Liverpool youngster Daniel Pacheco was awarded the  Golden Boot´ at the UEFA Under-19 Championships, despite Spain losing out to France in the final of the tournament.

Although Spanish striker Pacheco finished as a runner-up after a 2-0 defeat, the promising Red´s attacker managed to rack up five goals during the competition – one more than that mustered by Croatian Zvonko Pamic.

Pacheco also beat off the likes of French stars Antoine Griezmann and Gael Kakuta, Croatia midfielder Franko Andrijasevic and team-mate Rodrigo to claim the gong – previously won by Aston Villa´s Nathan Delfouneso in 2008-09 with four goals.

England Under-19 international Frank Nouble was also a contender for the top-scorer award after striking twice against Austria in the opening match, but Pacheco´s efforts against Portugal, Italy and England earned him the title.

via Liverpool & Spain youngster Daniel Pacheco crowned top-scorer at UEFA Under-19 Championships – Goal.com.

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Just when you thought the Thunderbirds were a distant childhood memory, The Yellow Submarine rolls into town!

For five days only, Thunderbird 4 will be coming to Spain in a wacky car rally in aid of children’s charity Clic Sargent.

The vehicle was created by three Thunderbird fans from Manchester, who converted a 300 euro Fiat Marea into the aptly named Thunderbanger.

Friends Keith Huntington, Mike McCartan and Shaun Bridgeman took 12 weeks to build the replica out of scrap pipes, tubing and plastic panels from building sites.

Huntington, 44, said: “’It took us quite a few weekends but it was worth it to see the look on people’s faces when we have taken it on test runs.”

The Yellow Submarine will join more than 100 modified cars on the 2,500 mile trip to Barcelona and the trio hope to raise 5000 euros for charity.

via Thunderbirds are Go (ing to Spain) | Olive Press Newspaper.

Spain has designed the world´s first robot with its own “conscience” and “life”, which will “entertain, teach and be a companion” to humans who purchase it.

The AISoy 1, which will go on sale in August, is the first social android developed by Spanish firm AISoy Robotics, which is now bringing its creation out of the laboratory.

“It almost seems like science fiction, but it´s a reality,” said Diego Garcia, one of the “fathers” of the robot and head of AISoy´s product engineering and development division.

AISoy 1 was conceived to entertain and provide company to the user, but its main objective is “to live,” just like any other being that “senses, has emotions and makes decisions”.

At 25 cm in height and weighing 1.5 kg, the robot “is almost a living being. It has the same activity as a living being, it has its own autonomy and conscience”, he said.

It also has a series of “basic needs, like nourishment and security, and other more advanced ones, like love, recognition, freedom and, above all, enjoying itself and getting along well”.

In contrast to the available robots developed till date, its makeup does not consist of “a collection of limited actions or programmed responses. It´s dynamic, it has its own life and, at times, it´s unpredictable,” said AISoy 1´s designer.

The robot is capable of learning from experience and modifying “its behaviour, values and actions it can undertake at specific times,” he said.

“If you take two AISoy 1´s and leave them in two different families, within two months they will be totally different because they will have had different experiences,” said Garcia.

Starting August, any family will be able to buy the robot, which is in the final phases of production, and it will be sold via the AISoy 1 website.

Although the price of the domestic robot has not yet been made public, the firm says that it will be “less costly” than alternative prototypes developed by other firms.

via The world’s first robot with conscience-ET Cetera-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times.

Michelle Cornell has been remanded in a jail in the Costa Del Sol after husband David died from a reported stab wound.

Friends say Mr Cornell was ´living the dream´ in Torremolinos

The couple moved to Torremolinos seven years ago. Mr Cornell, 58, a former car salesman, was found dead on the steps of the apartment where they had been living for over a year.

Spanish police have contacted forces in Sunderland and Durham to liaise over claims of a previous domestic violence allegation. The couple have been married for 18 years

They left the UK last April to set up a dream home in the sunshine, but that turned to tragedy on Monday when Mr Cornell´s body was found at the Altavista complex, in Touremuelle.

His family has been notified and are in contact with workers at the British Embassy in Spain.

Friend Jeff Moreland told the Sunderland Echo: “It´s a shock to all the lads. It´s a real tragedy because he always had the ambition to live in Spain. He was living the dream.”

Mrs Cornell, 48, has not been charged and has been remanded in prison until police decide how to progress the investigation.

via Sunderland expat killed in Spain – Telegraph.

