A BRITISH man has died in an Ibiza hospital after falling seven metres from a supermarket parking lot.

The incident happened at around 8.15pm on Monday in the parking area of the Mercadona store on Calle Johann Sebastian Bach in Sant Antoni.

As previously reported by the Olive Press, The Brit sustained very serious multiple injuries including a skull fracture.

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Two ambulances attended the scene and he was taken to the ICU of the Nuestra Señora del Rosario Polyclinic in Ibiza.

The facility said in a statement: “Unfortunately, and despite the efforts of all the medical staff, the patient died due to the severity of his injuries.”

No further details have been released about Sunday’s incident but the Guardia Civil are carrying out an investigation.

It’s not been revealed whether the deceased British national was a tourist or was with anybody else when he fell.

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This July, Spain became the first country in the EU implement the new European regulations on the single registry of short-term rentals.

The aim of this is to put a stop to fraud, as well as illegal tourist rentals that conflicts with citizens’ right to affordable housing.

Landlords had until July 1st 2025 in order to register all tourist, temporary and seasonal rentals, but by July 2nd, almost half had failed to do so. This means that now, thousands of them do not have the right to advertise on platforms such as Airbnb or Booking.com.

READ ALSO: Nearly half of Spain’s holiday lets not registered with government before deadline

Only once they have registered and have a special registration number will they be allowed to advertise and get customers.

Starting in August 2025, Airbnb has agreed to send the information required by to the Housing Department on a monthly basis, including the corresponding state and regional registration numbers.

It has also agreed to remove listings that show irregularities in the national registry or do not appear on it at all.

In these cases, the platform will notify hosts in advance, offering them a period of time to correct issue before proceeding with the final removal, unless its state registration number has been revoked, in which case it will no longer be included.

READ ALSO: Spain orders Airbnb to take down 66,000 holiday let ads

Back in May of this year, Spain’s Ministry of Consumer Affairs asked Airbnb to take down 65,935 tourist accommodation ads from its website, which were in violation of regulations.

It is unclear yet how much overlap there is between these almost 66,000 listings already flagged for removal and those not registered on the government’s registry, but on the day after the deadline there were 152,857 properties which didn’t have the necessary registration code.

There are 368,295 short-term and temporary lets in Spain according to the country’s National Statistics Institute (INE), although many believe that figure to be higher.

READ ALSO: Three reasons why homeowners are rejected by Spain’s holiday let registry

The most common reason for a listing to be removed is for properties that have failed to provide their tourist license on the ad, which is mandatory in several regions across the country. This means that in all likelihood they were operating illegally.

Spain has been dealing with a severe housing crisis over the last few years, and tourist and seasonal rentals have been largely blamed for taking housing away from the general rental market for locals and contributing to skyrocketing prices.

GUIDE: How to register your tourist flat with the Spanish government

Hace 10 años, Josep Lobató estaba en su mejor momento profesional. Era uno de los rostros de la nueva televisión y la radio. Había presentado concursos como Money, Money, 20p o La batalla de los coros en Cuatro y conducía el matinal Ponte a prueba en Europa FM. Y, de repente, desapareció. Una enfermedad desmielinizante que dañaba sus nervios le hizo quedarse sin voz y tener que retirarse de los medios. Su regreso iba a ser imposible.

Este martes, el presentador catalán de 48 años reapareció en la pequeña pantalla para contar su historia a través de gestos, imágenes y sonidos, en el programa de Antena 3 Y ahora Sonsoles. Lobató no puede ni hablar ni leer, así que estuvo acompañado en el plató de David, su mejor amigo, que le ayudó a contar su historia ante Sonsoles Ónega: “Es un daño cerebral sobrevenido, no se pasa de generaciones ni es degenerativo. Es un chispazo, que puede darte pérdida del habla. En ese momento de explosión sufrió un ictus, y le dio afasia”, explicaba al ser preguntado por lo que es la enfermedad.

El presentador, por su parte, intentó expresar que había ido mejorando, aprender a comunicarse de otra manera, y, sobre todo, quiso mandar un beso y agradecer la ayuda de sus padres Ana y Jose, que su amigo calificó como “muy especiales”. Su diálogo, de hecho, giraba en torno a las palabras que sí puede pronunciar 10 años después: el nombre de sus padres, sí, no, café, sal, oye, pero o casa (así como el uso de emoticonos), aunque la recuperación es muy lenta. Ónega reconoció que una entrevista así era un “reto”.

“Primero perdió el lado derecho del cerebro”, contaba su amigo David, que explicó cómo trabaja Lobato tras sufrir este daño cerebral adquirido: “Hay mucha constancia, resiliencia y una actitud positiva, con eso vas mejorando. Pero no pasas de 0 a 10, sino del 0 al 1, luego al dos y así. Hay que trabajar cada día”. A ese respecto, hablaron de la asociación TRACE (Asociación Catalana de Traumatismos Craneoencefálicos y Daño Cerebral), a la que acude tres días a la semana, ocho horas de jornada, que complementa con dos días de deporte.

“El carácter es el destino, la forma en la que uno afronta los golpes de la vida es la solución. Eres la leche, tío”, le dijo Ónega y le puso un vídeo en el que mandaban ánimos amigos como Natalia de la primera edición de Operación Triunfo, y los cantantes Ruth Lorenzo y Blas Cantó, que le dedicó la canción Héroe. También contactaron en directo con Rosa López. En el plató, desde la presentadora al invitado acabaron llorando en directo.