Sport
"One of Britain’s fastest men on two feet"
Interview with Majorcan resident David Jones, who won gold and silver at the last Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth in 1962.
Crime
Army officer assailants facing trial for hate crime
A fifty-year-old uniformed army commander was assaulted in Palma's Passeig Born in March last year.
Refugee crisis
Increased migration from north Africa this year
The Spanish interior ministry says that so far this year the arrival of immigrants by sea has gone up by 45%.
Tourism
New protest against "massification" planned for next Sunday
The target of the protest will be the Royal Caribbean Symphony of the Seas, the giant cruise ship making its maiden voyage.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 2-8 April
Fairs in Andratx and Muro at the weekend; the Muro fair includes the Carabassamba Festival of batucada and samba bands. The Angel Sunday fiesta at Bellver Castle. Pancaritat picnic-pilgrimages, such as Sa Pobla's on Tuesday. Tenor Eduardo Aladrén at the Palacio de Congresos on Saturday.
Comment
The resilient British tourist
Hotel price hikes, tourist tax and a sense of not being as wanted as they once were (tourists in general), the British are standing firm.
Humphrey Carter