THIS is the frantic moment Brit “towel warriors” sprint for the best sunbeds around the pool at a Magaluf hotel – the second it opens.
Desperate holidaymakers queued by the pool at Hotel Sol Barbados for up to an hour before staff opened it and seemingly let all hell break loose.
It is the latest chapter of the blazing sun lounger wars which continue to rage on across Brit holiday hotspots.
Aaron Turner, 34, was holidaying in Spain with fiancé Shauna Wall, 32, and their four-year-old daughter Halle when he spotted the bizarre scenes.
The family, from County Meath, Ireland, said sunseekers would wait at one of the three busy pool entrances each day, determined to get the best spots.
Aaron claimed he saw tourists starting to queue from 9am – despite the pool opening at 10am.
Unbelievable footage showed the racing Brits sprint for their lives as they swarmed the pool area to secure the sunniest seats.
Dozens are seen waiting by the entrances, one of which is blocked by just one lone lifeguard.
As he lets them in when the clock strikes 10am – scores of swimmers descend on the sunbeds in a mad panic.
Content creator Aaron said: “The queues would get pretty long.
“Once the barriers opened, all the rules went – people were jumping the queue, and some were properly running.”
Aaron quipped that he had to don running shoes in order to beat the crowds and secure his seat.
Despite the chaos, he was seen appearing to have found a well-placed sunbed.
He added that there were “definitely enough beds” – but that this didn’t stop Brit tourists forming lines to win the best spots.
“I thought it was hilarious, I’ve seen videos of it online before but it was the first time I experienced it myself,” he said.
“We got a good laugh out of it.”
The footage went viral after another similar scramble involving hasty Brits in Magaluf was caught on camera.
A Manchester holidaymaker was left absolutely fuming after vigilantes swiped towels from her sun lounger that she had reserved due to her disability.
Wheelchair user Elaine Simpson, 77, had been given permission from staff to book out the spot, before Brit sunbathers intervened.
She was staying at the Aquasol Aparthotel near Magaluf with her family to mark her 51st wedding anniversary.
Joined by her husband and teenage grandkids for the trip, they were set for a much-needed week’s break in the sun.
But when they arrived, she was put into a hotel room that was five floors up and as far from the pool as they could have been.
Because she suffers from chronic arthritis and is in a wheelchair, this made it a challenge to claim a hotel sunbed at opening time.
She told the Sun: “We could never have made it down for 9am to get a sunbed.
“So we went out to the beach and paid for sunbeds for the whole week.”
Another Brit tourist defended the controversial practice of putting towels on sunbeds amid the blazing row.
Rachel McGuigan and her husband David enjoyed a plush vacation in Turkey, but divided opinion after they put their towels on their poolside beds for half an hour while they went for their morning meal.
She got angry reactions from some holidaymakers.
PADDY POWER were left reeling after last night’s Nations League thriller between Spain and France helped punters cash in to the tune of millions!
The nine-goal spectacular, which ended 5-4 to Spain, triggered one of the worst financial batterings in the bookmaker’s history, thanks mainly to their own Super Sub promotion.
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Super Sub means if your selected player is substituted, your bet rolls over to their replacement – and it backfired in spectacular fashion.
Over the last 18 months, it’s featured in 973 games.
But none have come close to stinging their pockets quite like this encounter. It’s understood the bookmaker lost ‘millions upon millions’ – all down to a series of hugely punter-favourable results.
Among the killer blows: Dani Vivian replacing Robin Le Normand and immediately giving away a foul, which cost them half a million quid.
Samu came on for Mikel Oyarzabal in the 77th-minute, and had a shot on target, which too cost Paddy Power a small fortune.
Then Gavi strolled on in injury time, picked up a yellow card in the 97th minute, and cost Paddy another £200k!
A Paddy Power spokesman said: “I thought the Nations League was supposed to be boring? I wish it bloody was!
“But fair play to the punters. They’ve come in, taken advantage of Super Sub and absolutely pulled our pants down, leaving us licking our wounds at Power Tower today.”
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THE Isle of Man TT is heading to its climax as the world’s top riders race around country lanes at over 130mph!
Dubbed by many as the ‘world’s most dangerous race’, the iconic course has claimed the lives of 270 people since its first edition in 1907.
Last year, Northern Irish legend Michael Dunlop broke the record for most wins on the course and is back for more this time around.
Dunlop broke uncle Joey’s record of 26 last year with FOUR wins out of seven to take his overall tally to an incredible 29.
There was huge drama in the qualifying section with Peter Hickman involved in a major crash.
