75 volunteers clear 300 kilos of waste from Cala Gració

Today's essentials (5 key points)

• Thousands of people marched in Palma and Ibiza on Sunday to protest against airport expansion and the growth of air traffic.
• Around 5,000 people joined one of the largest recent demonstrations in Ibiza to oppose the airport's expansion, according to Delegación del Gobierno figures.
• Local police in Sant Antoni de Portmany arrested a man after finding about 18 kilos of drugs and 54 boxes of nitrous oxide in a warehouse.
• A British national was arrested in Magaluf on suspicion of attempted murder linked to a Saturday stabbing, according to the Majorca Daily Bulletin.
• Open-Meteo forecasts a dry, mild Sunday across the Balearics, with highs near 28°C in Palma and no rain expected.

Today's essentials

75 volunteers clear 300 kilos of waste from Cala Gració. Some 75 volunteers collected around 300 kilos of waste from Cala Gració beach in Sant Antoni de Portmany this Sunday morning, during a beach clean-up run by Facsa with the town council, according to the Periódico de Ibiza y Formentera.

Weather today

A dry, mild Sunday across the islands. Open-Meteo forecasts a calm, rain-free day across the Balearics this Sunday 20 September 2026, with highs around 27°C to 28°C and light winds.

In Palma, Open-Meteo expects a partly cloudy day with temperatures between 19°C and 28°C, no rain and a light breeze reaching 12 km/h, so conditions stay comfortable well into the evening. Around Calvià and the rest of Mallorca, skies turn overcast with lows of 18°C and highs of 27°C, again dry and with gentle winds up to 9 km/h.

On the other islands, Ciutadella in Menorca sees partly cloudy skies, 20°C to 27°C and a slightly stronger breeze of up to 16 km/h. A light layer for the early hours and swimwear for the middle of the day cover most of the archipelago today.

Transport & traffic

• Palma crowd rejects a bigger airport. Hundreds of people demonstrated in Palma this Sunday against expanding the airport and growing air traffic, marching under the slogan "Ni más ampliación, ni más promoción", as reported by Ultima Hora and Menorca (Es Diari). The demonstrators are pushing for a tourism model with fewer air connections and for measures to ease the pressure that mass arrivals put on the island. For residents, this is not an abstract argument: it feeds straight into how crowded flights, roads and neighbourhoods feel each summer, and into the policy choices that could shape connections and fares in the years ahead.
• Around 5,000 rally against Ibiza airport plan. Ultima Hora and the Periódico de Ibiza y Formentera report that roughly 5,000 people, according to figures from the Delegación del Gobierno, joined one of the largest demonstrations seen in Ibiza in recent times this Sunday to oppose the airport's expansion. A turnout on that scale shows how strongly the growth model is contested on the smaller island, where every extra flight lands on a limited road network and a stretched housing market. If you live in Ibiza, expect the airport question to stay high on the local political agenda well into next season.

Local news to know

• 18 kilos of drugs seized in Sant Antoni. Local police in Sant Antoni de Portmany have arrested a man on suspicion of a public health offence after finding a warehouse holding nitrous oxide canisters, about 18 kilos of drugs and 54 boxes of the gas, according to the Periódico de Ibiza y Formentera.
• Hansel Atencia named Bàsquet Menorca point guard. Bàsquet Menorca has chosen Hansel Atencia as its point guard for the 2026-27 Primera FEB season, which tips off in Cantabria in under a week, Menorca (Es Diari) reports.
• Yellow heat warning for Cumbres de La Palma. Meteoalarm has issued a yellow-level warning for high temperatures in the Cumbres de La Palma area, urging people to stay informed as moderate risks are possible for vulnerable groups and exposed locations.
• Briton held over Magaluf attempted murder. A British man has been arrested in Magaluf on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with a stabbing on Saturday morning, according to the Majorca Daily Bulletin.

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