Edward Gamson was looking forward to viewing the Moorish architecture of Granada. Instead, he was seated on a plane to Grenada. Now he's suing British Airways.

A vet shot a tranquiliser dart at a zoo employee dressed as a gorilla after mistaking him for a primate.

Spanish police have arrested a man for allegedly attempting to conceal more than 100g of cocaine in a ham and melted cheese sandwich in Benidorm.

Spanish teenagers who shirk from doing the dishes or mowing the lawn may think twice about avoiding irksome chores after a draft law says they will be legally obliged to help with family domestic duties.

A wrong turn on the motorway led Colin Nicholson to Las Teresitas, one of the best beaches in the Canary Islands.

A nine-year-old girl from Spain who went missing for seven months has been rescued from deep in the Amazonian rainforest.

Graham Reid meets a New Zealander who is living the dream in Spain.

Bare-breasted feminists hurled knickers at the archbishop of Madrid as he arrived at church in protest at his support for a tightening of Spain's abortion law.

The Pope’s new Spanish Cardinal has called homosexuality a physical “defect” that can be cured, it has been reported.

To most people, noise pollution is a jet engine roaring over their head. For one Spanish woman, it was a neighbour playing the piano more softly than a spoken conversation.

Spain's hanging houses and galleries captivate James Lane long after he leaves them behind.

A British granny was shocked to find the flight she was on wasn't heading to Granada in Spain - but Grenada in the Caribbean. So what did the air crew do next?

A Spanish judge has risked the ire of women everywhere after ruling that a driving school was within its rights to charge females more because "men were better drivers".

Manuel Meyer takes a close look at beautiful fish off the Spanish coast.

There's nothing like a beautifully shot film to make you feel like up-and-leaving the very next day. Here are five examples that show off their stunning destinations to full effect.

A five-month-old baby has died in a tragic accident after being placed on a baggage conveyor belt at the Alicante airport in southeast Spain.

More than 1 million people showed their support for Catalan independence by joining hands to form a 400-kilometre human chain across the northeastern region of Spain.

Tensions between London and Madrid over Gibraltar are growing after the Spanish Prime Minister rebuffed an appeal by his British counterpart David Cameron.

The Spanish skipper of the fishing boat at the centre of a diplomatic spat threatening to rupture relations between Spain and Britain has said he feels "used" by his Government.

Andalucia's ancient Moorish outpost is back on the flight map. Laura Holt jets off to southern Spain.

Mark Lilley is arrested in his villa near Malaga.

Dodging the tourist traps, Ewan McDonald discovers a very old new world just off the beaten track in Barcelona.

Dodging the tourist traps, Ewan McDonald discovers a very old new world just off the beaten track in Barcelona.

Inequality is becoming a bigger concern globally, writes Brian Gaynor. The issue includes income and wealth inequality, as well as regional inequality and the widening gap between younger and older generations.

As Spanish unemployment reaches another record high, the residents of rural Marinaleda could be forgiven for feeling a little smug.

Bullring combines grandeur and gore, writes Julie Moffett.