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Metro
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Hotel worker almost trampled by ‘stampede' of guests rushing for sunbeds
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Take cover, the daily sunbed wars have commenced… An innocent hotel worker has a narrow escape as holidaymakers charge through gates in a rush to get the prime poolside spots. The scene was captured by Liam Pourhana as the combatants ran into the arena after the employee unlocked for the day. The worker dropped his keycard and 'dared' to pick it back up as the race commenced. Liam and his friend, Paul Nygaard, both engineers from South Shields, Tyne and Wear, managed to get to the front of the queue by arriving at the gates at 6.30am. Liam said that more than 100 people were waiting for the rush to the pool – despite the gates only being opened at 8am. The pair entered the daily sunbed wars on July 20 during their stay at the four-star Spring Bitácora Hotel in Tenerife. Liam wrote on Facebook: 'The security guard dared to pick his key card back up haha.' Liam appeared to be second in the race, as guests ran to the poolside with towels tucked under their arms. 'After paying £5,000 to stay here, it's a joke getting up earlier than you would for work,' he told Luxury Daily Travel. 'If you don't get up and get in the queue, you're not getting a sunbed. 'You have to queue from 6:30am, despite the pool gate not opening until 8am. About 100 people rushed towards the beds, some were even throwing towels over people's shoulders to beat them. 'The security guard dropped his card and didn't want to risk the stampede.' In another video, he provided evidence of his prowess in the sunbed games, writing: 'Me at the front smoking it. First towel down.' More Trending One person exclaimed: 'You've gotta proper leg it for a bed?!' Another competitor took the holidaymaker to task, saying 'I have a nice lie in' before removing towels where there are no people. The person asked: 'How you gonna prove it's your chair?' Do you have a story you would like to share? Contact MORE: Holidaymakers slam 'pathetic' sunbed wars unfolding just 50 metres from beach MORE: Sunbed Wars 2025 in full flow after tourist and sunbed business owner fight on beach MORE: Sunbed Wars 2025 hit Tenerife with tourists throwing down towels on six loungers
Metro
10-06-2025
- General
- Metro
Canary Islands hit by fourth power cut in only weeks
A power outage has hit the Canary Islands, affecting more than 50,000 people and disrupting traffic lights and shops. The island of La Palma went dark at 5.32pm after a 'generation turbine tripped' at the Los Guinchos power plant in Breña Alta. Around 90% of the island was without power for two hours, Canarias7 reported. As of 8.12pm, more than 50% of power has been restored, the island's Security and Emergency Department said on X. El Comité Asesor del PLATECA reunido bajo la dirección del consejero @territoriocan_ Manuel Miranda, realiza seguimiento de la situación➡️Las empresas suministradoras informan que el servicio se ha restablecido en más del 50% y continúan trabajando para su reposición total — 112 Canarias (@112canarias) June 10, 2025 Canary Islands President, Fernando Clavijo, added on the platform that officials are working to 'restore power as quickly as possible'. The Canary Islands Emergency Plan (PLATECA) was activated at 6pm local time, declaring the blackout an 'emergency situation'. Coming only months after Spain's nationwide blackout, La Palma president Sergio Rodríguez said the island is not in the 'first world'. He added: 'We have a completely obsolete power plant that's been around for more than 50 years.' 'La Palma is an island that wants to develop; it must aim to restructure its entire energy system, starting with the systems we currently have.' A notice on an outage map by Endea, Spain's largest utility company, says 'improvement works on the electrical grid' are impacting supply. La Palma's power has been knocked out four times since May 8, when a failure in a substation at the same Los Guinchos power plant left 19,526 customers without power for nearly two hours. The island heavily relies on planet-warming fossil fuels as it is not connected to the mainland, meaning failures at power plants can ripple across the island's fragile power grid, Spanish tech hub Xataka said. Spain suffered a daylong power outage in April, upending the lives of millions of people. Hospitals were forced to run on generators, trains stopped running and many schools closed. Panic buying quickly spread, with shopkeepers having to keep track of cash-only transactions using pen and paper. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Spanish police cause uproar over photo of older women enjoying alfresco chat MORE: Sunbed Wars 2025 arrives in Benidorm after holidaymakers 'stampede' for best loungers MORE: Your favourite places to eat in Europe that aren't the usual tourist traps
Metro
09-06-2025
- Metro
British gran complains that there are too many 'Spaniards' on Benidorm holiday
A British grandmother has said her 'dream' holiday to Benidorm was ruined by 'rude' Spanish hotel guests. Freda Jackson, from Blackburn, Lancashire, was unimpressed by her stay at the Hotel Poseidon Playa, which she said had laid on no entertainment for foreign guests. The grandmother-of-six said her trip was a 'disaster from start to finish' after the Spaniards 'really got on our nerves'. She added she was nearly sent flying after being knocked over by one holidaymaker without even an apology. Freda, who is in her eighties and has mobility issues, was suggested the hotel on the outskirts of the Spanish resort by Thomas Cook. The pair booked the trip through a package operator in 2017 and funded the break over 12 months from their pensions. Benidorm, located in the Valencian Community on the Costa Blanca, typically welcomes more than 2.7 million visitors a year to its picturesque beaches. However, Freda found her hotel primarily catered for domestic tourists rather than overseas travellers, while denying she was making derogatory comments about Spaniards. The hotel also originally allocated the pair a room on the 14th floor. After explaining their accessibility issues, they were given a room on the second floor, which was still 42 steps from the swimming pool. She told the Daily Record: 'The entertainment in the hotel was all focused and catered for the Spanish – why can't the Spanish go somewhere else for their holidays?' The retired care assistant is demanding either a refund for her 'mis-sold' getaway or a free trip after shelling out £1,133 for the two-week holiday. More Trending Thomas Cook offered Freda and her friend a £75 voucher to cover their grievances. A spokesperson for the firm also clarified that, due to a system error, the duo were not made aware of a change to their flights until six days before they were due to leave. They said: 'We are very sorry for the inconvenience this caused and are investigating to make sure it doesn't happen again. 'We have offered Ms Jackson and her travel companion a gesture of goodwill to try and put things right, which we hope she will accept.' Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Inside UK's new £189,000,000 revolutionary 'very light' transport system MORE: Spanish police cause uproar over photo of older women enjoying alfresco chat MORE: Sunbed Wars 2025 arrives in Benidorm after holidaymakers 'stampede' for best loungers
