News of the day 9 October 2019
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The kitten was weak and unable to escape

Animal welfare

Fire crew rescues trapped kitten

One of the youngsters offered to adopt the kitten but was told that it would have to be taken to the Son Reus animal centre.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Nursing staff

Health

The Balearics need 3,500 more nurses

"No political party has dared to legislate in order to deal with this. The years go by and no action is taken."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Gloria Guevara

Employment

American interest in recruiting Thomas Cook employees

Recruitment would apparently be in other countries, e.g. Spain, and not just the UK.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Aidavita

What's On

Where to go and What to see

Cruise ships in port, markets and films to see in English.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

El Circ Historic Raluy.

What's On

What's on in Majorca on Wednesday / Thursday

Artisan market in Sa Pobla, the Music Makers perform in Alcudia and the cicus is in Palma.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Weather Map

Weather

Today's weather

Weather remains unchanged with highs of 27º.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Iago Negueruela, tourism minister

Tourism

Minister accepts errors in Thomas Cook tourist tax decision

Negueruela addressed the political row that has erupted because of this decision between his party, PSOE, and government partners Més.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

A closed Thomas Cook store in London

Tourism

Hays to buy Thomas Cook British stores in reprieve for up to 2,500 staff

Hays Travel will acquire all 555 stores and look to re-employ former employees from Thomas Cook's retail operations.

Reuters

Sant Llorenç

Anniversary

Remembering Sant Llorenç

A five-metre-high wall of water. They didn’t stand a chance.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Via Cintura

Traffic

Via Cintura traffic volumes continue to rise

The jams for getting onto the Via Cintura in the Andratx direction occur every weekday morning.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Son Toells car pound

Palma

Scrapyard owners were sold "stolen cars" by Palma town hall

"We won an auction for 38,000 euros plus IVA (VAT) and now find that legally we can't do anything with the cars."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Palma Marathon

Events

Palma Marathon this weekend

3 distances to choose from this weekend.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

News / Comment

Comment

No deal

“The European Union is largely to blame for the no-deal scenario.”

Jason Moore

Edition of 9 October 2019
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