A young man died last night of a head injury sustained during a 'bous al carrer' (bulls in the street) in Benifairó de les Valls, near Sagunto (Valencia).

The man, who slipped and banged his head trying to get out of the path of one of the beasts at around 7pm, died in hospital roughly half an hour afterwards.

Local mayoress, María Vicente Llanes, cancelled the rest of last night's festival programme as a result, and organised a minute's silence outside the Town Hall that was observed at midday today.