Loved-up Shakira goes for lunch with boyfriend Gerard Pique

By SARAH BULL

Loved-up: Shakira couldn't have looked happier as she went out for lunch with boyfriend Gerard Pique in Barcelona, Spain


Shakira couldn't have looked any happier as she went for a romantic lunch with boyfriend Gerard Pique in Barcelona today.

The Colombian singer looked stunning in an all-white outfit of a vest top and floaty linen trousers, which she accessorised with a pair of tan heeled sandals and a beaming smile.

Hand-in-hand with footballer player Pique, Shakira appeared entirely content and loved-up as the pair grabbed some food in the Spanish city.


Summer style: The 34-year-old singer looked stunning in her all-white outfit


The 34-year-old singer finally confirmed her relationship with 24-year-old Pique last month when she posed a romantic picture of the couple on Twitter.

The snap shows the smiling pair in front of a beach setting with the sun beaming down on them and their arms wrapped around each other, with the simple message: 'I present to you my sunshine.'

Shakira and Pique became the focus of intense media attention earlier this month when gossip magazines published photographs of the couple holding hands and kissing in Barcelona.


Hand-in-hand: The couple recently officially confirmed their relationship



Romantic lunch: The pair looked happy to be spending time together at the restaurant


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Shakira lays the foundations for new school in Colombia to help 1,500 impoverished children

By JESSICA SATHERLEY


Brick layer: Shakira took time off from her The Sun Comes Out World Tour to lay the foundations for the school in Colombia


Shakira seems to be on a charity mission this month, and made her home country of Colombia her latest location as she lay the foundations for a school in Cartegena.

Just weeks after visiting a school in Haiti, she jetted down to South America to help with the construction of the project led by her foundation ‘Barefoot’.

The Hips Don’t Lie singer, 34, was snapped laying the first brick for the institution, named Cartegena de Indias, which is set to help 1,500 children in poverty.


Helping hands: Shakira was joined by the president of the foundation Howard Buffett (right) and General Secretary of Unasur, Maria Emma Mejia (left)


Grammy-Award winning Shakira, who was joined by the president of the foundation Howard Buffett and the General Secretary of Unasur, Maria Emma Mejia, said she was very happy to be there.

‘We are very happy to be laying the first bricks of a school being built by the Barefoot Foundation in Cartagena.'


Giving back: Shakira founded her non-profit Barefoot Foundation to help poor children in the Americas


She continued: ‘I want to thank so many people, but especially the mayor’s office because I think this is a very high risk area, it has been identified as a high risk area, and it is an area that a lot of other governments would have simply thrown into the waste basket.’

The school is being built in the impoverished neighbourhood of Loma del Peye and will be large enough to take in 1,500 students, according to the Barefoot Foundation.


Heavy work: Shakira was dressed down for her brick laying duties, in a beige vest top and casual black trousers


The complex, that will include science labs, technology and audiovisual centres, and sporting fields will be spread over 7,500 square metres.

Shakira founded her non-profit Barefoot Foundation to help poor children in the Americas.

The singer took time off from her The Sun Comes Out World Tour to take part in the charity exercise.


Meeting the locals: Shakira took time out to chat with the local residents, who will benefit from the school


But she will hit the stage again tomorrow in Panama City at the Figali Convention Center before heading to Abu Dhabi at the end of April.

Shakira was dressed down for her brick laying duties, in a beige vest top and casual black trousers and took time to meet the local residents and play with the city’s children.

At the beginning of April the stunning singer danced with students in Haiti to celebrate the forthcoming renovation of an historic school, which was ravaged by the devastating 2010 earthquake.



Back to work: She will hit the stage again tomorrow for her concert in Panama City at the Figali Convention Center


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