Irish amateur star Alan Dunbar finished just one shot off the bottom of the leaderboard after yesterday’s first round of European Tour second stage qualifying at Lumine Golf & Beach Club in north-east Spain.

A British woman killed her young son and daughter in a Spanish hotel "out of love" for them, a court heard today.

THREE people arrested in Spain in connection with the kidnap of a five-year- old boy in Pakistan will appear in court today.

SEVERAL countries must further improve their compliance with the Nitrates Directive, said EU Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik, when he issued information on nitrate levels in water in the 2004-2007 period submitted by member states.

Two mountain climbers died today in an avalanche in the Pyrenees in north-east Spain.

French police found an arms cache allegedly belonging to the armed Basque separatist group Eta, officials said.

A fugitive sought in connection with the Madrid terror bombings, was indicted today on charges of also helping plan the September 11 attacks in the United States.

Daily life ground to a halt across Spain today as the grieving nation observed a period of solemn silence to honour the 198 people killed in the Madrid train massacre

Five people died while fleeing from a forest fire in north-east Spain today.

Ian Poulter had most to smile about when the Volvo Masters resumed in Jerez today, holding as he did a one-stroke lead over Australian Peter Lonard.

A town's deputy mayor has been shot dead in the Basque region of Spain.