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UK Government says NO to vaccine passports to enable travel
UK Government says NO to vaccine passports to enable travel

The Vaccine Minister says that if other countries require proof of vaccination, your GP has records... is this practical? Are ‘vaccination passports’ a good idea?

Bus driver rescued after crashing into a tree in Las Palmas
Bus driver rescued after crashing into a tree in Las Palmas

He was trapped inside the vehicle after the accident and fire-fighters had to cut him out of the cabin... see video of the bus here...

A cloudy but dry Monday in the Canary Islands
A cloudy but dry Monday in the Canary Islands

Temperatures will rise in the main four islands as the polar front has left the archipelago...

Covid update: Contagions drop 40% in Lanzarote and 14% in Gran Canaria in the last week
Covid update: Contagions drop 40% in Lanzarote and 14% in Gran Canaria in the last week

Although cases have decreased, the pressure on hospitals has increased in both islands... Ministry of Health reported 189 infections and two deaths today...

FAKE NEWS: Social media ‘challenge’ NOT responsible for missing teens
FAKE NEWS: Social media ‘challenge’ NOT responsible for missing teens

SOS Desaparecidos have said: "The challenge is a hoax. The disappearances of these teenagers is a social problem, not a social media problem"

Russian man found stabbed to death in Costa Adeje
Russian man found stabbed to death in Costa Adeje

His body was found on a residential complex in the south of Tenerife... Neighbours claim they heard a family argument from his house the day before...

Hoteliers threaten legal action against city councils for the collection of taxes
Hoteliers threaten legal action against city councils for the collection of taxes

Ashotel has told the Canary Islands Federation of Municipalities the serious situation that closed hotel companies are going through since last March, but that they continue to have to pay fees and taxes for services that are not being used....

49-year-old man missing in the Roque de los Muchachos hills in La Palma
49-year-old man missing in the Roque de los Muchachos hills in La Palma

The search had to be suspended late yesterday due to bad weather, they are hoping to continue it today with drones as he's been missing since Tuesday...

Covid update: 191 new cases, 3 deaths and almost 80,000 vaccinated
Covid update: 191 new cases, 3 deaths and almost 80,000 vaccinated

The fatalities are an 86-year-old woman in Gran Canaria and two 58 and 88-year-old men in Fuerteventura...

Access roads to the summit of Gran Canaria are still closed
Access roads to the summit of Gran Canaria are still closed

Several cars were trapped last night by the state of the roads due to snow and ice...

Compensation awarded to Tenerife tourists sold investments in tax havens
Compensation awarded to Tenerife tourists sold investments in tax havens

The first court sentence of this kind in January has ordered the return of investor’s money plus costs and interest...

Repatriation flight plan for migrants is underway
Repatriation flight plan for migrants is underway

The Ministry of Migration has confirmed that there are four weekly flights to Morocco, and soon there will be some to Mauritania and Senegal...

All roads to Mt Teide are closed until at least Monday
All roads to Mt Teide are closed until at least Monday

Snow on Teide, hailstorms in Granadilla, and sunbathing in El Medano... all on the same day!

Emergency services urge drivers to take extra care on Tenerife’s roads
Emergency services urge drivers to take extra care on Tenerife’s roads

They are asking for maximum caution due to rain and traffic jams… A 44-year-old man has been injured in an accident on the TF-1 after rolling his car…

Canary Islands could have 70% vaccinated in 3 months and 21 days
Canary Islands could have 70% vaccinated in 3 months and 21 days

The Islands have the facility to administer 30,000 doses a day, but need the guarantee of supply…

Covid update: 249 new cases but incidence rates continue to decrease
Covid update: 249 new cases but incidence rates continue to decrease

There were 249 new cases and one death today… here is full data for all the islands…

Torres: the peak of infections has been surpassed in the Canary Islands
Torres: the peak of infections has been surpassed in the Canary Islands

The president asks citizens to remain cautious and follow guidelines saying "We must maintain the restrictions; we don’t want a rebound in cases"

Canary Islands records the two lowest temperatures in Spain
Canary Islands records the two lowest temperatures in Spain

The coldest temperature was -4.4ºC this morning… The polar front affecting the Archipelago until tomorrow has left hailstorms in relatively low points such as Tegueste or Santa Úrsula…

When can Lanzarote reduce its alert Level restrictions?
When can Lanzarote reduce its alert Level restrictions?

Here is an explanation of the parameters that the Ministry of Health uses to decide which alert Level the islands are in... for Lanzarote, the island is a long way from having it’s level reduced...

Gran Canaria Cabildo closing nine access roads to Aríñez because of snow
Gran Canaria Cabildo closing nine access roads to Aríñez because of snow

The roadblocks will be implemented as soon as it is confirmed that the snowfall has dropped to 1,400m the level of Aríñez, to prevent an ‘exodus’ of residents to the summit...