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Residents of Tenerife, Gran Canaria, and Lanzarote all win big on the El Niño lottery
Residents of Tenerife, Gran Canaria, and Lanzarote all win big on the El Niño lottery

There are four winners of the second prize in the south of Tenerife worth 750,000 euros for the series...

12 baby penguins of threatened species are born at Loro Parque
12 baby penguins of threatened species are born at Loro Parque

They are threatened by effect of climate change on marine circulation and glaciers...

3 Kings Tragedy: One dead and five injured after float loses control during parade
3 Kings Tragedy: One dead and five injured after float loses control during parade

A tractor pulling the float of Balthazar lost control and ran into a group of people in the municipality of Marchena...

Covid rebounds in the Canaries as a second island rises to health alert level 2
Covid rebounds in the Canaries as a second island rises to health alert level 2

Health is asking everyone over 12 to get their booster jab as it is proven to reduce the number of serious cases...

The Three Kings meet the children of the Canary Islands once again
The Three Kings meet the children of the Canary Islands once again

After a three-year hiatus, thousands greeted Melchior, Gaspar and Baltasar on the streets of the archipelago...

Two men arrested after stealing 2,000 euros at gunpoint in a hotel in Costa Antigua
Two men arrested after stealing 2,000 euros at gunpoint in a hotel in Costa Antigua

The Guardia Civil have detained two people after committing a robbery with a firearm in a hotel in Fuerteventura…

Woman arrested in south of Tenerife for fraudulently acting as an estate agent
Woman arrested in south of Tenerife for fraudulently acting as an estate agent

She is accused of scamming 4,650 euros from a client who wanted to rent a property on the island…

What will the weather be for the Three Kings parades?
What will the weather be for the Three Kings parades?

Kings Day is the biggest day of the year in the Canarian calendar, and the forecast shows mostly clear and sunny skies...

A giant ‘rosco’ breaks all records for Kings Day in La Orotava
A giant ‘rosco’ breaks all records for Kings Day in La Orotava

The record breaking Roscón de Reyes, which is a giant donut, measures 570 metres long...

Loro Parque Foundation saves two more species from extinction
Loro Parque Foundation saves two more species from extinction

The Fuertes and Margariteña parrots join a list that means they have rescued twelve species from disappearing...

Five arrested at Tenerife airport flying to UK and Ireland with false passports
Five arrested at Tenerife airport flying to UK and Ireland with false passports

They were using French, Austrian, and Israeli documents to get to Manchester and Dublin to start a new life...

Almost 45,000 new cars were registered in the Canary Islands in 2022
Almost 45,000 new cars were registered in the Canary Islands in 2022

Only 2,100 electric cars were sold in the archipelago due to the lack of charging points...

VIDEO: Huge fire close to hotel in Ten Bel in the south of Tenerife
VIDEO: Huge fire close to hotel in Ten Bel in the south of Tenerife

The old entertainment venues next to Alborada Beach Club took five hours to put out...

Three women arrested smuggling drugs into Las Palmas prison
Three women arrested smuggling drugs into Las Palmas prison

Police seized heroin, cocaine, crystal meth, hashish, a mobile phone, a knife and a dagger from the three detainees...

Dead body washes up on Playa del Burro beach
Dead body washes up on Playa del Burro beach

Beach services personnel retrieved the body from the water...

The south stays dry as the rest of Tenerife is hit by heavy rains
The south stays dry as the rest of Tenerife is hit by heavy rains

Thunder and lightning were also reported in Tenerife and La Palma, and La Gomera has weather warnings...

Emergency landing in Tenerife after passenger has epileptic seizure
Emergency landing in Tenerife after passenger has epileptic seizure

The Ryanair plane was given priority landing with the emergency services standing by at Reina Sofia airport...

Three ‘sun and beach’ destinations in the Canaries are among the most visited in Spain
Three ‘sun and beach’ destinations in the Canaries are among the most visited in Spain

In total, eight sun and beach destinations accounted for 14.6% of all tourism in 2022...

The spectacular Quadrantids meteor shower will be visible on Wednesday
The spectacular Quadrantids meteor shower will be visible on Wednesday

LIVE STREAM: They are being broadcast live from Teide. You can watch them here...

No school buses on first day back on Monday 9th January
No school buses on first day back on Monday 9th January

The transport companies for public schools and education centres are protesting as they haven’t been paid correctly...