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Brit living in Mallorca who 'shattered eye' of passerby finally arrested - after trying to 'lay low and blend back into daily life'

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

6 Oct, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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

6 Oct, 2025 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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

3 Oct, 2025 @ 10:43

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Ibiza clocks up record rainfall with one day totalling a third of an average year's total

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

1 Oct, 2025 @ 13:45

Ibiza·Lead·Weather

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

30 Sep, 2025 @ 14:19

Ibiza·Lead·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 –

26 Sep, 2025 @ 15:10

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

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’

26 Sep, 2025 @ 14:52

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

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

26 Sep, 2025 @ 14:08

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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

26 Sep, 2025 @ 08:55

Balearic Islands·Environment·Green·Lead·Other News

Police catch international drugs gang boss who used helicopters to carry narcotics in Spain's Andalucia

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

25 Sep, 2025 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Other News

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

25 Sep, 2025 @ 14:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

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,

25 Sep, 2025 @ 12:12

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

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

18 Sep, 2025 @ 11:56

Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

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

11 Sep, 2025 @ 12:00

Lead·Mallorca·Property

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

11 Sep, 2025 @ 09:36

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

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

11 Sep, 2025 @ 08:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

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

10 Sep, 2025 @ 16:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Other News

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 –

10 Sep, 2025 @ 15:34

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Marbella

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

9 Sep, 2025 @ 18:00

Ibiza·Lead·Video

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.

8 Sep, 2025 @ 16:41

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Horror in Ibiza as Brit is killed and her friend critically injured after Irish driver ‘high on laughing gas’ mounts curb and ploughs into them

A BRITISH woman has died and two others seriously injured in Ibiza after an Irish driver allegedly high on drugs mounted the pavement in his

8 Sep, 2025 @ 16:10

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

WATCH: Beachgoers stunned by dead shark washed up on Mallorca beach – with a depressing cause of death

BEACHGOERS sunning themselves on a popular Mallorca beach were left stunned when the corpse of a huge shark washed up on shore. Video footage posted

8 Sep, 2025 @ 13:35

Environment·Lead·Mallorca

Mallorca first: Black vulture nest outside the Spanish island’s mountains spotted

THEY’RE massive, they’re rare – and now they’ve gone off-piste. For the first time on Mallorca ever, a pair of black vultures have been caught

7 Sep, 2025 @ 09:00

Balearic Islands·Environment·Lead·Mallorca·Other News

Luxury hotel that hosts a fleet of private yachts ‘steals public water during punishing drought’ on Spanish holiday island

AUTHORITIES in Menorca have shut down an illegal well supplying a luxury hotel where suites cost up to $3,000 a night, even as the island

6 Sep, 2025 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Environment·Lead·Menorca·Other News

Spain’s Mallorca cracks down on yachts as new marine mega-zone takes shape

MALLORCA’S millionaire yachts and thrill-seeking jet-skiers are being reined in as the Balearic government launches the Illes del Ponent Marine Reserve – a vast new

2 Sep, 2025 @ 12:18

Balearic Islands·Environment·Lead·Mallorca·Other News

Man chained ex-girlfriend to bed until she signed over her Mallorca home and car to him

A SPANIARD has been accused of tying his ex-girlfriend to a bed in his Mallorca home to force her to sign away her flat and

1 Sep, 2025 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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Brit living in Mallorca who ‘shattered eye’ of passerby is finally arrested – after trying to ‘lay low and blend back into daily life’

Brit detained at Palma airport on drug trafficking warrant from South Korea

British expat conned out of €310k in Mallorca pyramid scam involving two Swedes and a Brit

WATCH: Flood clear up continues after Ibiza clocks up record day of rainfall

WATCH: Ibiza airport waterlogged, streets flooded and port under water as RED ALERT batters holiday island

Mallorca madness: drink-driver nabbed after dragging car 14km on two wheels!

Beach rip-off: Cala Major tourists on Spain’s Mallorca charged 288% more for ‘premium’ hammocks!

Man locks himself in women’s toilet at Spain’s Palma airport – then threats fly at police

Spain’s Balearics up the ante against invasive snakes with €2.5m spend and 2,600 traps

SHOPLIFTING SHAME: Gang used kids to steal from Palma de Mallorca store

Back-to-school bill bites – but Balearics still cheaper than rest of Spain

Squalid rent scam exposed: 11 illegal slum homes found on Spain’s Mallorca

Robert Redford’s life in Spain’s Barcelona, Mallorca and Mijas revealed after Hollywood legend dies at 89

What’s behind the mysterious closure of a luxury German property empire in Mallorca just three years after it opened?

Bar fire forces evacuation of 20 apartments in Mallorca’s Santa Ponsa

Motorcyclist in Spain’s Palma clocked at 124km/h in 50 zone

BUSTED!: Two squatters arrested trying to break into Palma flat with crowbar

Outrage in Palma and Marbella as horses collapse in tourist carriages scandals

WATCH: Teenagers laugh and whoop as they pilot a stolen pleasure boat on a remarkable 300km voyage from Algeria to Ibiza

Basketball coach faces jail over Easter tournament scam in Mallorca

Horror in Ibiza as Brit is killed and her friend critically injured after Irish driver ‘high on laughing gas’ mounts curb and ploughs into them

WATCH: Beachgoers stunned by dead shark washed up on Mallorca beach – with a depressing cause of death

Mallorca first: Black vulture nest outside the Spanish island’s mountains spotted

Luxury hotel that hosts a fleet of private yachts ‘steals public water during punishing drought’ on Spanish holiday island

Spain’s Mallorca cracks down on yachts as new marine mega-zone takes shape

Man chained ex-girlfriend to bed until she signed over her Mallorca home and car to him

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Shock as body of elderly Ukrainian woman is found near sports centre in Fuengirola

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz pulls out of French Open title defence after suffering wrist injury in Barcelona

The Olive Press saves you from FOMO! Here are the top 10 festivals you can’t miss in Spain this summer

Spain’s Canary Islands count the cost of ‘storm of the decade’ Therese as damage bill nears €200 million