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Oliver Riley, 19, was runner-up in the Calumet Student Photographer of the Year 2016 competition for his shot of the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona

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Spanish royal family release Christmas card

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Spain's royal family getting in the Christmas spirit for their first festive season on the throne

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Life’s a beach at the Fitur fair

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Andalucia’s white villages turn pink

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Almond trees in bloom

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Strange winds in Sevilla

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This shot by Don Ablett shows a rare funnel cloud above the city

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Video of the ‘most dangerous path in the world’ sends adrenalin junkies flocking to Spain

Wendy Williams - 10 Oct, 2011 @ 14:25

A clip on YouTube of the Caminito del Rey has gone viral

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Barcelona sack employee after she was spotted making racist monkey gestures

Karl Smallman - 20 May, 2014 @ 00:12

The woman, who was with Llagostera supporters, was identified by the Catalan club and reported to the police after the game

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Buena Vista baile

Rose Lapp (Reporter) - 10 Aug, 2013 @ 09:02

The famous Cuban music group performs at Starlite

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Strewth, see what was threshing in my net

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AT more than five metres in length and with extremely sharp teeth, it came as something of a shock to fisherman, José María Lavado, when he landed this Thresher Shark

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The nineteenth hole in Spain

Wendy Williams - 23 Apr, 2011 @ 10:45

Birmingham City footballers celebrate their win over Arsenal in the Carling Cup Final in Puerto Banus

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Building castles in the sky

Eloise Horsfield - 2 Mar, 2012 @ 13:47

HAVING spent a morning exploring Malaga's Alcazaba fort, the Year 7 students at Swans school were set an original task: to design a castle...

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Santa’s don skis under the floodlights in the Sierra Nevada

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Most wonderful time of the year

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State-of-the-art Andalucia cliffside house brings new meaning to living on the edge

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Iconic Spanish architects complete innovative cliffside pad on the Andalucia coast

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Have you seen this man?

Wendy Williams - 10 Mar, 2011 @ 15:44

MISSING: Amadou Toure

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Roman tomb unearthed in Carmona

Wendy Williams - 4 May, 2011 @ 15:30

Intact family tomb dating from the first century AD has been unearthed in Carmona

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Spain’s naked fashion

Wendy Williams - 11 Jan, 2012 @ 12:58

Shoppers take advantage of Desigual’s unique January sale

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Stunning Spanish picture of flamingos could bag huge world photo award

Joe Duggan (Reporter) - 3 Dec, 2015 @ 10:42

Pedro Jarque Krebs’ photo could win the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards

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Royal May Fair of Ronda 2015

Karl Smallman - 22 May, 2015 @ 19:04

Ronda's annual May Fair opens to showcase the best of agriculture, livestock and produce from across the Serrania

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Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias immortalised taking a dump

Rob Horgan - 10 Dec, 2014 @ 15:30

Pablo Iglesias joins a long list of defecating figurines which includes the likes of Gareth Bale

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VIDEO: Hamster ‘drives’ a truck in Spain

Alex Iszatt (Reporter) - 21 Sep, 2013 @ 11:28

A hamster takes to the wheel to drive through a quarry in Ourense, Spain

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Ashya King looks happy swimming

Rob Horgan - 28 Nov, 2014 @ 10:29

Ashya King continues his recovery from proton beam therapy at Marbella hospital

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Prelude to Semana Santa

Wendy Williams - 29 Mar, 2011 @ 09:20

Annual procession in honour of La Virgen del Espino

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