News of the day 5 August 2016
News / Latest headlines
Balearic airports recently registered over one million passengers in four days.

Tourism

Més calling again for a limit on tourist places in the Balearics

"Just as there has been an historical ceiling for hotel places, so we will proceed with regulating tourist rentals. There will have to be regulation of tourist places."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

"Survival is not an offence," says one of the placards.

Society

Street sellers in Palma forming a union

The ongoing battle with the police and racist abuse and assaults are reasons why the street sellers are in the process of organising themselves.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Loss of the beach at Deya has occurred since 2001.

Beaches

Town hall looking to recover the loss of beach at Cala Deya

Documentary material shows that during the 1990s the beach attained its maximum surface.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Demolition orders are not always as serious as this.

Construction

Council getting serious about illegal building demolition

The Council of Majorca has ordered more demolitions because of illegal building in the past six months than there had been for the previous three years.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

The Queen Miri in Palma.

Nautical

A yacht fit for a queen

The forty-third largest private yacht afloat, the Queen Miri, today moored up in the Club de Mar.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

The fire in Petra.

Emergencies

Wave of forest fires in Majorca

Three fires in all - in Sant Agusti, Manacor and Petra.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

News / Comment

Comment

Booze ban on flights

"Limiting the sale of alcohol on flights is certainly a step in the right direction."

Jason Moore

Holiday / Lifestyle

Letters to the editor

Letters to the Editor

Reports about air pollution being caused by the cruise ships are absolute rubbish.

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