Airlines and travel firms are experiencing a surge in demand following Boris Johnson’s road map for how coronavirus restrictions will be eased. The Prime Minister said on Monday that a Government taskforce will produce a report by April 12 recommending how international trips can resume for people in England. Foreign holidays could be permitted from May 17. In the hours …

Officers from the National Police have arrested four people for being part of a group who would help people obtain a driving licence by fraudulent means. The officers also charged a fifth person as alleged perpetrators of criminal offences including the disclosure of secrets, document forgery and crimes against the State Administration. The arrests were …

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, …

Budget airline Ryanair has announce a more direct service from Alicante form 2019, flying direct into London City airport. The airline will offer five links a week between Alicante and the city of London, supporting their current UK schedule with this new route. Currently, Ryanair flies to 42 cities across Europe from Alicante. More routes …

A British resident of Spain was arrested in Torrevieja, and is amongst 24 people detained across Spain as part of a National Police investigation into the distribution of child pornography. Arrests have taken place across Spain, including 4 in Madrid and 3 in the Alicante province, as reported by the Ministry of the Interior on …

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...