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Police fine 32 people playing bingo in Gran Canaria
Police fine 32 people playing bingo in Gran Canaria

The group were breaking several health regulations, and smoking inside the building...

14 ‘skippers’ are identified and arrested for organising immigrant trips to Gran Canaria
14 ‘skippers’ are identified and arrested for organising immigrant trips to Gran Canaria

These 14 were in charge of boats that arrived in December and January…

The hospitality sector in Gran Canaria ‘breathes again’ after opening interiors
The hospitality sector in Gran Canaria ‘breathes again’ after opening interiors

They say that although they can open interiors, their ‘extra’ terracing has been removed so one has cancelled out the other...

Police break up a stag-do in Gran Canaria for breaking Covid rules
Police break up a stag-do in Gran Canaria for breaking Covid rules

There were 9 people at the party who failed to comply with health measures that only allow groups of four in Level 3...

Man threatens to kill hotel receptionist with a knife
Man threatens to kill hotel receptionist with a knife

The receptionist confronted the man after complaints about noise from other guests, and he threatened him with the knife…

Stopped in possession of over 1,000 items of fake designer clothes
Stopped in possession of over 1,000 items of fake designer clothes

The police stopped a van at a routine Covid stop and found the fake clothes in boxes in the back…

Air Force ends aerial search for a cayuco in Canary waters without success
Air Force ends aerial search for a cayuco in Canary waters without success

The plane has been looking for a missing boat of immigrants approximately 96 kilometres south of Gran Canaria...

Loro Parque to appeal ruling that annuls plans to build Siam Park in Gran Canaria
Loro Parque to appeal ruling that annuls plans to build Siam Park in Gran Canaria

The TSJC is missing a study on whether there are enough water resources to meet the new demands derived from the park…

Bus driver rescued after crashing into a tree in Las Palmas
Bus driver rescued after crashing into a tree in Las Palmas

He was trapped inside the vehicle after the accident and fire-fighters had to cut him out of the cabin... see video of the bus here...

Access roads to the summit of Gran Canaria are still closed
Access roads to the summit of Gran Canaria are still closed

Several cars were trapped last night by the state of the roads due to snow and ice...

Gran Canaria Cabildo closing nine access roads to Aríñez because of snow
Gran Canaria Cabildo closing nine access roads to Aríñez because of snow

The roadblocks will be implemented as soon as it is confirmed that the snowfall has dropped to 1,400m the level of Aríñez, to prevent an ‘exodus’ of residents to the summit...

The Canary Islands exceed 100 outbreaks for the fourth week in a row
The Canary Islands exceed 100 outbreaks for the fourth week in a row

One of the outbreaks has seen 52 people get infected and over 200 isolated after a funeral in La Aldea in Gran Canaria, and forced the installation of a PCR test centre in the municipality…

Man arrested in Gran Canaria for posting a ‘sex ad’ of his ex-girlfriend
Man arrested in Gran Canaria for posting a ‘sex ad’ of his ex-girlfriend

The victim reported him after receiving numerous calls to her mobile phone requesting sexual services...

Gran Canaria has a new weekly air connection with Baltic countries
Gran Canaria has a new weekly air connection with Baltic countries

New weekly flight from Estonia started last Saturday...

Will Gran Canaria move to Level 4 restrictions?
Will Gran Canaria move to Level 4 restrictions?

The head of Epidemiology for Public Health in the Canary Islands, Amós García Rojas, says that stabilising the situation is not enough, the number of cases has to come down... Lanzarote needs it’s IA14 to drop from almost 700 to below 250 before it c

Hospitality industry demands more than just aid as a solution to their situation
Hospitality industry demands more than just aid as a solution to their situation

Owners of businesses in the hospitality sector have gathered again this morning in front of the Government headquarters in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, wanting solutions to the situation they are in…

Man attacks police with iron bar when told to wear a mask
Man attacks police with iron bar when told to wear a mask

Officers of the Guardia Civil arrested the 53-year-old man in Gran Canaria after he attacked them...

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...

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...

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...