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POPULAR Spanish pop singer David Bisbal used his trip to Mallorca at the weekend to visit his friend Rafa Nadal in Man acor. Bisbal, who performed at the Es Jardí festival in Calvia on Sunday in front of 4,000 fans on the first stop of his national Estoy Vivo Tour, teamed up with the tennis ace at his academy, where Nadal showed him round the in stallations and the muse um. The Almeria musician and the sports star have been friends for many years and are frequently spotted supporting each other at concerts and ten nis matches, as well as during difficult times such as Nadal’s current recov ery from an ongoing in jury.
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Mayor Thompson with his baton of office.
FOR the first time ever in the history of the Balearic Islands, a British man has been elect ed as the mayor of a small town in Mallorca. Fiftytwoyearold, Richard Thompson and his wife, set tled in Mallorca nine years ago, and he was sworn in as mayor of Sant Joan on Satur day June 17. Sant Joan has a population of around 2,000 people and sits in the centre of Mallorca. However, it has found itself in the news recently thanks to its new British mayor, who puts his success partially down to taking part in the town’s tal
ent contest every summer. Although married to a na tive of Sant Joan, Richard is not a Spanish citizen, but his resident status was enough for him to serve on the council and qualify to run as a may oral candidate. May 28 was when Thomp son stood as the mayoral can didate on behalf of the ecoso cialist Més per Mallorca (More for Mallorca) party and won five of the 11 seats on the local council. A deal was struck with the Socialists whereupon he will serve for a threeyear term as Sant Joan’s mayor, with a Socialist coun
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cillor taking charge for the fourth year. Thompson’s More for Mal lorca Party’s campaign slogan was orgull sant joaner (Sant Joan pride). The manifesto in cluded plans to create a day centre for the elderly, as well as to ensure the safety of chil dren walking to school and the improvement of local sports facilities. Speaking to The Guardian newspaper he said “although I am British, I don’t necessarily identify as British especially after Brexit and after living in Spain for so long. I consider myself a sant joaner.”
THIS spring, which officially finished this week, was the sixth warmest in Mallorca since 1961. April registered several record temperatures for the time of year as well as higher than normal minimum temperatures. ‘Tropical’ nights were recorded in Pollença on March 11 and in Portopí (Palma) on April 29, and the season as a whole left 39 per cent less rainfall than usual despite isolated episodes of heavy rain. According to State weather agency Aemet, the average temperature in the Balearic Islands for the season was 15.7 ºC, which is 0.8 ºC higher than normal. As well as being the sixth warmest register since 1961 for the region as a whole, it has been the single warmest spring in Lluc since 1943 and the second warmest in Portopí since 1978.