harassing her  Says he … Read more

Air quality is improving in countries under coronavirus quarantine

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Air quality is improving in countries under coronavirus lockdown as nitrogen dioxide level in quarantined areas has dropped, experts say. Despite dramatic decreases in toxic fumes over cities in Italy, Spain and China it is far too early to know if a long-term change has been made. Images by the United States space agency NASA … Read more

‘The worst is yet to come’: Spanish PM tells nation to prepare for ‘hard days ahead’

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‘The worst is yet to come’: Spanish PM tells nation to prepare for ‘hard days ahead’ as Madrid exhibition centre is transformed into giant hospital – while coronavirus death toll hits 1,381 with 25,496 cases Spain’s Prime Minister says the country will be pushed to its limits by Covid crisis Pedro Sanchez says Spain will … Read more

Scientists create simulated high-resolution image of black hole 55 million light years from Earth

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Is this the last thing you see? Scientists create simulated high-resolution image of black hole 55 million light years from Earth using Einstein’s theory of relativity Black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87 was imaged in April Supermassive black hole in M87 has about 6.5 billion times the mass of our sun  … Read more

Subjects of Roman Empire had tiny toy dogs 2,000 years ago just like today’s pampered celebrities

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Subjects of the Roman Empire had tiny toy dogs 2,000 years ago just like today’s pampered celebrities, archaeologists reveal Archaeological dig in Córdoba, Spain, has revealed a 2,000 year old tiny lap dog It had been transported thousands of miles to serve as lap dog in Roman Empire Like many celebrities today Romans also had a soft … Read more

Spain orders hotels to shut by next Thursday

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Spain has ordered its hotels to shut by next Thursday, throwing British tourists into uncertainty with flights heavily reduced.  Hotels and other ‘short-stay accommodation’ are being shut down in Spain’s latest draconian step to halt the spread of the virus. Spanish authorities have already begun converting hotels into makeshift hospitals as they battle an outbreak … Read more

Paul Gascoign visits local pub and posing for selfies despite coronavirus crisis

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Football legend Paul Gascoigne stunned drinkers by visiting a Manchester pub and posing for selfies despite calls for social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic. The former England midfielder was in Spain last week, the second-worst European country affected by the spread of the killer Covid-19 illness. ‘Gazza’, 52, spent a couple of hours at The … Read more

UK coronavirus cases surge by 2,000 in a WEEK as the epidemic outstrips most of Europe

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The UK’s coronavirus outbreak is one of the fastest escalating epidemics in Europe, official statistics have revealed. 676 people were diagnosed with the virus yesterday, more than in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Austria or Denmark. This was 35 per cent more than the previous day, when there were 407 cases, and meant the … Read more

Spanish police use drones to fly through neighborhoods encouraging people to stay indoors 

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What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more