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Migrant smuggling has expanded dramatically and is so prevalent in Europe it is now comparable to the illegal drugs market, a new report has warned. Former Catalan president Artur Mas was banned from holding office for two years on Monday for his role in organising an illegal 2015 independence referendum. The Spanish coastal city of Alicante on Tuesday morning began cleanup duties following the biggest downpour in recent memory. Rainfall in the popular Mediterranean destination was a whopping 137 litres per square meter (equivalent to 137mm), half of which came down in the space of just two hours. That makes the past 24 hours the city’s third-rainiest day in the last 80 years, A former safety official for Spain's state railway operator has been charged with homicide over a 2013 train derailment that left 80 people dead, according to a judicial ruling released Monday. Benidorm Local Police detained in the early hours of Friday morning, one of the ten most wanted by the UK, a 25 year old Brian Gareth Edwards who is face three life sentences for violence and burglaries with intimidation and drug trafficking. THE tallest flower in the world has blossomed for the first time in Spain. The suitably-named phallic looking Amorphophallus orchid, which is three metres tall, has burst into flower at Estepona’s Orchidarium. Spain has warned Scotland it would be at the 'back of the queue' for EU membership if it voted for independence. Foreign minister Alfonso Dastis said Spain would do nothing to encourage 'secession' in other countries. The Spanish government has a long dispute with its own Catalonia region. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has unveiled plans for a snap re-run of the 2014 independence referendum in a bid to preserve Scotland's place in Europe. The SNP leader has infuriated Prime Minister Theresa May with her demand for a poll between autumn 2018 and spring 2019 before Brexit is finalised. The Queen is throwing open the doors of Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle to Commonwealth leaders as the UK looks to forge new trade relations ahead of Brexit. Prime ministers and presidents from more than 50 countries will gather for meetings in the royal residences during a summit next year. A man who was stabbed 36 times by his neighbour says he has been advised to steer clear of a large part of his home town because his attacker is back on the streets. Victim Terry Robinson was horrified when he received a letter from the probation service explaining that paranoid schizophrenic Dean Marshall has been granted 'escorted leaves for rehabilitation purposes'. A drunken ex-police officer whose bull terrier savaged a five-year-old boy and his mother as she stood by doing nothing to help was today spared jail. Half of employers do not think that graduates generally have the workplace skills they need when they are first hired, according to a report. It suggests that many university leavers are lacking essential qualities, such as teamwork and problem-solving when they enter the job market. Pupil's happiness is to be made a greater priority in schools after the government announced plans to promote wellbeing in the classroom. The Department of Education is set to trial mindfulness lessons whereby pupils as young as eight meditate and and do breathing exercises to reduce stress. Exam age students are to trial hour-long classes, designed to teach them how to cope with stress and deeper mental health issues such as depression and anxiety.