Gored bullfighter recovering

Spanish bullfighter Julio Aparicio, who was gored in the throat by a bull, has left intensive care in a Madrid hospital.

A hospital spokesman said Aparicio's condition was "evolving favourably" and that his prognosis was "less serious".

Aparicio suffered the grotesque goring at the weekend during a bullfight at Madrid's Las Ventas bullring.

The matador lost his balance and fell to the ground and in an instant the bull drove his right horn through Aparicio's throat and out his mouth.

The beast withdrew the horn rapidly and Aparicio managed to run to the side of the ring for help.

Aparicio was initially treated at the ring's emergency medical unit, then transferred to the October 12th Hospital in Madrid.