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Mother arrested for abandoning her autistic 5-year-old son in Gran Canaria
Mother arrested for abandoning her autistic 5-year-old son in Gran Canaria

Neighbours have said that this is a regular occurrence and that the mother is a well-known prostitute in the area…

A 27-year-old man with no previous pathologies among yesterday’s Covid victims
A 27-year-old man with no previous pathologies among yesterday’s Covid victims

Canary Islands ICUs are at their highest occupancy of Covid patients since the pandemic began…

Access to Teide was closed at 10pm last night to see the Perseids meteor shower
Access to Teide was closed at 10pm last night to see the Perseids meteor shower

The Cabildo says it will be closed again tonight once limit of cars is reached…

Weather warning activated in the islands, heat wave will last a week
Weather warning activated in the islands, heat wave will last a week

The weather warning starts from 10am this morning until next Wednesday, but weather won’t return to normal until next Friday…

A 73-year-old man arrested for cocaine possession in south Tenerife
A 73-year-old man arrested for cocaine possession in south Tenerife

The man was stopped on his way to San Telmo in Los Cristianos with 10 grams of cocaine on him…

Tenerife and Gran Canaria stay at Level 4, La Palma and La Gomera drop a level
Tenerife and Gran Canaria stay at Level 4, La Palma and La Gomera drop a level

These changes start from midnight tonight until the next review next week…

Covid update: 529 new cases and 5 more deaths, 45 deaths so far in August
Covid update: 529 new cases and 5 more deaths, 45 deaths so far in August

There are 252 new cases in Tenerife, 223 in Gran Canaria, 26 in Lanzarote, and 23 in Fuerteventura…

El Medano beach closed for swimming due to water contamination
El Medano beach closed for swimming due to water contamination

The Canary Islands Sanitary Inspection Service has advised Granadilla town hall after detecting traces of E-Coli…

The SCS are calling the 400,000 unvaccinated people in the Canaries to find out why
The SCS are calling the 400,000 unvaccinated people in the Canaries to find out why

The person in charge of the vaccination campaign says: “Although voluntary, whoever doesn’t want to have one has false beliefs"

Latest figures show increase in flights and passengers to the Canary Islands
Latest figures show increase in flights and passengers to the Canary Islands

We are still far from recovering pre-pandemic numbers, but the latest report shows a clear improvement this summer…

The heat wave will hit the Canary Islands from tomorrow
The heat wave will hit the Canary Islands from tomorrow

Temperatures over 40°C are forecast in the south of Tenerife and Gran Canaria…

Covid update: News cases rebound to over 600 with five more deaths
Covid update: News cases rebound to over 600 with five more deaths

Gran Canaria has registered 301 new cases today whereas Tenerife has added 233; Fuerteventura 40; and Lanzarote 20…

Luxury holiday scammers arrested in Tenerife
Luxury holiday scammers arrested in Tenerife

They are being investigated for offering crazy discounts through WhatsApp and requesting payments through Bizum….

Meet BeachBot, the robot that collects discarded cigarette butts from the beach
Meet BeachBot, the robot that collects discarded cigarette butts from the beach

BeachBot can detect and remove butts from the sand and dispose them in a safe container…

Loro Parque mourns the death of Ula, the daughter of killer whale Morgan
Loro Parque mourns the death of Ula, the daughter of killer whale Morgan

Ula was born at Loro Parque and first became ill some months ago, unfortunately not even the best doctors could save her…

All dressed up and nowhere to go! Will midnight closing have a negative effect on tourism?
All dressed up and nowhere to go! Will midnight closing have a negative effect on tourism?

Police are clearing hundreds of people from beaches in the south of Tenerife after bars have closed…

Will amber list be scrapped at traffic-light review on October 1st?
Will amber list be scrapped at traffic-light review on October 1st?

As vaccinations increase, the travel industry says that the current system is too expensive and out of date…

How to spot fake news from deniers and anti-vaxxers who are trying to fool us
How to spot fake news from deniers and anti-vaxxers who are trying to fool us

They are using subtle techniques to spread fallacies through social media and mobile networks...

Covid update: 434 new cases and 3 deaths as the data continues to show signs of decrease
Covid update: 434 new cases and 3 deaths as the data continues to show signs of decrease

91% of today’s cases are in Tenerife and Gran Canaria, Lanzarote has 24 new cases, with 10 in Fuerteventura…

65% of the target population in the Canary Islands are now fully immunised
65% of the target population in the Canary Islands are now fully immunised

With almost 80% having had at least one jab, we are days, not weeks, away from achieving herd immunity…