Police are hunting thieves who stole more than 40 exclusive bottles of wine from a famous Spanish

restaurant hotel including one worth an estimated £262,000. The Chateau d'Yquem 1806, bought by the

owners in an auction more than 20 years ago at Christie's London, was the most valuable of the wines

taken.

A man in Murcia was shocked to receive his monthly telephone bill showing a total of €19,500. The bill

was eventually cancelled by the telephone company after a consumer organisation got involved in the

dispute.

The first fine for charging tenants a rent price above the limit set out by Catalan law has been handed out

in Barcelona. Esteve and two other colleagues rented an apartment in Barcelona last December,

paying €1,200 per month. That is until they discovered, with the help of the Sindicat de Llogateres

(Tenant Union), that the price was €250 higher than the Catalan income containment law allows.

A research group from the Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Centre (CBMSO) has revealed the results

of a study they conducted. It was published in the specialist publication, Cell Reports. This joint study by

the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), and the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), has

shown the therapeutic potential of a mouse parvovirus to infect and destroy human glioblastoma stem

cells.

Pilar Mateo, a Spanish researcher from the University of Valencia, with a PhD in Chemistry, has come

up with a very effective form of prevention to control and eliminate insects – insecticidal paint!

Throughout the world, mainly in tropical and equatorial regions, insect-borne diseases are a very serious

problem. They cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of people every year, and at this time, there are no

effective vaccines or treatments for most of them.

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has prompted many people to be more concerned about their health

and diet. 86 per cent of Spaniards have admitted to this. Spaniards are far more concerned about their

diet since the pandemic began than Germans, the British, the French and other nationalities.

A staggering 63 per cent of Spaniards are aiming to “eat healthier” than they did before the pandemic

began.

Return of the handshake. The handshake is set to return after being “banned” early on in the coronavirus

pandemic. Prime Minister Boris Johnson tested positive for the coronavirus only three weeks after

having bragged about shaking hands “with everyone” at a hospital.