Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 19-25 June
The fiestas really crank up now. The feast day for Sant Joan is Saturday. There is Palma's Nit de Foc with ten demons' gangs on the Friday night. Deya's correfoc is on Sunday. Sant Pere fiestas start in Puerto Alcudia on Thursday; Sant Marçal in Marratxi on Friday. The Hairy Johns are out in Felanitx, Sant Joan and Sant Llorenç on Saturday. For World Music Day (Wednesday) there are two major free, open-air events in Palma. Tinie Tempah is in Magalluf on Tuesday.
Crime
Pollensa and Alcudia dealers were selling 300 grams of cocaine a week
Three of the five people arrested on Wednesday have been released on bail.
Emergencies
Two killed in Puerto Alcudia road collision
Two people have been killed in a car and lorry collision on the Sant Martí bypass in Puerto Alcudia.
Rowing
British rowing silver medallists shine in Majorca
Puerto Alcudia is becoming the winter training base for some of Great Britain’s and the world’s greatest sportsmen and women.
Emergencies
Youth in serious condition after third-floor fall in Puerto Alcudia
The fall occurred along the Avenida Tucan in Puerto Alcudia.
Alcudia
Town hall report opposes Puerto Alcudia plan
The report warns that the development would be in breach of a 2004 agreement that regulates municipal use of the old Gesa area.
Alcudia
Disagreement over ports authority plans for Puerto Alcudia
Mayor Toni Mir said that there is no agreement with the authority. There needs to be dialogue but this should have started months ago.
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This is the area of Puerto Alcudia that the ports authority wants to develop.
Northern News Spotlight
Government guarantees that Alcudia electricity cabling will be re-routed
The government has made three proposals for alternative routes to the company, and these are to be studied for their feasibility, not least their cost.
Northern News Spotlight
Alcudia's wooden promenade to be replaced
Agreement has now been reached to replace the wood and to create a promenade with trees and shrubs.
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Spanish pensioners stuck at Palma Airport for fourteen hours
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Palma Airport passport control "collapse" put down to unscheduled flights
- Living in a motorhome in Palma: "It'll only get worse"