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La Liga, Irish bettors, and the rise of real-time in-play wagering
La Liga, Irish bettors, and the rise of real-time in-play wagering

La Liga’s appeal continues to rise, not just for the love of football but because of how the betting experience has evolved…

Spain Debates Curb on Foreign Homebuyers in the Canary Islands
Spain Debates Curb on Foreign Homebuyers in the Canary Islands

Lawmakers say rising property prices are driving out locals due to overseas investors and ever-increasing tourism…

More rain in the Canary Islands this week
More rain in the Canary Islands this week

Another Atlantic front is approaching the archipelago, continuing a weather pattern that has defined much of 2025 so far…

Hiker airlifted to hospital after being rescued by helicopter
Hiker airlifted to hospital after being rescued by helicopter

The 32-year-old woman injured her leg and couldn’t carry on walking…

Fugitive wanted for sexual assault in the UK arrested in the Canary Islands
Fugitive wanted for sexual assault in the UK arrested in the Canary Islands

He has been on the run for more than 3 years since he failed to appear for his trial in the UK…

Thousands march in May Day protests over low pay and workers’ rights in the Canary Islands
Thousands march in May Day protests over low pay and workers’ rights in the Canary Islands

Many workers say they are not seeing the benefits of the post-pandemic recovery and can’t afford to live…

New Storm Bringing Rain, Strong Winds and Coastal Warnings to the Canary Islands
New Storm Bringing Rain, Strong Winds and Coastal Warnings to the Canary Islands

Weather warnings have been extended across the islands. Here is the forecast and affected areas…

Government activates two weather alerts for the Canary Islands
Government activates two weather alerts for the Canary Islands

Here are the alerts and the islands and areas they affect…

LATEST: Spain’s State of Emergency Continues as Power Restored to Most Regions
LATEST: Spain’s State of Emergency Continues as Power Restored to Most Regions

VIDEO: Cheers broke out in Madrid when the capital’s lights came back on after hours without power…

Pedro Sánchez: Cause of Massive Blackout Remains Unknown
Pedro Sánchez: Cause of Massive Blackout Remains Unknown

At 12:32pm there was a sudden loss of 15 gigawatts of power which is approximately 60% of the national demand at the time…

Serious Telecommunications Outage Affects Canary Islands
Serious Telecommunications Outage Affects Canary Islands

All networks have been hit at some point while the Government continues to monitor the situation closely…

Canary Islands activate Emergency Plan over fears for essential supplies from Spain
Canary Islands activate Emergency Plan over fears for essential supplies from Spain

The government has asked the public to stay calm as a state of alert has been declared to monitor any potential risks…

Orange, MasMovil, DIGI, and Yoigo customers in the Canaries left cut off due to mainland blackout
Orange, MasMovil, DIGI, and Yoigo customers in the Canaries left cut off due to mainland blackout

Some providers have been hit despite the islands not being directly hit by Spain’s power failure…

Chaos as Canary Islands' 012 Helpline crashes during mainland power outage
Chaos as Canary Islands' 012 Helpline crashes during mainland power outage

This, and other numbers that rely on a national, not local service, have been affected even though the Canaries power supply is stable…

AENA reports ‘Some Disruptions’ at ‘airports amid widespread power outage
AENA reports ‘Some Disruptions’ at ‘airports amid widespread power outage

Flights to and from the archipelago have not, as yet, been affected by the outage, and services continue to run smoothly…

Spain Plunged into Darkness: Major power cut leaves millions without electricity or internet
Spain Plunged into Darkness: Major power cut leaves millions without electricity or internet

Airports, hospitals and banks forced to run on emergency generators. Possible cyber-attack being investigated…

Canary Islands begin the week cloudy and overcast in northern areas
Canary Islands begin the week cloudy and overcast in northern areas

Here is today’s forecast for each of the islands…

The 3 most deadly roads in the Canary Islands
The 3 most deadly roads in the Canary Islands

In less than four months, deaths on the island’s roads have doubled those that occurred in the same period in 2024…

New storm system approaching the Canary Islands with winds and some rain
New storm system approaching the Canary Islands with winds and some rain

It is expected to bring a temperature drop across the archipelago, and frost in Tenerife…

Surgery waiting time in the Canary Islands drops below national average for first time
Surgery waiting time in the Canary Islands drops below national average for first time

32,948 people are on surgical waiting lists and an overwhelming 158,534 are waiting for specialist consultations…