Costa Blanca shoemaker famous for coloured trainers opens its own shops in Spain
ELCHE footwear manufacturer, Hoff, has opened its second branded store in Spain in Palma de Mallorca. Since it started in 2016, Hoff has sold over
British drugs fugitive arrested in Maguluf area of Spain’s Mallorca after UK police tip-off
A British fugitive wanted for drug trafficking offences has been arrested on Mallorca after a UK police tip-off. The man with the initials MHS was
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KEEPING ABREAST: Mallorcan chef has created a cake resembling breasts that singer Rigoberta Bandini used as prop during the Benidorm Fest in Spain
A MALLORCAN pastry chef has caused a stir by creating a cake that resembles the giant breast that singer Rigoberta Bandini performs next to in
WHEELED HOME: A squatted car from Camp Redo has been removed by Palma’s Local Police
POLICE have removed a car in which five people had been squatting. Neighbours in Camp Redo (Palma) had complained that the abandoned vehicle had been
TURTLEY GUILTY: A man has been jailed for stealing turtles worth €10.000 from an animal park in Spain’s Mallorca
A SPANIARD aged 34 has been jailed for a year for stealing four endangered turtles worth thousands of euros from the Natura Parc animal park
Unexploded bomb from Spanish Civil War located during building works in Mallorca
AN artillery shell dropped by planes during Spain’s Civil War has been uncovered during building works on a ‘refugio’ at Llevant Natural Park in Spain’s
Mallorca’s biggest-ever real estate fraud case involving over €3 million goes to trial in Spain
A Palma judge has ruled there’s plenty of evidence to prosecute nine people over a €3.3 million fraud in the biggest recorded case of real
EasyJet warning for people travelling to Spain’s Balearic Islands
A MAJOR airline has warned holidaymakers of new alcohol laws in place at some areas of the Balearic Islands. EasyJet has urged customers to take note
Former Spanish tennis player turned snapper smashes global photography competition
FORMER professional tennis player turned snapper Marc Marco Ripoll has been shortlisted in a list of the world’s finest landscape photographers. His snapshot of the
Ten curious things you probably don’t know about Spain’s tennis hero Rafa Nadal
WHEN Spain’s Rafael Nadal won at the Australian Open final on Sunday it was his 21st Slam win and he swept into the record books
Actor Joseph Fiennes and Spanish wife Maria Dolores Dieguez renovate country home in Spain’s Mallorca
AN outbreak of Covid on the set of new movie The Mother, filming in Gran Canaria, allowed star Joseph Fiennes to fly back to spend
Monasteries and museums: Why Mallorca is one of the best winter destinations in Spain
IN THE depths of winter Mallorca may not seem like the ideal holiday destination. Many businesses and restaurants are closed for the season and the
WATCH: Police in Spain’s Mallorca catch driver in Tiktok speeding video
POLICE in Mallorca on Spain’s Balearic Islands tracked down a driver speeding at 120km/h in a 40 zone after the feat was brazenly posted on
Man arrested for robbing his brother-in-law in Spain’s Mallorca
A MAN has been arrested after he took advantage of his brother-in-law’s absence on holiday to steal his car and burgle his house. The Palma
Headmaster of British school on Spain’s Mallorca found guilty of sex abuse in Scotland
THE headmaster of an exclusive British school in Mallorca has been convicted by a Glasgow court of sexually abusing two women in Scotland. A jury
Surge in UK bookings to Spain’s Balearic Islands as COVID travel restrictions ease
THE Balearic Islands are hoping for a tourism boost after the UK scrapped all travel restrictions for vaccinated people in the UK. Boris Johnson made
From shelf stacker to Our Man in the Balearics: Meet the British consul awarded an MBE for his work with Brits in Spain
WHEN Lloyd Milen was informed, just before Christmas, that he had been awarded an MBE for services to British nationals in Spain he couldn’t quite
WATCH: 73-year-old man rescued by helicopter after suffering a stroke while hiking in Spain’s Mallorca
SPAIN’S Guardia Civil have released a video of the dramatic rescue of a man who suffered a stroke while hiking Mallorca’s famous Puig de Galatzo.
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Yachting in Majorca and COVID-19
The Balearic Island of Mallorca is a popular destination for tourists, who come to enjoy the warm weather they may not be able to get
Mallorca’s most secretive council revealed in transparency survey comparing town halls across Spain
MANACOR city council is one of the most secretive councils in Mallorca according to a nationwide survey of hundreds of councils. The list names and
Mallorca politician demands end to environmentally damaging ‘ghost flights’ by airlines saving their slots
THE practice of airlines flying empty planes to keep coveted flight slots has been slammed by a Mallorcan politician. The deputy for MES in Mallorca,
Fears grow for missing Palma woman who hasn’t been seen in almost a week
FEARS are growing for the welfare of a woman who has been missing for almost a week. Angelica Maria Llanos Fomeque, 42, was last seen in
Lucky escape as roof collapses on teenage girl in Mallorca home in Spain
A 13-year-old girl was taken to hospital on Wednesday after a roof collapsed in a Palma property. The accident happened at a flat on Calle
Brutal revenge gang attack as shop gets trashed in Mallorca tourist spot in Spain
FIVE men have been arrested after a fight spilled over into a Paseo Maritimo shop in Palma. One man was struck all over his body