At least 153 people were dead last night after a plane departing from Madrid’s Barajas airport swerved off the runway and burst into flames. The Spanair aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 carrying 172 passengers and crew to the Canary Islands, was attempting to take off when it developed a fault. One of its engines was said to have been in flames shortly before the incident. More than 300 firefighters,... 

A British airliner en route to Portugal made an emergency landing in northern Spain Tuesday after the plane suffered an electrical problem, an airport spokesman said. He said there were no injuries among the 107 passengers on board the Boeing 737 operated by Scottish low-cost airline Globespan Airways. The plane was flying from Durham Tees Valley airport in England to Faro in Portugal when it was forced... 

Five people remained in critical condition in hospital Monday after a bus crash killed eight people and injured 45. Five people remained in critical condition in hospital Monday after a bus crash on the AP-7 highway in Castellon on Sunday that killed eight people and injured 45. The bus was travelling to Barcelona when a tyre apparently blew out, causing the vehicle to veer off the road and overturn,... 

UK Foreign Office tells British tourists to be “vigilant” after two bombs exploded in beach resorts on the Costa del Sol on Sunday. Britain’s Foreign Office on Monday warned tourists travelling to Spain to be “vigilant” after two small bombs exploded in beach resorts on the Costa del Sol at the weekend. “There is a high threat from terrorism in Spain,” the... 

More than 200 posters have been put up across the city during its fair, asking men to keep their shirts on. It may be hot and Málaga may be celebrating its summer fair, but a new campaign from restaurant and bar owners is calling for men to keep their shirts on. A slogan ‘Más guapo con camiseta – More handsome with a shirt’ is being used during the ten days of feria celebrations. Bar owners... 

There are at least 12 children among the latest arrivals. More than 200 immigrants have arrived on the coastline of Andalucia over the past 48 hours coming ashore in Cádiz, Almería Málaga and Granada. There were at least 12 children among this latest wave of arrivals which reached Spain on seven small ‘patera’ boats. The latest boat came ashore in Málaga at noon today with 23 Moroccan immigrants... 

Spanish police have detained seven Moroccans who were trying to row to Spain from north Africa on an airbed, Spanish media said on Monday. It said they were among 85 would-be clandestine immigrants intercepted off the Spanish mainland since Sunday. The seven men were picked up early on Sunday about seven kilometres off Punta Acebuche, near the southern city of Algeciras, the Europa Press news agency... 

Organisers of Aste Nagusia will award three prizes to citizens will cooperate and ensure a clean txupin without flour or eggs. Pamplona may have its txupinazo, but Bilbao has its txupin. Both words refer to the firecracker that officially sets off the local fiestas, not to mention their excesses. If Pamplona’s txupinazo is famous for the thousands of people spraying wine at each other to herald... 

Two bombs exploded Sunday on the south coast of Spain, and police located a third, in an apparent ETA attack on the country’s popular tourism destination. The first bomb exploded on Gualdalmar beach in Malaga around 1:00 pm (1100 GMT) causing no damage, local officials said. The second blast occured around 3:00 pm (1300 GMT) at Benalmadena marina, near Malaga, they added. Both bombs were of a... 

Spain’s cabinet ministers interrupted their annual holidays on Thursday to approve a fresh package of 24 measures aimed at reviving a rapidly deteriorating economy as official data showed growth all but stalled in the second quarter. “The government is working to make sure that the economy recovers as soon as possible,” Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, wearing a dark suit... 

The Spanish basketball team has apologised for an advertisement where they pulled their eyes to make them look Asian. A controversial ad by the Spanish Olympic basketball team was on Thursday called “clearly inappropriate” by the International Olympic Committee but the IOC said it will take no action because the players have apologised. The Spanish basketball team posed for photographs... 

The inflation hits 5.3 percent and is the highest rate since December 1992. Spanish consumer prices rose at their fastest pace in 16 years in the 12 months to July, but government officials said inflation has now probably peaked and price increases should start to ease before the end of the year At 5.3 percent, the inflation rate matches the level that was seen at the height of the last recession...