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Royal Ascot Day One: Palace Pier tops Queen Anne contenders Wed 9 Jun 2021 Palace Pier will face a maximum of 11 rivals when he bids for back-to-back Group One victories at Royal Ascot in the Queen Anne Stakes. John and Thady Gosden’s star miler won a thrilling renewal of the St James’s Palace Stakes last summer – and will be a hot favourite to double his tally in the race which opens next week’s showpiece meeting on Tuesday, having made an impressive start to his campaign in the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury. Circus Maximums provided Aidan O’Brien with a fourth Queen Anne success 12 m...

Fishermen beg to tackle invasion of monstrous catfish conquering Europe Warnings of environmental catastrophe as invasive species spreads through France and Spain French fishermen pull out a catfish from the waters of the Dordogne Credit: AFP Nobody knows who slipped the first Wels catfish into the calm rivers of southern Spain. Some say it was a fanatical German angler, others that locals illegally introduced the beasts over a decade ago in the hope of luring sports fishermen to the region. What all agree on is that the result has been catastrophe. Environmentalists and industry groups are n...

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How did the Spanish Civil War end? The final Republican offensive stalled at the Ebro River on November 18, 1938. Within months Barcelona would fall, and on March 28, 1939, some 200,000 Nationalist troops entered Madrid unopposed. The city had endured a siege of nearly two-and-a-half years, and its residents were in no condition to resist. The following day the remnant of the Republican government surrendered; Franco would establish himself as dictator and remain in power until his death on November 20, 1975. The war was an outcome of a polarization of Spanish life and politics that had devel...

As long as the weather conditions remain favorable, an abundant cherry harvest is expected The weather conditions have so far remained favorable in the main cherry producing areas, with the exception of some frosts in a few given areas. In Tarragona, the first cherries are expected to reach the market around April 20, and as long as no adverse weather events are recorded, there should be an abundant harvest. "So far, the weather has generally been good during the winter, with enough hours of cold, also during the flowering and fruit set period," says David Manero, partner of the cherry produc...