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Kate Middleton’s uncle Gary Goldsmith has swapped his Ibiza villa for the Big Brother House 

GARY Goldsmith, Kate Middleton’s uncle, has swapped his luxury Ibiza villa for the Big Brother House as he stars in the celebrity edition.  The ‘black...

Major breakthrough in treating gout made by scientists in Spain

RESEARCHERS at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) have come up with an innovative way of easing gout. They've patented a treatment based on...

Residents celebrate news that new speed cameras will catch out illegal high-speed motorbike racers on Spain’s Mallorca

MAYORS in the Serra de Tramuntana area of Mallorca have welcomed news that 38 speed cameras plus noise meters are to be installed along...

Travel warning for ‘unruly’ British tourists in Spain: Mayor of popular resort vows to crackdown on ‘yobbish’ behaviour 

TOUGHER penalties have been promised against drunken tourists and criminal behaviour in the Playa de Palma area of Mallorca. Palma mayor, Jaime Martinez, made the...

German expat Matthias Kuhn wins almost €100m in compensation from the Balearic government in Spain – this is why

THE Balearic Islands government will have to pay €96 million in compensation over breaching an urban planning deal with a German-owed developer. The ruling from...

These are the best restaurants in Malaga, Valencia and Mallorca – according to Spain’s prestigious Repsol guide

OVER 100 chefs have been awarded a prestigious Guia Repsol ‘sol’. READ MORE: Masterchefs of the universe: Why Spain is THE food capital of the...

Speaker of the house in Spain’s Congress defends her innocence after opposition accusations of corruption in ongoing Covid mask...

THE Socialist speaker of Spain’s Congress of Deputies, Francina Armengol, held a press conference on Tuesday in a bid to defend her actions while...

Carlos Alcaraz defeats Rafael Nadal in highly-anticipated Netflix Slam in Las Vegas

RAFA Nadal said one good thing about nearing the end of his career is that he will not have to face Carlos Alcaraz too...

Pressure grows on speaker in Spain’s Congress of Deputies to quit, after more details emerge about Covid mask scandal

PRESSURE was growing on Monday for the speaker in Spain’s lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies, to quit, as more details emerged...

Two French nationals slapped with jail sentences for sexually abusing British tourist in Spain’s Ibiza

TWO French citizens have accepted two-year jail sentences for sexually abusing a British woman who was on holiday in Ibiza.  The Balearic Islands’ Provincial Court...

FOUND: British tourist, 61, who vanished during holiday to Spain’s Mallorca

A BRITISH tourist who vanished while holidaying in Mallorca has been found. The family of John Webster, 61, raised the alarm last week when...

Four-year-old dies in Spain’s Mallorca after becoming trapped in tumble dryer

A FOUR-year-old boy has been found dead in his home in Mallorca after apparently climbing into a tumble dryer in the family home and...

Partido Popular spokesperson denies any involvement in Covid mask scandal engulfing Spanish politics, despite being mentioned by the two...

PHONE taps carried out by the Spanish Guardia Civil while investigating an alleged corruption scandal involving the sale of face masks during the worst...

EXCLUSIVE: The hunt is on to reunite mystery woman with the camera she lost on a beach in Spain’s...

A MISSION is underway to return a camera containing photos of a mystery woman’s once-in-a-lifetime European trip to its rightful owner. The thousand-plus photo gallery,...

Missing: British tourist, 61, who vanished from Spain’s Mallorca two days ago – as partner back home says she’s...

THE family of a British tourist are growing concerned about his whereabouts after not hearing from him for two days. John Webster, 61, has not...

Real Mallorca defy the odds to reach the Copa del Rey final in Spain for just the fourth time...

REAL Mallorca have reached the final of the prestigious Copa del Rey for just the fourth time in their history after a dramatic penalty...

Ibiza port suffers huge sewage spill: Emergency plan is launched to clean up the affected water

EMERGENCY plan put in place after Ibiza port suffers a huge sewage spill.  The Balearic Port Authority (APB) has detected a spill of fecal matter...

German tourist is robbed of €50,000 Rolex in Spain’s Mallorca

A GERMAN tourist has been reunited with his €50,000 Rolex watch that was wrenched off his wrist in Mallorca's Port d'Andratx on New Year's...

Man, 46, arrested after swallowing 150 pellets of Moroccan hashish and trying to smuggle them into Spain’s Ibiza in...

A DRUG trafficker was caught smuggling drugs into Ibiza concealed in an unusual location. Police at Ibiza airport stopped a 46-year-old Moroccan man after his...

Horror in Mallorca as a BODY is found floating in front of major tourist attraction in Palma

AUTHORITIES in Mallorca are trying to identify a body found floating close to a major tourist attraction. The shocking discovery was made on Tuesday morning...

Mallorca’s summer season forecast to continue breaking all records with staggering number of flights heading to the island

MALLORCA is gearing up for another record-breaking summer season, with airlines scheduling over 33.4 million seats and 185,192 flights between March and October. The staggering...

German expat boy’s message in a bottle washes up in Italy YEARS after being sent from Spain – this...

A MESSAGE in a bottle thrown into the sea off the coast of Mallorca by a young German expat back in November 2022 has...

Hackers who disrupted government websites on Spain’s Balearic Islands are busted

AN international operation led by the UK's National Crime Agency and the FBI in America has severely disrupted a hacking group that launched cyberattacks...

PPE corruption scandals arrive in Spain: Ex-Balearic president in spotlight for her role in no-bid contract for dodgy masks

THE former president of the Balearic Islands has been embroiled in a PPE procurement scandal over a government contract for defective masks. The PSOE government...

Shaman in Spain’s Mallorca who ‘forced a woman to ingest his sperm’ and ‘defrauded her of €18,000’ is arrested

A BOGUS shaman has been arrested in Palma for swindling €18,000 out of a woman who he forced to perform sex acts to ward...

Revealed: This is the most humid city in Spain AND Europe – and it’s not in Andalucia

THE one factor that makes the difference between very hot and unbearably hot is the quantity of moisture in the air - otherwise known...

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