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Arrested after caught red-handed stealing luggage from airport buses
Arrested after caught red-handed stealing luggage from airport buses

The 19-year-old repeatedly made the journey from the airport to Las Palmas to steal people’s suitcases...

24 schools are seriously damaged by the rain, and classes will be affected today
24 schools are seriously damaged by the rain, and classes will be affected today

192 schools have reported some damage from the storm but all will reopen...

131 flights have been cancelled to and from the Canary Islands this Monday
131 flights have been cancelled to and from the Canary Islands this Monday

Even though the weather alert level has been reduced, the islands are still feeling the effect of the storm…

Intranasal vaccination could put an end to the Covid pandemic
Intranasal vaccination could put an end to the Covid pandemic

Around 1 in 10 people put off getting their COVID-19 vaccine due to a fear of needles...

Weather alert level is lowered across the Canary Islands
Weather alert level is lowered across the Canary Islands

Tenerife, La Palma, El Hierro, La Gomera, and Gran Canaria still have active weather warnings but the schools will reopen tomorrow…

Kayaking and ‘rain’ surfing down the streets during tropical storm Hermine
Kayaking and ‘rain’ surfing down the streets during tropical storm Hermine

The police have denounced some peoples ‘irresponsible behaviour’ in the face of the storm...

Tenerife and Gran Canaria airports start to operate again normally
Tenerife and Gran Canaria airports start to operate again normally

Domestic and national flights have already landed on the islands with the first UK ones due on time shortly...

Maximum alert should be lifted today as Hermine heads away from the Canary Islands
Maximum alert should be lifted today as Hermine heads away from the Canary Islands

The tropical storm has been downgraded but more heavy rain is expected today...

The maximum alert remains in place until at least Monday at 12.00pm
The maximum alert remains in place until at least Monday at 12.00pm

The president of the Canary Islands reports on the evolution of 'Hermine' after the meeting with the Emergency Services...

All flights to Tenerife and Gran Canaria are suspended as ‘Zero Rate' is activated
All flights to Tenerife and Gran Canaria are suspended as ‘Zero Rate' is activated

This is not closure of airspace or airports, but no flight will be able to leave its airport of origin until it is lifted...

Fallen trees, floods, flight cancellations... here are photos and videos of Hermine
Fallen trees, floods, flight cancellations... here are photos and videos of Hermine

The emergency services have attended to over a hundred incidents caused by the rain that the tropical storm has left behind...

Flights cancelled on four islands due to heavy rains this Sunday
Flights cancelled on four islands due to heavy rains this Sunday

79 flights have now been cancelled and a further 30 diverted due to torrential rain and bad visibility...

The escalation of the Euribor accelerates requests to change mortgages
The escalation of the Euribor accelerates requests to change mortgages

The Government and the banks in Spain are looking for alternatives to the historic rise in monthly payments...

The first Ritz-Carlton super luxury cruise ship has Canarian roots
The first Ritz-Carlton super luxury cruise ship has Canarian roots

After the original shipyard went bankrupt, the 330 million project has been completed by a Canarian company...

Hermine is behaving as expected with heavier rain forecast for Sunday
Hermine is behaving as expected with heavier rain forecast for Sunday

The storm is passing 600km away from the Canary Islands and will be downgraded to a tropical depression...

Minimal flight problems on Saturday due to tropical storm Hermine
Minimal flight problems on Saturday due to tropical storm Hermine

Only five domestic flights between the Islands have been cancelled and six diverted...

Spain to apply a new tax on the rich from 1st January
Spain to apply a new tax on the rich from 1st January

The Minister of Finance accused regions run by the Partido Popular of being “irresponsible” by reducing taxes...

Ministry of Health: All islands remain at low risk for Covid-19
Ministry of Health: All islands remain at low risk for Covid-19

They reiterate the importance of vaccination to maintain this situation as we head towards autumn and winter...

Tropical storm Hermine will be felt from midday in the western Canary Islands
Tropical storm Hermine will be felt from midday in the western Canary Islands

Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro will register rains of 60 litres per square metre, with gusts of wind up to 70kmh...

Tenerife activates the Island’s Emergency Plan in preparation of Tropical Storm Hermine
Tenerife activates the Island’s Emergency Plan in preparation of Tropical Storm Hermine

The Cabildo has put the emergency services and Highways personnel on high alert...