A consumer association, the Organización de Consumidores y Usuarios, or OCU, has released its annual study that looks at the prices of everyday products sold in supermarkets and hypermarkets across Spain. The aim of the report is to compare prices, partly to show an unfair balance towards the consumer, but more importantly perhaps for us, …

This weekend, a passenger in a taxi videoed a scene that brought shock and horror to those who have since seen the video, a cyclist, wearing flip-flops, travelling at 100 kilometres per hour along a motorway on Mallorca. The cyclist Read More ...

A total of 130 people have been arrested in a global operation deployed at 140 airports in 49 countries all believed to be involved in a criminal organisation dedicated to obtaining airline tickets fraudulently. The operation was coordinated by Europol and Interpol in the framework of the so-called “Operación Blue Amber”, aimed at tackling organised […]

A 61 year old male was airlifted off a cruise ship 90 nautical miles south of Palma de Mallorca on Tuesday after suffering a fracture. Helimer 213 picked up the passenger and transported him to the island of Mallorca for Read More ...

More than 150 passengers were evacuated from a ferry on a Valencia to Palma de Mallorca Tuesday after it caught fire. All passengers were reported to be safe having been transferred by lifeboats to another vessel. The ship, Sorrento, operated Read More ...

Officers from the National Police have arrested a fugitive wanted by the British authorities for the crime of sexual assault. The arrest took place in a cafe in the centre of Palma de Mallorca on the 27th of March, when the officers detained the 45 ye...

La Palma? No, I don't mean La Palma de Majorca or Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, but a little known island paradise, which is one of the seven islands (or maybe it is 8, depending upon your definition of an island, and political persuasions) that together...

This weekend brought 131 swimming clubs and 1045 “masters swimmers” throughout Spain together to compete in the “XX Spanish Winter Masters Open National Championships” held from 20th to 23 February in the Municipal pool, Son Hu...

The Government of the Principality of Asturias, run by socialist Javier Fernández Fernández of the PSOE, announced that they have forced the rejection of sponsorship for sports events by Coca Cola, on the grounds that the multinational co...

A fantastic weekend for “Club Natacion Torrevieja” swimmers. Two teams competed in different pools across the region. The Masters of Club Natacion Torrevieja travelled on Saturday to Elda, Alicante, for their 3rd Timed Control in anticipation of next weeks Spanish Nationals in Palma, Majorca and two of the Infantil girls team spent the whole weekend at the Olympic pool in …

A 68 year old man has died in Palma de Mallorca, after becoming trapped in a paper recycling waste bin. Initial investigations suggest that the man had been throwing items into the large depository, when his head became trapped in the opening. Unable...