Spain international has failed to recover from kidney stones

Detectives investigating allegations of historic sexual abuse at schools in Greater Manchester have searched the home of television weatherman Fred Talbot.

Where to go and what to know

Parador de Granada, Spain

Córdoba makes the ideal base to get a taste for southern Spain, says Fiona Dunlop.

Spanish venture is as big as 210 football pitches and has 600,000 mirrors. But there's a dark side

Adrenalin anyone? Seekers of adventure should start right here

A selection of the finest Paradores in the region

From a cruise among tapas bars to the magical Alhambra

Confusion over sentence review means Spain's longest-serving inmate must stay behind bars

A Spanish league match between Granada and Mallorca on Sunday was abandoned in the 63rd minute after a linesman was hit in the face by an umbrella hurled from the stands at Los Carmenes stadium.

Cuts are now biting deep into civic life. One council has even bet its budget on the lottery

For Jeremy Laurance, a week-long hiking holiday in Andalucia's Sierra Nevada meant travelling light and relishing the epic scenery – with the added bonus of a night of wild camping

When Peter the Great visited Holland and then England in the late 1690s, it was ostensibly to study the latest shipbuilding techniques. He deliberately avoided the usual trappings of emperors, making a point of living among ordinary people and working as a carpenter.