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Welcome to bbc news. The constitutional crisis in spain escalated today, with catalonias Regional Parliament in barcelona voting for independence from spain, and the Spanish Parliament in madrid voting to impose direct rule over catalonia. Lets get the latest from tim willcox. Welcome to a very noisy central barcelona were thousands of people have taken to the streets to celebrate catalonias newly independent state. Several thousand people behind me in the square. The flags are waving, music is playing and people are shouting viva catalonia. A very different story from that in madrid which at that time of the declaration of independence here was passing a senate vote arranging to impose article 155, effectively direct rule from madrid. Lets catch up with the very latest on the political is to wish them, the greatest constitutional crisis to affect spain since the att ....