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No. Airport workers in Spain are NOT going on strike
No. Airport workers in Spain are NOT going on strike

The UK press has wrongly reported of general strikes at Spanish airports...

The Canary Islands has the highest hospital occupancy of Covid patients in Spain
The Canary Islands has the highest hospital occupancy of Covid patients in Spain

The Persistent Covid Association claim that there are 40,000 people in the Canary Islands with long Covid…

VIDEO: A dangerous fugitive wanted in the UK is arrested in Los Cristianos
VIDEO: A dangerous fugitive wanted in the UK is arrested in Los Cristianos

He was sentenced to life imprisonment for drug smuggling in the UK before fleeing to the Canary Islands...

Spain considering limiting school summer holidays to nine weeks
Spain considering limiting school summer holidays to nine weeks

They are rethinking the school calendar to finish right at the end of June and start them at the beginning of September...

A notary is arrested for drug money laundering in the Canary Islands
A notary is arrested for drug money laundering in the Canary Islands

14 people in the gang have been arrested on three islands. The value of the assets seized so far exceeds two million euros...

Man dies after falling from a bridge in Tenerife
Man dies after falling from a bridge in Tenerife

The SUC medical staff dispatched to the scene of the incident could only confirm his death...

Weather alerts deactivated as temperatures drop in the Canary Islands
Weather alerts deactivated as temperatures drop in the Canary Islands

The Archipelago remains in a pre-alert situation for forest fires...

Human remains found in Tenerife thought to be a man who has been missing for a year
Human remains found in Tenerife thought to be a man who has been missing for a year

Last week some teenagers found his back pack on the side of a mountain with a drone…

57 adults and 4 children rescued in a small inflatable boat off coast of the Canary Islands
57 adults and 4 children rescued in a small inflatable boat off coast of the Canary Islands

Four of them had to be taken to hospital for various illnesses and injuries from the journey across the Atlantic...

Accidents at sea: the difficulty of having bathers, boats and jet skis on the beach
Accidents at sea: the difficulty of having bathers, boats and jet skis on the beach

Water sports companies have gradually cornered the space used by bathers and the marine species that inhabit the coasts...

Plastic now accounts for 85% of all rubbish in our oceans
Plastic now accounts for 85% of all rubbish in our oceans

Experts warn: “If additional measures are not taken, by 2025 there will be 150 million tons of plastic floating in the sea”

Firefighters contain outbreak of forest fire in the south of Tenerife before it spreads
Firefighters contain outbreak of forest fire in the south of Tenerife before it spreads

It broke out in the El Roque area of San Miguel de Abona on Sunday afternoon...

BBQ areas closed as fire alert activated in Gran Canaria from today
BBQ areas closed as fire alert activated in Gran Canaria from today

Weather forecasts see highs of up to 38 degrees for Monday and up to 40 from Tuesday...

A new millionaire in the Canary Islands after Fridays Euromillions draw
A new millionaire in the Canary Islands after Fridays Euromillions draw

According to the lottery administration, a ticket bought in Gran Canaria has won the Millionaire Maker...

Man arrested for simulating a fraud to recover money he lost on a crypto platform
Man arrested for simulating a fraud to recover money he lost on a crypto platform

The 28-year-old claimed his bank had taken the money without his authorisation...

50% discounts on bus and tram Bonos in Tenerife from September 1st
50% discounts on bus and tram Bonos in Tenerife from September 1st

This measure has been funded by the Spanish Government until the end of the year to help with the cost of living crisis...

Tenerife’s ports had more than three million passengers between January and July
Tenerife’s ports had more than three million passengers between January and July

2.8 million were ferry passengers and 313,000 were on cruises...

Three arrested for subjecting migrants to ‘slave labour’ for 16 hours a day
Three arrested for subjecting migrants to ‘slave labour’ for 16 hours a day

They were forced to clean and peel onions without a break for 5 cents per kilo...

Drug dealer arrested whilst selling heroin in San Isidro in Tenerife
Drug dealer arrested whilst selling heroin in San Isidro in Tenerife

The Guardia Civil saw the man take the wrap of drugs out of his mouth and sell it...

‘Tourist train’ crashes injuring 11 people including 3 children
‘Tourist train’ crashes injuring 11 people including 3 children

The vehicle was travelling at speed and hit a kerb as it came to a bend and then the carriage flipped over...