VinceTracy Podcasts

In January, the transgender support group Chrysallis launched an awareness campaign in northern Spain using the slogan: “There are girls with penises and boys with vulvas BRITS are being put off holidays in Spain by the pound’s drop in value. More than 40% of Britons will change their holiday plans because of the post-Brexit devaluation, according to data from travel insurer Columbus Direct. The city of Barcelona has begun taking down 367 commemorative plaques dating back to the Franco era and which were still on view in buildings across the districts of Gràcia and Nou Barris. Emilio Perez’s serious economic troubles have resulted in an intriguing business idea. The resident of Villapresente, a forest ranger and pinewood seller, hit rock bottom when he was unable to sell his trees due to low demand during the economic crisis. His solution was to build Spain’ s largest maze with his unsold trees.... A NIGHTCLUB in Spain has enraged feminist groups for offering free entry, drinks and €100 to women who ‘go commando’. .......Within twelve hours of my landing in Sweden, an asylum centre was burned down, arson suspected; a hand grenade was planted in a bin, either for the police or the mosque; and another hand grenade exploding, injuring one in Malmö...... Baroness Chakrabarti has been ridiculed after she wrongly blamed low turnout for Labour's humiliating defeat in Copeland....The shadow attorney general..insisted the leader was not responsible for the worst by-election performance since the war. Paedophiles should not face jail for looking at pornographic images of children unless they are a physical threat to youngsters, says Britain’s most senior child protection officer. Thousands of thugs who abuse their partners are able to avoid harsher sentences by agreeing to apologise and shake the hands of their victims under 'restorative justice' measures. The RAF has banned servicewomen from wearing skirts on parade so that transgender personnel don't feel excluded. The salary for politicians is set to go up by more than £1,000 from April next year to £76,011, the Commons pay watchdog has confirmed. Also, University chiefs are taking home an average of £277,834, while the highest individual deal reached £451,000. The number of people arriving in the UK from Bulgaria and Romania has risen significantly since the Brexit vote, new figures show. But figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also reveal a 'statistically significant' rise in citizens from so-called EU8 nations British teachers struggle to inform youngsters about the correct use of colons and how to spell words such as ‘definitely’ because they do not have a good enough grasp of the basics themselves. Minicab drivers have denounced plans by Transport for London to introduce tests to prove they can speak English - which include questions on the Northern Lights and the 'problem of river pollution'. wearing no underwear. .

For a 10-minute period on Tuesday, Barcelona saw the worst police chase that the authorities can remember. ....... Spain will drop out of the group of the world’s 25 largest economies within the next three decades, according to a new report by the consulting group PwC...... Last November a Facebook user in Spain posted a video of a police officer who failed to catch a suspect he was chasing. ... Now the police have presented a proposal to fine the author ..... as high as €30,000. Cristina de Borbón, sister of Spanish King Felipe VI, has been acquitted of tax fraud complicity in a high-profile corruption trial known as the Nóos case....3.3The court has also demanded that he pay a €512,000 fine. FLASH flooding has caused major destruction on the Costa del Sol this weekend. ..... Tony Blair was accused of trying to undermine democracy last night as he delivered a speech in London. The former PM insisted it was ‘not inevitable’ that the UK will leave the European Union. He is alsofacing serious questions after ......... An attacker spat into a nine-month-old baby's face and shouted 'white people shouldn't breed' in a sickening race-hate assault......in South Shields last January. A heterosexual couple have lost their Appeal Court battle to have a civil partnership. ...... In a fly-on-the-wall documentary Meet The Lords elderly peers will be seen snoozing during a debate....... India never asked Britain for hundreds of millions of pounds in foreign aid and doesn’t even need it........... The gloss was slightly taken off a wonderful FA Cup spectacle on Monday night when an image emerged of Arsenal's dressing room ....

ISIS fanatics have issued 'direct threats' on Spanish tourist hotspots where millions of Britons are expected to visit this year, according to a government report. Acording to an editorial in El Pais ..The position adopted by Mariano Rajoy in his telephone conversation with Donald Trump, when he offered Spain as a mediating voice for the new US administration in Europe and Latin America, is more than a serious mistake ..... VEGETABLE producers in Spain have criticised the British press over its coverage of the salad shortage.... SPAIN has been ranked the second-best country in the world for first-time buyers. Provocative party costumes in Spain are not confined to the adult market. The image of a sexy nurse outfit for girls aged four to six went viral on social networks at the start of February..... Professor Ruud Koopmans of the Netherlands warned the EU on Monday to block the entry of any refugees whose identity cannot be categorically confirmed. Theresa May has been given a major boost after a key ally of Angela Merkel warned that the EU must be 'reasonable' and not seek to 'punish' the UK for Brexit............However, EU states could take revenge for Brexit by kicking out more than a million expats.... amid a major row over reciprocal rights for EU citizens in the UK and Britons living on the continent. After the Speaker's outburst in The Palace of Westminster The Archbishop of Canterbury linked Donald Trump to fascism in a sweeping denunciation of 'populist politics'. An undercover investigation inside HMP Northumberland has found prisoners high on drugs, pictured, blocks left unsecured, and officers reluctant to stop inmates doing as they wish.

