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Hero hotel security guard dubbed ‘Sheriff of Magaluf’ for giving rowdy teenage Brits a 7am ‘b****cking’

A HOTEL security guard has been hailed the ‘Sheriff of Magaluf’ by long-suffering mallorquins for giving a gang of rowdy Brits a 7am verbal battering.

27 Jul, 2023 @ 13:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Mallorca residents complain German tourists now as boozy and awful as the Brits

EXASPERATED Mallorca residents are complaining that the ‘Brits abroad’ mentality has spread to Germans and other nationalities when they holiday on the island. Locals residing

21 Jun, 2023 @ 18:30

Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Alicante airport named Spain’s most disruptive destination with boozy Brits blamed for 75% of airborne incidents

BOOZY Benidorm-bound Brits are back in the spotlight after figures revealed they have made Alicante airport Spain’s most disruptive destination. Alicante’s main El Altet airport

18 Nov, 2019 @ 17:52

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Benidorm boosting police patrols and using drones to pinpoint any trouble this Sunday as England play Spain in the Euro 2024 final

Brits rate themselves as worst-behaved country while abroad

BRITS have rated themselves as the worst-behaved country abroad, a recent YouGov survey shows. Participants from 26 countries were asked how favourably they viewed their

4 Sep, 2019 @ 17:44

Lead·Travel News

OPINION: The increasing number of British expats registering on Spain’s padron is pleasing, but also surprising

Experts believe Brexit has pushed more Brits to fill out their paperwork, something which will hopefully continue after B-day

12 May, 2019 @ 13:00

Opinion

Number of Brits on Costa del Sol increases for first time since before Brexit

In 2013 there were 76,931 Britons in Malaga - the highest of any year

23 Apr, 2019 @ 12:14

Lead·Malaga

Spain tourism hotspot could cancel tax for British tourists amid Brexit fears

BRITISH tourists could be exempt from paying ‘VAT’ in the Canary Islands in a bid to battle Brexit. President of the Spanish islands Fernando Clavijo

3 Jan, 2019 @ 19:21

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Politics

BREXIT: Rights of British expats in Spain ‘will be preserved whatever’ Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has tried to calm British expats in Spain by saying a no-deal Brexit will not affect their rights. Even if

30 Dec, 2018 @ 12:00

Lead·Politics

CHEEKY MACCY D’S: British tourist gets her buns out after heavy night in Spain hotspot

The video went viral after the party goer bared all after a big night out

23 May, 2018 @ 18:28

Lead·Mallorca·Other News

PARTY’S OVER: Thomas Cook set to call time on boozy Club 18-30

After almost 50 years of providing infamous parties for young Brits abroad, the travel company is set to sell the brand to cater to millennials'

14 May, 2018 @ 12:57

Lead·Travel News

DOSE OF REALITY: Campaign to regulate lethal painkiller Nolotil gathers momentum in Spain

The Olive Press speaks to relatives of victims and campaigners about their hopes of regulating the controversial drug

29 Apr, 2018 @ 12:00

Health·Lead·Other News

CHEEK OF IT: Video of female tourist stripping naked outside airport in Spain ‘disgusts’ locals

The woman has left many furious after she took off her trousers and knickers at the taxi rank outside Son Sant Joan airport

26 Apr, 2018 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

EXCLUSIVE: Southern Spain hospitals in British expat hotspot issue warning for ‘lethal’ painkiller Nolotil

After the drug claimed countless lives, a health network on the Costa Blanca has issued a recommendation to its medical staff to avoid prescribing Nolotil

23 Apr, 2018 @ 13:09

Health·Lead·Other News

New rules to clamp down on bogus package holiday sickness claims in Spain

Coming into effect in the coming weeks, the curbs will close a loophole that allows holiday makers to issue fraudulent claims

16 Apr, 2018 @ 14:33

Lead·Other News

Three Brits arrested for alleged gay bashing on flight to Spain

THREE British tourists have been arrested after alleged homophobic abuse of two other British holiday makers on a flight to Spain. Police arrested the Brits

22 Feb, 2018 @ 11:12

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News