Is Twitter Changing Us?

A new study by the Pew Research Center has found that 86% of Spaniards support welcoming refugees – the highest percentage of 18 nations surveyed, including 10 EU countries. According to the survey, only 13% of Spaniards said they would “oppose accepting refugees fleeing violence and war.”........The survey shows that Italy, Poland and Hungary were the least-welcoming countries for refugees in Europe. SPECTATORS watched in horror during Barcelona’s annual La Mercè festival when a human tower or ‘castle’ collapsed. Performers attempted to create an enormous tower of bodies, a tradition of the festival, but as the final two climbers scaled the ‘human castle’ those at the foundation of the structure lost their balance. The tower collapsed causing participants at the top of the structure to fall from a great height, landing on those below them. A THREE-YEAR-OLD girl has lost her fight for life after a freak incident led to her death following a car crash in Spain.The girl was safely strapped into a child seat in the back of a car that was being driven by her mother. A school bus in front of their car allegedly braked sharply to avoid a collision between two cars in front of it. However, the woman driver couldn’t react in time and she smashed into the back of the bus.Emergency services said the girl suffered severe head injuries after a tablet she was playing with struck her in the crash in Vilanova de Arousa (Pontevedra). A STUDENT has plunged to his death in Spain while allegedly practicing parkour on a construction site in Madrid. The 17-year-old boy fell eleven floors to his death according to a National Police investigation when he attempted risky jumps and ‘parkour’ with friends. Parkour participants aim to get from one point to another in a complex environment, without assistive equipment and in the fastest and most efficient way possible. It includes running, climbing, swinging, vaulting, jumping, rolling, crawling and other movements as deemed most suitable for the situation ......... AN ADOLF HITLER T-shirt has been snapped in one of Mallorca’s busiest tourist spots causing outrage on the Spanish island. Spotted and photographed on Palma beach, Mallorca the controversial T-shirt has made waves on social media. Analysis by the Office for National Statistics, shows that after many years of Britons living longer, life expectancy has now either stalled or fallen in parts of the UK. Across the UK as a whole, life expectancy did not improve at all between 2015 and 2017 - standing at 79.2 years for men and 82.9 years for women. More than a million over-65s may suffer dangerous side-effects because they are taking herbal remedies and dietary supplements alongside drugs prescribed by their GP, a study has found. Some ‘hazardous’ combinations can increase the risk of bleeding, raise blood sugar levels or stop medications from working effectively, warned scientists. Twitter users suggested that the body of a woman killed by a train should be left on the tracks and services allowed to continue running. Another branded the deceased a 'selfish c****' after the death on tracks between Chadwell Heath and GoodMayes in East London. ......... so now we all have to wait hours to get a train.' A MAJOR airport in the UK has vowed to crack down after a baggage handler was filmed by a Ryanair passenger flying in from Spain as they tossed her suitcase into the air and onto the ground.