Weather
Mallorca Weather for Wednesday
It's mostly overcast in Mallorca today with scattered showers and strong winds in some places. To view the weather in real time from our webcams all over the island, click here.
Agriculture
Group limit exception for Mallorca pig slaughter
The Agriculture Sector has described the Health Department’s conditions for the slaughter as "acceptable".
Crime
Former Calvia Police Chief asks to be acquitted
The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office is demanding that Navarro be jailed for six years and ten months.
Crime
Murder in Palma
The suspect allegedly called his family at around 22:30 claiming that he’d been involved in a traffic accident in Cami Ca Na Verda and that his partner had been killed.
Wednesday, November 4
The state of the roads on Mallorca
Check out the state of the roads due to closures, alternate routes and closures.
News
Search for missing plane from Ibiza
The aircraft took off from Ibiza Airport on Tuesday at 18:45 and was scheduled to land at Reus airfield an hour later.
USA elections
Trump falsely claims victory with votes uncounted, rival Biden confident
Polls have closed and voting has stopped across the country, but election laws in U.S. states require all votes to be counted.
Weather
Fires banned in the Balearics on Wednesday
Aemet has issued a warning for very strong winds from the east and northeast.
News
No Christmas lights in Calvia
To make up for the lack of Christmas spirit in the streets restaurants in the Municipality will be decorated and they'll offer set menus every weekend.
Employment
Monthly unemployment in the Balearics rises six per cent
Compared with October 2019, the rise is by over 60%.
Economy
Black Friday in Mallorca
El Corte Inglés is forecasting a 35% increase in online sales on November 27.
News
Apartment gutted by fire in Palma
A cat died in the fire in Avenida Gabriel Alomar y Villalonga in Palma.
Covid vaccine
Oxford COVID-19 vaccine trial results due this year but not there yet, trial chief says
A vaccine that works is seen as a game-changer in the battle against the coronavirus, which has killed more than 1.2 million people worldwide.
Economy
Spanish unemployment rises in October as second wave of COVID-19 bites
Many still struggle to find work.
State of alarm
Government repeats: home confinement not needed at present
The situation in the Balearics is "much better" than in the rest of the country.
Transport
Complaints about Mallorca rail and Metro overcrowding
Specific incidents have led to overcrowding.
State of alarm
Balearics would close ports and airports before home confinement
There have been cases of people arriving from Madrid who have tested positive.
Politics
Explainer: What might happen if U.S. election result is disputed?
Under the Presidential Succession Act, if Congress still has not declared a presidential or vice presidential winner by then, the Speaker of the House would serve as acting president. Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, is the current speaker.
Viewpoint
Save small businesses
"I know it’s easier said than done but we’ve got to look around us and to the future.."
Frank Confidential
Scooters told to scarper! Plus - public or private? and our light fantastic
Our weekly contributor Frank Leavers shares how he feels about the electric scooter and asks what happens to the migrants that come to the island shores.
Food & Fosh
Tapa: Gambas con gabardina
Tapas can be as simple as you make them, slices of Serrano ham, marinated olives or fried anchovies.
Junior Bulletin
Outdoor learning Theme Week in The Academy Junior School
It was an amazing last week of the first half term at The Academy Junior School with all the students and teachers doing so many activities in the ‘great outdoors.’
Viewpoint
Love Affair
“The British love affair with Majorca shows no sign of ending soon...”
Jason Moore