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Victory in regional election strengthens Alberto Núñez Feijóo’s position as Spain’s main opposition leaderSpain’s opposition conservative People’s party retained its absolute majority in Galicia on Sunday in a close-run regional election.The PP won 40 seats in the 75-seat regional assembly, the electoral board said, with more than 98% of votes counted. Continue reading...

Close-run race could see PP ousted and Ana Pontón of BNG installed as area’s first female and nationalist leaderSpain’s opposition conservative party faces the prospect of defeat in its leader’s home region, where it has governed for much of the past four decades, when voters in Galicia go to the polls on Sunday.The People’s party (PP) won an absolute majority four years ago under...

Remains of 451 people believed to lie on proposed site of Madrid waste plant – including Bloomsbury poet Julian BellThe children of Montecarmelo are in fine and raucous voice as they pour into the playgrounds that flank the quiet alleys of the Fuencarral municipal cemetery.Equally voluble, if less joyous, are the banners and posters that hang from the balconies, walls and railings of this...