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TOO POOR FOR US THE head of the Mallorca tourism board has been slammed for telling Brits they are not welcome on the island this summer. Lucia Escribano, the Director of Tourism, indicated that Mallorca is keen to limit ‘low quality’ Brit tourism this summer and would prefer to welcome visitors from Germany and Scandinavia. “We are not interested in having the budget tourists from the UK, we don’t care if they go elsewhere to Greece and Turkey,” she told The Sun at the World Travel Market in London.
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“We are also interested in having less people from the UK and more from other parts of Europe where there is better airline connectivity,” Escribano added. A spokesperson for the PP hit back, saying that the Consell de Mallorca had ‘crossed a red line’ with the comments. “It is very serious that Escribano Continues on Page 5
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Twist in search for Levi Mother on trail of missing X-factor and rugby star reports new sightings
AN X-Factor star who was holidaying in Ibiza and then went missing in strange circumstances in Barcelona three weeks ago may have been spotted. Rugby player Levi Davis’ mother told the Olive Press he may have been seen as recently as Monday, this week, in the Catalan capital. Julie Davis revealed she received information from an alleged eye witness that her son, 24, had ‘been sighted’ at Placa de Sant Agusti looking ‘lost and confused’. The woman claimed she had also seen Levi at another nearby square identified as Placa del Canonge Colom, behind La Boqueria and near to the La Rambla boulevard. B o t h squares are a s h o r t 10-minute walk f r o m
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where he was last officially photographed leaving The Old Irish Pub, at 10pm, on October 29. The information has now been passed on to officers from Barcelona’s Mossos d’Esquadra force investigating the high-profile case.
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Police confirmed they had received the fresh details and the ‘investigation was ongoing’. It has become a real mystery as Levi, who played for Bath, vanished after taking an unscheduled boat trip to Barcelona while he was holidaying with his friend, Richard Squire, in Ibiza. He had flown to the party island to spend time with the British expat, who lives there. International marketing consultant Squire revealed Levi had traveled to Barcelona to ‘visit someone, but he didn’t tell me who’. He added he had left his suitcase in Ibiza.
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The day before Levi left Ibiza he had participated in a photoshoot, with the photographer posting pictures of the shoot on Instagram. A dozen pictures of the Rugby star were posted, where Levi can be seen posing topless in the
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shallow waters of various beaches dotted around Ibiza. The photos are captioned with a series of quotes from American civil rights activist Maya Angelou. In 2020, Levi made history when he became the first rugby union player to come out as bisexual. He went on to take part in the UK talent show The X Factor: Celebrity. Being in the public eye affected Levi, who confessed in an interview that he suffered from ‘depression, anxiety and alcoholism’ after the show. A few months ago Levi told his mother he was being blackmailed over compromising photos.
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The day before he disappeared, his Only Fans account posted its first fully nude pictures. A GoFundMe page, set up by his friend Squire, has so far raised €1,635 towards a target of €3,000.