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Countryfile TV legend hits back over Cotswolds tourist complaints
1+ hour, 25+ min ago (343+ words) A Countryfile TV star has hit back over complaints about too many tourists in the Cotswolds. Adam Henson grew up on his family's farm near Guiting Power and is one of the region's best'known farmers and a long'standing presenter on…...
Pope Leo puts focus on prisoners in first papal visit to a Spanish jail
8+ hour, 4+ min ago (325+ words) BARCELONA, June 10 (Reuters) - Pope Leo, who has forcefully advocated for the rights of prisoners, visited one of Spain's largest prisons "on Wednesday, urging the inmates to make amends for their crimes and "commit to living better lives. Speaking to detainees…...
Spain: Thousands gather as Pope Leo XIV reaches Barcelona
1+ day, 32+ min ago (51+ words) Yahoo News UK Spain's Barcelona welcomed Pope Leo XIV on 9 June as thousands gathered for a prayer service at the city's cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia. The pontiff's visit includes a landmark ceremony at the Sagrada Familia…...
Pope to bless Barcelona's Sagrada Familia, world's tallest church
16+ hour, 7+ min ago (455+ words) Pope Leo XIV will bless the giant new tower of the famed Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona on Wednesday and celebrate mass inside what is now the world's tallest church. The church is a still-unfinished modernist masterpiece by architect Antoni…...
Bad Bunny meets Pope Leo in Madrid, but should have taken more photos
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (190+ words) According to a Vatican statement, the pope met the reggaeton sensation, whose album "Deb" Tirar M's Fotos" (I Should Have Taken "More Pictures) won Album "of the Year at this year's Grammys, with his family and other people. He offered…...
Leo XIV and Bad Bunny meet at Bernab'u: faith and reggaeton cross paths in Madrid
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (388+ words) While Bad Bunny's now legendary "casita" has been installed for days at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano Stadium, where the artist has been playing a ten-show residency since 30 May, the meeting between the two public figures took place in the city's…...
A century without Gaud: Barcelona honours the architect who turned the city into art
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (705+ words) The accident caused a cerebral concussion, several broken ribs and his transfer, first, to an emergency clinic in Sant Pere M's Alt (after the two passers-by who helped him failed to recognise him) and later to the old Hospital de…...
Belgian PM slams Germany, France over abandoned jet project
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (241+ words) Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever on Tuesday blasted Germany and France for their "pure stupidity" after the EU powerhouses abandoned a joint fighter jet programme after disagreements. Berlin and Paris agreed to ditch the Future Combat Air System (FCAS)…...
Pope Leo wades into Spain's culture wars over football and the Catalan language
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (573+ words) Pope Leo XIV waded into two of Spain's classic culture wars as he landed in Barcelona on Tuesday during his weeklong visit to the country, but sought to defuse one quickly by speaking first in the Catalan language instead of…...
Pope flies to Barcelona to bless Sagrada Familia tower
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (378+ words) Pope Leo on Tuesday arrived in Barcelona where he will celebrate mass in the Sagrada Familia Basilica and bless the new tower that has made it the world's tallest church. On day four of his visit to Spain, Leo XIV…...