Drunk British students anger Spanish resort

THOUSANDS of British students have sparked outrage in a Spanish seaside resort during a drunken spring break.

About 5,000 youngsters have gathered on the Costa Dorada for a five-day festival of late night-drinking and debauchery.

Saloufest promotes itself as a sporting event, but locals have been shocked by the alcohol-fuelled antics of many of the 18- to 23-year-olds.

Only 24 hours after the partying started in Salou, 70 miles south of Barcelona, nine people had been treated by paramedics for drunkenness, with five of those requiring hospital treatment for alcohol poisoning.

One young man broke his leg when he was accidentally run over by a police patrol car. Spanish TV and newspapers have shown pictures of drunken Brits rampaging through the town in fancy dress or their underwear.