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Government will review alert levels tomorrow before Easter restrictions end
Government will review alert levels tomorrow before Easter restrictions end

If data over the next 48 hours is heading in a negative direction, expect increased restrictions in some areas...

Cloudy with some scattered showers later on in the day
Cloudy with some scattered showers later on in the day

Here is today’s weather forecast for all the islands...

Ashotel asks Marichal to remain as president regardless of accusations
Ashotel asks Marichal to remain as president regardless of accusations

The committee say that ‘a private matter and shouldn’t reflect on his work for the association’…

Covid update: 216 new cases and one death in the Canary Islands
Covid update: 216 new cases and one death in the Canary Islands

Nearly 48,000 people have now tested positive for the virus in the Canary Islands…

One in 9 workers in the Canaries is still in ERTE after a year of the pandemic
One in 9 workers in the Canaries is still in ERTE after a year of the pandemic

The number of workers included in an ERTE was reduced in the Canary Islands by 2,733 people from February to March…

Sánchez wants May 9th to be the end of the State of Alarm in Spain
Sánchez wants May 9th to be the end of the State of Alarm in Spain

The Prime Minister explained how 33 million people in Spain will be vaccinated by the end of August…

Investigation into death of a woman vaccinated with AstraZeneca in Tenerife
Investigation into death of a woman vaccinated with AstraZeneca in Tenerife

The health authorities are investigating the death of the woman, who was under the age of 50...

5 photos of the Canaries feature in National Geographic image of the week
5 photos of the Canaries feature in National Geographic image of the week

The five stunning pictures were sent in by residents of the islands, and capture the beauty of where we live...

Police prevent a ‘massive party’ in a well-known venue in Arona
Police prevent a ‘massive party’ in a well-known venue in Arona

This is just one example of situations they have had to deal with over a tricky Easter period...

Employees at the Alborada hotel in Las Galletas strike to demand wages
Employees at the Alborada hotel in Las Galletas strike to demand wages

85 members of staff at the Ten-Bel holiday complex go on strike to demand back payment of their wages...

Covid update: Both Tenerife and Gran Canaria have over 100 new cases after Easter weekend
Covid update: Both Tenerife and Gran Canaria have over 100 new cases after Easter weekend

Vaccine supply has started to increase with 1.2 million delivered by Pfizer today, 70% vaccinated during summer is within reach…

Dead body of a woman is found floating in the sea off the coast of Fuerteventura
Dead body of a woman is found floating in the sea off the coast of Fuerteventura

The lifeless body, wearing a life jacket, was spotted 20 miles south of Fuerteventura by a fishing boat…

Police arrest man with cocaine hidden in his shoe in Granadilla
Police arrest man with cocaine hidden in his shoe in Granadilla

Officers stopped him in a restaurant car park after her tried to escape from them…

Jorge Marichal steps down from ASHOTEL and CEHAT because of tax fraud
Jorge Marichal steps down from ASHOTEL and CEHAT because of tax fraud

Read how his company sold nine apartments in San Eugenio to his fathers company to avoid tax...

13% of all Canary Islands residents are legally registered foreigners
13% of all Canary Islands residents are legally registered foreigners

Which island has the most foreign residents? Where are most of these foreign residents from?

Russian Spútnik V vaccine should be passed this week for use in the EU
Russian Spútnik V vaccine should be passed this week for use in the EU

British scientists confirm that it has an effectiveness of 91.6% and is easy to store and conserve...

A cloudy day in the Canary Islands this Monday
A cloudy day in the Canary Islands this Monday

Here is today’s full forecast for all the islands...

Covid update: 124 new cases on Easter Sunday, and no deaths
Covid update: 124 new cases on Easter Sunday, and no deaths

Tenerife has 60 new cases, Gran Canaria 45, Lanzarote 4, and Fuerteventura 3…

Ryanair passengers refused entry to Tenerife and sent straight back to the UK
Ryanair passengers refused entry to Tenerife and sent straight back to the UK

The police boarded the plane to check documents before disembarking...

People aged 40 to 49 are most infected by Covid in the Canary Islands
People aged 40 to 49 are most infected by Covid in the Canary Islands

In total, 8,280 people in that age group have tested positive for Covid since the pandemic began....