legal matters

Police arrest man who killed his aunt then tried to commit suicide in Gran Canaria
Police arrest man who killed his aunt then tried to commit suicide in Gran Canaria

He is currently being held in a hospital as he needed treatment for wounds sustained whilst trying to take his own life...

AEMET activates a yellow weather warning from Wednesday
AEMET activates a yellow weather warning from Wednesday

Tenerife will be the most affected especially in the south and southeast of the island...

The Maspalomas Parade attracts a record breaking 350,000 people
The Maspalomas Parade attracts a record breaking 350,000 people

The Carnival ended this weekend with the traditional burial of the sardine on Sunday night...

Arona will extend the model of the ‘Golden Mile’ to more streets in Las Americas
Arona will extend the model of the ‘Golden Mile’ to more streets in Las Americas

The council has announced plans to modernize the main tourist streets of the area in the same way as the golden mile...

Burglar breaks into a finca in the south of Tenerife and steals 36,000 euros in cash
Burglar breaks into a finca in the south of Tenerife and steals 36,000 euros in cash

The Guardia Civil have arrested a male suspect who is a resident of the area...

WEATHER: Cloudy and occasional showers start the week in the Canary Islands
WEATHER: Cloudy and occasional showers start the week in the Canary Islands

The State Meteorological Agency is forecasting temperatures up to 24 degrees this Monday...

Corujo says Lanzarote does want Brit tourists and blames the media for the controversy
Corujo says Lanzarote does want Brit tourists and blames the media for the controversy

She has sent an open letter to the press blaming them of “intentionally misrepresenting" her words at FITUR and the ITB...

CANARIAN DERBY SHOCK!
CANARIAN DERBY SHOCK!

CD Tenerife mercilessly crushed their fiercest rivals in a memorable derby that will go down in history...

‘Welcome to El Mierdano’: Residents are protesting against polluted waters
‘Welcome to El Mierdano’: Residents are protesting against polluted waters

Locals of the town in the south of Tenerife are protesting against sewage discharges into the sea and demand that things change...

Why are there so many earthquakes between Gran Canaria and Tenerife?
Why are there so many earthquakes between Gran Canaria and Tenerife?

The area is home to the underwater Enmedio volcano and between 400 and 500 earthquakes are recorded every year...

Tenerife municipality bans use of quads and buggies
Tenerife municipality bans use of quads and buggies

They have had enough of the damage and disruption they cause and ‘excessive noise pollution’...

A dead whale washes up on a beach in the south of Tenerife
A dead whale washes up on a beach in the south of Tenerife

It has been taken to the Tahonilla recovery centre for an autopsy to be performed...

The lap of luxury: the best accommodation in the Canaries
The lap of luxury: the best accommodation in the Canaries

If you’re travelling in the Canary Islands, you deserve the best accommodation that money can buy! These are our favourite spots.

Three arrested for a violent mugging outside a hotel in Costa Adeje
Three arrested for a violent mugging outside a hotel in Costa Adeje

Two men in their 20s and a teenager stole the victim’s handbag and mobile phone before police tracked them down...

Carnival returns to the streets of Los Cristianos with a Japanese theme
Carnival returns to the streets of Los Cristianos with a Japanese theme

Here is the full schedule of events for the second biggest carnival in Tenerife that is ready for 125,000 people...

Paramedics save a woman’s life on a beach in Costa Adeje
Paramedics save a woman’s life on a beach in Costa Adeje

She was pulled from the water unconscious and not breathing after suffering from drowning...

New Sky drama starring Dougray Scott was filmed in Tenerife
New Sky drama starring Dougray Scott was filmed in Tenerife

A Town Called Malice, which is set in the 1980s in the Costa del Sol, started on Sky Max last night...

Irishman who fled to Tenerife 18 years ago jailed for four years for drugs charge
Irishman who fled to Tenerife 18 years ago jailed for four years for drugs charge

He had been due to be sentenced in November 2006 but left Ireland and has been living in Tenerife ever since...

Lanzarote wants to repair relationship with British holidaymakers
Lanzarote wants to repair relationship with British holidaymakers

The FTL says the island wants British tourists and will continue to be “absolutely hospitable” towards visitors...

WEATHER: It’s going to be a wet St Patricks Day in many parts of the Canary Islands
WEATHER: It’s going to be a wet St Patricks Day in many parts of the Canary Islands

AEMET is forecasting rain on five of the islands this Friday, strong in the north, and generally weaker in the south...