2 h. ago Sun, sex, but no sangria? The Balearics’ booze crackdown might just save their tourist industry | Dimah Ajeeb

The islands say they no longer want to be Europe’s cheap, consequence-free party playground. But is the move upmarket working?Last summer, Spain’s Balearic Islands launched one of Europe’s toughest crackdowns on alcohol-fuelled party tourism. In popular resorts such as Magaluf in Mallorca and Sant Antoni in Ibiza, tourists spilled out of bars at dawn, clutched cheap bottles from late-night shops, and treated entire neighbourhoods as giant open-air nightclubs.Local people were fed up. Noise complaints, violent brawls and clashes between residents and intoxicated tourists became routine. Rents rose while longstanding neighbourhoods became hollowed out into seasonal party zones. Pilar Hernando, from Palma, Mallorca told Reuters in 2024: “Prices go up, rents go up, everything goes up except salaries.” Hernando had to move into a caravan owing to the lack of affordable housing. Average rents have risen 158% over the past decade in the Balearics, with Palma now among the most expensive ci...

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2 h. ago Novak Djokovic sets up Alcaraz showdown after reaching 14th US Open semi

Serb beats Taylor Fritz 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 at Flushing MeadowsCarlos Alcaraz awaits as Djokovic seeks fifth US Open titleForty minutes into his umpteenth big match under the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium, Novak Djokovic seemed to be coming undone. After a supreme start, Djokovic’s first serve had suddenly deserted him. His ground strokes began to spew unforced errors. Up against the wall, he faced five break points while serving for the first set.Each time he came close to falling into the abyss, allowing his distinguished opponent back into the match, Djokovic conjured up a spectacular response. That nerveless, clutch play would define his performance as Djokovic held off a spirited late comeback from a battling Taylor Fritz, who had been the superior player for significant parts of the match, and an increasingly unruly New York crowd to reach the semi-finals of the US Open with a 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 win. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago 'Forgotten' mum battling addiction calls for better counselling and rehab access

Lesley Crichton's 26 year battle with addiction hampered by poor access to psychological support and feeling that she has been left to sort out her own problems

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2 h. ago Family of toddler battling Leukaemia in race against time to raise £100k for 'last chance' treatment

Three-year-old Isla Johnstone was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia after taking unwell on holiday in 2023.

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3 h. ago Nick Kyrgios shows world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka NO respect in controversial comments about their battle of the sexes match

Nick Kyrgios has spent almost all of the last two and a half years sidelined with injury - but that hasn't stopped him making an arrogant prediction about what will happen when he plays Sabalenka.

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4 h. ago Brit tourist 'grabs crying boy from his mum and refuses to hand him back' at airport

Alvina Omisri Agba, 23, was arrested at Miami International Airport on Tuesday after allegedly taking a four-year-old boy from his mother and refusing to hand him back

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4 h. ago Tourist 'grabs crying boy from his mother and refuses to hand him back' at airport

Chaos unfolded at Miami International Airport in the US when 23-year-old Alvina Omisri Agba, from Luton, Bedfordshire, allegedly took the little boy from his mother

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5 h. ago ANDREW PIERCE: The knives are out for Rayner from within Labour, but she holds one ace to be next PM

A senior minister was overheard saying to an aide: 'I'm sick to death of going into battle for Ange. How many more times do I have to defend her?'

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7 h. ago Airport chaos as woman grabs crying boy, 4, from his mother and refuses to let go

Alvina Omisri Agba, 23, from Luton, England, was arrested on Tuesday after she allegedly grabbed a young boy from his mother at Miami International Airport and refused to hand him back.

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8 h. ago Google will not be forced to sell Chrome, federal judge rules

Judge says tech giant can keep world’s most popular browser in ongoing battle over firm being ruled monopolyGoogle will not be forced to sell its Chrome browser, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday in the tech giant’s ongoing legal battle over being ruled a monopoly last year.The company will be barred from certain exclusive deals with device makers and must share data from its search engine with competitors, the judge ruled. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Appeals court allows Trump administration to end the ‘climate bank’ where $20B was set aside to fund climate change projects

Billions of dollars have been sitting in Citibank accounts since February amid the back-and-forth legal battle

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11 h. ago Local government reforms backed by MPs despite ‘power grab’ concerns

Transport, planning and housing will be devolved to new unitary local authorities, under the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill.

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11 h. ago Trump orders end union protections for 450,000 federal workers in ‘largest union busting in American history’

Legal battles take aim at the president’s executive orders ripping up collective bargaining agreements for federal workers

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12 h. ago Fire breaks out at popular Spanish hotel as tourists rush to balcony

A fire broke out at a popular Spanish hotel as guests rushed to their balconies to see what was going on.

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13 h. ago I’m an American living in the UK — these are the worst mistakes tourists make in London

The advice is courtesy of travel blogger Kalyn Franke, who runs the Girl Gone London YouTube channel

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14 h. ago The best UK glamping sites for luxury hot tub retreats, family tents and coastal pods with a view

Getting up close to nature doesn’t have to mean battling tent poles and using communal showers, check out these top glamping sites around the UK

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14 h. ago Boffins need boffins as they warn Brits we're in midst of boffins teacher shortage

A boffins teacher shortage crisis will rob the world of the next Stephen Hawking if we don't grab hold of the problem and create more boffins, say boffins

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14 h. ago Radio star James Whale's will uncovered with one final gift to beloved wife

Late broadcaster James Whale sadly died last month aged 74 after a heartbreaking battle with terminal cancer, and now the radio legend's final wishes have been revealed

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16 h. ago James Whale's will is revealed after broadcaster's death aged 74 following cancer battle

James Whale's will has been revealed after the Talk TV presenter died at the age of 74 following a battle with kidney cancer. 

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17 h. ago Ben Fogle opens up on 'most stressful period' after family health crisis

Ben Fogle has opened up about a health battle in his family that left him feeling "on edge" as he faced having to pay expensive costs to help ease the serious issue

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