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Don’t forget to put your clocks back tonight!
Don’t forget to put your clocks back tonight!

Spring forward, fall back, you get an extra hour of partying or sleeping as winter approaches...

Fury as ‘influencer’ records himself carving name in protected rocks
Fury as ‘influencer’ records himself carving name in protected rocks

He shared a video online of himself defacing the 342,000-year-old paleodunas, a heritage site of cultural interest...

Initial reports show inflation has dropped to 7.3% in October
Initial reports show inflation has dropped to 7.3% in October

The Consumer Price Index has dropped for three consecutive months since the peak of 10.8% recorded in July...

Man trapped in a cave by the sea in the south of Tenerife rescued by helicopter
Man trapped in a cave by the sea in the south of Tenerife rescued by helicopter

The 36-year-old jumped in the water to help a woman in distress and got stranded himself due to the dangerous sea conditions...

Amazon stops free shipping to the Canary Islands
Amazon stops free shipping to the Canary Islands

Until now, customers in the Canaries had two options to receive the items they bought online...

Telefonica asks clients to change their WiFi router password after a cyberattack
Telefonica asks clients to change their WiFi router password after a cyberattack

They have confirmed that there has been “unauthorised access” to the router configuration data of Movistar and O2 clients…

A 15-year-old boy suffers a heart attack whilst playing football
A 15-year-old boy suffers a heart attack whilst playing football

He had a seizure and collapsed on a football pitch during a match in Lanzarote…

New sculpture unveiled in Costa Adeje donated by the people of Ukraine
New sculpture unveiled in Costa Adeje donated by the people of Ukraine

It is a thankyou for how Ukrainians have been welcomed into the municipality in the face of the war...

Elderly couple found dead at home in their apartment in Gran Canaria
Elderly couple found dead at home in their apartment in Gran Canaria

Police believe that one of them died of natural causes and the other took their own life...

A ‘mini heatwave’ is coming to the Canary Islands this weekend
A ‘mini heatwave’ is coming to the Canary Islands this weekend

AEMET warns of ‘unusually high’ temperatures for the rest of October although they will drop on Monday for Halloween...

Spain extends face mask requirement on public transport until March 2023
Spain extends face mask requirement on public transport until March 2023

Holidaymakers and residents in Spain and the Canary Islands still have to wear masks on buses, coaches, and taxis...

Baggage handlers strike in Spain will affect Ryanair passengers from Friday
Baggage handlers strike in Spain will affect Ryanair passengers from Friday

Azul Handling, who control Ryanair on the ground at five airports in the Canary Islands, are striking until January 2023...

Police find the dead body of a woman in Arona in the south of Tenerife
Police find the dead body of a woman in Arona in the south of Tenerife

It is in a state of decomposition with no apparent signs of violence and needs to be formally identified...

Pensions in Spain will go up to an average of 1,365 euros a month in January
Pensions in Spain will go up to an average of 1,365 euros a month in January

The increase is in line with inflation and will benefit over nine million people in Spain...

Arrested in Arona for spending 5,000 euros online with someone else’s credit card
Arrested in Arona for spending 5,000 euros online with someone else’s credit card

They bought clothes, presents, flights, and concert tickets without the consent or knowledge of the card holder…

VIDEO: Man being investigated for driving backwards down mountain road
VIDEO: Man being investigated for driving backwards down mountain road

He drove for more than a kilometre down the TF-61 in Tenerife. See the video here…

Brits advised to check validity of their passport before travelling to EU holiday destinations
Brits advised to check validity of their passport before travelling to EU holiday destinations

The Foreign Office have updated their travel advice online and also warn people to get their passport stamped...

One of the UK’s most wanted fugitives is arrested in Spain
One of the UK’s most wanted fugitives is arrested in Spain

He is wanted for drugs and guns crime and has an international arrest warrant against him...

Holiday makers evacuated due to fire in a complex in Costa Adeje
Holiday makers evacuated due to fire in a complex in Costa Adeje

A fireman was injured while putting out the fire in the laundry room of the aparthotel located in Callao Salvaje…

Man jailed after punching elderly woman in the face to steal her bag in Golf Del Sur
Man jailed after punching elderly woman in the face to steal her bag in Golf Del Sur

This was the second crime the man committed of the same nature in a week before police caught him…