Summer concentrates the months with the highest road accident rates of the year. To the excesses of major festivals, revelry, and alcohol consumption, other risk factors must be added, which multiply with the arrival of good weather, such as distractions while driving and speeding. But the increase in accidents during the summer months is also explained by the appearance of heat, one of the factors that most influence driving safety, as it slows down drivers' reaction and concentration capacity. However, it is relatively simple to keep this summer factor under control by following a series of tips that we will now explain to you.

Being able to swim again in the Manacor municipal pool will still take time, but the City Council has already taken a decisive step to recover the facility. The municipal plenary session has approved the agreement with the bankruptcy administration of Esquitxos de Blavor SL, the former concessionaire, which will allow the Consistory to regain full rights to the sports space.

The duo PD Lluca i Santa Servera Màrtir has reported being the victim of an LGTBI-phobic aggression during the celebration held early Saturday morning at the Santa Maria del Camí festivities. In a statement disseminated on social media, the artists assure that a group of young people interrupted the performance with insults and violent attitudes to the point of causing its suspension.

The Civil Guard is investigating the death of a tourist who was run over this Sunday morning on the road to Cala Mesquida, in Capdepera. The driver involved left the scene and, hours later, officers located the vehicle presumably involved with no trace of the occupant. Hours later, Civil Guard officers, who took charge of the search, located and arrested the alleged perpetrator.

Complaints about the high temperature at Palma Airport are gaining strength. If a few weeks ago it was UGT who denounced the conditions under which part of the staff works during heatwaves, now CCOO has also joined the claims and assures that the situation puts workers' health at risk.

A 65-year-old man of American nationality died this Thursday after drowning off the island of Espalmador, in Formentera, after jumping into the sea despite the red flag flying due to the sea state.

It took me seventeen years to realize that October 31, 2007, would be one of the most incredible days of my life. That Wednesday, after the FC Barcelona first team training, photojournalist Joan Monfort and I were waiting for Leo Messi in a changing room at the old Camp Nou. We went there to take a photograph of the God/God (with or without an accent, as you wish) with a baby that would illustrate the month of January for a charity calendar we came up with at the newspaper Sport. The objective was to give visibility to the invaluable work done by Unicef and the Casal d’Infants del Raval, and who better than Messi, Ronaldinho, Henry, Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, and company to do it.

The platform Renovables sí, però així no has criticized the Government's decision to declare the Son Cànaves I and II and Na Forana photovoltaic parks as strategic industrial projects. The entity considers that this decision "disregards" municipal sovereignty and "sacrifices" the Marina de Llucmajor area to turn it into an "energy megapolygon".

The Alcúdia Local Police have arrested a man accused of breaking into the home of the former mayor of Alcúdia, Mateu Salord, 95, and assaulting him during the robbery. As a consequence of the attack, Salord had to be taken to the hospital.

The Manacor City Council urged the Government this Monday to stop the project to build a mega-farm with 80,000 laying hens on the Son Brau estate. The proposal received the support of all municipal groups, both from the parties forming the government team (MÉS-Esquerra, PSOE, and AIPC) and from the Popular Party. Only Vox distanced itself. The Consistory bases its request on a series of unfavorable environmental reports issued by municipal technicians.

The old Citroën factory in Manacor, located on Carrer de les Parres, is getting closer and closer to starting a new chapter. The building, which for decades housed the dealership and workshop of the French brand, will be transformed into a training center for hospitality with a restaurant open to the public, driven by Aproscom, the foundation dedicated to the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in the region.

A Belgian motorcyclist, 53 years old, died this Tuesday after leaving the Dt.-4012 road, in the Mallorcan municipality of Felanitx.

Mallorca will bring together researchers from various countries this week to present the results of the FaSt-SWOT project, an international initiative that uses a NASA satellite to study the currents of the Balearic Sea with unprecedented precision.

MÉS per Mallorca has organized a morning of meetings in Parliament to warm up for the upcoming elections. In this scenario, the general coordinator of MÉS per Mallorca, Lluís Apesteguia, has argued that, faced with society's problems, "solutions that had never been on the table" will be necessary. And he has assured that "whoever wants to accompany" the party in this project "will be welcome." Thus, he has not ruled out a possible post-election alliance with Coalició per Mallorca, the party heir to El Pi, which has presented the journalist Pere Sánchez as a candidate. "For now, they do not have parliamentary representation, we will have to see after the elections", he said.

A failure in the impulsion pipe of the Alcúdia desalination plant has forced this Sunday to cut off the water supply to several areas of Pollensa, as reported by the City Council.

Mallorca faces one of the hottest days of the summer this Sunday. The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has activated a yellow alert for high temperatures in the south and interior of the island, where thermometers could reach 39 degrees.