Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 3-9 October
The Legends Cup ATP Champions Tour event is at Palma Sport & Tennis Club for four days from Thursday. Llucmajor has its next fair on Sunday. There is a good deal of gastronomy knocking around, such as Cala Ratjada's fresh fish weekend that starts on Friday and Puerto Soller's fishy fair on Saturday.
Police
Palma and Pollensa town halls dismiss police sentenced for kicking prisoner
The court said that the prisoner, who was drunk and tied up, had been the victim of "contemptuous and humiliating" degradation.
Society
Demonstration against the demolition of Sa Feixina monument
Members of 22 Palma residents associations are going to stage a mass demonstration outside the town hall.
Animal welfare
Animal rights party attacks Palma horses' living conditions
Pacma says that conditions in which horses are being kept are in violation of 1992 animal protection law.
Tourism
Activists gather in Palma against tourist "saturation"
At midday today there was an "anti-tourist" route that covered parts of the city most visited by tourists.
Health
Més criticise lack of consensus for Son Dureta scheme
The government now says that no budget for a reopened Son Dureta has been drawn up.
Retail
Retailers aren't happy with Palma plastic bag restrictions
The Afedeco association is against any prohibition and especially so when it has been arrived at without consensus.
Crime
Arrests over sale of synthetic marijuana
The synthetic marijuana has led to the hospitalisation of some consumers, including minors.
Sport
Unfinished business for Carlos Moya during Legends Cup
Tim Henman, Carlos Moya and Mats Wilander are among those competing in this year’s Legends Cup ATP Champion Tour Event from 6-9 October in Palma.
Retail
A "great day" for Primark as FAN Mallorca Shopping opens
"Palma is the best city in the world to live in," said Stephen Mullen, the director-general of Primark in Spain and Portugal.
Royal family
Town hall wants all Marivent gardens open to the public
"We expect that in the future we will be able to open all the gardens," says town hall director of urban planning Joan Riera.
Retail
FANtastic: FAN Mallorca Shopping's gala ceremony
Europe's latest, largest and most diverse commercial and entertainment centre, FAN Mallorca Shopping, held a gala inauguration ceremony this evening.
Emergencies
Driver runs off after crashing into car park entrance
A Ford Focus crashed into the glass barrier above the entrance to the car park in Palma's calle Marquès de la Sènia.
Drought
Palma the sixth most expensive Spanish city for water
The Partido Popular opposes a rise in water rates. The party believes that there has been poor planning by the current town hall administration.
Crime
Police bust largest drugs laboratory discovered in the Balearics
Police have arrested a 29-year-old Bulgarian who was working as a biology lab technician at the University of the Balearic Islands.
Drought
High consumers of Palma's water will pay more
The Emaya president, Neus Truyol, has not yet outlined what the increased rates will be for high domestic and business consumers.
Transport
Air Berlin will operate only two Germany-Palma routes
This latest development follows the closure of the Air Berlin hub in Palma and the axing of routes to the mainland.
Crime
Palma graffiti artists caught red-handed
The police intercepted two 21-year-olds, both Palma residents, and seized spray cans, marker pens and more.
Tourism
Mayor does not believe that Palma is "saturated"
Hila didn't consider the increased numbers to necessarily be a bad thing, noting that Augusts of the past have produced similar situations.
Property
Court orders Son Banya shantytown demolitions
Where, it is being asked, will more than 400 gypsies from Son Banya go? Those affected wonder who would want them as neighbours.