Spain’s Finance Ministry says a combination of economic growth, inflation, and changes to corporate tax law will boost public revenue to a record high this year. Rodrigo Rato, a veteran Spanish politician who served as an International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief and senior government official with the governing Popular Party (PP), evaded €6.8 million in taxes between 2004 and 2015, according to a report by the Tax Agency’s fraud investigation unit to which EL PAÍS has had access. Ryanair announces a total of seven new services, saying it will pass on savings from country’s reduced airport taxes A TOTAL of €850 million in Spain is to be spent on rail projects over the next five years in a major investment programme to improve land access to ports. Film academy says expensive gems disappeared last weekend, while the movie industry was handing out the Goya prizes BlaBlaCar is not guilty of "unfair competition" as alleged by Spanish bus companies, a court ruled, in a first legal victory for the ride-sharing firm which has run into problems in the country. In the UK the Speaker is facing a furious backlash after an extraordinary intervention in which he attacked the US President and said he would not authorise the use of historic Westminster Hall during the impending state visit. A mentally-ill teenager who stabbed an American tourist to death and injured five others in a knife rampage in London's Russell Square was allowed into the UK by European freedom of movement rules, a court heard. A married RE teacher has been jailed for rape amid claims the school where he worked mishandled previous complaints that he sexually assaulted women staff. The JustGiving website is used by millions every year to raise money for deserving charities. Many, however, are unaware that it takes more than £20million a year from fundraisers – while its boss has a £200,000 pay package.

The International Monetary Fund #IMF is warning that Spain has one of the biggest income gaps in Europe. SPANISH police have arrested 75 people as part of a Europe-wide crackdown on cultural theft. A team of Spanish #archeologists has discovered an Ancient Roman ship that sank off the tiny island of #Cabrera, near the southern coast of #Mallorca around 1,800 years ago. The only public hospital on the island of #Ibiza was forced to temporarily shut down its surgery wing on Thursday after detecting flies in seven out of the eight operating rooms. TWO British teenagers decided to ditch the drudgery of their hometown and fly to Spain for a night out – on a schoolnight. Apart from all the #Trump and #Brexit protests what can we offer from the UK? Have #NHS doctors really been told not to call pregnant women ‘expectant mothers’ because it might offend transgender people? ... ready with paternity tests, offers of rehab and post-show counselling to those who choose to share their troubles on television... The Jeremy Kyle Show.... Changing the Guard ceremonies at #Windsor Castle will no longer take place on Saturdays because police believe jihadis could target soldiers and the thousands of tourists who gather to enjoy the spectacle. The bill for Britain's foreign aid cash handouts in Pakistan has reached a staggering £420.3million.... Drivers are being hammered at the pumps, with the cost of filling up a family car soaring £9 in the past year.... Furious BBC #Radio 2 listeners are threatening to boycott the station in disgust over the ‘heartless’ and ‘underhand’ way it axed veteran DJ Brian Matthew.

Heavy snowfall in southeast Spain has cut several major road routes throughout the region of Valencia.... Up to 1,600 vehicles were trapped overnight on roads in Valencia Fernando Lerdo de Tejada Martínez, a fugitive from justice since 1979 – when he fled Spain to avoid standing trial over the killing of labor lawyers in Atocha (Madrid) – is a free man. The last arrest warrant issued by the Audiencia Nacional, Spain’s High Court, expired in 2015 A granddaughter of Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, a prime minister during the final years of the regime of Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco, has sharply criticized the two years and six months prison sentence a public prosecutor at the Spanish High Court has demanded for a 21-year-old student who posted jokes on Twitter about his assassination by Basque pro-independence group ETA in 1973. Spain’s Civil Guard carried out more than 12,000 operations against animal abuse over the course of 2016, resulting in some 490 people being arrested or investigated, the force said in an annual summary A brilliant young Spanish gymnast has had a leg amputated and her family have brought legal action for personal injury against Pedro Larrauri, the orthopedist who initially treated her.... The Spanish travel sector is jazzing up its offer for gay tourists, who tend to spend more than most when away from home, taking it beyond parties in sunny hubs like Ibiza. The Remainers win in the High Court as Theresa May is scuppered by the Establishment. The pay gap between the genders begins with pocket money and a respected family doctor is caught drunk driving Theresa May has found it very difficult to answer questions regarding the failing of an unarmed Trident missile trial. This can also be set against a report identifying a real crisis in the UK armed forces. In the UK more than 1,000 registered and licensed doctors have criminal convictions... including possession of indecent images of children, sexual assault and threats to kill A judge has admitted a former aide to David Cameron who was spared jail for downloading indecent images of girls as young as ten should have got a heavier sentence. The language barrier means that the NHS sometimes struggles to offer an effective service to such patients. Moreover, there is the additional strain on resources because of the need to use interpreters or translation phone lines, as laid down by NHS policies. Consultations with non-English speakers tend to be twice as long because everything has to be spelt out slowly or repeated through others. As a result, there is less time available for other patients. A report by army think-tank the Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research has said years of reduced budgets means Britain's ability to remain a fighting force has been 'effectively removed'.

