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The Canary Islands were the leading destination for tourists in December
The Canary Islands were the leading destination for tourists in December

The Canary Islands were the leading tourist destination in Spain in December, despite hotel stays being down by 82.8% compared to 2019...

Only light cloud on a sunny Monday in the Canaries
Only light cloud on a sunny Monday in the Canaries

A generally clear day in all of the islands with light winds from the northeast... forecast for all of the Canary Islands here...

FEHT demands that Government take responsibility and transfers immigrants to Europe
FEHT demands that Government take responsibility and transfers immigrants to Europe

The Tourist Association says that the continued presence of the immigrants and lack of solutions from the central Government are affecting the long term image of the islands for tourists...

Paraglider dies after crashing into rock face in Tenerife
Paraglider dies after crashing into rock face in Tenerife

Fire-fighters had to climb up to the location of the man, and managed to assist the helicopter crew in airlifting him to an accessible point for paramedics to assess his injuries...

UK doctors urge shorter gap between vaccine doses
UK doctors urge shorter gap between vaccine doses

The UK currently allows up to 12 weeks between the two doses of the Pfizer vaccine, twice as long as the gap recommended by its producers and the World Health Organization...

Space X launches 'made in Tenerife’ Drago infrared camera into space
Space X launches 'made in Tenerife’ Drago infrared camera into space

It is the first instrument of its kind developed in the Islands to be used in a space mission... After two failed attempts due to bad weather, it was launched yesterday on the Falcon 9 rocket in Florida...

Covid update: Canary Islands now exceeds 500 deaths from coronavirus
Covid update: Canary Islands now exceeds 500 deaths from coronavirus

274 new cases today in the Canary Islands... Gran Canaria registers 126, Lanzarote 79 and Tenerife 57... 8 more people have died in the last 24 hours…

Two policemen attacked when disrupting a house party of more than 20 people
Two policemen attacked when disrupting a house party of more than 20 people

Two Guardia Civil officers were slightly injured, five people were arrested...

Man puts secret video camera in friend's bathroom to see her showering
Man puts secret video camera in friend's bathroom to see her showering

The woman became suspicion when he started visiting everyday and constantly asked to use her bathroom...

Three relatives arrested for two robberies in Tenerife on the same night
Three relatives arrested for two robberies in Tenerife on the same night

They used a stolen car to burgle a closed restaurant and a shop in Los Realejos...

Covid update: 280 new cases, Tenerife has 4 deaths in last 24 hours
Covid update: 280 new cases, Tenerife has 4 deaths in last 24 hours

There are reports of a potential outbreak in Adeje, after a British couple refused to self isolate after testing positive for the virus... full data here...

AstraZeneca warns of delays in delivery of vaccine to EU countries
AstraZeneca warns of delays in delivery of vaccine to EU countries

The European Union already has two vaccines available to them, but has several more pending analysis and approval by the EMA...

Mask-less man arrested for threatening people in the street and spitting at police
Mask-less man arrested for threatening people in the street and spitting at police

The man was threatening to hurt people if they didn’t take off their masks...

Car leaves road and turns over spectacularly in La Laguna!
Car leaves road and turns over spectacularly in La Laguna!

He landed upside down in the side of a hill...

Prosecutors want six years in prison for 70 year old man who abused a minor in Granadilla
Prosecutors want six years in prison for 70 year old man who abused a minor in Granadilla

The abuse began when the teenager joined a musical theatre group in the south, and he was in charge of taking her home after classes...

18 people fined for playing Bingo together, venue faces up to 60,000 euros
18 people fined for playing Bingo together, venue faces up to 60,000 euros

Bingo is classed as illegal gambling in non-licensed premises, and all players were fined for taking part...

Lanzarote now in Level 4 – here are all the restrictions
Lanzarote now in Level 4 – here are all the restrictions

Most are focused around stopping people meeting and using interior spaces as these are proven to be the ‘hotspots’ for transmission of the coronavirus...

Government allocates 400 million euros of aid to sectors most affected by the pandemic
Government allocates 400 million euros of aid to sectors most affected by the pandemic

This money will be used to grant direct aid and for tax deferrals for hospitality, shops, and gyms…

Covid update: 331 new cases, 75% in Gran Canaria and Lanzarote
Covid update: 331 new cases, 75% in Gran Canaria and Lanzarote

The Ministry of Health has said they will send medical staff to Lanzarote from the other islands if they can’t cope with the number of new cases and hospital admissions...

Moroccan speedboat intercepted with 1,600 kilos of hashish on board
Moroccan speedboat intercepted with 1,600 kilos of hashish on board

The boat was intercepted by the Guardia Civil at 1am this morning with 55 bales of hashish on board just 5 miles from Gran Canaria…