Author: News Desk

Huge power blackout plunges Spain and Portugal into chaos Travel chaos has continued into Tuesday in Spain and Portugal, after one of Europe’s most severe blackouts plunged the Iberian peninsula into darkness. Around 500 flights were cancelled due to the blackout, according to an estimate by The Independent’s travel correspondent Simon Calder. Large crowds remained at Madrid’s main train station on Tuesday. The front page of The Independent this morning 29 April 2025:

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Spain declares state of emergency after power blackout causes chaos Tens of millions of people across Spain and Portugal have been plunged into a huge power blackout blamed by the Portuguese operator on extreme temperature variations, leaving them without trains, metros, traffic lights, ATMs, phone connections and internet access. People were trapped in lifts, stuck on trains, stalled in traffic and abandoned in airports. The front page of The Guardian this morning 29 April 2025:

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I will not let Labour destroy rural way of life Last year people voted for change, and they got change for the worse. They thought they might get Tony Blair or Gordon Brown’s Labour. Instead they got Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour with Keir Starmer at the helm. Starmer is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Says one thing to get elected, then does another. Labour promised to stand up for farmers when they wanted their votes, but as soon as they got in power, they let Whitehall bureaucrats convince them to tax family farms. The front page of the Daily Express today, 29 April…

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