The case against the three mossos accused of helping Puigdemont flee after his fleeting return has been shelved

The case against the three mossos accused of helping Puigdemont flee after his fleeting return has been shelved

The head of Barcelona’s investigating court number 24, María Antonia Coscollola, has closed the case opened against three Mossos d’Esquadra officers accused of having helped the former president of the Generalitat, Carles Puigdemont, during his fleeting visit to Barcelona on August 8, 2024, coinciding with Salvador Illa’s investiture session in the Parliament as president of the Generalitat.

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Doubts about the first mass sending of alerts to mobile phones for a nuclear emergency in Vandellòs II

Doubts about the first mass sending of alerts to mobile phones for a nuclear emergency in Vandellòs II

The Directorate General for Civil Protection, under the Ministry of Interior, carried out this Monday at 11:00 AM the first drill of the mass alert system for mobile phones (ES-Alert) for a nuclear emergency in the closest influence area to Vandellòs II. It had never before been put into practice alongside the Catalan nuclear power plants. Without yet having the information from telecommunications operators and surveys of residents, there are doubts about the arrival of alerts in some dark areas, without coverage or with deficiencies, within the first ten-kilometer radius of the plant.

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A thousand euro fine for the judge who used Artificial Intelligence to issue a ruling

A thousand euro fine for the judge who used Artificial Intelligence to issue a ruling

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has burst into many professions and is changing the way people work. Aware that this tool can modify the activity of the courts, the Plenary Session of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) approved an instruction on its use in January, in which it warned judges that AI cannot dictate sentences, assess facts or evidence, or apply the law without the supervision and “constant human, real, conscious and effective control” of the magistrates.

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Gordon Ramsay opens the debate on tips in London: raises the usual 12.5% service charge to 20%

Gordon Ramsay opens the debate on tips in London: raises the usual 12.5% service charge to 20%

To tip or not to tip (To leave a tip or not) is the latest Shakespearean drama to hit London’s fine dining scene. And it’s not that there’s a movement against tips, stipulated —as an obligation— between 10 and 12.5%, plus any extra the customer deems courteous, but because one restaurant has broken the mold and imposed the American 20%. This is Gordon Ramsay’s Lucky Cat, the Scottish TV personality’s restaurant, which already applied this rate to its Christmas menus.

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The Barcelona City Council will install natural grass at the Europa and Sant Andreu stadium

The Barcelona City Council will install natural grass at the Europa and Sant Andreu stadium

Europa and Sant Andreu will not share a stadium next season in Primera Federación. Can Dragó was not the ideal solution. Barcelona City Council has found a solution and will install natural grass in the municipal stadiums of Narcís Sala and Nou Sardenya, with the aim of adapting to the regulations that prevent playing in the third category of Spanish football on artificial turf fields.

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Zaragoza slams the referee for conditioning the result against Huesca

Zaragoza slams the referee for conditioning the result against Huesca

While awaiting the harsh sanction that Real Zaragoza goalkeeper, Esteban Andrada, will face for the brutal punch he dealt to SD Huesca player, Jorge Pulido, which has gone viral worldwide, the Aragonese club also wanted to express this Monday its “absolute disagreement” with the refereeing performance of official Dámaso Arcediano, “especially due to the disparate criteria” in decisions made in both areas. “It clearly and directly conditioned the result,” they add in a statement.

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