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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...

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...

A male tourist drowns in Playa del Inglés
A male tourist drowns in Playa del Inglés

The 74-year-old suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest and could not be revived...

One killed in a house fire in Maspalomas
One killed in a house fire in Maspalomas

The victim was so burned that they couldn’t tell if it was a man or a woman that had been killed...

Maximum tension for the first Canarian derby of the season
Maximum tension for the first Canarian derby of the season

There’s an extra dimension to the match as Las Palmas have snubbed CDT fans with reduced ticket allocation...

The EuroMillions Millionaire Maker makes a millionaire in the Canary Islands
The EuroMillions Millionaire Maker makes a millionaire in the Canary Islands

The jackpot has now rolled over to 77 million euros for Fridays draw...

A castaway is rescued clinging to an oil drum on the high seas near the Canary Islands
A castaway is rescued clinging to an oil drum on the high seas near the Canary Islands

Maritime Rescue resources are searching the waters south of Arguineguín in search of more survivors…

Brown seaweed buries Las Canteras beach after weather warning
Brown seaweed buries Las Canteras beach after weather warning

A storm at sea has left tons of algae deposited on the beach washed in by big waves and high tides...

Sting will perform two concerts in Tenerife South and Gran Canaria next June
Sting will perform two concerts in Tenerife South and Gran Canaria next June

The exact place is yet to be confirmed but in Tenerife it will be somewhere in Costa Adeje…

Fight breaks out on a flight to Lanzarote this Monday morning
Fight breaks out on a flight to Lanzarote this Monday morning

The police were waiting when the flight landed to apprehend those involved...

New fines for walking around with no top on or hanging clothes over balconies
New fines for walking around with no top on or hanging clothes over balconies

The first municipality in the Canary Islands is introducing 163 new rules with fines up to 3,000 euros...

Armed robber wearing plastic bags takes 6,000 euros from a casino
Armed robber wearing plastic bags takes 6,000 euros from a casino

He threatened staff with a knife and wearing bags that hid his face, hands and legs...

Police find a suitcase with 30kg of drugs in the car of a drunk driver involved in an accident
Police find a suitcase with 30kg of drugs in the car of a drunk driver involved in an accident

The National Police reported the car driving erratically, then the Guardia Civil were called to an accident involving the car…

Jet2 flight stops in Bilbao so that passengers can go to the toilet
Jet2 flight stops in Bilbao so that passengers can go to the toilet

The plane was en route from Gran Canaria to Manchester when there was a problem with the toilets on board...

VIDEO: Canarian hunter videos himself naked with a pheasant hanging from his genitals
VIDEO: Canarian hunter videos himself naked with a pheasant hanging from his genitals

The Animalist Party have posted the video of the man on top of a mountain shouting "Long live Spain!"

Police investigate a man for shooting and burying a horse on his farm
Police investigate a man for shooting and burying a horse on his farm

They extracted six metallic pellets and a plastic wad of 2cm from the corpse during the autopsy...

A local police officer is sentenced to four months in prison for drunk driving
A local police officer is sentenced to four months in prison for drunk driving

He failed a breathalyser test then refused a second test acting “arrogantly and incoherently”...

The oldest cruise ship in the world makes a stopover in Las Palmas
The oldest cruise ship in the world makes a stopover in Las Palmas

The Sea Cloud is over 90 years old and among several big liners stopping in the Canaries this weekend as cruise season kicks in…

Happy Halloween: 2 million euro lotto prize lands in the Canary Islands
Happy Halloween: 2 million euro lotto prize lands in the Canary Islands

The top prize from last night’s Bonoloto draw was here in the islands, as was a 50,000 euros second prize...

The National Police increases the number of officers on duty for Halloween night
The National Police increases the number of officers on duty for Halloween night

100 extra troops from specialized units will be deployed in the capitals to ensure protection and peoples safety…