Some Tenerife beaches are swamped in plastic
EIGHT beaches across Tenerife are heavily contaminated with plastics, and, among the several tested, the worst offender is Playa Grande, in Poris, followed by Puertito and Almáciga. Research groups from Gran Canarias University, specialising in th
2020/02/07 12:04:39
Mislaid SIM card led to facts about illicit relationship
A MAN’S mislaid SIM card, while working abroad, brought the 32-year-old’s illicit sexual relationship with an underage girl to light, a court heard. Plasterer Christopher Scott Partridge left the phone attachment in Gran Canaria when working for a
2020/02/07 11:53:30
WizzAir putting on more cheap flights to Canaries
WIZZAIR is giving Brits a wider choice of cheap flights to the Canary Islands this year, as it launches more direct journeys there, from the UK. The budget airline has announced that it will be offering a brand-new, direct flight, from Luton to Gr
2020/02/07 11:52:14
The end in sight for for new Siam Park - in Gran Canaria!
WOLFGANG Kiessling, President of the Loro Park Group, has been trying for at least six years to build what was described as Europe’s biggest water park, in Gran Canaria. The original Siam Park was actually suggested more than 15 years ago, but Gra
2020/01/31 11:19:08
Norwegian cuts out its lounge perk in a bid to be profitable
IN a further move aimed at moving away from growth and shifting towards profitability, Norwegian Air Shuttle is cutting access to lounge for its premium-economy passengers. And the company appears to have earmarked its base closure of airports in
2020/01/31 11:15:01
Fans plead to have contestant ditched
FOLLOWERS of Spanish TV’s Talent show Operacíon Triunfo have bombarded the web with tweets, insisting that the Canarian contestant be thrown off the competition after just one show. They are referring to Eli, from Gran Canaria, and followers of th
2020/01/24 12:06:49
Town Hall approves two five-star hotels
TWO luxury Gran Canaria hotels have been approved by San Bartolomé de Tirajana’s local Town Hall, in Maspolomas Los Palmas. The hotels will be situated in Pasito Blanco, and the promoter, Centro Helioterápico de Gran Canaria SA, plans to invest
2020/01/17 11:13:55
Nandu stage coaching sessions for Canaries
[caption id="attachment_51576" align="alignleft" width="150"] oznorMB[/caption] PLAYERS from several rugby clubs across the Canary Islands came together last weekend to take part in a specialist coaching session at Adeje’s Nandu club. The under
2020/01/10 11:52:30
Oldest Canarian hotel will reopen, after £21.4m refit
GRAN Canaria’s five-star Santa Catalina hotel in Las Palmas, which is the oldest in the Canary Islands, is about to re-open, following a €21.4m restoration project. Now under the management of the Barceló Hotel Group, which held the hotel’s soft l
2020/01/10 11:42:23
Petrol-station robber just can’t get his fill!
A 47-YEAR-OLD man has been detained by the National Police in Telde, Gran Canaria, charged with breaking and entry Las Remudas petrol station. The man, who already has a police record, with some 46 charges to his name, was nabbed this time when a
2020/01/10 11:39:16