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Netflix has resumed production for season six of acclaimed royal drama The Crown and sources say the platform recreated the death of Princess Diana over the weekend

Shakira’s trial for tax fraud draws nearer. While the Colombian singer maintains that she has fulfilled all of her obligations in Spain, the Prosecutor’s Office accuses her of personal income tax evasion and wealth tax between 2012 and 2014 and requests eight years in prison and a fine of 23.8 million euros.

Shakira has said adios to Barcelona for the last time following her split with Gerard Pique.

Manchester City legend Sergio Aguero believes there is a 50 per cent chance of Lionel Messi returning to Barcelona before retiring.

Pablo Sandoval “Los pequeños amores,” the latest film from Celia Rico who made a splash at the 2018 San Sebastian Festival with “Journey to a Mother’s Room,” has been acquired for international sales by Spain-based Latido Films. Produced by Barcelona-based Arcadia Motion Pictures, which co-produced Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s 2023 Goya winner and box office breakout “The Beasts, and France’s Noodles Production (“One Year, One Night”), Rico’s second feature is set in a bucolic countryside. It weighs in as a mother-daughter two-hander sparked after strongly independent mother Ani falls over walking the dog and is forced to use a wheelchair to get around. 

FILMING of scenes leading up to Princess Diana's tragic car crash have reportedly taken place in Barcelona this weekend. The Catalan city’s Francesc Macia Square was given a French makeover ahead of Netflix’s return to Barcelona for filming of the sixth series of The Crown.

Lionel Messi found an ingenious way to deal with his noisy neighbours in Barcelona - by just buying their house off them.Messi used to reside in Castelldefels, a seaside town 12 miles south-west of Barcelona, the town is a popular visiting destination in the summer for those from the Catalan capital and surrounding countryside. Originally purchased for €1.8million (£1.5m) in 2009, the superstar’s home when with the Blaugrana had a further €6million (£5m) spent on renovating it.Messi converted the place into a three-story building with a swimming pool and gym, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.

World Cup later that year with black sleeves while the federation’s spokesperson Keith Cooper candidly said: “They’re not shirts, they’re vests.”Yes, well done.If there are two clubs that patently hate each other, it is Barcelona and Real Madrid - so it would not be a stretch to assume that *maybe* copying the other side’s colours will not go down well.Alas, shirtmakers Nike ploughed ahead with their design for the 2020/21 season that incorporated the patron saint of the Catalan city St George with a kit that planted a red cross on a white background.But the blanco infuriated the Blaugrana, who were disgusted that any kit of theirs could resemble something that their arch-nemesis Real Madrid would wear.As a result, the shirt never left the factory floor and Nike’s plans were halted to prevent all-out war from Barca fans - who kicked off back in the 90s when a white strip was added to the sleeve.China have always been renowned for their red kits but in 2018, Nike decided to splash out an all black shirt that also adopted a ‘dragon’ theme.The mythical creatures are synonymous with the Asian country and the design was quite snazzy, with the dragons printed all over on the front, but it was never seen on the pitch.The Chinese government reportedly intervened and blocked it from reaching the shops at the last minute while failing to give a reason.However, it has been theorised that the dragons caused offence as they did not want to see their national symbol disgraced on a football shirt.During the 1992/93 campaign in Italy, Fiorentina were relegated to Serie B after a tough season while their kit caused a stir too, for all the wrong reasons.Shirt manufacturers Lotto unleashed a striking away shirt, exhibiting a white

Barcelona's interest in signing Raheem Sterling has not been ended by the highly-unlikely prospect of a deal any time soon.

Lionel Messi says he will move back to Barcelona once his spell at Paris Saint-Germain comes to an end.Messi has struggled to settle into his new surroundings in the French capital and has admitted he “misses everything” about his old life in Spain where he spent more than two decades.The Argentine international said he will move back to the Catalan capital after Paris with his three children, in a move which both he and his wife Antonela Roccuzzo desire.He has described his time living in a hotel in Paris as "bad" and although the family have now moved into a rented property, he is missing the daily routine which he became used to.In an interview with Catalan daily Sport which is bound to set alarm bells ringing at his new club, the

Emiliano De Pablos LaCima Producciones, the company behind Luis López Carrasco multi-prize winner doc “The Year of the Discovery,” is joining forces with Colombia’s Sandelion on archive film project “Elena Gave Birth to a Beautiful Child.”Madrid-based Begin Again Films handles international sales and has also taken Spanish distribution rights.Co-directed by Chiara Marañón, head of content at streaming service Mubi, and Colombia’s Juan Soto Taborda, “Elena Gave Birth” taps the domestic archive of Miquelina Fiter, made up of cans of film and video tapes spanning six decades of the 20th century.The doc will explore the traces of time in the history of a family from the Catalan city of Vic and Spain under Franco’s dictatorship.

Shakira may face trial in Spain after prosecutors claimed she avoided paying £13million in tax in the years 2012, 2013 and 2014.The 44 year old Colombian singer, real name Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, has been accused of six offences, which could result in the hitmaker serving jail time if convicted. Shakira changed residences in 2015 from the Bahamas to Barcelona, where she lives with her partner, footballer Gerard Piqué, 34, and their two sons, Milan, eight, and Sasha, six.

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straight to your inbox Joao Cancelo is backing Lionel Messi to thrive in English football if Manchester City are able to sign the Barcelona forward. Messi's future has never been more in doubt, with his father and agent Jorge flying into the Catalan capital on Wednesday morning for showdown talks over if and how the player will be allowed to leave this summer.

straight to your inbox Sergio Aguero is running out of time to play any part in Manchester City 's Champions League challenge. The Blues are preparing to face Lyon in the quarter-final of the competition at the Jose Alvalade Stadium tomorrow night, and if they win they will be in the semi-final next week.

A suspected ISIS terrorist said to be planning a ‘lone wolf’ attack in Barcelona this weekend has been arrested.

Peter White Television EditorUKTV’s Alibi has greenlit Barcelona-set drama The Diplomat from Bodyguard producer World Productions and Cobra writer Ben Richards.It marks the third original drama from the broadcaster following We Hunt Together, which was recently picked up by Showtime, and Red Production Company’s Traces.The six-part series, which is described as Spooks meets The Good Wife, follows Laura Simmonds and her Barcelona Consul colleague and friend Alba Ortiz as they fight to protect British nationals who find themselves in trouble in the Catalan city. Mixing the roles of lawyer, counsellor and cop, Laura and Alba’s diplomatic skills are stretched to the limit by the stream of cases that walk through the Consul’s doors.

Framing world premieres of “Maragall i la Lluna” and “Wishlist,” plus new movies from Justin Kurzel, Marjane Satrapi, Matteo Garrone and Caroline Link, Barcelona’s BCN Film Fest aims to become one of the first festivals in Europe to stage a live on-site edition, running June 25 to July 2.