Unemployment in Spain has risen for the 12th quarter in a row to reach 20.09 per cent or 4.6 million people.

The Spanish economy moved out of recession at the start of the year, but the weak growth failed to put people back in work.

Economists believe that country will slip back into recession in the second half of the year as people loose faith in the banking sector and austerity measures kick in as Spain wrestles with its massive public debt.

The Spanish government is saddled with the third-largest budget deficit in the euro zone.

According to the figures jobs are being lost across all Spain’s major sectors including construction, the service industry and tourism.

Trade unions have called for a general strike at the end of September to protest against budget cuts.

via 4.6 million jobless in Spain with more to come – Unemployment : news, world | euronews.

A Dublin father-of-two was gunned down in Spain because of a row over a toilet.

Dad John´Jock´O´Neill (41) was murdered after a bust up in a bar on the Costa del Sol.

It is believed an argument started in the toilets of Coco´s pub when a British man began banging on the door of a locked cubicle.

The spat spiralled when the man confronted a group of holiday makers from Dublin in the Benalmadena bar — and was ejected from the premises.

Tragically, Mr O´Neill tried to act as a peacemaker as the man verbally abused the Irish group.

The man returned with a gun and fired five shots, hitting Mr O´Neill in the back as his distraught girlfriend Maxine looked on.

The victim, from Coolock in Dublin, staggered from the bar and collapsed at a bus stop 50 yards away.

The group of Dubliners were in the popular tourist area ahead of a wedding this Saturday. It is believed children in the bar may also have witnessed the shooting.

Police who are now hunting for the British gunman and have raided the suspect´s home, which is in the wider Benalmadena area.

The suspect, who is understood to have criminal convictions in the UK, is now believed to be on the run.

Further details of the shocking killing emerged today.

The gunman was thrown out of the bar by security staff who warned him that “there&´s 30 of them and one of you, so do yourself a favour and go home.”

But the gunman returned to Coco´s Bar in Benalmadena, on the Costa del Sol, at 3am local time yesterday, and opened fire, shooting at least five bullets from a 38-calibre revolver as terrified drinkers dived for cover.

Plasterer O´Neill, a father of two from Bunratty Drive, Coolock, was hit in the back as he ran for the exit.

His distraught girlfriend, Maxine, suffered a panic attack as she watched paramedics battle in vain to save her loved one.

Mr O´Neill, who was at the bar with his girlfriend and others from the wedding party, died in a pool of blood by the bus stop as his friends desperately tried to get him to a hospital.

Paramedics battled to save his life but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

John O´Neill´s girlfriend and their two children were being comforted by friends this morning.

Mr O´Neill´s only involvement in the toilet cubicle row which preceded the shooting was to try to defuse the situation, it is understood.

O´Neill´s girlfriend gave a description of the gunman to the Spanish authorities who are now hunting down the killer.

Mr O´Neill, whose children are a boy aged three and a girl aged nine months, has never been in trouble with the garda and was a popular figure among his friends and neighbours.

Spanish authorities have ruled out any suggestion that the death was gang-related.

A cloud has now descended on the wedding party, who were preparing for what should have been the happiest days in the life of one of John´s close friends.

The celebration was due to take place this Saturday but the tragic events of yesterday morning have thrown the event into doubt.

A post-mortem will be carried out today at the Institute of Legal Medicine in Malaga.

The murder is being investigated by officers from the Specialist Violent Crime unit of the National Police in nearby Torremolinos.

They believe they have identified the killer, who is thought to be from Liverpool.

The initial indications were that Mr O´Neill died “as a result of a row that went too far” although “all lines of investigation were being pursued at present,” Chief Inspector Pedro Parrilla said.

One local said Mr O´Neill had been shot in the back and the gunman then fired more shots at the pub before making his getaway.

Eyewitness Luis Solero said: “I saw a man running off with blood stains on his shirt.

“He jumped over a fence and ran in the direction of the marina. He was still carrying the pistol in his hands.”

Coco´s is a large bar, popular with tourists and expats, and has a terrace offering spectacular views over the Mediterranean.

It has seating for 188 people, two pool tables and 10 plasma screen TVs.

Locals in Coolock yesterday described Mr O´Neill as “the best neighbour anyone could have wanted”.

