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Petrol and diesel prices expected to increase by up to 10 cents a litre today
Petrol and diesel prices expected to increase by up to 10 cents a litre today

This will take price increases to 50% in some cases since the start of the year in the Canary Islands...

Brian May is back in Tenerife recording a video for new album
Brian May is back in Tenerife recording a video for new album

He stopped during filming at the Teide observatory, and played an acoustic version of song ’39 live on Instagram...

Covid update: 5,426 new cases and 6 deaths since Friday
Covid update: 5,426 new cases and 6 deaths since Friday

Over 40,000 children aged 5 to 11 years old have received their second dose of the Covid vaccine...

These are the restrictions that should be lifted on Thursday
These are the restrictions that should be lifted on Thursday

Torres announced that all local restrictions will be lifted due to the evolution of the pandemic...

The Canary Islands will lift all local Covid restrictions this week
The Canary Islands will lift all local Covid restrictions this week

The President of the Canary Islands Government, Ángel Víctor Torres, has confirmed this today...

Tenerife family members arrested for operating drugs outlet from home
Tenerife family members arrested for operating drugs outlet from home

Cocaine, marijuana, hallucinogenic mushrooms, and simulated weapons were found when their house was searched...

Public Health debate about masks and Covid isolation continues today
Public Health debate about masks and Covid isolation continues today

They say they are close to an agreement about the new strategy living with Covid with no quarantines or sick leave...

Panic buying in the Canary Islands increases food purchases by 25%
Panic buying in the Canary Islands increases food purchases by 25%

The fear of shortages due to the transport strike and the conflict in Ukraine has left shelves empty...

Minister of Health: ‘The pandemic is not over in the Canary Islands’
Minister of Health: ‘The pandemic is not over in the Canary Islands’

The decrease in infections has stagnated and is in a plateau situation where they could go up or down…

Two clear and sunny days before midweek rain in the Canary Islands
Two clear and sunny days before midweek rain in the Canary Islands

The first day of Spring will be nice and sunny with temperatures of around 22°C...

The property market is seeing a full recovery across Spain
The property market is seeing a full recovery across Spain

The purchase of properties by non-resident foreigners grew by 51% in 2021...

Two injured in a head on collision in Arona in the south of Tenerife
Two injured in a head on collision in Arona in the south of Tenerife

One had to be cut out of his car after an accident on the TF-66 on Sunday afternoon...

New council contract to remove 350 abandoned vehicles from the streets
New council contract to remove 350 abandoned vehicles from the streets

San Bartolomé has put the contract out to tender as there hasn’t been one in place for over six years...

Another dead dolphin washes up on a beach in the Canary Islands
Another dead dolphin washes up on a beach in the Canary Islands

Biologists and Lanzarote Emergency Services took the body of the cetacean to the port in Playa Blanca...

Tourism board say that the Ukraine war has not affected Lanzarote ‘yet’
Tourism board say that the Ukraine war has not affected Lanzarote ‘yet’

ASOLAN have confirmed that the island is currently above 75% occupancy in tourist accommodation...

Three injured as car rolls over in an accident on the GC-1 motorway
Three injured as car rolls over in an accident on the GC-1 motorway

Several cars were involved in a collision that blocked the road for almost an hour...

Nine teenagers detained for using fake ID to get in nightclubs
Nine teenagers detained for using fake ID to get in nightclubs

People don’t realise that this is classed as a serious crime in Spain and carries jail or detention centre time...

It’s a wrap! J-Lo finishes filming new Netflix movie in Gran Canaria
It’s a wrap! J-Lo finishes filming new Netflix movie in Gran Canaria

Filming was interrupted in January due to a Covid outbreak among the crew...

Woman threatens to kill daughter after the arrest of her partner in Adeje
Woman threatens to kill daughter after the arrest of her partner in Adeje

It took three hours for police negotiators to talk to her so that she came out calmly without harming the young girl...

The arrival of boats from Africa has dropped to the lowest level in two years
The arrival of boats from Africa has dropped to the lowest level in two years

The figures have been decreasing over the last six weeks since peaking at 2,404 people between January 16th and 31st...