In Spain whilst people were taking their pets to be blessed by St Anthony, the politicians are still trying to form a working Government. Despite this the economy is predicted to boom with Iran behind a plan for a new oil refinery. Meanwhile, the press contains another story of an operation that went badly.
Asylum seekers and refugees in Middlesborough have hit the news as they have the doors of their houses painted red. David Cameron accuses Mr Putin of ordering the murder of Alexander Litvinenko and a muslim child describes his terraced house as a terrorist house in error. Meanwhile it does appear Europe's borders will be closing to anyone without a passport. In the UK rapes and sex assaults soar to the highest level since records began.