Last night the O´Neill family, including his brother David and sister Sharon, gathered at the family home to come to terms with their loss. Family members declined to comment today.

via Dublin father shot dead in Spain ‘over toilet row’ – Republic of Ireland, Local & National – Belfasttelegraph.co.uk.

Spain has reopened an investigation into the death of a journalist killed in Iraq in 2003 and reissued arrest warrants for three US soldiers in relation to the incident.

According to the Associated Press, Spanish cameraman Jose Couso was killed by tank fire after US soldiers responded “to what they said was hostile fire” from a hotel in Baghdad where journalists were staying during the invasion of Iraq.

Journalist freedom campaigners have welcomed the decision, which follows a ruling by the supreme court to reopen the case following an appeal by the Couso´s family. The case had been been dismissed on two previous occasions.

Another journalist, Reuters reporter Taras Protsyuk, from the Ukraine, was also killed by the tank shelling at the Palestine Hotel on 8 April 2003.

A US review into the incident reportedly found the use of force was justified. But a Madrid judge has now reissued warrants for three soldiers – named as Sgt. Thomas Gibson, Capt. Philip Wolford and Lt. Col. Philip de Camp – in relation to the incident. Campaigners today urged the US authorities to respond to the requests.

Reporters without Borders said a new investigation would help to finally give the journalist´s family the truth about what happened.

“We welcome the supreme court decision that relaunched the investigation into Couso's death,” the group said in a release. “It is high time the case emerged from the judicial labyrinth in which it has been lost for years. If Sgt. Thomas Gibson, Capt. Philip Wolford and Lt. Col. Philip de Camp were questioned in court, it could shed light on the unanswered questions surrounding this case.”

“We urge the US authorities to respect the request being made by the Spanish court and the Couso family. After a seven-year wait, the family's need to know the truth about his death is greater than ever.”

via Spain issues arrest warrants for US soldiers over journalist’s death.

Ryanair after meeting with it´s staff in Bournemouth, has given their assurance for a continued support to Bournemouth Airport while, at the same, laying down effective cost cutting measures for the coming winter.

Ryanair had announced two weeks ago of its intention in minimizing its air services to the UK. And today they have confirmed the suspension of flights to and from Bournemouth during November, December and January, expressing disapproval of the Government’s Air Passenger Duty tax for this resolution.

Full flight sechedules will be restored in February with flights to Alicante, Girona, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Malaga and Tenerife.

Commenting on this announcement, Bournemouth Airport Managing Director, Rob Goldsmith said: “We are currently experiencing the longest downturn in the UK aviation industry since the war. Demand for air travel has been adversely affected this year by a wide range of factors including the sluggish economy recovery, the forthcoming austerity measures, the volcanic ash cloud, the general election, the Euro/Pound exchange rate and increased aviation taxation.

“Leisure trips have been particularly badly affected and with so much economic gloom and uncertainty, people have been cutting back on overseas short breaks, or second and third holidays.

“We are obviously disappointed by this decision, but fully appreciate how tough it is for low-cost airlines to operate profitably, especially in the winter months. However we remain confident that this is a short term set back and that demand in our catchment area will soon pick up, and we look forward to retaining our long term partnership with Ryanair in the future.”

via Ryanair Closes Bournemouth Routes For Winter – Airport Statement | News Fire.

Spain woke up with alerts yesterday that temperatures would be over 40 Celsius degree in 12 of the country´s provinces.

In addition, forecasters said, high temperatures are going to be increasingly common in the future.

The Spanish State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) predicted in a report that maximum temperatures over the period 2071-2100 will rise between 3 and 6 degrees compared with those between 1961-1991.

The findings also show that minimum temperatures will increase by between 2 and 5 degrees.

Spain can also expect a decrease in rainfall. The first half of this century will not see any significant changes, but there will be less rain in Spain between 2050 and 2100, with a decrease of between 15 to 30 percent in the last decade of the century.

The tendency for temperatures to rise in Spain began in the 1980s.

Secretary of State of Climate Change Teresa Ribera warned that the country has to act now to prepare for the climate change.

“We have to start from global climactic models adapted for the individual characteristics of our country,” she said.

The president of the AEMET, Ricardo Garcia Herrera, said the changes don't mean that Spain is going to become to a desert climate, “rather that we are going to a climate with less precipitation and higher temperatures.”

“This is not irreversible if we are able to lower our emission of CO2,” he said.

via Higher temperature, less precipitation predicted in Spain.