News of the day 21 September 2020
News / Latest headlines
Santa Ponsa, Majorca.

Weather

Good Morning from Majorca

It's cloudy, wet and windy in Majorca today with thunderstorms in some places. To view the weather across the island from our webcams, click here.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

New test detects severity of Covid-19 infection.

Health

New test detects severity of Covid-19 infection

The new test is designed to be used mainly by Primary Care Personnel who treat patients at home and have to decide whether they need to be hospitalised.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Jimmy Kimmel presents virtual Emmys.

Entertainment

Hilarious Covid-19 jokes at the virtual Emmys

Schitt's Creek cleaned up at the 2020 virtual Emmys in Los Angeles.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Pickets attack EMT bus as it leaves the garage in Palma.

Transport

Tempers flare at EMT bus garage

EMT workers have been on indefinite strike for 8 days.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Police arrested two Moroccan men.

Crime

Two arrested for alleged attempted murder

The men have been charged with one count of attempted murder and one count of hate crime.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

ORA parking allowed on European Car Free Day.

Transport

Parking on European Car Free Day

Trains, metro services and TIB buses will be free all day on Tuesday to mark European Car Free Day.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Anti-Covid-19 graffiti in Es Trenc.

Health

Graffiti Artists claim Covid-19 is fake

Graffiti artists have painted anti-coronavirus slogans on bunkers in Es Trenc.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

EMT workers on indefinite strike in Palma.

Transport

EMT protest stops traffic

EMT workers are demanding that Palma Mayor José Hila and Mobility Councillor Francesc Dalmau resign.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Balearic Weather Warning.

Weather

Aemet issues yellow weather warning

Intense rain and thunderstorms have been battering the Peninsula for several days and could gain strength before they hit the Balearic Islands.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

DNA sampling for Mallorca Civil War victims

Historical memory

DNA study of Civil War victims in Manacor

The remains of eighteen bodies have been found at a grave in the Son Coletes cemetery in Manacor.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Barcelona clubs Covid measures

Nightlife

Nightlife businesses to stage "lock-in" protest

The protest is to denounce the Spanish government's "terrible political management" of the extension to ERTE.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Gorg Blau reservoir, Mallorca

Environment

Reservoir levels almost double what they were last year

Reservoir capacity was 35% this time last year; it is currently 60%.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

La Liga Santander - Real Sociedad v Real Madrid

Football

Talking points from the weekend in La Liga

President Florentino Perez will have noticed and may have to take action in the transfer market, with Real Madrid yet to sign anybody for this season.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Coronavirus

Balearics coronavirus figures for Monday

The rate of positive tests has climbed above seven per cent.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Mallorca Weather

Weather

All you need to know about the weather in Majorca

Today we may have some Rain in Some Parts in Majorca

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Cap de fibló, Majorca.

Weather

Fierce storms and a cap de fibló

Torrential rain has caused widespread flooding in Llevant and the north of Majorca. To view the weather across the island in real time from our webcams, click here.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

News / Comment

Viewpoint

Michael Douglas

“Michael Douglas deserves his very own Majorca Oscar, because he has been promoting the island for three decades...”

Jason Moore

Holiday / Lifestyle
Lampard

Sunday Essay

The sporting life!

Because your average modern, professional footballer, is about as interesting as a bucket of cold spit; those whose job it is in the media to keep us interested in the game have to resort to persecuting team managers and coaches to enliven the dull days between dull matches.

Frank Leavers

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