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Urgent: Appeal for two missing teenagers in the south of Tenerife
Urgent: Appeal for two missing teenagers in the south of Tenerife

Laura and Hugo were both last seen in Granadilla de Abona…. Please contact the Guardia Civil on 062 if you have any information…

Rectal swab tests for coronavirus have started in Spain
Rectal swab tests for coronavirus have started in Spain

These test are proving to be more accurate that nasal or throat swab tests...

Man killed in accident between a moped and a car in Agüimes
Man killed in accident between a moped and a car in Agüimes

Unfortunately paramedics could do nothing to save the man’s life due to the severity of his injuries...

Easter could mean the restart of national tourism
Easter could mean the restart of national tourism

The Minister of Tourism says that there is traditionally an influx of national tourists from the mainland to the Canaries at Easter, and that should be the same this year as long as health protocols allow...

Involcan register more than 60 earthquakes in the Cumbre Vieja volcano
Involcan register more than 60 earthquakes in the Cumbre Vieja volcano

This is the first seismic swarm of 2021 underneath the volcano in La Palma...

Arrested in Scotland for trying to strangle a woman in Tenerife
Arrested in Scotland for trying to strangle a woman in Tenerife

30 year old man was arrested at home in Scotland under new laws after trying to strangle woman on holiday in Tenerife...

Covid update: Canaries finishes January with 233 new cases and 3 deaths
Covid update: Canaries finishes January with 233 new cases and 3 deaths

35,513 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the Canary Islands since the first case a year ago today... 113 people have died in January, the most in one month since the pandemic began... full stats here...

Property prices have only dropped 6% in the Canary Islands during Covid
Property prices have only dropped 6% in the Canary Islands during Covid

Rents have only fallen by 10% even though there are 7,000 apartments that have gone from tourist to residential rentals... There is only an average of 6% decrease in sales prices...

Today is a year since the first case of Coronavirus in Spain... in La Gomera
Today is a year since the first case of Coronavirus in Spain... in La Gomera

Here is a summary of the last year which will go down in history...

Covid update: Gran Canaria is now most infected Canary Island
Covid update: Gran Canaria is now most infected Canary Island

La Gomera is the only island that is Covid free, which does have some irony as tomorrow it will be exactly a year since the first case of coronavirus was detected in Spain, a German doctor on holiday in La Gomera... full stats here...

VIDEO: This week’s news round up from the Canarian Weekly
VIDEO: This week’s news round up from the Canarian Weekly

Here's Sam with a news update for the Canary Islands this week...

New benefits for the self-employed are available from Monday
New benefits for the self-employed are available from Monday

If you are self-employed and haven’t received any help from the Government, now is the time to speak to your gestor... Benefits that weren’t available before are now available that will help an extra half a million people... here are the details...

Pothole repairs on the TF-1 in the south will begin in February
Pothole repairs on the TF-1 in the south will begin in February

100,000 cars a day were using the stretch between Fañabe and Las Chafiras before the pandemic...

Passenger dies onboard plane diverted to the Canary Islands
Passenger dies onboard plane diverted to the Canary Islands

The pilot requested permission from air traffic control to make an emergency landing in the Canary Islands after verifying that one of their passengers was unwell...

Aeroplane almost collides with cars on the motorway in Tenerife
Aeroplane almost collides with cars on the motorway in Tenerife

Emergency services say a potential disaster on the TF-1 was avoided after drivers reported the incident…

Covid testing centres are going in five Canary Island airports
Covid testing centres are going in five Canary Island airports

Aena has awarded space for the Covid test centres in departure areas of five Canary Islands airports… The contract is for 6 months with the possibility of extension until December 31st 2021…

Covid update: 363 new cases, Gran Canaria is spiralling with 213 today
Covid update: 363 new cases, Gran Canaria is spiralling with 213 today

Gran Canaria now only has two active cases less than Tenerife after 213 new cases were detected in the last 24 hours… Tenerife’s numbers continue to drop with 224 people discharged today… full data here…

La Laguna camp will receive migrants from hotels in Gran Canaria
La Laguna camp will receive migrants from hotels in Gran Canaria

The camp set up in the Las Raices barracks will start to receive people next week...

Gran Canaria remains at alert Level 3 and Lanzarote at Level 4 for another week
Gran Canaria remains at alert Level 3 and Lanzarote at Level 4 for another week

Team sports are now permitted at Levels 1 and 2, regardless of whether the number of participants exceeds ten people...

Spain extends travel ban on UK arrivals until February 16th
Spain extends travel ban on UK arrivals until February 16th

This means that still only passengers with a Spanish passport, green residencia card or certificate, or the new TIE card will be allowed entry to Spain and the islands...