The UK’s largest travel association raised some eyebrows when it chose the Mallorca resort of Magaluf to host its annual industry conference. As it brought around 300 of Britain’s leading tour operators to Calvia this week, the Association of British Travel Agents insisted that the former party capital had transformed from its reputation of binge-drinking and booze. Mark Tanzer is …

Images taken by a microscope of mouse brain tissue (left) before and after nanoparticle treatment (right). The therapy restored the blood–brain barrier’s ability to clear amyloid-beta proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease. Credit: IBEC / ibecbarcelona.eu Scientists from Spain and the UK have made a breakthrough that could change the way Alzheimer’s is treated in future. Researchers in China and Spain …

Cheikh Kane’s story is like a Hollywood movie: a terrifying ocean crossing from Senegal which claimed the lives other travellers, then years of surviving in Spain before ending up on the catwalks of international fashion shows.  Marbella is now home to this 20-something Senegalese migrant, who has become a symbol of character. He struts for brands like Adidas, Cartier and …