Brits invade Spanish beach music festival
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Thousands of British music fans have flocked to Spain&#39;s Benicassim music festival, drawn as much by the nearby beach as by the alternative pop rock and electronica acts.
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Arts & entertainment: Â· Thousands join queue for British release Â· Money-spinning power rivals Hollywood movies
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By DANIEL WOOLLS  MADRID, Spain - Every beach-goer's nightmare - the jellyfish - faces a new enemy in Spain under a plan to create an armada of recreational boaters to spot the stinging blobs along the coast and summon help.
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Dancers dolled up in feathers, flamboyant performers and elaborate floats filed through west London Monday as Europe&#39;s biggest street party pumped up the volume on its Caribbean rhythms.
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ESTEPONA, Spain  - From lager louts breaking their noses in fights to pensioners tripping down stairs, thousands of foreigners pouring to the coast in search of sun run up a hefty public hospital bill for Spain.
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British rock band the Arctic Monkeys and their Las Vegas counterparts The Killers triumphed on Wednesday at the Brit Awards, the UK music industry's biggest night of the year.
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Thousands of music fans are expected at the twin Reading and Leeds Festivals this weekend.
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By CHARLOTTE HINDLE "Look, is that one over there?" I shouted, "And there and there; oh my God, we're surrounded".   And we were. We had powered out of Tarifa, mainland Spain (and Europe's) most southerly town, and headed towards the Moroccan coastline at a fair old pace.
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More than 1,000 illegal  immigrants from Africa land in Spain's Canary Islands so far this weekend.
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From lager louts breaking their  noses in fights to pensioners tripping down stairs, thousands  of foreigners pouring to the coast in search of sun run up a  hefty public hospital bill for Spain.
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An Iranian-Iraqi film set in the run-up to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and starring an amateur cast of war-scarred children won the top "Golden Shell" award at Spain's prestigious San Sebastian film festival Saturday.
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A concert by Bob Geldof is to open the Hay literature festival, taking place in Spain for the first time.
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Tourists are flocking to British locations made famous as backdrops in films and TV shows.
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Spain relies on sun-loving, beer-drinking Britons and Germans to pack its beach resorts every summer, but it is also seeking to lure a quieter sort of tourist -- the birdwatcher.
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Up to 20,000 British holidaymakers have had their travel plans disrupted by the two most recent hurricanes to rip through Florida and the Caribbean.
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New York rappers the Beastie Boys are to headline the Bestival music weekend in the Isle of Wight.
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The Americans stole the show at this year&#39;s MTV Europe Awards wining 11 of the top 12 titles. Britains only success were rockers Muse who were named best alternative act.