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Dozens of elderly tourists are struck down with stomach virus in Spain: Popular hotel in Mallorca is forced to...

A STOMACH bug that's hit elderly guests at Mallorca's Palma Bay Club Resort complex has led to the precautionary closure of the hotel's kitchens. Guests...

Warning for tourists in Spain: Gang is arrested after ‘breaking into rental cars to steal luggage’ left on show

THREE members of a Spanish gang that broke into mainly hire cars in the Playa de Palma area of Mallorca have been arrested by...

Drunk driver blames Google Maps after being caught travelling down a flight of STAIRS in Spain’s Mallorca

A DRUNK motorist got stuck driving down some stairs in Palma's Plaza Mayor area and blamed the transgression on his Google Maps navigating system. The...

British expat who lost her ‘young’ husband in Spain just before Christmas is raising €10k to fund research into...

A BRITISH woman who has lived in Palma since 2016 has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise €10,000 for cancer research in memory of...

Rafael Nadal is back on form: Spain’s tennis champ thrashes Dominic Thiem in straight sets following a months-long break...

RAFA NADAL returned to singles tennis with a win on Tuesday with a straight sets defeat of Dominic Thiem at the Brisbane ATP 250...

Expat stabs himself to get wife arrested for attempted murder in Spain’s Mallorca

A 58-YEAR-OLD Dutchman has been arrested for trying to frame his wife on an attempted homicide charge at their Mallorca home. The man stabbed himself...

Zara founder Amancio Ortega, 87, splashes €35 million on TWO boutique hotels in Spain’s Mallorca

THE BILLIONAIRE founder of the Inditex fashion group, Amancio Ortega, has purchased two boutique hotels on Spain’s Balearic island of Mallorca for €35 million....

Scabies surges in tourist area of Spain: Health experts detect 44 outbreaks this year- with 11 linked to schools

THE Balearic Islands has reported 44 outbreaks of scabies this year up to early November with 19 affecting families or homes, 12 in social...

Popular tourist resort in Spain offers tax break to restaurants and bars that ban smoking on terraces

BAR and restaurant owners in Mallorca's capital have been given a financial incentive to ban smoking on their terraces. As rumours circulate that Spain's Health...

British expat wife who abused and ‘humiliated’ her husband in Spain over a 12-YEAR period is jailed

A BRITISH woman has been handed down a 26-month prison term for regularly abusing her husband over 12 years in Arta, Mallorca. A Palma court...

Alleged ‘trusted member’ of Irish Kinahan cartel is extradited from Spain to Britain to face firearms charges

AN alleged 'highly trusted' member of the Kinahan cartel has been extradited to the UK to face a string of firearms charges. Liam Byrne,...

This resort in Spain has BANNED horse drawn carriages for tourists in win for animal rights groups

A Mallorcan town will become the first council in Spain to ban horse drawn carriages in a ‘historic’ move.  The measures will ‘put an end...

Irish tourist, 28, who flashed his genitals to three minors after a booze-fuelled day out in Spain avoids jail

A DRUNK Irish tourist who exposed himself to three girls in a Mallorca street has escaped being jailed. A Palma court on Tuesday gave the...

Man is fined €100 for shouting ‘viva España’ and ‘Sanchez is a traitor’ during anti-government protest in Spain’s Mallorca

A MALLORCA protestor who shouted slogans against Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has been fined €100 for his outburst. Jesus Revuelta believes the penalty is a...

Cosmetic surgeon being investigated over death of British patient in Spain dies suddenly

A SURGEON who performed a cosmetic surgery procedure on a British woman who died following 'complications' at a Palma clinic in September, has himself...

Barack Obama’s ambassador to Spain faces local bureaucracy headache after his ambitious renovation plans for a famous finca in...

BARACK Obama's former ambassador to Spain has purchased a sprawling finca in Mallorca. But he will have to brush off his diplomacy skills if...

Spain’s Rafael Nadal announces when he will return to the tennis court

MALLORCA'S Rafa Nadal will return to tennis at the Brisbane International in Australia in January, the 22-time Grand Slam champion said on Friday. The 37-year-old...

These are the tiny hidden cameras used by an expat in Spain to take HUNDREDS of pictures of his...

THE TINY camera pictured above was the tool used by a landlord in Mallorca to secretly record 10 of his tenants, most of them...

Three pitbulls are shot dead by police in Spain just hours after they attacked a woman enjoying a morning...

THREE PITBULLS that seriously injured a Mallorcan woman when she was out for a walk have been shot dead by police. The 38-year-old victim was...

Empty party-area Magaluf hotel could be bought and then pulled down for at least €1 million on Spain’s Mallorca

CALVIA council wants to buy a disused Magaluf hotel to demolish it and then create an open space amidst the busy nightlife zone, but...

Easyjet announces two new connections between UK and Spain’s Mallorca for 2024

TWO new flights from budget airline, EasyJet, are set to connect the UK and Mallorca next year.  Already available to book, the flights will set...

Two adorable and VERY rare goats are born in Spain’s Mallorca in boon for animal conservationists

MALLORCAN conservationists have bred two rare goats in danger of extinction in a triumph for local wildlife.  The species, known as ‘pitius goats’, were born...

Chef from Spain’s Mallorca and his wife are shot to death at their restaurant: Woman’s naked body is discovered...

A MALLORCAN chef and his wife have been killed in a brutal attack at their restaurant. David Peregrina, 53, and his wife, 38-year-old Brazilian, Erika...

Speed limit going up by 20km/hr on major road in Spain’s Mallorca

MOTORISTS will be able to travel up to 100km/hr on the Palma ring road in Mallorca from December 18. The only stretch where the current...

EXCLUSIVE: Spanish firemen strip off for charity calendar: Warning as picture special may leave you very hot under the...

A GROUP of very strapping firemen have stripped off for a charity calendar in Spain.  The firefighters with the Spanish Airports and Air Navigation (AENA)...

Shock figures reveal the health effects of smoking in Spain’s Balearic Islands

MORE than one in 10 people in the Balearic Islands suffer from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), according to new Ministry of Health figures. The...

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