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Three arrested for armed robbery at a bingo hall in Las Palmas
Three arrested for armed robbery at a bingo hall in Las Palmas

Two of them entered the premises wearing balaclavas and one of them attacked an employee with a knife...

The EU delays the launch of the ETIAS until November 2023
The EU delays the launch of the ETIAS until November 2023

This is the form that Brits will have to complete to visit EU countries, including Spain, at a cost of seven euros...

ALDI opens its first store in the south of Tenerife in Las Chafiras
ALDI opens its first store in the south of Tenerife in Las Chafiras

This is their fifth store in the Islands and the third in Tenerife. Dates have been confirmed for Adeje and San Isidro openings...

Callao Salvaje cliff jumper was a British tourist from Wales
Callao Salvaje cliff jumper was a British tourist from Wales

The 29-year-old man died in Tenerife the day before his 30th birthday...

Drug dealing taxi driver arrested for selling cocaine to customers
Drug dealing taxi driver arrested for selling cocaine to customers

Police officers observed how the exchange of money for a wrap of drugs was carried out from his vehicle…

‘IGIC not included’ is not legal on menus according to the OCU
‘IGIC not included’ is not legal on menus according to the OCU

Here are a few things that bars and restaurants have charged for that are not permitted say consumer protection in Spain…

Scam in Tenerife: Estate agent sells client's apartment and keeps the money
Scam in Tenerife: Estate agent sells client's apartment and keeps the money

He took advantage of the power of attorney signed by the alleged victim of the deception and pocketed more than 65,000 euros…

Warning about an increase of ‘needle spiking’ attacks on women in nightclubs
Warning about an increase of ‘needle spiking’ attacks on women in nightclubs

Authorities across the country are warning of cases reported in the Canary and Balearic Islands as summer is in full swing...

Government energy saving plan limits air conditioning to 27°C in hotels and airports
Government energy saving plan limits air conditioning to 27°C in hotels and airports

Stores will have to turn off lights for shop windows at 10pm, as will lit up billboards and posters...

The SCS have started preparing the campaign for the 4th dose of Covid vaccines
The SCS have started preparing the campaign for the 4th dose of Covid vaccines

Everyone over 60 years old will get the fourth jab from September...

Man stopped in the middle of the street with a bag containing 275,400 euros
Man stopped in the middle of the street with a bag containing 275,400 euros

The 47-year-old tried to avoid the police after noticing them, but they saw him acting suspiciously...

Spanish officials explain the 100 euros per day entry requirement for British tourists
Spanish officials explain the 100 euros per day entry requirement for British tourists

This is NOT new. It is established in the Schengen Borders Code and is not a Spain-specific requirement...

The Cabildo reduces cost of monthly bus passes by up to 13 euros in Tenerife
The Cabildo reduces cost of monthly bus passes by up to 13 euros in Tenerife

The reduction is to try and help alleviate the extra costs that people are facing of the general rise in prices...

British models complain that Spanish authorities are using their pictures without consent
British models complain that Spanish authorities are using their pictures without consent

One of the models, Sian Green-Lord, is unhappy that they’ve also airbrushed out her prosthetic leg...

A 2-year-old girl treated for drowning in a hotel pool in the south of Tenerife
A 2-year-old girl treated for drowning in a hotel pool in the south of Tenerife

Lifeguards rescued the young girl from the pool and treated her until paramedics got there...

Shakira facing eight years in prison for alleged tax fraud
Shakira facing eight years in prison for alleged tax fraud

The Prosecutor's Office has asked for eight years in prison and a fine of 23.8 million euros for the singer...

Rental scam in Tenerife: ‘landlord’ takes 2,100 euros for a property that didn’t exist
Rental scam in Tenerife: ‘landlord’ takes 2,100 euros for a property that didn’t exist

Police have tracked the man down in Madrid who requested the money as a deposit and rent, then disappeared...

One killed as a group of six men jump from cliffs in the south of Tenerife into the sea
One killed as a group of six men jump from cliffs in the south of Tenerife into the sea

One was killed and another seriously injured as they had to be rescued by helicopter and lifeboats...

Police have sealed the venue of the Reggaeton Beach Festival in Amarilla Golf
Police have sealed the venue of the Reggaeton Beach Festival in Amarilla Golf

It is now definitive: the event has been suspended even though 20,000 tickets have been sold...

The third heat wave of the summer will hit the Canary Islands this Sunday
The third heat wave of the summer will hit the Canary Islands this Sunday

August is forecast to start with extreme temperatures of 44°C and more haze...