British tourist who confessed to raping his son’s friend in Spain’s Mallorca is jailed
A BRITISH man who raped a woman his son had chatted up at the hotel pool in his in Mallorca has been sent to jail
Spain to relax airport security rules: New high-tech scanners will make life a lot easier for travellers in these 3 airports
SPAIN’S airports will begin installing new technology this year at security controls to allow the scanning of liquids and electronic devices without passengers having to
‘Shagaluf’ no more: Planned demolition of iconic Magaluf hotel part of €4 million scheme to rebrand the Mallorca resort for upmarket tourists and families
AN iconic Magaluf hotel is set to be demolished as part of the local council’s efforts to revamp the holiday resort away from its notorious
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Revealed: The 10 most expensive and in-demand neighbourhoods for buying property in Spain – featuring a string of British expat hotspots in Malaga, Mallorca and the Costa Blanca
A MALAGA province town has Spain’s highest average property prices coupled with high demand, according to a survey by the Idealista property portal. Examining figures
Need a job in Spain? Hotel chain is offering 25 positions in the Balearics paying €1,800 per month – with food and living costs covered
HOTEL chain Zafiro is on the lookout for 25 cheerful people to join their team in the Balearic Islands for the upcoming season. They offer
Major Spanish hotel chain blasts Brexit for ‘forcing it to raise salaries’ as it struggles to find workers for its UK businesses
BREXIT might finally be seeing some green shoots as one of Mallorca’s flagship companies has had to raise wages for their workers in the UK.
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
WATCH: Daredevil TikTok users climb atop disused factory in Spain forcing local police to ramp up security
SECURITY is set to be beefed up at an abandoned power station in Alcudia after daredevil TikTokkers scaled the decaying building, calling it ‘the best
Calum Best is CLEARED of sexual assault charge in Spain: Reality star, 42, is found not guilty of attack at Lineker’s nightclub due to ‘lack of evidence’
CALUM Best has been acquitted of sexually assaulting a British holidaymaker at Wayne Lineker’s Ibiza beach club. The judges ruled that the prosecution failed to
City council is hacked in major British expat hotspot in Spain: Cyber criminals are demanding a €10million ransom while the government is forced to suspend ALL administrative deadlines
A MALLORCA council computer network has been hacked since Saturday with the attackers demanding a €10 million ransom to get it back on line. The
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British expat who lost her ‘young’ husband in Spain just before Christmas is raising €10k to fund research into the cancer that killed him
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 her
Hostage crisis in Mallorca: Police SWAT team tackle man who had barricaded himself in his home and threatened to kill his own MOTHER
A TENSE hostage situation was resolved this morning with one police officer shot with a crossbow after a man took his own mother hostage. A
Autistic boy, 11, who went missing on a school trip in Spain’s Mallorca is found just as hypothermia was setting in
THE authorities are breathing a sigh of relief after an enormous search for an 11-year-old autistic boy who went missing while on a school excursion
Government official accused of ‘licking woman’s face and punching a policeman’ claims ‘alcoholic beverages impaired my decision-making abilities’ in Spain’s Mallorca
A BALEARICS government official who faces accusations he sexually abused a woman and attacked a policeman has blamed his actions on being ‘very drunk.’ Juan
Two British pensioners’ Mallorca holiday nightmare as they are put on the wrong plane despite FIVE ticket checks
TWO elderly Brits going on holiday to Mallorca suffered a nightmare when they were put on the wrong plane by Jet2 thanks to a ‘catalogue
German and British tourists to Spain failed to match pre-pandemic figures despite a record-breaking year in 2023 – apart from this ONE region
SPAIN has disappointingly failed to return to its pre-pandemic visitor numbers from its key markets of the United Kingdom and Germany – apart from in
WATCH: British tourist claims he was savagely beaten by Guardia Civil officers in Spain who told him they ‘hate the English’
A BRITISH tourist has claimed he was placed in handcuffs and beaten by Guardia Civil officers during a holiday to Spain. TikTok user Chris Kingswood
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
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 and
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
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New smoking ban in Spain ‘would spark fights between waiters and customers’, warns restaurant boss in Mallorca
A NEW proposal to ban smoking and vaping in terraces could provoke fights between smokers and bar staff, a Mallorca hospitality chief has warned. The
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, 42,