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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...

British tourists will ‘pour back in to Spain’ when they are allowed too
British tourists will ‘pour back in to Spain’ when they are allowed too

The director of the Spanish Tourism Office in London believes that "recovery will be quicker than people are predicting"...

A hot and hazy end to January in the Canary Islands
A hot and hazy end to January in the Canary Islands

Skies will be clear, winds will be light, no rain is predicted... it’s definitely beach weather to end January with!

Brits now need permission from Ministry of Defence to buy property in the Canaries
Brits now need permission from Ministry of Defence to buy property in the Canaries

Britons status as ‘third country foreigners’ after Brexit means they need prior military authorization as the Canary Islands are areas of interest for national defence…

Covid update: Canaries adds another 329 new cases and four deaths
Covid update: Canaries adds another 329 new cases and four deaths

The were also 418 medical discharges today, 317 of them in Tenerife… full data here…

Music industry wants direct aid from the Canary Islands Government
Music industry wants direct aid from the Canary Islands Government

The Association of the Canarian Music Industry wants to be included in the direct aid that is being decreed for hospitality and tourism, saying that entertainment has been just as hard hit by the pandemic…

138 new coronavirus outbreaks in the Canaries in the last week
138 new coronavirus outbreaks in the Canaries in the last week

There are 877 associated cases, of which 25 have required hospital admission, and two people have died from these outbreaks...

New study shows 80% of drivers can’t use roundabouts properly
New study shows 80% of drivers can’t use roundabouts properly

Failure to use indicators properly or exiting from the inside lane are the main infractions committed...

Gran Canaria warehouse fire destroys 12 vehicles
Gran Canaria warehouse fire destroys 12 vehicles

Fire-fighters have put the fire out after a 10 hour battle with the blaze...

Tenerife is recognised as the first Whale Heritage Site in Europe
Tenerife is recognised as the first Whale Heritage Site in Europe

Tenerife is only the 3rd place in the world to receive this distinction... this puts the Canary Islands on the world map for whale and dolphin conservation...

Covid update: Canaries exceed 34,000 infections by adding 337 new cases
Covid update: Canaries exceed 34,000 infections by adding 337 new cases

Gran Canaria registers another death that brings the total to 512 fatalities since the start of the pandemic... full data here...

60% of Spaniards would get vaccinated tomorrow if they could
60% of Spaniards would get vaccinated tomorrow if they could

The desire to get a Covid vaccine has tripled in Spain in three months...