Miracle baby: Lesbian couple in Spain are first in Europe to give birth to child they BOTH carried A SPANISH lesbian couple have become the first in Europe to give birth to a baby they both carried. Derek, weighing 3.3kg, was born in 2 Nov, 2023 @ 14:00 Balearic Islands·Health·Lead·Mallorca
American invasion: Number of US tourists in Spain are soaring as figures show they spend DOUBLE that of the average Brit or German visitor DESPITE being the eighth largest group to visit the Balearic Islands, figures show Americans spend twice as much as Brits and Germans. So far this 2 Nov, 2023 @ 12:05 Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca
‘Demon barber of Palma’: Samurai-sword-wielding hairdresser who calls himself ‘the devil’ and ‘a Power Ranger’ released on bail yet again PALMA residents are up in arms after a crazed barber who has terrorised them with machetes, swords, and even hairdressing razors has once again been 1 Nov, 2023 @ 17:30 Lead·Mallorca
Anti-tourism march in Spain’s Mallorca sees 1,000 fed-up locals demand controls against the ‘devastating’ industry A THOUSAND people took to the streets of Palma to demand ‘less tourism, more life’, ahead of an EU tourism summit being held in the 1 Nov, 2023 @ 15:00 Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca
Group of German tourists down 1,254 beers in less than THREE hours: Record-breaking session began at 10:30am at bar in Spain’s Mallorca GERMAN tourists set a new beer drinking record in Mallorca last week, guzzling 1,234 beers in less than three hours. The group spent €2,838.20 to 1 Nov, 2023 @ 12:24 Balearic Islands·Mallorca·Must Read
Two men arrested a YEAR after German expat, 20, was found run over in Spain’s Mallorca: Police say victim was thrown into the road from a van before being hit by a car TWO men have been arrested in Palma and Malaga for killing a young German tourist in Mallorca after they threw him out of a van 30 Oct, 2023 @ 17:31 Andalucia·Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca
Lucky EuroMillions player wins life-changing €27 million jackpot in Spain’s Mallorca LADY luck came to the door of one Mallorca resident on Tuesday. Just the one solitary winner correctly guessed all six numbers – as well 25 Oct, 2023 @ 15:54 Lead·Mallorca
Mallorca town to finally get flood defences FIVE years after 13 people were swept away by a ‘five-metre wall of water’ FIVE years on since 13 died in a devastating torrent of flooding which reached a massive five metres high, prevention measures are finally ready to 21 Oct, 2023 @ 15:00 Lead·Mallorca
German expat, 27, is arrested for ‘stabbing man to death after argument in bar spilled onto the street’ in Spain’s Mallorca A GERMAN national living in the Balearic Islands has been arrested by the National Police on suspicion of stabbing a man to death. The 27-year-old 20 Oct, 2023 @ 13:55 Crime & Law·Mallorca
WATCH: Bouncers give brutal beatdown to biker outside popular bar in Spain’s Mallorca: Gang ‘plotting revenge’ TENSIONS in Mallorca over the proliferation of biker gangs seem to be coming to a head after one member got a savage beating from a 19 Oct, 2023 @ 16:30 Lead·Mallorca
Briton, 43, accused of raping his son’s friend at a hotel in Spain’s Mallorca faces up to nine years in jail if convicted A BRITISH man, 43, faces nine years in prison after being charged with raping his son’s female friend at a Magaluf hotel in May. The 19 Oct, 2023 @ 16:30 Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca
Hotels on Spain’s Mallorca to study the working methods and hours of room cleaners THE 850 or so hotels that belong to the Mallorca Hotel Business Federation have begun a study into the working methods and hours of cleaning 19 Oct, 2023 @ 15:45 Mallorca·Travel News
40% of Mallorca’s hotels will still have their doors open come November SOME 40% of Mallorca’s hotels will still be open and operating when November arrives. Of these, 20% will gradually close their doors for the winter 19 Oct, 2023 @ 15:00 Business & Finance·Mallorca
