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British boy, 15, is fighting for his life after near-fatal accident at a water park in Spain’s Mallorca

A 15-YEAR-OLD British boy is fighting for his life after suffering a near-fatal drowning at a Mallorca water park. The teenager was rushed to hospital

17 Sep, 2024 @ 06:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

‘Sophisticated’ camera hidden in a water bottle was ‘used by bar owner in Spain’s Mallorca to record hundreds of women and minors using his toilet’

A BAR owner in Mallorca is accused of using a camera disguised as a water bottle to film hundreds of women as they used the

15 Sep, 2024 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Snakes have ‘fully invaded’ Spain’s Ibiza: Environmentalists fear for local lizard species

The horseshoe snake arrived to the island around two decades ago

13 Sep, 2024 @ 13:42

Balearic Islands·Environment·Ibiza·Lead

Two Brits in critical condition in the Balearics: ‘Drunken’ 34-year-old hit by taxi in Ibiza while 70-year-old man rescued from drowning in Formentera

A BRITISH tourist is in a serious condition after drunkenly falling in front of a taxi in the popular resort town of Sant Antoni in

12 Sep, 2024 @ 22:00

Ibiza·Lead

British judge ‘astonished’ at 30-year-old mother of rioter, 12, who skipped her son’s court hearing for £1,000 holiday in Spain’s Ibiza

A BRITISH judge has slammed a mother’s decision to skip her 12-year-old son’s court hearing for taking part in the UK’s summer riots to go

11 Sep, 2024 @ 18:00

Ibiza·Lead

Ryanair loses mini court battle in Spain: Passenger successfully challenges €30 fee for printing off his boarding pass at the airport

RYANAIR has been ordered to refund a passenger who was charged an extra fee for printing his boarding pass at an airport in Spain. The

11 Sep, 2024 @ 15:34

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Travel News

Germans are ditching Mallorca for a major resort in Turkey this autumn, booking figures suggest

GERMAN tourists have famously long loved the sun, sea and sand of Mallorca – but it may be time to say ‘Auf Wiedersehen’ as new

10 Sep, 2024 @ 15:40

Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

World’s best chef Dabiz Muñoz to open ‘gourmet spaces’ at four major airports in Spain

DABIZ Muñoz, the highly-acclaimed Madrid-born chef, has premiered his first airport dining concept set to land at four terminals across Spain this year. The Hungry

10 Sep, 2024 @ 14:41

Barcelona·Food & Drink·For Foodies·Lead·Madrid·Malaga·Mallorca·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Double tragedy as body of British hiker, 32, is found in Spain’s Mallorca days after his girlfriend, 26, died in torrential storms

THE body of a British hiker who was washed away in torrent of water while hiking in Mallorca on Tuesday night has been found, the

6 Sep, 2024 @ 13:36

Lead·Mallorca

Trousers and a shoe found in desperate search for British hiker, 32, who was swept away after storms struck Spain’s Mallorca

RESCUE teams looking for a British hiker who was swept away by a torrent in Mallorca have found a pair of trousers and a shoe.

6 Sep, 2024 @ 10:01

Lead·Mallorca

Tourism bosses in Spain’s Balearic Islands launch PR campaign to lure back Brits after number of UK arrivals plummet by 10%

THE Balearic Islands are increasing efforts to encourage UK tourists to visit after a significant dip in visitor numbers following a spate of anti-mass tourism

5 Sep, 2024 @ 14:00

Balearic Islands·Lead

‘There’s still hope’: Search continues for missing British tourist who was swept away by flash flood in Mallorca as specialist divers join the team

RESCUE teams have resumed the search this Thursday morning for a British hiker, 32, who was swept away by a surging river on Tuesday night.

