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Occasional showers expected across the Canaries on a humid Wednesday
Occasional showers expected across the Canaries on a humid Wednesday

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

Government wants to allow inter-island travel for holidays with testing
Government wants to allow inter-island travel for holidays with testing

The Ministry of Tourism wants the same rules as at Easter when travel was allowed between the islands…

BBVA bank prepares to lay off 7,000 staff in Spain and the Canary Islands
BBVA bank prepares to lay off 7,000 staff in Spain and the Canary Islands

The first meeting between the bank and union representatives takes place on Friday…

Covid update: Tenerife has 109 new cases and Gran Canaria 89 as they exceed 200 again
Covid update: Tenerife has 109 new cases and Gran Canaria 89 as they exceed 200 again

According to the Ministry of Health people being admitted to hospital are mostly between 40 and 60…

Fire in a Lanzarote shopping centre leaves three people injured
Fire in a Lanzarote shopping centre leaves three people injured

VIDEO: See a video from inside the commercial centre whilst it was on fire...

Canaries must do better with vaccinations and epidemiological data
Canaries must do better with vaccinations and epidemiological data

As the UK relaxes restrictions and reaches a landmark of vaccinations, the Canary Islands enter a 4th wave of the virus...

Secret police raids arrest 30 human traffickers in Tenerife and Gran Canaria
Secret police raids arrest 30 human traffickers in Tenerife and Gran Canaria

Coordinated raids across south of the islands since Friday have led to these arrests...

A hot and humid day in the Canary Islands today
A hot and humid day in the Canary Islands today

Some light showers are expected in the western islands later this afternoon...

Covid update: Data in Tenerife and Gran Canaria is getting progressively worse
Covid update: Data in Tenerife and Gran Canaria is getting progressively worse

There were 239 cases today, of which 222 were in Tenerife and Gran Canaria, which is 93%...

Diver caught recovering 77 kilos of hashish from seabed to avoid customs
Diver caught recovering 77 kilos of hashish from seabed to avoid customs

The drugs were dropped by a boat to be retrieved by divers to bypass customs...

More Pfizer vaccines arrive in the Canary Islands this morning
More Pfizer vaccines arrive in the Canary Islands this morning

The first Janssen single dose vaccines will arrive on Thursday and will help speed immunization...

Four dead and 19 hospitalized after being rescued from a cayuco
Four dead and 19 hospitalized after being rescued from a cayuco

All the survivors are men of sub-Saharan origin and have been transferred to hospitals in Tenerife...

Sulphur dioxide cloud has reached the Canaries from volcanic eruption
Sulphur dioxide cloud has reached the Canaries from volcanic eruption

The eruption of the La Soufrière volcano in the Caribbean has produced the cloud which is stretching across the Atlantic...

Covid update: 184 new cases and one death in the Canary Islands
Covid update: 184 new cases and one death in the Canary Islands

Tenerife has the most new cases with 92, Gran Canaria has 72, Lanzarote 11, and Fuerteventura 9...

Tenerife dance school are the champions of Spain!
Tenerife dance school are the champions of Spain!

Ritmania fame academy scoops the top prize in Spain’s national competition for dance schools...

Covid update: Is this the start of the Easter effect on incidence rates?
Covid update: Is this the start of the Easter effect on incidence rates?

The incidence rates over 7 days have increased for every single island and the archipelago as a whole....

Government changes decision, mainland travellers WILL need tests
Government changes decision, mainland travellers WILL need tests

The Ministry of Health of the Canary Islands will issue an official order which will be effective in the next few days...

Government analyzes which restrictions will apply when State of Alarm finishes
Government analyzes which restrictions will apply when State of Alarm finishes

Control of restrictions is being handed back to the regional Governments from May 10th...

Canaries stops requirement of a Covid test for nationals to enter the islands
Canaries stops requirement of a Covid test for nationals to enter the islands

This does not affect international travellers who must continue to present a negative test result...

Opposition parties challenge Cabildo to reactivate tourism in Tenerife
Opposition parties challenge Cabildo to reactivate tourism in Tenerife

This follows the resignation of the Cabildo’s minister of Tourism who said he can’t handle the situation any longer...