And the biggest match of their lives, englands teenager prepare to face spain in the under 17 world cup final. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The Spanish Government has begun implementing direct rule over catalonia, a day after its parliament declared independence. Madrid has stripped the region of its autonomy and the interior ministry of the National Government has taken control of the Regional Police force. 0ur correspondent gavin lee reports from barcelona in catalonia. Squashing the insurrection, the spread of headlines across spanish newspapers this morning read the same. The Spanish Government has opted for the so called Nuclear Option to deal with catalan separatists after their proclamation of independence yesterday. The reasons parliament has been dissolved, separatist leaders will be removed from office and elections have been called just before christmas. In barcelona, the clampdown didnt stop thousands of catalan independent seekers claiming victory, partying into
Of their lives, englands teenagers prepare to face spain in the under 17 World Cup Final. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The Spanish Government has begun implementing direct rule over catalonia, a day after its parliament declared independence. Madrid has stripped the region of its autonomy and the interior ministry of the National Government has taken control of the Regional Police force. In the last hour, catalonias regional president , carlos puigdemont, has called for democratic opposition to madrids move. Our correspondent gavin lee reports from barcelona in catalonia. Squashing the insurrection, the spread of headlines across spanish newspapers this morning read the same. The Spanish Government has opted for the so called Nuclear Option to deal with catalan separatists after their proclamation of independence yesterday. The reasons parliament has been dissolved, separatist leaders will be removed from office and elections have been called just before christmas. In barcel
Many are children at risk of severe malnutrition after a four year long siege. The zip wiring and clubbing glasgow pensioners, aiming to tackle loneliness and improve their health. England take the lead in the under 17 world cup in india against spain. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The Spanish Government has begun implementing direct rule over catalonia a day after the Regions Parliament declared independence. Madrid has stripped catalonia of its autonomy and the interior ministry of the National Government has taken control of the Regional Police force. Catalonias regional president , Carles Puigdemont, has called for democratic opposition to madrids move. 0ur correspondent gavin lee reports from barcelona in catalonia. Squashing the insurrection, the spread of headlines across spanish newspapers this morning read the same. The Spanish Government has opted for the so called Nuclear Option to deal with catalan separatists after their proclamation of independence yesterday. Th
Welcome to bbc news. Hundreds of thousands of people are demonstrating in barcelona this lunchtime in support of spanish unity. It follows madrids decision to take direct control of catalonia after regional leaders there voted to declare independence on friday. The sacked catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has called on his supporters to show democratic defiance of direct rule from madrid. But supporters of spanish unity have been calling for mr puigedemont to be jailed. Gavin lee is in barcelona claiming back their streets. Thousands of catalan protesters marching through the city of barcelona saying no to an illegal declaration of independence by then now ousted government. This is expected to be the largest demonstration yet in support of unity. Well this is becoming a familiar noise. It is a pro spanish unity demonstration. Over the weekend we have seen pro separatists. One of the voices here, shouting for spain. If you are to listen to them individually, people want very
Welcome to bbc news. Hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating in barcelona in support of spanish unity. It follows madrids decision to take direct control of catalonia after regional leaders there voted to declare independence on friday. The sacked catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has called on his supporters to show democratic defiance of direct rule from madrid. But supporters of spanish unity have been calling for mr puigedemont to be jailed. Gavin lee reports from barcelona. The organisers say the silent majority are coming out. The police say there are 300,000 in the crowd, the organisers say more than a billion. This is what has been developing in the last few hours. Claiming back their streets. Thousands of catalan protesters marching through the city of barcelona saying no to an illegal declaration of independence by their now ousted government. This is expected to be the largest demonstration yet in support of unity. Chanting. Well, this is becoming a