Spanish Royals Visit the UK

The Spanish royals were given an official farewell with honours at Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport as they set off for London, where they were greeted with 'traditional English rain'. Small groups of hooded anti-capitalist Black Bloc militants scuffled with police after two days of violent clashes which marred the G20 summit. Arab refugees watching the riots from the relative safety of a falafel joint said the rioters were insane for destroying their tolerant adoptive city and were astonished by what they saw as the police's restraint. 'If people did this in Egypt they would be shot,' said Ibrahim Ali, a 29-year-old Egyptian who came here in 2011. 'The state provides everything: housing, unemployment benefits and education. Yet those people are not happy. I don't get it.' The European Court of Human Rights has upheld a Belgian ban on wearing the full-face niqab veil in public. The court ruled that the restriction sought to guarantee social cohesion, the 'protection of the rights and freedoms of others' and that it was 'necessary in a democratic society'. A television show caught the attention of Karsten Kaddat, a young electrician from northern Germany last year. He explained that anyone could get free green energy to consume at home. Intrigued Kaddat rushed to Google and ended up joining the community in which thousands of Germans share the energy they produce in their homes with solar panels. The Ministry of Labour of the Balearic Islands has fined Iberia Airways 25,000 euros. The penalty comes due to the airline's requirement to demand a pregnancy test for aspirants to become flight attendants Spanish income statements from 2015 show that only 7,194 individuals declared more than €600,000. That number is 31% lower than the 10,425 in this bracket in 2007, but well above the 4,000 declaring this amount during the worst moments of the economic crisis. In the UK Connie Yates and Chris Gard, who are battling Great Ormond Street Hospital doctors in the High Court over their son Charlie's life, say they want to debunk eight 'myths' over his condition. An Islamic activist has caused outrage after claiming the victims of the Grenfell Tower disaster were 'murdered' by Zionists who fund the Conservative Party. Nazim Ali, a director of the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), was accused of whipping up hatred in a speech he made at an anti-Israel rally just days after the fire. Three Sikh men helped nearly 70 Afghan illegal immigrants sneak into the UK using the real passports of British Sikhs in a £600,000 scam, a court heard. Border officials were unable to distinguish between the illegal immigrants who masqueraded as the genuine passport holders because they were wearing turbans - which Sikh men are allowed to have on in their ID documents. Despite a thoroughly brilliant tournament Wimbledon’s groundskeepers have again been forced to defend the quality of the courts after players claimed the surface had been damaged by the weather. Fears have been raised the warm weather has made the grass more dangerous to play on, with several competitors pulling out injured in the first week amid some high-profile slips.