Tourist, 67, dies in Mallorca after attempting to save wife from drowning
A GERMAN tourist has died in Mallorca after attempting to rescue his wife from drowning. The tragic incident occurred on Friday shortly before 6pm. The
Which is the richest neighbourhood in Spain’s Palma de Mallorca, where residents earn 63% more than in the poorest?
IT’S the postcode lottery with real-life consequences – the stunning income gap between the richest and poorest residents of Palma has been laid bare. Residents
Concern over new ‘trend’ as parents holidaying in Spain appear to be ‘abandoning’ their children so they can stay and claim asylum
PARENTS on holiday in Spain appear to be abandoning their children in the country so they can stay and claim asylum. A new ‘trend’ seems
WATCH: Last tour company still selling tickets to orca shows named and shamed during Mallorca travel conference
ANIMAL rights activists stormed the stage at a major travel industry convention in Mallorca to denounce Europe’s last big tour operator still selling tickets to
Mystery in Formentera as tourism boss wakes up to find his Italian girlfriend, 45, dead in his apartment
AN Italian entrepreneur who awoke to find his girlfriend dead in his Formentera apartment has been cleared of suspicion – but the woman’s death remains
British tourism industry chooses Magaluf as the venue for its annual conference – ‘it’s changed’
THE UK’s leading travel association has raised a few eyebrows by choosing the Mallorca resort of Magaluf as the setting for its annual industry conference.
Brit living in Mallorca who ‘shattered eye’ of passerby is finally arrested – after trying to ‘lay low and blend back into daily life’
A BRITISH expat in Palma has been arrested over a brutal August assault that left the victim partially blinded. The Policia Nacional detained the suspect
Brit detained at Palma airport on drug trafficking warrant from South Korea
A BRITISH man was arrested at Palma de Mallorca airport after the Policia Nacional discovered he was wanted for drug offences in South Korea. The
British expat conned out of €310k in Mallorca pyramid scam involving two Swedes and a Brit
THREE people have been arrested in Mallorca over a pyramid scam that swindled victims out of at least half-a-million euros. A British expat says he
WATCH: Flood clear up continues after Ibiza clocks up record day of rainfall
IBIZA suffered Tuesday downpours described as ‘historic and extraordinary’ by Spain’s State Meteorological Agency (Aemet). It said accumulated figures reached 252 litres per m2 throughout
WATCH: Ibiza airport waterlogged, streets flooded and port under water as RED ALERT batters holiday island
IBIZA and Formentera have been placed on red alert after torrential downpours left large parts of the islands under water on Tuesday. The state weather
Mallorca madness: drink-driver nabbed after dragging car 14km on two wheels!
A WOMAN in Mallorca is under investigation after being caught tearing down a motorway for 14 kilometres without the left-side wheels of her car –
Beach rip-off: Cala Major tourists on Spain’s Mallorca charged 288% more for ‘premium’ hammocks!
SUNSEEKERS on one of Mallorca’s most popular beaches are being rinsed for cash, with deckchair bosses demanding up to €70 a day for so-called ‘premium’
Man locks himself in women’s toilet at Spain’s Palma airport – then threats fly at police
CHAOS erupted at Palma airport after a 36?year?old man locked himself inside a women’s washroom in the departures area and started shouting threats at police
Spain’s Balearics up the ante against invasive snakes with €2.5m spend and 2,600 traps
THE Balearic Government is going all?in on stopping slithery invaders, unleashing €2.5 million and deploying over 2,600 traps to shield the islands’ delicate ecosystems. In
SHOPLIFTING SHAME: Gang used kids to steal from Palma de Mallorca store
A SHAMELESS shoplifting gang has been busted in Palma after allegedly using children as decoys in a string of thefts that saw them swipe over
Back-to-school bill bites – but Balearics still cheaper than rest of Spain
FAMILIES in the Balearics are forking out an average of €1,293 per pupil for education – still a sting, but well below the Spanish national
Squalid rent scam exposed: 11 illegal slum homes found on Spain’s Mallorca
SPANISH police have busted an illegal housing racket in Manacor, where 11 makeshift slum homes were being rented out for cash, despite having no sanitation,
Robert Redford’s life in Spain’s Barcelona, Mallorca and Mijas revealed after Hollywood legend dies at 89
HE was one of Hollywood’s greatest stars – but Robert Redford once swapped the glitz of Los Angeles for a rustic farmhouse in Mijas with
What’s behind the mysterious closure of a luxury German property empire in Mallorca just three years after it opened?
A HIGH-END German real estate firm has abruptly closed its Mallorca office just three years after launching with ambitious plans to dominate the island’s luxury
Bar fire forces evacuation of 20 apartments in Mallorca’s Santa Ponsa
A FIRE in Rebel’s Irish Bar in Santa Ponsa sparked a dramatic evacuation of 24 flats and left two people hospitalised for smoke inhalation. The
Motorcyclist in Spain’s Palma clocked at 124km/h in 50 zone
A MOTORCYCLIST in Palma (Mallorca) is facing criminal charges after being clocked doing 124km/h in a 50km/h zone. The reckless rider was caught on August
BUSTED!: Two squatters arrested trying to break into Palma flat with crowbar
TWO would-be squatters were caught red-handed trying to break into a Palma flat in the early hours – and one of them was already wanted
Outrage in Palma and Marbella as horses collapse in tourist carriages scandals
FURY has erupted in Mallorca after a carriage horse collapsed in the scorching heat while dragging a tourist cart through the centre of Palma –
WATCH: Teenagers laugh and whoop as they pilot a stolen pleasure boat on a remarkable 300km voyage from Algeria to Ibiza
THIS is the moment a band of teenage Algerians filmed themselves whooping and hollering as they crossed the Mediterranean to Ibiza on a stolen pleasure
Basketball coach faces jail over Easter tournament scam in Mallorca
A BASKETBALL coach in Palma is facing three years behind bars after allegedly pocketing nearly €8,000 from a bogus Easter tournament that never took place.