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Spain's Unemployment Falls Below 20%

Nov 03, 2016
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Mariano Rajoy, Spain's acting prime minister and leader of its conservative Popular Party (PP), was re-elected on Saturday after winning a parliamentary vote. Throughout Spain’s long economic crisis, international tourism has been a rare highlight, and the summer of 2016 was no exception...... the total figure for international visitors for the three months in question was up from 25.2 million in 2015 to 27.6 million this year. Spain’s official unemployment rate has fallen below 20% for the first time in six years. A court in Germany has ruled that the parents of a 15-year- old girl cannot stop her having a sexual relationship with her 47-year-old uncle. An immigrant who was turfed out of the Calais Jungle camp last week was picked up by border control after attempting to get into Britain on a kayak. In what is believed to the be the first solo attempt by a refugee to cross the Channel, the man was within eight miles of his destination when he was spotted in the middle of one of the World's busiest shipping lanes by people on board a passenger ferry. Unregulated Sharia law authorities are operating across Britain, performing unofficial marriages and handing out divorces for higher fees, MPs have been told. Notorious one-eyed police killer Dale Cregan has boasted to friend's about his luxury life behind bars, revealing he plays tennis and snooker and enjoys kayaking sessions. In just 90 minutes, no fewer than 17 were spotted illegally using mobiles on the M20 near Ashford in Kent. Labour MP Sarah Champion said children are currently 'regarding porn as a lesson in how to have sex' as she launched the Dare2Care report following work with charities. Children's director Alice Webb defended Just A Girl after parents reacted angrily to the CBBC show, which depicts an 11-year-old's struggle to get hormones that stunt puberty. Teaching Assistant, Jill Meldrum-Jones, 37, wept in the dock at Warwick Crown Court today as she pleaded guilty to a string of sex offences involving the 15-year-old boy over a four-day period last summer. FA bosses have said they will ignore FIFA's ban on poppies at Remembrance Day by wearing black armbands with poppies on. FIFA said 'any kind of sanction' could now follow.
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