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Palma residents on Spain’s Mallorca slapped with hefty traffic fines blame delivery company for not handing over letters
HUNDREDS of residents of Palma face having to pay hefty traffic fines from previous years because, they claim, the company in charge of delivering...
‘My only purpose in life is to f*** you!’: Mallorca bar owner ordered to pay compensation to Spanish rivals...
A Palma bar owner has been sanctioned over a years-long campaign of harassment against a rival bar that saw him make false accusations against...
Man coshes wife with saucepan in row over playing slot machines on Spain’s Mallorca
A man has been arrested for hitting his wife on the head with a saucepan at their home in the Son Gotleu area of...
Tourists attacked after chasing female bag snatchers from Mallorca beach in Spain
TWO foreign tourists chased after two female robbers who snatched their bags from Palma beach on Monday.
The women, aged 32 and 34, stole the...
Wheeled marauder: Wheelchair-bound Dutchman mugs German tourist in Spain’s Palma de Mallorca
A DISABLED Dutchman stalked two German tourists then punched one in the face and stole his wallet before racing away at high speed in...
IN PICS: Three generation of Spanish royalty spotted on a girls’ night out in Palma
Queen Letizia, King Felipe VI and their daughters have been staying at the Marivent palace for their traditional summer holiday.
But while Felipe flew...
New report finds Palma one of most dangerous cities in Spain for tourists
A REPORT published on Tuesday found that Palma is Spain’s third most dangerous city for tourists.
The findings, published by global database Numbeo, looked at...
Fed up hoteliers in Spain’s Mallorca get police training for staff in a bid to tackle sozzled Brits and...
HOTELIERS in Mallorca have decided to take the law into their own hands as they struggle to deal with unruly alcohol-fuelled holidaymakers.
They are pleading...
Angelina Jolie house hunting in Spain’s Mallorca
Actress Angelina Jolie is said to be on the lookout for a house in Mallorca.
The Hollywood star is the latest in a long line...
Airport delays are in store at Palma de Mallorca’s airport as the bumper tourist season starts
This is the message from airports operator AENAS, which says that Son Sant Joan will suffer flight hold-ups due to a lack of staff...
Drunk British tourist causes chaos on Spain’s Mallorca with hotel and police assaults, just hours into his holiday
A British man, 46, kicked off his Mallorca holiday with a night in the police cells and hospital, after a drunken rampage in his...
Ryanair ordered to pay flight delay compensation by court in Spain’s Mallorca after four-year tussle
A Mallorca court has awarded six Ryanair passengers €1,533 in compensation after their flights were delayed in the summer of 2018.
The Irish budget airline...
German tourists accused of setting fire to Mallorca bar in Spain by throwing fag ends from balcony are jailed
A Palma judge has got tough with a group of German tourists accused of setting fire to a bar terrace that was destroyed in...
‘Very drunk’ British teenager cheats death after falling from fourth-floor hotel balcony on Spain’s Mallorca
A British teenager is fighting for his life in a Palma hospital after surviving a fall from the fourth-floor balcony of his Mallorca hotel.
The...
British teenager may be paralysed after diving head-first into shallow end of Magaluf swimming pool on Spain’s Mallorca
A British teenager may be paralysed for life after he jumped into the shallow end of a Magaluf beach club swimming pool on Tuesday.
The...
Wife goes berserk in violent attack on drunk husband for refusing to drive car in Spain’s Mallorca
A Mallorca woman lashed out at her husband on Tuesday morning for refusing to drive home because he had too much to drink.
The man...
World’s biggest cruise liner docks in Spain’s Palma
THE world’s biggest liner, Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas, has docked in Palma, bringing with it 4,000 passengers.
The ship weighs 236,857 tonnes and...
Woman on trial for verbal outburst at congregation in Spain’s Palma
A WOMAN described as ‘obsessed with priests’ could face two years in prison.
The 49-year-old, known as Merlinda M, is facing trial for verbal outbursts...
Irish holidaymaker seriously injured after falling off apartment balcony in Spain’s Mallorca
AN Irish holidaymaker was seriously injured on Tuesday after falling off a second-floor apartment balcony on Mallorca.
The man, 50, was said by the Guardia...
International Boat Show returns to Palma in Spain’s Balearic Islands
THE International Boat Show is returning to Mallorca with more than 200 exhibitors and hundreds of boats set to be open to the public.
From...
British man arrested on Spain’s Mallorca for sexually corrupting vulnerable underage girl
A British man, 43, has been arrested in Palma, Mallorca over the sexual exploitation of a vulnerable underage girl.
A 20-year-old Ecuadorian was also detained...
Platoon sergeant faces jail over shooting of Spanish Legionnaire during army exercise in Spain’s Mallorca
A PLATOON sergeant faces seven-and-half years in jail for shooting dead a 21-year old Spanish Legionnaire from Palma during a military exercise.
The sergeant is...
Sailing: Mallorca stages first major Olympic classes regatta in two years with Trofeo Princesa Sofia
THE 51st Trofeo Princesa Sofia sailing competition reaches its climax on Saturday
The regatta has featured over 1,000 sailors, 800 boats and competitors from 62...
Spain’s Palma to switch off lights for one hour to raise awareness of climate change
PALMA City Council is supporting the Earth Hour again this weekend, and raising awareness of global warming.
Between 8:30pm and 9:30pm on Saturday, March 27,...
Man charged over alleged ‘glass bottle’ assault inside Palma nightclub
A MAN has been arrested in connection with an alleged assault at a nightclub in Palma.
It comes after reports a man was struck with...
Sex fiend owner of exclusive Mallorca school in Spain gets eight years in Scottish prison
THE former owner and headteacher of Mallorca's King Richard III College in Portals Nous has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years after sexually abusing two...
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