Spain's Unemployment Falls Below 20%
Nov 03, 2016
Episode description
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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