5 Sep, 2024 @ 12:25

Lead·Mallorca

Heart-stopping moment a French tourist climbs a crane in Spain’s Ibiza

A DRUNK French tourist was spotted climbing a crane in just his swimming trunks in Ibiza on Wednesday morning. The incident took place in the

5 Sep, 2024 @ 12:06

Ibiza·Lead·Video

Bluetongue disease is affecting sheep in the Balearic Islands

Bluetongue outbreak in Mallorca: At least 22 animals are killed after insect-borne disease sweeps through farms

THE regional agricultural department in Spain’s Balearic Islands has detected the presence of bluetongue, with a total of 22 sheep left dead in five different

5 Sep, 2024 @ 09:34

Balearic Islands·Lead

Mallorca braces for hurricane winds: Flights are delayed and public areas sealed off over fears of uprooted trees – as experts warn when the most severe weather will hit

MALLORCA is batting down the hatches today as hurricane force winds of over 120km/hr are set to blow into the island. According to state weather

4 Sep, 2024 @ 13:49

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Weather

German tourists are arrested for ‘defecating in lifts’ of Mallorca hotel and ‘emptying fire extinguishers’

TWO German tourists appeared in court on Monday after causing extensive damage to a hotel in Arenal, a small tourist town south of Palma. The

4 Sep, 2024 @ 13:02

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

British tourist, 32, dead and his partner missing after being swept away by flash floods in Mallorca – amid ‘hurricane’ alert

A DESPERATE search is underway for a British tourist swept away in a flash flood after the body of her boyfriend was discovered on a

4 Sep, 2024 @ 12:01

Lead·Mallorca

WATCH: Hurricane alert in Mallorca: Spain’s state weather agency Aemet warns winds could exceed 120km/hr

MALLORCA has been warned of ‘hurricane winds’ that could exceed 120km/hr. The entire Balearic island has been placed on an orange alert for Wednesday by

3 Sep, 2024 @ 14:06

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Video·Weather

Watch: Weather chaos in Spain as roads are destroyed by hail and rain storms in the north and east – while Mallorca is placed on orange alert

SEVERE storms are continuing to batter north and eastern Spain, as well as the Balearic Islands. Images shared online show how roads have collapsed in

3 Sep, 2024 @ 13:54

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Video·Weather

British man dies after falling from sixth floor of hotel in Spain’s Mallorca

A BRITISH man has died after falling from the sixth floor of a building in Palma. Emergency services were called to Carrer Berenguer de Tornamira

2 Sep, 2024 @ 12:10

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Watch: Thugs who ‘gassed and robbed British radio star Nick Grimshaw’ in Ibiza are arrested

THUGS accused of gassing British radio DJ Nick Grimshaw before robbing the villa he was staying in have been arrested in Ibiza. Grimshaw and his

1 Sep, 2024 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Video

German pilot, 34, returns home amid homicide investigation after his 20m yacht crashed into a fishing boat and killed a young man in Spain’s Mallorca

THE skipper of a luxury yacht that collided with a small fishing boat in Mallorca killing a 21-year-old man, has returned home to Germany. Air

30 Aug, 2024 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

British girl, 15, is in a serious condition after falling from a balcony in Spain’s Mallorca

A BRITISH girl, 15, was seriously injured on Tuesday after suffering a first floor balcony fall in Mallorca. The accident happened in S’Illot in the

28 Aug, 2024 @ 11:23

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Salma Hayek, 57, shows off her incredible figure as she poses in a yellow bikini during holiday to Spain

IT was in 1996 when Salma Hayek first enchanted audiences with her sensual moves in the film From Dusk Till Dawn. The Mexican actress, now

28 Aug, 2024 @ 08:00

Balearic Islands·Celebrity·Ibiza·Lead

Scottish minister blasts ‘balconing league table’ which mocks deaths of tourists in Spain as ‘vile’ – just days after Scot’s fatal fall from an Ibiza hotel

A GOVERNMENT minister has blasted a balconing league table as ‘vile’ and called for its website to be taken down after it celebrated the UK

27 Aug, 2024 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

Mallorca-based captain of the tragic Mike Lynch yacht is expected to face an investigation over sinking

ITALIAN prosecutors have launched an official investigation into the Mallorca-based captain of the Bayesian yacht which sank off the coast of Sicily last week, killing

26 Aug, 2024 @ 20:53

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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