Men, all aged between 18 and 19, are alleged to have attacked Norwegian woman aged 20

Five French tourists have been arrested on suspicion of gang-raping a 20-year-old Norwegian woman in the Costa Blanca resort of Benidorm, Spanish police have said.

Sexual violence has gained prominence as an issue in social and political campaigning in Spain in recent years, notably after five Spaniards calling themselves the “wolf pack” were accused of gang-raping a young woman at the San Fermín bull-running festival in 2016. Their initial light prison sentences sparked mass protests across the country.

A man who joked about recycling as he tipped a fridge over a cliff was made to haul it back up by Spanish authorities, who then shared footage of his labour on social media. He was fined €45,000 (£41,000) and ordered to collect the fridge and dispose of it correctly, AUGC Guardia Civil tweeted

Red Cross says those hurt after running of the bulls at San Fermín were taken to hospital

Five people have been taken to hospital after being injured during the running of the bulls at San Fermín festival in Pamplona, the Red Cross has said.

Across seven days in July, thousands of people, many wearing traditional white shirts with red scarves, line the streets of the Spanish city to take part in the centuries-old tradition of running with the bulls.

Ines Madrigal was first person recognised by courts as child victim of Franco-era scandal

The first woman recognised by Spanish courts as one of the “stolen babies” of the Franco dictatorship has discovered her biological family thanks to a DNA database.

Scores of babies were taken from their mothers – who were told their children had died – and given to others to adopt during the 1939-1975 dictatorship, often with the help of the Catholic church.

Six men accused of sexual abuse of 14-year-old girl in abandoned factory in Manresa

Prosecutors in the trial of six young men accused over an attack on a 14-year-old girl in the Spanish town of Manresa have argued they should face the lesser charge of sexual abuse instead of rape because the girl was drunk, under the influence of drugs and did not fight back.

The trial has been dubbed the Manresa Manada after the notorious case of five men who called themselves La Manada, “the wolf pack”, who were accused of raping a teenager in Pamplona but were initially found guilty of the lesser offence of sexual abuse. Last month the supreme court increased their sentences from nine to 15 years, ruling that they had committed rape.