News of the day 27 September 2019
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Palma police cars

Transportation

Sixty per cent of Palma police cars have faults

This serious situation has meant that on occasion officers have had to use Palma's EMT bus service.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Friday climate strikes in Palma

Environment

Government to declare climate emergency in the Balearics

The town hall is giving its support to the Friday climate strike.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

31 tonnes of plastic was collected

Environment

Half of waste collected from the sea is plastic

Winning the fight against plastic, he added, is vital not just to conserve the sea, "but the entire planet".

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Passengers are seen at Thomas Cook check-in points at Minorca airport

Tourism

In the first four days of Operation Matterhorn the CAA has flown back around 61,000 people

Operation Matterhorn continues until Sunday 6 October with more than 1,000 flights planned in total.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Films in English in Majorca

What's on

Where to go and what to see

Cruise ships in port, markets and films to see in English. New film today is The Laundromat starring Gary Oldman and Meryl Streep.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

The boat that arrived with eight immigrants

Immigrants

Seventeen more illegal immigrants

All the immigrants were male and were taken to Portocolom.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

The public bus after the deadly accident

Traffic accidents

Deadly accident in Palma between a motorist and a public bus

A 35-year-old man, was trapped under the vehicle and died instantly.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Wedding next month in Pollensa

Celebrities

A Bahamas honeymoon for Nadal?

The wedding is taking place on Saturday October 19 Sa Fortalesa in Pollensa.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Thomas Cook offices

Tourism

Receiver will decide when Thomas Cook employees are paid

"There is a delicate situation because we are bound hand and foot".

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

News / Comment

Comment

Chirac was right on Iraq

He may have been found guilty of corruption but he stuck to his guns over Iraq.

Humphrey Carter

Comment

Letters to the Editor

A readers writes about ther Thomas Cook collapse.

B. Rowe

Frank Talking

I’ll never forget whatsisname!

Memory is a funny thing you know; it enables you to immediately travel to a specific time and place the moment you hear the first few chords of a pop song of your youth.

Frank Leavers

Holiday / Lifestyle
Marine litter

Marilles Foundation

Marine litter: sources & solutions

In the Balearic Sea, almost 50 % of the floating residues are of plastic origin.

Natalia Barrientos

Edition of 27 September 2019
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