Flooding sparked by heavy rains has killed three people in the southern Spanish province of Cordoba, police said Tuesday.

Two of the victims were travelling in a four-wheel drive vehicle which was swept away by floods near Aguilar de la Frontera overnight. The bodies of the man and woman were found Tuesday morning.
The third person, a [...]

A boat carrying at least 37 refugees, amongst them five dead, including two babies, was rescued this afternoon off the coast of Motril (Granada) by the Martitime Rescue Services and the Guardia Civil.
The boat was spotted around 4pm about 43 nautical miles to the south of Motril by a Maritime Rescue aircraft doing a [...]

Benidorm star Geoffrey Hutchings, a familiar face from stage, TV and film for four decades, has died, aged 71.
The Rada-trained star saw his career stretch from Shakespearean theatre to a string of popular dramas, and he was most recently seen in ITV1?s Benidorm.
Hutchings’s celebrated TV dramas have also included the acclaimed saga Our Friends In [...]

TIME has run out for loved ones of a tragic gran to claim compensation over her horror death.
Sisters Mildred Bowman and Alice Wardle lay trapped for nearly five days under fold down beds in their Benidorm apartment before dying of suffocation four years ago.
Both women’s families were offered out of court settlements by tour operator [...]

A HEARTBROKEN mum told last night how her son died after a horror accident on holiday – when he plunged down a flight of stairs.
Janet Kerrigan´s 28-year-old lad David tripped in his hotel and hit his head in the tumble after a night out in Spanish resort Benidorm.
The security guard was rushed to hospital in [...]

A 31 year old man has died after suffering a cardiac arrest during the Madrid Half Marathon yesterday morning. Two other participants were taken to hospitals in serious condition after suffering heat stroke.
The runner is said to have almost reached the finishing line when he was seen to appear dizzy. Collapsing to the floor, he [...]

The number of deaths on Spanish roads during the Easter holidays was 4% lower than during the same period last year, as explained on Tuesday at a news conference given by the Interior Minister, Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba.
Rubalcaba said that Santa 44 people died on Spanish roads during the Easter period, compared to 46 in 2009. [...]

A 64 year old woman has died of stab wounds in Malaga and a 78 year old man is in a critical condition in the Carlos Haya hospital in the city, also as a result of stab wounds received at the same incident, according to sources of the Andalucían emergency services.
The incident occurred at around [...]