Milli Vanilli moment? Valencia's voice behind mask not what it seems

Spanish councillor criticised after it emerges speech for Europe city award was dubbed

Some have railed against the mandatory use of face masks, attacking them as a muzzle on their civil liberties. Others have civically adopted them without so much as a whimper. And then there are those who have seen the opportunities they present amid the crisis.

Valencia may have lost its bid to become the European Capital of Innovation 2020 - the Belgian city of Leuven claimed the honour - but a councillor from the city in eastern Spain did his hometown proud with a minute-long speech in stunningly fluent English and without the slightest trace of a Spanish accent.