News of the day 6 February 2017
News / Latest headlines
Residents will no longer be entitled to a discount on the Soller train.

Transport

Soller train discount to stop because it is discriminatory

The European Union believes that resident discounts amount to unequal treatment of people from other countries.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Damage in Palma.

Weather

Almost three hundred emergency incidents because of high winds

245 of the incidents that had been reported by midday were in Majorca, with more than a third having been in Palma.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Santander bank occupies the ground floor of the building.

Property

Government selling prime Palma real estate

The two floors are valued together at almost four million euros.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

The Soller tunnel toll will not be charged from the start of September.

Transport

Soller tunnel will be free from 1 September

15.4 million euros have been offered by way of compensation. If this is not acceptable, the courts could become involved.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

The Palma-Soller train service restarted yesterday.

Transport

Under 5% of Soller train tickets are bought by residents

More than 1.5 million tickets were sold in 2016, 95.4% of them to non-residents.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Sport / Real Mallorca
Brandon shows his frustration at the end of the game against Oviedo.

Real Mallorca

Worrying times as Mallorca in bottom four

Real Mallorca fell back into La Segunda's bottom four after going down 2-1 to Oviedo on Sunday lunchtime.

Monro Bryce

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