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Gran Canaria sand sculpture hailed as one of the best Christmas images in the world
Gran Canaria sand sculpture hailed as one of the best Christmas images in the world

The Times newspaper is featuring an image of the monumental nativity scene made from sand on the Gran Canaria beach, along with impressive topical postcards captured in China, Austria, New York, Turkey, Chile and Moscow...

Police find marijuana plantation in a warehouse in Fuerteventura by smelling it!
Police find marijuana plantation in a warehouse in Fuerteventura by smelling it!

266 marijuana plants and 14 kilograms of the same substance were seized...

Four dead from cayuco that arrived on beach in El Medano this morning
Four dead from cayuco that arrived on beach in El Medano this morning

The boat arrived by its own means at the beach of El Cabezo in El Medano with 47 people on board, four of them lost their lives during the crossing from Africa…

440 fines this week in Tenerife for different breaches of Covid regulations
440 fines this week in Tenerife for different breaches of Covid regulations

During the past week almost half of them (204) were in Adeje and Arona…

Dead body found on coast of Taliarte in Gran Canaria
Dead body found on coast of Taliarte in Gran Canaria

A group of people spotted the body floating in the sea...

January 5th and 6th are no exception: 10pm curfew and limited meetings apply in Tenerife
January 5th and 6th are no exception: 10pm curfew and limited meetings apply in Tenerife

These two days are the last holidays under the Christmas restrictions in Spain and the Canary Islands, and will be reviewed on Thursday…

Is the ‘British variant’ of coronavirus already in the Canary Islands?
Is the ‘British variant’ of coronavirus already in the Canary Islands?

The virus with which a woman in La Palma, who returned from England has been infected with, has a 90% chance of being the same one that is sweeping the UK...

The Canary Islands Government defends the use of hotels for immigrant children
The Canary Islands Government defends the use of hotels for immigrant children

Social Rights insists that the threat by the mayor of Mogan to evict them from tourist areas has no legal or ethical path... The Government is currently looking after more than 2,400 unaccompanied immigrants under the age of 16...

Policeman who is part of immigration team in Gran Canaria dies of Covid
Policeman who is part of immigration team in Gran Canaria dies of Covid

The National Police officer, who came over from Malaga to help, had a negative antigen test last Wednesday, two days later a PCR test was positive, three days later he was dead...

TUI gets EU approval for a further €1.25 billion aid from Germany
TUI gets EU approval for a further €1.25 billion aid from Germany

With this, TUI will have received almost €5 billion is support packages since the pandemic started...

Covid update: Gran Canaria had more new cases than Tenerife yesterday
Covid update: Gran Canaria had more new cases than Tenerife yesterday

Four Islands now have 7-day incidence rate over 50... Tenerife's continues to drop slightly...

England goes back in to full lockdown
England goes back in to full lockdown

England is back into national lockdown with immediate effect until the middle of February...

Ministry of Health are investigating Covid death of 21 year old woman in Tenerife
Ministry of Health are investigating Covid death of 21 year old woman in Tenerife

They want to confirm the cause of death of such a young person with no known illnesses…

Infections in Spain have soared with a weekly increase of 25% since Christmas
Infections in Spain have soared with a weekly increase of 25% since Christmas

Is Spain heading in the same direction as Scotland and England? Salvador Illa said today that we haven’t seen the 'Christmas effect' yet, and the health system is already struggling…

A 'drug supermarket' is raided in a house in Gran Canaria
A 'drug supermarket' is raided in a house in Gran Canaria

Four people arrested as house is raided and several different drugs, cars, and money is seized…

Five flights diverted in Tenerife and La Palma due to fog and strong winds
Five flights diverted in Tenerife and La Palma due to fog and strong winds

Four flights have been diverted to Tenerife South airport and a fifth returned to the Tenerife North airport soon after taking off…

Spain to ramp up vaccination with Moderna on the horizon
Spain to ramp up vaccination with Moderna on the horizon

The Moderna vaccine developed in Spain is due to be evaluated by the EMA on Wednesday…

Sturgeon announces full lockdown for Scotland from tonight
Sturgeon announces full lockdown for Scotland from tonight

Scots are to be ordered to stay at home amid a fresh Covid-19 lockdown which will see schools remain closed to pupils until February…

Covid and Brexit confusion sees UK Spanish residents refused flights home
Covid and Brexit confusion sees UK Spanish residents refused flights home

A number of people reported problems this weekend when trying to return home after airlines refused to accept their green paper identity cards as proof of residency...

How will the new traffic regulations that have now come into effect, affect you?
How will the new traffic regulations that have now come into effect, affect you?

The use of mobile phones while driving is now a prosecutable offence because it is one of the main causes of deaths at the wheel...