21 h. ago Brits abandoning Spanish holiday hotspot as officials warn over 'battleground'

The island has been popular with British tourists for generations, but a host of bad press seems to have persuading sun-seekers to look else where for their holidays

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3 d. ago Spanish holiday hotspot delays tourist tax in win for those planning summer trips

The region is looking for ways to curb overtourism

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5 d. ago Power outages Spain: Full list of Spanish holiday hotspots hit by power outage as millions affected

Spain and Portugal have been hit by a massive power outage that has caused blackouts, Spain’s electricity network operator has said.

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6 d. ago Spanish holiday hotspot launches AI campaign slamming tourist overcrowding

The social media campaign uses AI-generated images to denounce the number of vistors

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1 week ago Brits are warned of potentially fatal Spanish holiday resort game where drinkers get shots for 50p if they can endure ten

The challenge, condemned by doctors as totally irresponsible and life-threatening, can be carried out as an individual or by a group who hold hands so the shock can travel from body to body.

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1 week ago Spanish holiday hotspot is a 'timebomb waiting to explode' as Brits issued warning

Sun-chasing Brits have been warned that Mallorca's high-risk season for fires is imminent - and the increase in denser forestland could make any blazes uncontrollable

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1 week ago Spain goes to war on holiday lets: Brits face battle for accommodation as Spanish PM launches crackdown on tourist rentals amid housing crisis in 'high tension' areas

In the latest onslaught against holidaying Britons, Pedro Sánchez 's new measures will allow residential communities to ban individual property owners from using their apartments as holiday lets.

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1 week ago Canary Islands face new weather alerts following catastrophic Lanzarote floods

Weather in the Spanish holiday hotspot has been mixed with strong winds forecast over the next 24 hours

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1 week ago Sister of British man feared ‘murdered’ in Spanish holiday hotspot wants answers

Brett Dryden’s family has been campaigning for answers over the tragic death of ‘the life and soul of our family’

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2 w. ago UK tourists warned as yellow alerts issued for Spanish holiday hotspots

Weather warnings are in place for Majorca, Menorca, Benidorm, Alicante and more

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2 w. ago In Trumpland, ‘defending free speech’ means one thing: submission to the president | Rafael Behr

By claiming that any regulation is censorship, the White House is bullying Britain to abandon online safety laws and digital taxesCompared with many countries around the world, the US is still a great democracy, but a much lesser one than it was four months ago. The constitution has not been rewritten. Checks and balances have not been dissolved. The difference is a president who ignores those constraints, and the impotence of the institutions that should enforce them.Which is the true US, the one enshrined in law or the one that smirks in contempt of law? If the latter, should Britain welcome its embrace as a kindred nation? That is an existential question lurking in the technical folds of a potential transatlantic trade agreement.Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Earthquake hits Costa Blanca: Brits 'terrified' as tremors 'shake entire buildings' in Spanish holiday resort

Residents as well as Brits staying in Torrevieja for the Easter holidays described being 'almost thrown out of bed' when the tremors hit just after midnight.

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2 w. ago From Huawei to Heathrow, how the reach of China's tentacles spreads across UK infrastructure

As ministers scramble to regain control of British Steel amid suspicion its Chinese owner was ready to abandon its furnaces, scrutiny is mounting over Beijing's reach into the multiple areas of the UK.

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2 w. ago 'I live in Benidorm and have one big warning to anyone watching football in bars'

A Benidorm expert has issued a warning for anyone visiting the popular Spanish holiday resort this summer, as pickpockets are said to be targeting tourists in sports bars

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2 w. ago British holidaymakers issued with Lanzarote travel warning after Spanish holiday island by floods

Around 6cm of rainfall fell in two hours on the popular island on Saturday causing some flash flooding and blocking roads

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2 w. ago Why British businesses won’t abandon manufacturers in China despite Trump tariffs

China has vowed to ‘fight to the end’ in a trade war with the US which threatens to up-end global supply chains

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2 w. ago Why British businesses say they won’t abandon their manufacturers in China despite Trump tariffs

China has vowed to “fight to the end” in a trade war with the US which threatens to up-end global supply chains

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3 w. ago Jack Draper out of Monte Carlo after defeat to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

Spaniard beats British No 1 6-3, 6-7 (6) on clay courtServe abandons Draper, who records 10 double faultsJack Draper crashed out at the last-16 stage of the Monte-Carlo Masters following defeat to Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. Fifth seed Draper, who dispatched Marcos Giron in a comfortable 6-1, 6-1 victory on Tuesday, struggled with his serve, accounting for 10 double faults during the 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-4 loss.“Today I didn’t feel at my best or at my best mentally with my strategy,” Davidovich Fokina said on court after the win, in which he made 57 unforced errors to his opponent’s 46. “It was a rollercoaster with my mind, I didn’t know how to control the emotions and I didn’t respect myself or my team. I am so sorry with how I did today and I am happy with the win and I will be ready for tomorrow. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Spanish holiday hotspot issues update on tourist tax hike for this summer

There were plans to increase the tax on a seasonal basis

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3 w. ago NRL takeover of Super League depends on keeping French sides

Australian powerbrokers ready to purchase 33% stakeLondon club also favoured to play in a 10-team formatAny potential deal for the NRL to take control of Super League depends on the continued presence of French clubs in the British game, with Australian powerbrokers likely to abandon plans to purchase a stake if Catalans Dragons and Toulouse are ejected by clubs leading a review into the sport in the UK.British rugby league is on the verge of a hugely critical period. There is an increasingly hostile power struggle developing, after a number of clubs – spearheaded by Leigh Leopards and Batley Bulldogs – successfully removed Simon Johnson as the the Rugby Football League chair, and installed as his replacement the governing body’s former chief executive Nigel Wood. Continue reading...

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