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AEMET: Rain is forecast almost all this week in the Canary Islands
AEMET: Rain is forecast almost all this week in the Canary Islands

Some light rain and localised showers will be seen in the more mountainous islands…

New shopping centre in Corralejo will be the biggest in Fuerteventura
New shopping centre in Corralejo will be the biggest in Fuerteventura

It will have a surface area of 23,000 m2 and cost 20 million euros to construct...

First weekend of Ryanair strike ends with no UK flights affected
First weekend of Ryanair strike ends with no UK flights affected

75 flights on Saturday and 58 on Sunday were cancelled to or from Spanish airports...

Sundays News In Brief: various articles from around the islands
Sundays News In Brief: various articles from around the islands

Here is a roundup of the smaller stories from this weekend that don’t have enough information to be a full article...

OFFICIAL: The Government extends 20c fuel discounts until December 31st
OFFICIAL: The Government extends 20c fuel discounts until December 31st

They have halved VAT on electricity to reduce bills, and capped the increase of monthly rents on properties...

Spain is entering 7th wave of Covid but virus now affects people differently
Spain is entering 7th wave of Covid but virus now affects people differently

New Covid variants worsen current illnesses and don’t give patients pneumonia...

Police raid ‘cannabis club’ in Fañabe that is a front for bigger drugs operation
Police raid ‘cannabis club’ in Fañabe that is a front for bigger drugs operation

One man has been arrested and three others are being investigated as the club had ties with Barcelona and Ibiza...

No flights have been affected in the Canary Islands on the first day of the Ryanair strike
No flights have been affected in the Canary Islands on the first day of the Ryanair strike

So far today all flights have been running as usual from the UK and Spain to the archipelago…

Police prevent an Irish tourist committing suicide in the south of Tenerife
Police prevent an Irish tourist committing suicide in the south of Tenerife

The man threatened to kill himself by jumping from seventh-floor balcony of a hotel in Costa Adeje…

New 54 apartments and a 100-room hotel being built in El Cotillo
New 54 apartments and a 100-room hotel being built in El Cotillo

The new complex is being constructed in two phases and will be opened under the Mynd Hotels brand...

25 banned weapons seized from a family selling them in Gran Canaria
25 banned weapons seized from a family selling them in Gran Canaria

They were advertising stun guns on social media and sending them to buyers by post...

New complex of 88 apartments is authorised for construction in Amarilla Golf
New complex of 88 apartments is authorised for construction in Amarilla Golf

The project for the new holiday complex must now be endorsed by the Cabildo, which is seen as a formality...

The four Moroccans accused of raping a female tourist are finally convicted
The four Moroccans accused of raping a female tourist are finally convicted

The young woman was left lying on the floor in the corner of a commercial centre after the four of them had taken turns…

The Canary Islands are forecasting a record number of tourists this summer
The Canary Islands are forecasting a record number of tourists this summer

The sector is expecting a bumper summer season with more tourists than in 2019 before the pandemic…

Emergency landing for a Tenerife flight after a passenger passes out
Emergency landing for a Tenerife flight after a passenger passes out

The plane had to do a U-turn and land in Lanzarote where emergency services on the ground were waiting for it…

The Canaries population has increased but only because of immigrants
The Canaries population has increased but only because of immigrants

The natural growth of the population is negative with 4,475 more deaths than births in 2021...

Schorsch, one of the gorillas at Loro Parque, dies aged 50
Schorsch, one of the gorillas at Loro Parque, dies aged 50

They issued a statement yesterday in which they deeply regret the death of one of the longest residents at the park...

Two drug dealers arrested in Las Chafiras and San Isidro
Two drug dealers arrested in Las Chafiras and San Isidro

Officers seized 130 grams of hashish from one and 50 grams of the same drug from the other...

HERO: 25-year-old female tourist is saved from drowning by a British soldier on holiday
HERO: 25-year-old female tourist is saved from drowning by a British soldier on holiday

He rescued her from the sea at four o’clock this morning and police managed to revive her…

46 large hotels are for sale in the Canary Islands
46 large hotels are for sale in the Canary Islands

The strength with which tourism is returning seems to have encouraged hotel owners to put complexes up for sale…