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2 days ago | 
express.co.uk | Emily Wright |Rita Sobot
Tourists baffled as Magaluf beach transformation leaves holiday hotspot unrecognisableA multi-million pound project in Magaluf has left tourists claiming the holiday hotspot has been transformed into Morocco or Miami.
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4 days ago | 
express.co.uk | Emily Wright |Rita Sobot
Canary Islands on brink of making holidays to Tenerife and Lanzarote more expensiveA nightly tourist tax in the Canary Islands is moving even closer to becoming a reality as new street protests loom. Share Article Bookmark A nightly tourist tax in Canary Islands moves even closer as new street protests loom. (Image: Getty)Tenerife and the rest of the popular Canary Islands are edging closer to introducing a controversial new tourist tax.
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4 days ago | 
express.co.uk | Adam Toms |Rita Sobot
Crisis in Spain as tourists abandon restaurants - 'wine and beer costs too much'The sector is experiencing difficulties even though there is record tourism. Share Article Bookmark Restaurant owners have been left worried, with customers unhappy at beer and wine price (Image: Getty)Restaurant owners in Majorca have sounded an urgent warning about money-conscious tourists after suffering a major drop in income.
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1 week ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Rita Sobot
BREAKING NEWSGran Canaria bar owner arrested for murder after woman's dismembered body was found on beachThis story is developing, more to follow By RITA SOBOT Published: 07:38 EDT, 7 May 2025 | Updated: 08:00 EDT, 7 May 2025 A Gran Canaria bar owner has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman's dismembered body was found on a beach popular with tourists.
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1 week ago | 
thisismoney.co.uk | Rita Sobot
A Gran Canaria bar owner has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman's dismembered body was found on the holiday island. Police believe the person who killed the 41-year-old Colombian woman first stabbed her in the neck before trying to dismember the body, chopping at her legs, whilst she was unconscious. Part of her neck had also been hacked off and she is said to have bled to death.
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1 week ago | 
bristolpost.co.uk | Milo Boyd |Pete Gavan |Rita Sobot
It's been a turbulent period at the travel hubBritish tourists arriving at Lanzarote airport have been faced with "uncomfortable and chaotic" scenes, prompting urgent calls for improvements. The local leader, Oswaldo Betancort, has acknowledged the problems and is urgently seeking a meeting with the Spanish airport authority, AENA, after a difficult time at the busy hub.
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1 week ago | 
leicestermercury.co.uk | Milo Boyd |Emilia Randall |Rita Sobot
British tourists arriving at Lanzarote's airport are facing 'uncomfortable and chaotic' scenes. The turmoil has prompted island chief Oswaldo Betancort to call for a high-level meeting with AENA, the Spanish airport authority, amid an influx of nearly 800,000 passengers in March. He’s raised concerns over the insufficient police presence at César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport, which is the tenth busiest in Spain and sees the third-highest number of travellers in the Canary Islands.
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1 week ago | 
express.co.uk | Rita Sobot
Majorca and Ibiza demand no more flights during high season in blow for touristsThe Balearic government is calling for urgent action on the number of flights heading to the holiday destination in the summer as it starts to act on tourist over-crowding. 11:18, Sat, May 3, 2025 | UPDATED: 11:18, Sat, May 3, 2025 Share Article Bookmark The Balearic islands (Image: Getty)Officials say Majorca, Ibiza and Menorca "can't take any more" and the slots for planes have to be curtailed.
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1 week ago | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | Monica Charsley |Rita Sobot
Police officers stormed the plane on arrival. A tourist on a flight from the UK to Tenerife has been arrested after reportedly being caught carrying out a prohibited act in front of dozens of passengers on board. The passenger on the flight, which departed from Manchester Airport on Friday, May 2, was stopped by police upon arrival in the Canary Islands following reports they had been smoking on the plane. The pilot and crew alerted local officers before arriving at Tenerife South Airport.
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1 week ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Rita Sobot |James Reynolds
This is the incredible moment children held prisoner in a Spanish 'house of horrors' saw sunlight for the first time in nearly four years following a police rescue. Police in the northern city of Oviedo found three young boys between the ages of eight and ten in the house on Wednesday, having apparently been there since 2021. Investigators were concerned the children seemed unsteady as they walked outside for the first time in years - almost half the length of their lives.
