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A British man has been airlifted to hospital in a “critical condition” after getting into difficulties in the sea off a Spanish holiday island. The 70-year-old Briton had been enjoying a holiday in Formentera – but had to be pulled out of the water at picture-postcard Ses Illetes beach by lifeguards – who performed life-saving CPR on him. Emergency responders were able to stabilise the pensioner on the sand before an ambulance took him to the island’s hospital. Doctors then decided he should be flown by helicopter to Can Misses Hospital in Ibiza given the seriousness of his condition. The dram…

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