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Petrol stations receive notification for money being returned for fuel discount
Petrol stations receive notification for money being returned for fuel discount

Owners are pleased that the Government have acted so quickly as many don’t have funds to subsidise it after the pandemic...

Gran Canarias hotels will be close to full over Easter
Gran Canarias hotels will be close to full over Easter

According to the Minister of Tourism the trend of bookings from January to March this year has been good...

The La Palma volcano wins the NASA photo of the year contest
The La Palma volcano wins the NASA photo of the year contest

It beat a photo of the Kalahari desert in the final which was voted for by the public...

Confusion over whether entry rules to Spain from the UK have changed or not
Confusion over whether entry rules to Spain from the UK have changed or not

The BOE has an update for travel within the EU, but the UK press are claiming Spain is now open to everyone...

No more masks indoors from April 20th
No more masks indoors from April 20th

An agreement has been made to keep them on public transport, hospitals, and health centres...

44% of the Canarian population believes that Covid vaccination should be mandatory
44% of the Canarian population believes that Covid vaccination should be mandatory

New survey reveals that 68% of the population feel that they have been ‘quite or very’ affected by the pandemic...

Off-duty police officer rescues child wandering on TF-5 motorway barefoot in pyjamas
Off-duty police officer rescues child wandering on TF-5 motorway barefoot in pyjamas

An agent of the Guardia Civil saved the young boy who was disoriented and in grave danger...

The Canaries adds 871 new cases of Covid in people over 60 in four days
The Canaries adds 871 new cases of Covid in people over 60 in four days

They also reported of 9 deaths and an outbreak in Gran Canaria with 104 people infected...

Pedro Sanchez invites Elon Musk to invest in solar energy in Spain
Pedro Sanchez invites Elon Musk to invest in solar energy in Spain

This is in reply to Musk’s tweet saying that Spain should build “a massive solar park to supply energy to all of Europe”...

Mojón Hospital to double in size with new ICU and dialysis department
Mojón Hospital to double in size with new ICU and dialysis department

The new services will see the hospital more than double in size to 47,000m2 at a cost of around 40 million euros…

Vaccination Update: The Government insists that boosters are a necessity for everyone
Vaccination Update: The Government insists that boosters are a necessity for everyone

SCS vaccination teams have now administered 4,337,755 doses of vaccines against Covid in the Canary Islands…

Irishman arrested at Tenerife South airport in possession of 35 grams of ecstasy
Irishman arrested at Tenerife South airport in possession of 35 grams of ecstasy

He was stopped because his name flagged up on a passenger list for an arrest warrant from a court in Ibiza…

No more weather warnings as storm leaves the Canary Islands
No more weather warnings as storm leaves the Canary Islands

It will still be cloudy today in most places, but the wind has dropped and rain is mainly forecast in the mountains...

Scuba diver rescued from the sea in critical condition in Tenerife
Scuba diver rescued from the sea in critical condition in Tenerife

He suffered a heart attack in the water but paramedics managed to revive him and start him breathing again...

Unemployment in the Canary Islands drops to lowest level since 2008
Unemployment in the Canary Islands drops to lowest level since 2008

The hospitality industry sees the highest increase in the number of people employed after the sixth wave of Covid...

Man injured as his car leaves the road and rolls down a ravine
Man injured as his car leaves the road and rolls down a ravine

Two cars collided with each other in San Miguel and one was forced off the road down a steep slope...

VIDEO: Missing teenager found in Barranco del Infierno suffering from hypothermia
VIDEO: Missing teenager found in Barranco del Infierno suffering from hypothermia

The 16-year-old went hiking yesterday afternoon and didn’t return home, spending the night in the ravine in the rain…

The Ministry of Health proposes to end use of masks indoors at Easter
The Ministry of Health proposes to end use of masks indoors at Easter

If it is endorsed by the Interterritorial Council on Wednesday and approved by the Council of Ministers, it will end on April 12th…

EasyJet cancels 222 flights due to high levels of Covid-related staff sickness
EasyJet cancels 222 flights due to high levels of Covid-related staff sickness

The airline has cancelled a further 62 from the UK today with passengers given very short notice...

The price of electricity will increase by more than 10% today
The price of electricity will increase by more than 10% today

Compared to just a year ago, the pool price for today will be 808% higher than the 27.74 euros/MWh on April 4th 2021...