Spain's top court overturns Catalan bullfighting ban

Spain's top court has overruled a local ban against bullfighting in the powerful north-eastern region of Catalonia, saying it goes against a national law protecting the spectacle.

The Constitutional Court ruled that Catalan authorities generally could regulate such public spectacles, and even ban them, but in this case the national parliament's ruling that bullfighting is part of Spain's heritage must prevail.