Philip Green docks in Spain: British tycoon’s €142m superyacht complete with helipad, jacuzzi and more drops anchor in Mallorca CONTROVERSIAL British fashion tycoon Philip Green has docked in Mallorca. He has brought his boat, Lionheart, dubbed ‘the most luxurious yacht in the world’ to 19 Oct, 2023 @ 14:19 Balearic Islands·Mallorca
Russian warship and submarine are intercepted off the coast of Spain’s Mallorca THE Spanish Navy has intercepted a Russian warship and submarine off the coast of Mallorca. The Spanish ship known as ‘Rayo’ stopped the vessels in 19 Oct, 2023 @ 14:14 Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca
Girl, 4, dies after she and her mother are knocked off their bike by a drug driver in Spain’s Mallorca A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl riding a bicycle with her mother in Llubi on Wednesday was killed after they were struck by a driver who had taken 19 Oct, 2023 @ 13:45 Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca
Two German men arrested for ‘raping young German girl while other watched’ in Spain’s Mallorca TWO German men have been arrested in Mallorca for the alleged rape of a fellow countrywoman in a hotel room. Identified as Stefan B and 17 Oct, 2023 @ 18:00 Lead·Mallorca
Bans from the Balearics for boozed-up Brits: Proposed new ‘responsible tourism law’ to introduce even stiffer penalties for badly behaved tourists AFTER a summer of excesses, the Balearic government is set to revamp its tourism laws which could see bans from the islands for unruly individuals. 17 Oct, 2023 @ 12:45 Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News
German tourist, 60, plunges to his death from Mallorca hotel room after arguing with his wife A 60-YEAR-OLD German tourist has died after falling from a balcony in Capdepera, Mallorca. According to witnesses at the Hotel Illot Park, the man was 13 Oct, 2023 @ 16:25 Mallorca
WATCH: German reckless driver in Spain’s Mallorca runs a female taxi driver off the motorway and flees the scene POLICE in Mallorca tracked down and arrested a German driver who ran a taxi off the motorway and sped away from the scene of the 10 Oct, 2023 @ 14:36 Lead·Mallorca
Two British men ‘rape young man they met on Grindr’: Victim needed stitches after brutal attack at Mallorca hotel TWO BRITISH men, both aged 36, have been arrested in Mallorca after raping another British male they’d agreed to meet for a threesome. The two 10 Oct, 2023 @ 12:45 Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca
‘Hippy crack seller’ is arrested while offering laughing gas to four British tourists in Spain’s Magaluf POLICE have arrested a man for selling laughing gas to young British tourists in Mallorca, as a gang distributing the gas on the mainland has 5 Oct, 2023 @ 15:45 Andalucia·Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca
Drink driver is ACQUITTED of killing British expat, 39, in hit-and-run in Spain’s Mallorca – despite being TWICE over the alcohol limit A PALMA court has backed a lower court verdict that cleared a motorist of running over a British expat at a pedestrian crossing- despite being 4 Oct, 2023 @ 17:33 Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca
Giant German Hell’s Angel boss accused of running operations in Mallorca acquitted on all charged AN infamous German Hell’s Angels boss has been acquitted on all charges of organised crime and drug trafficking between 2009 and 2013 after his arrest 29 Sep, 2023 @ 18:30 Lead·Mallorca
Go-go no no? Real Mallorca fans unimpressed with dancing girls in plain sight in stadium’s VIP section REAL Mallorca have gone back in time a few years with their latest innovation: dancing go-go girls in plain view in the stadium’s new VIP 28 Sep, 2023 @ 15:00 Lead·Mallorca
Tragic death of British woman having cosmetic surgery in Spain’s Mallorca A BRITISH woman who flew to Mallorca for cosmetic surgery has died after the operation went wrong. Now a court has launched an investigation to 28 Sep, 2023 @ 13:24 Balearic Islands·Health·Lead·Mallorca