Children killed as sports centre collapses

Part of a sports centre in Barcelona collapsed in high winds today, killing at least three children and trapping and injuring others, officials said.

A spokeswoman for the interior ministry in northern Spain said “many children” are trapped in the debris.

The local newspaper La Vanguardia reported that 16 other people were injured. It did not say how many were children.

Freak weather conditions have caused winds of up to 100 mph in many places throughout Spain.

A woman died when a wall fell on her in Barcelona and a traffic officer was killed by a falling tree in north-west Galicia.