New Rules for Tourists....The laws were touted as the first in Europe to restrict the
promotion and sale of alcohol in tourist areas. They also aim to halt the
'cheapening' of the Balearic Islands and attract new investors that were being put
off by its rowdy image. Council leaders have been mounting a fightback to try to
clean up the image of resorts like Magaluf since it was rocked by scandal in 2014
when a British holidaymaker was filmed performing sex acts on 24 men. The
incident led Majorca's top politician at the time - Jose Ramon Bauza - to dub
Magaluf's notorious party strip Punta Ballena as '500 metres of shame'. In 2018
council chiefs upped the ante against badly-behaving tourists in Magaluf by
putting up street signs warning them of heavy fines for street drinking,
nakedness and fighting. The brightly-coloured signs, which carried the banner
line 'Have fun with respect' were mounted on lamp-posts and other visible spots
in the party resort. Thousands of British tourists flock to the islands every year,
including large groups of revellers who have earned them an infamous
reputation. Most of the new restrictions came into place in 2020 but Covid means
many Brits are only now becoming aware of them.
Over nearly 50 years, Leslie Sinclair has given a formidable 125 pints of blood.
But on his last trip he was turned away after refusing to answer a question on whether or
not he was pregnant........
All parents who take their children on holiday during term time will be handed a fixed
penalty notice (FPN), the Government announced today. The new truancy crackdown
will also see FPNs issued to parents whose children are late five times in one term, take
five unauthorised absences, go on holiday during term time, or are out in public in the five
days of an exclusion. Education Secretary Nadim Zahawi vowed to end the 'postcode
lottery' over how local councils deal with school absences. He said: 'I know from the
Children's Commissioner's work on school attendance that children themselves hugely
value being in school with their teachers and their friends.
Granit Xhaka’s mysterious booking in Arsenal’s Premier League win at Leeds last season
is being investigated by the National Crime Agency amid suspicions of a major betting
scandal.
