NHS Struggling:Charity Begins at Home

BRITISH expat delegation is taking its Brexit battle to the heart of Westminster. The five-strong group will give evidence before the Exiting EU Committee, chaired by Labour MP Hilary Benn, on January 18. A couple accused of fraud after raising almost a million euros for medical treatment for their daughter Nadia and spending the money on themselves are now being investigated for suspected child pornography offences.......... Catholic marriages in Spain hit an all-time low of 22% of the total in the first six months of 2016, new statistics show... The owner of an animal refuge in the Costa del Sol resort town of Torremolinos has been handed down a three-year, nine-month jail term for “indiscriminately” putting down more than 2,000 cats and dogs between 2008 and 2010...... Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo claimed he had to overcome media "campaigns" against him to win FIFA's inaugural "The Best" prize for the world's best player in 2016........ Madrid’s City Hall received complaints that some children failed to receive toys from the Three Kings, who traditionally deliver gifts on Epiphany....... Jeremy Hunt was told to get a grip on the NHS crisis this week as the country's top medical bodies warned that it could be ignored no longer. Judge Stephen Holt jailed Lithuanian Algirdas Barteska, 60, for six years after he was found guilty of trying to smuggle three Albanians into the UK from Germany at an airfield in Norfolk. Darul Hadis Latifiah, an all boys school in east London, was branded inadequate across all areas, as the school watchdog concluded pupils were 'not prepared for life in modern Britain'. The Heritage Lottery Fund and Big Lottery Fund announced a £33million grant to restore and revitalise 13 public parks across the UK, from Great Yarmouth to Brighton. Scientists found those who have a ‘local’ where they meet regularly to drink and socialise tend to be happier and more engaged with other members of their community.