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Bomb scare at Glasgow airport delays flights to the Canary Islands
Bomb scare at Glasgow airport delays flights to the Canary Islands

The airport was in police lockdown for six hours after a suspicious package was found during a security check...

VIDEO: Strong winds prevent tourist planes from landing in Lanzarote
VIDEO: Strong winds prevent tourist planes from landing in Lanzarote

Seven flights could not land at the César Manrique Airport yesterday due to adverse weather conditions...

Two sailing boats are smashed into rocks in Lanzarote due to bad weather
Two sailing boats are smashed into rocks in Lanzarote due to bad weather

The intense waves forced them from their moorings and caused them to capsize in Playa Blanca…

The first incidents are reported in Tenerife due to high winds from the storm
The first incidents are reported in Tenerife due to high winds from the storm

Tacoronte, La Matanza, La Orotava, Los Realejos and Arona are the most affected municipalities...

The fines you can get for driving whilst wearing a heavy coat, or flip-flops
The fines you can get for driving whilst wearing a heavy coat, or flip-flops

The DGT doubles road surveillance during these bank holidays and traffic police are out in force. Details of the laws here...

Heavy rain and intense wind at the start of the week in the Canary Islands
Heavy rain and intense wind at the start of the week in the Canary Islands

The storm conditions didn’t affect the south of the islands over the weekend, but now the weather change is here...

The Irish are heading to the Canaries for longer due to increasing costs at home
The Irish are heading to the Canaries for longer due to increasing costs at home

They are choosing Tenerife and Lanzarote for at least a month at a time to get more for their euros...

Health chiefs want to ban the term 'man-flu' because it actually hits women harder
Health chiefs want to ban the term 'man-flu' because it actually hits women harder

They claim it should be given a new name because statistically it's actually worse for women to catch it than men...

A man jumps into the sea in the Santa Cruz port trying to chase a ferry
A man jumps into the sea in the Santa Cruz port trying to chase a ferry

A National Police patrol boat had to rescue the man and help him out of the water...

Two women injured in a car accident in Guargacho in the south of Tenerife
Two women injured in a car accident in Guargacho in the south of Tenerife

Both drivers aged 23 and 26 years old, had to be taken to hospital with back injuries...

Spain is planning to launch its Digital Nomad visa in January
Spain is planning to launch its Digital Nomad visa in January

The visa will open the door for foreign workers and investors to live in the country for up to 5 years without becoming a resident...

Activists celebrate the paralysis of the Cuna del Alma project in Costa Adeje
Activists celebrate the paralysis of the Cuna del Alma project in Costa Adeje

The Canary Islands Government have ordered suspension of the all the works on the entire plot...

An agreement is made for the south of Tenerife to have ‘a real hospital’
An agreement is made for the south of Tenerife to have ‘a real hospital’

The Government is giving 22 million euros and the Cabildo is giving six plots of land so more facilities can be added in El Mojón...

Arrested for scamming 200,000 euros from tourists in the sale of fictitious properties
Arrested for scamming 200,000 euros from tourists in the sale of fictitious properties

The estate agent had already been arrested last summer for doing a similar thing...

Tourist numbers from the United States to Tenerife have grown by 52%
Tourist numbers from the United States to Tenerife have grown by 52%

Four American 'influencers' reached more than 750,000 people through their video posts during a trip in October...

AEMET activate a yellow and orange storm warning for the Canary Islands
AEMET activate a yellow and orange storm warning for the Canary Islands

They warn that the meteorological instability will be more noticeable in Tenerife and La Palma…

VIDEO: Air traffic control radar detected the meteor over Gran Canaria
VIDEO: Air traffic control radar detected the meteor over Gran Canaria

A triangle appears on their screens that coincides with the noise detected in towns across the island...

Holiday bookings have soared for next week’s bank holidays
Holiday bookings have soared for next week’s bank holidays

Tuesday and Thursday are public holidays next week and schools are closed on Wednesday too...

Which shopping centres are open during the December bank holidays in Tenerife?
Which shopping centres are open during the December bank holidays in Tenerife?

With two bank holidays next week on Tuesday and Thursday, for whom is Wednesday 7th December a holiday so they have three days off?

Thug robs an 80-year-old woman in Costa Adeje and drives off with her on the bonnet of his car
Thug robs an 80-year-old woman in Costa Adeje and drives off with her on the bonnet of his car

The elderly woman ended up clinging to the vehicle for several hundred metres until he crashed into a taxi…