Hickman is one of the most recognisable faces in the Isle of Man TT and has won 14 races in the last five events.
The BMW rider has since been released from hospital but will not participate in this year’s racing.
Here’s everything you need to know for the week ahead.
The annual event sees professional and semi-professional riders race around the Isle of Man in a time-trial.
The ‘TT’ in the name stands for Tourist Trophy, rather than time trial.
Anyone from any country can apply to race as long as they have a valid National Entrants or FIM Sponsors Licence for Road Racing, plus a driver’s licence.
Last week was the qualifying section and this week is the racing.
There are six main events – the Senior TT, Supersport TT, Superbike TT, Superstock TT, Supertwin TT and Sidecar TT – with all roads on the island closed between 9am and 5pm and some roads closed for the full week.
The Senior TT is the main attraction and has almost run continuously since 1911.
It was not held due to World War I (1915-19) and World War II (1940-46), then because of foot and mouth disease in 2001, bad weather in 2012 and Covid-19 in 2020 and 2021.
Davey Todd won the race last year.
Race Day 1 – Monday, June 2
Mountain Road closed overnight from June 2
Race Day 2 – Tuesday, June 3
*RACING DELAYED DUE TO WET ROADS*
Race Day 3 – Wednesday, June 4
Rest Day – Thursday, June 5
Race Day 4 – Friday, June 6
*RACING DELAYED DUE TO WET ROADS*
Race Day 5 – Saturday, June 7
The 2025 Isle of Man TT will not be broadcast live on any TV.
Instead, race fans will need to purchase TT+ which costs £23.99 for full coverage of every race, plus behind-the-scenes access and in-depth analysis.
TT+ can be live streamed via the website on any compatible device.
Alternatively, ITV4 has nightly highlights every day at 9pm.
The total prize money for the 2025 Isle of Man TT sits at £353,115, which is a large increase from last year.
The prize pots are as follows:
A full breakdown for the 2025 prize money can be found here.
Michael Dunlop is the most successful rider at the Isle of Man TT.
He won four races in 2024 to take his overall tally to 29.
The Northern Irishman had been trailing his legendary uncle, Joey, heading into last year’s event – Joey had won 26.
Michael’s four wins in 2024 added to his four wins in 2023.
Dunlop has enjoyed another incredible year, winning three of six races so far to take his overall total to 32.
BANK of Ireland has issued an urgent alert to its customers over a spike in sophisticated scams doing the rounds.
Fraudsters are targeting customers with convincing fake texts and phone calls, tricking them into transferring their money to bogus ‘safe accounts’, in many cases via Revolut.
According to Bank of Ireland, over 80 per cent of Irish people have been targeted in a scam over the last year.
Text messages and phone calls are the most common methods used by these criminals.
Customers should be particularly alert for fraudulent texts that attempt to lure them into calling a fake ‘bank’ phoneline.
This is where the account holder is then duped into transferring funds to their secondary account.
Reports of the scam to Bank of Ireland’s fraud line and Text Checker service have been on the increase since the start of the year.
Daily reports are over 10 times the number of those reported weekly in April and May in this week alone.
The bank wishes to urgently remind customers that Bank of Ireland will never ask you to move your money to another account to keep it safe.
The Bank has seen a tenfold increase in reports of this scam in just 24 hours.
Head of Fraud at Bank of Ireland, Nicola Sadlier said: “We have been seeing a concerning pattern in the increase of this type of fraud.
“This week’s escalation has resulted in the highest number of reports in a single day of this particular type of fraud,
“So we need our customers and the general public to be vigilant and recognise the warning signs.
“Our main advice is to look out for these texts and do not call back.
“And remember that Bank of Ireland will never ask you to move your money to another account to keep it safe.”
OVER the last 24 hours, Bank of Ireland have seen tenfold increase in reports of scams mainly involving the popular banking app, Revolut.
But how do these scams work and what should customers watch out for?
If any of the points listed above have happened to you there are two main things you can do.
Screen shot the message you suspect to be fraud and send it to 365secuirty@boi.com.
You can also call your trusted numbers, the phone number on the back of your physical card or from the phone contact details in your mobile app.
Meanwhile, a new crackdown is being launched in the war on scam texts in Ireland.
Businesses unregistered with the telecoms regulator will see their mass-texts to customers slapped with “scam likely” warnings from next month in a bid to crack down on phone fraudsters.
More than 7,000 businesses and organisations that send en-masse messages have pre-registered with the The Commission for Communications Regulation, Comreg.
But SMS messages from unregistered companies will be labelled “scam likely”, while scam messages will be blocked completely by October.
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