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Three women arrested trying to smuggle drugs into Las Palmas II prison
Three women arrested trying to smuggle drugs into Las Palmas II prison

Two of them had appointments with inmates while the third supplied them with cocaine, heroin and hashish to take in...

Thousands protest in Tenerife and Gran Canaria against new building projects
Thousands protest in Tenerife and Gran Canaria against new building projects

The simultaneous demonstrations are against projects that that are destroying the natural countryside...

New law will give the self-employed more protection of their assets
New law will give the self-employed more protection of their assets

The Create and Grow law also allows a limited company to be set up with just one euro capital instead of 3,000 euros...

Unions and employers urge the government to solve the lack of housing for workers
Unions and employers urge the government to solve the lack of housing for workers

The amount of long term rentals in tourist areas has been reduced by unregulated holiday rentals...

Huge marijuana plantation raided in the South of Tenerife
Huge marijuana plantation raided in the South of Tenerife

Two people have been arrested by the Guardia Civil after seizing more than 700 marijuana plants...

Tenerife taxi driver is arrested for raping a 22-year-old woman in his cab
Tenerife taxi driver is arrested for raping a 22-year-old woman in his cab

The driver took the car to a secluded place to sexually abuse the young woman who had got in the taxi after a night out with friends…

Latest update on driving licence negotiations from the British Ambassador
Latest update on driving licence negotiations from the British Ambassador

He highlights that some scams are going on and warns people to report it if they are offered a licence for cash…

AEMET forecasts rain in Tenerife and the western islands this weekend
AEMET forecasts rain in Tenerife and the western islands this weekend

Haze is expected in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura which will tend to subside by Sunday evening…

Big demonstration planned in Tenerife against tourism projects this Saturday
Big demonstration planned in Tenerife against tourism projects this Saturday

Over 30 associations are supporting the protest which is planned alongside one in Gran Canaria against the Chira-Soria project...

Scammed in Tenerife: car dealer defrauded people by selling their cars and keeping the money
Scammed in Tenerife: car dealer defrauded people by selling their cars and keeping the money

Investigations have uncovered 12 people affected to a value of more than 38,000 euros...

Tenerife bar has the Radio X factor thanks to Chris Moyles
Tenerife bar has the Radio X factor thanks to Chris Moyles

UK presenter, Rob DJ, visited The Vault bar and used the ‘Cheers for the Beers’ facility which Moyles picked up on and set him a challenge!

OFFICIAL: Entry restrictions to Spain have finally been lifted
OFFICIAL: Entry restrictions to Spain have finally been lifted

No more vaccination certificates, PCR tests, or recovery certicates needed to visit the Canary Islands...

What to do if an ATM doesn’t correctly dispense your money on your holiday
What to do if an ATM doesn’t correctly dispense your money on your holiday

A Spanish consumer organisation has issued advice on what to do in the event of failed cash withdrawals…

A German on the run for 27 years for kidnapping and child abuse is arrested in the Canaries
A German on the run for 27 years for kidnapping and child abuse is arrested in the Canaries

He was detected entering the islands due to an international arrest warrant so a search was launched to locate him and detain him…

Direct flights from Tenerife to New York will continue next summer
Direct flights from Tenerife to New York will continue next summer

United Airlines renews the agreement to fly three times a week from Newark to Tenerife South...

Petition against the car park. Adeje residents want your help to save the park.
Petition against the car park. Adeje residents want your help to save the park.

An online petition has started and you can sign it if you are against the destruction of the last park area in San Eugenio...

British business travellers are being refused entry to EU countries
British business travellers are being refused entry to EU countries

Post-Brexit travel rules are being enforced more rigorously and will get even tougher once the ETIAS is introduced next year...

Lidl warns about fake offers and job ads on WhatsApp
Lidl warns about fake offers and job ads on WhatsApp

The supermarket chain have stressed that they only advertise via official channels and never on messaging services...

New statue ensures that the memory of Anna and Olivia will live on forever
New statue ensures that the memory of Anna and Olivia will live on forever

The statue has pride of place in front of the sea, and shows them as their mother wants them to be remembered…

CAUTION: Pickpockets return to the streets of the Canary Islands
CAUTION: Pickpockets return to the streets of the Canary Islands

After a summer in other holiday resorts across Europe, they are returning here to prey on unsuspecting tourists...