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Car bursts into flames on a main high street in the south of Tenerife
Car bursts into flames on a main high street in the south of Tenerife

Local residents grabbed fire extinguishers and tried to control the fire until the emergency services arrived…

VIDEO: Moment woman is almost swept into the sea trying to get the ‘perfect’ holiday photo
VIDEO: Moment woman is almost swept into the sea trying to get the ‘perfect’ holiday photo

She was only saved by her partner who grabbed her arm as the waves knocked her over dragged her towards the rocks…

New protest in Puertito de Adeje against the Cuna del Alma tourism project
New protest in Puertito de Adeje against the Cuna del Alma tourism project

They want the project stopped and for the Adeje Council to make the coast a protected area not a new village for tourists…

Apartment block in Costa Adeje evacuated due to fire
Apartment block in Costa Adeje evacuated due to fire

The emergency services were alerted at around 11pm last night to go to a fire in Playa Paraiso…

Loro Parque Foundation to host grand charity dinner for 30th Anniversary
Loro Parque Foundation to host grand charity dinner for 30th Anniversary

All proceeds are going the CanBio project which is dedicated to protecting threatened Canary Island species and their habitats…

Taekwondo champion born in Tenerife celebrates Olympic victory with Canary Island flag
Taekwondo champion born in Tenerife celebrates Olympic victory with Canary Island flag

Hungarian athlete Viviana Marton was born and raised in the south of Tenerife and still considers the islands to be her home…

Three rescued from the sea in Costa Adeje including a 5-year-old girl
Three rescued from the sea in Costa Adeje including a 5-year-old girl

The young girl was rescued from the water by members of the public, and private boats saved the other two…

Police not allowed to remove mis-parked rental scooters from streets
Police not allowed to remove mis-parked rental scooters from streets

A new policy in Santa Cruz means that the rental companies are responsible to move them to designated parking areas…

VIDEO: Lucky escape as car crashes into a bar in the South of Tenerife
VIDEO: Lucky escape as car crashes into a bar in the South of Tenerife

Security cameras caught the moment the car crashed through into the bar’s terrace narrowly missing a customer…

Rubbish build up in tourist areas is becoming a common occurrence
Rubbish build up in tourist areas is becoming a common occurrence

Bags and rubbish dumped next to bins is causing a big problem for pedestrians and is tarnishing the image of the area…

VIDEO: Helicopter search for hiker who reportedly fell from a cliff in Tenerife
VIDEO: Helicopter search for hiker who reportedly fell from a cliff in Tenerife

A local resident called the emergency services after allegedly hearing someone fall…

Outrage over ‘mountain’ of cigarette butts at iconic Tenerife viewpoint
Outrage over ‘mountain’ of cigarette butts at iconic Tenerife viewpoint

It seems that people are just ignoring the smoking ban in these natural spaces which is to prevent wild fires…

4-year-old girl rescued from drowning in hotel pool in Costa Adeje
4-year-old girl rescued from drowning in hotel pool in Costa Adeje

The incident took place at a holiday complex in the south of Tenerife yesterday (Sunday)…

Jay Slater's body flown back to the UK as family pays tribute to 'loving son'
Jay Slater's body flown back to the UK as family pays tribute to 'loving son'

His funeral will be a "celebration of life” service to remember a young man who tragically died after a music festival in Tenerife…

The carpark in south Tenerife that has turned into a scrapyard and drug outlet
The carpark in south Tenerife that has turned into a scrapyard and drug outlet

The Punta del Viento parking is now full of abandoned cars, people living in tents and vans, and a hub for the sale of drugs and prostitution…

Police seize counterfeit items worth €32 million in Los Cristianos
Police seize counterfeit items worth €32 million in Los Cristianos

They arrested a man well-known in the ‘counterfeit’ sector who supplies street markets and ‘looky looky’ men…

Evicted campers face fines up to 6,000 euros each for violations in a protected area
Evicted campers face fines up to 6,000 euros each for violations in a protected area

They were camping illegally in tents, lighting fires and using motorbikes near Montaña Pelada in the south of Tenerife…

Drunk driver with expired licence clocked doing 150km/h in Tenerife
Drunk driver with expired licence clocked doing 150km/h in Tenerife

Police found there were two young children in the car not secured in properly…

21-year-old man rescued from drowning at a south Tenerife beach
21-year-old man rescued from drowning at a south Tenerife beach

He had to be airlifted to hospital from the beach in Costa Adeje…

Two 21-year-olds holidaymakers injured in quad bike accident in Tenerife
Two 21-year-olds holidaymakers injured in quad bike accident in Tenerife

They fell 15 metres down a slope in Cho Pancho near Vilaflor…