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National Police arrest a ‘drug mule’ with 104 cocaine capsules in his stomach
National Police arrest a ‘drug mule’ with 104 cocaine capsules in his stomach

He was acting suspiciously after arriving on a flight from Madrid…

Delivery men arrested in Tenerife for stealing 26,000 euros worth of mobile phones
Delivery men arrested in Tenerife for stealing 26,000 euros worth of mobile phones

They stole them from the company they worked for and then sold them to intermediaries who later sold them to the public…

The Canary Islands will close 2022 with 14 million visitors and 17 billion turnover
The Canary Islands will close 2022 with 14 million visitors and 17 billion turnover

The Minister of Tourism says that the Islands are now stronger as a destination than before the pandemic...

New tax will affect bars, restaurants, and any business with fridges and air conditioning
New tax will affect bars, restaurants, and any business with fridges and air conditioning

The Spanish government has just extended the Greenhouse Gases Tax and those affected say the costs will rise by 5-10%...

Driver injured as car is flipped by someone reversing the wrong way out of a one-way street
Driver injured as car is flipped by someone reversing the wrong way out of a one-way street

The article has been updated after an eyewitness contacted us with more information...

VIDEO: Driving licence update by the British Ambassador
VIDEO: Driving licence update by the British Ambassador

HMA Hugh Elliott updates on licence negotiations and explains why you can’t drive in Spain with a UK licence in the meantime…

Almost 3,000 people are still without electricity following the tropical storm
Almost 3,000 people are still without electricity following the tropical storm

Endesa has deployed a team of 200 people who have been working non-stop for more than 48 hours to recover the supply…

NASA successfully crashes a spacecraft into an asteroid in the first planetary defence test
NASA successfully crashes a spacecraft into an asteroid in the first planetary defence test

The test was the agency's first attempt to change the course of an asteroid in space…

VIDEO: Police raid Spain's first South American style cocaine lab
VIDEO: Police raid Spain's first South American style cocaine lab

They were producing 120 kilos of cocaine a week worth more than 7 million euros a week...

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...