Spain set for political crisis as regional government election result spurs coalition on with plans for independence

Times are a-changing in Spain as the new office bearers embrace the secular state and do away with cars.

The mayoral race is down to a pair of self-styled "little grandmothers" who are poles apart in their politics but equally tenacious and astute.

Spain’s Constitutional Court suspends planned vote for independence for up to five months.

Madrid has gone on the defensive as Scots vote in a referendum for independence from the United Kingdom.