Spain’s image on the world stage has been tarnished by the worldwide broadcast of images showing its police attacking would-be voters in Catalonia, and those tactics have not slowed the Catalan government’s march toward independence. So the question lingers: Why, in the age of the smartphone, would Spain use force this way in order to quash a disputed independence referendum? ...
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TERROR CRACKDOWN: UK police in MAJOR counter-terrorism exercise across Britain amid threat
POLICE forces in Scotland and England are to take part in a major counter terrorism exercise to test the response of emergency services to a cross-border incident. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »‘Shooting’ at California University was false alarm, say police
POLICE have said that no shots were fired at the University of Southern California after students were told to take shelter due to reports of a shooter. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »‘Not European anymore’ Furious Catalans slam EU for silence over police violence in Spain
SILENCE from the European Union in the face of a violent referendum in Spain has been condemned with one furious politician saying he no longer wants to be European. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »‘We have to be here’: Catalans scuffle with police during banned independence vote in Spain
Spanish riot police smashed their way into a polling station in Catalonia on Sunday as they sought to shut down a banned independence referendum that has thrown the country into its worst constitutional crisis for decades. CBC | World News
Read More »Spanish police block polls to try to prevent Catalan independence referendum
Spanish police seal off schools earmarked as polling stations and occupy the Catalan government’s communications hub in efforts to prevent a banned independence referendum. CBC | World News
Read More »Catalonia referendum: Spain deploys more than 10,000 police officers for independence vote
SPAIN has deployed more than 10,000 officers to Catalonia as tensions increase in the region ahead of the controversial independence referendum on Sunday. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Catalonia independence: Spain orders Catalan police to SHUT DOWN polling stations
THE Spanish authorities have ordered Catalan police to shut the polling stations ahead of the independence referendum, which it deems to be illegal, in a desperate bid to tighten Madrid’s control on Catalonia. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Westfield shopping centre acid attack: Six injured in east London, police at the scene
SIX people have been injured in a suspected acid attack in Westfield shopping centre in east London. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Coronation Street fans spot THIS Underworld factory ‘gaffe’ amid police investigation
CORONATION STREET viewers noticed something rather strange in tonight’s first instalment, which picked up in the aftermath the break in at Underworld. Daily Express :: TV and Radio Feed
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