Weather advisories in place in 22 provinces in Spain for below-zero temperatures, snow, wind, and even avalanches Nude cartoons went up in parts of northern Spain this week to raise awareness about transgender children.. Police are worrying about the drastic decrease in the average age of clients in brothels, who hail from all walks of life Social media giant Facebook has registered with the central bank, and is poised to challenge traditional lenders BULK sales of olive oil from Spain to the US have skyrocketed, new figures show. Analysis by Oxfam shows the world's top eight richest tycoons have together amassed fortunes totalling £349.8billion. The planet’s poorest 3.6billion have the same sum between them. The number of NHS bureaucrats earning more than the Prime Minister has doubled in three years. Ninety-three officials took home more than Theresa May's £149,440 salary last year – up from 48 in 2013 Around 3,000 mobile phones have been seized by prison officers in England and Wales in just 12 weeks. The devices were found following operations in jails between June and August 2016. Ministers last night said Britain remained committed to sending China 3 million pounds to bolster the sport at grassroots level, despite having no idea if the programme is effective. UK taxpayers have forked out more than £17.9million since 2011 to cover the costs of running a school, health centre and ferry service for the residents of Pitcairn Island. An investigation by the Bank of International Settlements has blamed the freak crash of the pound on badly managed computer trading platforms and inexperienced Asian-based currency traders 62-year-old David Wilkie, who won gold in the 200m breaststroke at the 1976 Montreal Games, was accused of swimming too fast and without care for other pool users.

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.

We're told again that the Mediterranean Diet is really good for your health .....and that's good news as Japan is the only country in the world where you have a better chance of living longer. Does this need to be kept in mind when looking at unemployment? From drastically high unemployment figures las year registered an historic fall...... Nearly 60% of Spaniards recognize that they can’t speak, read or write in English, according to the latest poll from Spain’s CIS state research institute. English is the most-spoken second language in Spain, the poll says, with 27.7% of respondents saying they speak it, followed by French (9%) German (1.7%) and Portuguese (1.2%) A CHRISTMAS panto on the Costa del Sol has become embroiled in a racism row after a lead actor used racist language in front of dozens of kids. Britain is to increase foreign aid to Pakistan by more than £100million even though it has a space programme and nuclear weapons. A 'drug dealer' who was shot dead through his windscreen when armed police cornered a convoy of expensive cars had covered his humble home with more than ten CCTV cameras. Even before our first glimpse of the New Year’s Honours list, there were howls of complaint when news of Victoria Beckham OBE leaked out in advance. The din grew even louder when the list duly appeared and we saw other awards, notably a knighthood for the man in charge of squandering Britain’s chaotic foreign aid budget and the mandatory gongs for Tory donors. A young mother who left her ex-boyfriend with brain damage after she mowed him down in the street during a drink-driving jaunt avoided jail today Numbers of people living in the UK will top French levels in 2030 and will keep rising leading to predictions of Britain becoming the most populous country in Europe by 2050........... Migrants should learn English before they are allowed to settle here, a parliamentary group chaired by Labour MP Chuka Umunna says today. An outraged Tesco shopper demanded that people wearing pyjamas be banned from the shop after they snapped two women browsing groceries in their dressing gowns.

In the hours after the winning numbers in Spain’s massive El Gordo Christmas lottery are drawn every December 22, discreetly dressed men and women carrying suitcases stashed with bank notes fan out across the country headed for bars, lottery outlets, and banks before the fortunate owners of the prized tickets cash them in. Acting on behalf of wealthy clients, their mission is to buy their winning tickets: they pay cash, ask no questions, and offer a generous bonus on top. It’s a very simple way to help reduce their clients’ tax bill. Two left-wing activists have been arrested in the Greek port city of Igoumenitsa after they were discovered attempting to bring eight refugees to Spain by hiding them in the back of a caravan. Motorists in Madrd were hit with unprecedented measures on Thursday to reduce traffic with only vehicles whose license plate ends with an odd number permitted to enter the city center. The regional government of Valencia has announced it will oblige state schools to grant transsexual minors access to bathrooms and changing rooms corresponding to their chosen gender, rather than that they were born with. As The UK still continues to defy Brexit doom forecasts the salaries of high profile business bosses rose by more than 80 per cent in an 11 year period, new research has revealed. Chief executives' pay went up from £1million in 2003 to an average of £1.9m in 2014. The research by the Lancaster University Management School found that during the same period Britain's top 350 companies' performance improved by less than 8.5 per cent. The year has ended with the sad departure of more stars with George Michael and Rick Parfitt heading the UK list. Meanwhile, Paul Gascoine, Gazza, who has battled alcoholism for two decades, was reportedly rushed to an east London hospital after a fracas with other guests at the boutique Ace Hotel in Shoreditch. Figures from the Department for Education show 720 pupils were suspended from school last year and 470 of those incidents were to do with racial abuse. Laura Kuenssberg, the BBC's political editor has said she was told that the Queen supported EU withdrawal, but did not report it as she could not find a second source. A boy raider has been locked up for six months for robbing two shops and a man at knifepoint in a five-month reign of terror when he was just 12.